Bayou Bridges Unit 1 CH1 Review

Declining literacy led to

• more illuminated manuscripts

• loss and destruction of many books

• growth of universities

• invention of printing

Without a central army, countryside residents moved because

• taxes were too low

• lawlessness and crime increased

• harvests failed

• roads improved

Which resource suffered first when roads crumbled?

• livestock

• long-distance trade

• church attendance

• rainfall

Local rulers gained power mainly by providing

• schools

• protection

• coinage

• cathedrals

Monasteries appealed to many men because they offered

• knighthood

• safety, education, and spiritual purpose

• land ownership

• political office

The Church’s organization filled the political gap left by Rome by:

• providing leadership and stability in the absence of a central government

• establishing new Roman emperors to rule the territories

• abolishing all forms of local governance

• replacing Roman law with tribal customs

Charlemagne’s kingdom covered much of

• Scandinavia

• Iberia

• western Europe

• Greece

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne to

• punish the Franks

• gain territory

• secure a Christian ally and restore stability

• end feudalism

Monasteries became centers of learning because

• A. kings banned secular schools

• B. monks were paid by merchants

• C. universities did not yet exist

• D. only clergy could own land

An illuminated manuscript is best described as

• a map with gold leaf

• a hand-written book decorated with bright designs

• a stone inscription

• a printed newspaper