Medieval Europe Quiz (Ch. 19 L. 1-2)

Which was a Germanic people who settled the area known today as France?

• Angles

• Celts

• Franks

• Saxons

Charlemagne was the first Frankish ruler to believe in what for all people?

• Education

• Equality

• Freedom

• Religion

Between A.D. 800 and 900 parts of Europe were invaded by Muslims, Magyars and

• Vandals

• Vikings

• Finns

• Gauls

In 1073, Pope Gregory VII issued a decree forbidding kings from appointing high-ranking

• Political leaders

• Military leaders

• Trade leaders

• Church officials

Europe is surrounded on three sides by water, which makes it a landform known as a

• Continent

• Plateau

• Peninsula

• Island

Which Frankish leader was the first to accept Catholic Christianity in 481 A.D.?

• Charles Martel

• Clovis

• Charlemagne

• Pepin

What did Charles Martel achieve by fighting the Battle of Tours in 732?

• He unified Europe into the largest empire since Roman times.

• He introduced Catholicism to the people of France.

• He stopped the Muslim advance into Western Europe

• He drove the Jews and other non-Christians from France.

How did mountains and rivers make it difficult for one group to control all of Europe?

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

• Protectionism

• Vassalism

Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning over soil faster were the horse collar and

• The windmill

• Crop rotation

• The wheeled plow

• The village mill