Middle Ages Test

Which of the following is credited to Charlemagne?

• the defeat of the Muslims at the battle of Tours

• the development of feudalism

• the development of banking

• the revival of Latin learning

How did monks and nuns improve life during the Middle Ages?

• They cared for the sick and poor.

• They gave land to the peasants.

• They opposed the feudal system.

• They excommunicated criminals.

The Christian effort to retake Spain from the Muslims was

• the Inquisition

• part of the Peasant Crusade

• led by the Hanseatic League

• the Reconquista

The manor economy was based on

• trade among many villages

• farming

• metalworking

• herding and weaving

What did Henry II do to broaden the system of royal justice?

• He established a Supreme Court.

• He stiffened the requirements necessary to become a lawyer.

• He taxed the rich and used the money to build a court house.

• He helped establish English common law.

Why was the Magna Carta important?

• It approved money for wars in France.

• It asserted that the monarch must obey the law.

• It allowed the monarch to abolish Parliament.

• It limited the power of the pope

A major conflict between the Holy Roman emperors and the popes concerned

• who would appoint bishops

• the right to succession

• who would control England

• the right to wage war

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

• to liberate Spain

• to conquer England

• to conquer the Holy Land

• to defeat the Hindus

The Crusades affected the world by

• increasing trade between Europe and the Middle East.

• strengthening the system of serfdom.

• weakening the power of the Church.

• causing Europeans to isolate themselves from the world.

Why is Joan of Arc remembered?

• She led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism.

• She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years’ War.

• She led English troops in the Hundred Years’ War.

• She drove the English from Paris.