Module 11 Review

Why was the interdict an effective weapon for a pope to use against a king

• it would deprive the king of his own personal salvation

• it gave other rulers permission to war against the offending king

• it decreed that the king must give up his kingdom and leave Europe forever

• it cost the king the loyalty of his subjects, who feared for their own souls

What was the main difference between the original Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I?

• for the first time in history, Frederick I united Italians under the pope

• the original Roman Empire was a democracy, not a monarchy

• Frederick's empire had no strong central government

• Frederick I had the support of the plebeians as well as the patricians

The Concordat of Worms resolved a power struggle between which two groups?

• Italian nobles and German rulers

• the Lombard League and Frederick I

•  the Church and the Holy Roman emperor

• Rollo, a Viking leader, and Charles the Simple, king of France

What was the major long-term effect of ongoing conflicts among German princes and between German kings and the pope?

• Warfare kept the German population from growing

• The Church excommunicated the Germanic king and his princes

• Germany did not become a unified nation-state during the Middle Ages

• All of the answers are true

During the Middle Ages, who used & enforced canon law?

• Feudal Governments

• Nobles

• The Pope

• Kings

The act of taking away a person's right to membership in the Church is called

• excommunication

• suspension

• interdict

• appeasment

The body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage is called

• Common Law

• The Interdict

• Church Code

• Canon Law

A ceremony in which kings & nobles appointed church officials is called

• Knighthood

• Simony

• Lay Investiture

• A Sacrament

He issued the call for the First Crusade.

• Martin V

• Henry II

• Richard the Lion-hearted

• Urban II

The crusade that resulted in the capture of Jerusalem by the Christians was the

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th