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WorksheetsCh. 19 The Increasing Influence of Europe
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In the Investiture Contest, the winner was
Otto I.
Henry IV.
Gregory VII.
Frederick Barbarossa.
Hugh Capet.
The Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" because
the emperors were not crowned by the popes.
the Byzantine emperors did not acknowledge the Holy Roman Empire.
the people who lived there did not practice Christianity.
it did not restore imperial unity to western Europe.
All these answers are correct.
During the high middle ages, the Normans
conquered England in 1066.
built a tightly centralized state.
introduced Norman principles of government to England.
took southern Italy and Sicily back from the Muslims.
All these answers are correct.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the expansion of arable land in Europe during the high middle ages?
population pressure
use of the horseshoe and horse collar
increased cultivation of beans
the shift from horses to oxen
clearing of forests and draining of swamps
According to Pegolotti,
European long-distance trade with China was perfectly safe.
local lords always robbed traveling merchants.
by using paper money in China, Europeans paid higher prices for their goods.
traders should try to bargain for the cheapest guide.
The Hanseatic League was
known for its determination to reconquer Spain and wrest it from Muslim control.
responsible for curbing the expansion of the Holy Roman Empire.
an association of trading cities of northern Europe.
a military religious order.
In medieval Europe, the "three estates" meant
England, Scotland, and Ireland.
the three royal estates of the Capetian kings.
the three social classes.
the big three city-states in north Italy.
During the high middle ages the European nobility
had their manners softened.
practiced the code of chivalry.
drew their literary inspiration from Muslim Spain.
was one of the three estates.
All these answers are correct.
During the high middle ages, the development of towns and cities "fit awkwardly in the framework of the medieval political order" because
their citizens demanded autonomy from local lords.
unlike feudal manors, cities were egalitarian societies.
unlike the organization of the workforce on feudal manors, women became part of the working class in cities.
townspeople included all three estates.
Guilds of European cities and towns could do all of the following EXCEPT
set standards of quality for manufactured goods.
administer justice on behalf of the city government.
determine the prices at which members had to sell their products.
build large halls in the cities.
regulate the entry of new workers into their groups.
Curricula of cathedral schools concentrated on
liberal arts.
theology.
law and medicine.
the writings of Aquinas.
During the high middle ages, European scholars' rediscovery of Aristotle's work led to
the growing dynamism of popular heresies.
the development of scholasticism.
the rise of the Dominicans and Franciscans.
a rejection of the Latin classics.
a decline in Christian belief.
The most famous scholastic theologian was
Eucharist
St. Francis.
St. Thomas Aquinas.
Saladin
St. Dominic.
Christians' devotion to saints was very much like
the Bantu people's devotion to the creator god.
Buddhists' devotion to bodhisattvas.
Muslims' devotion to Mecca.
the Jews' devotion to the Torah.
Which of the following was NOT among the popular heresies of medieval Europe?
Waldensians
Cathars
Bogomils
Mendicants
Church and governmental authorities in Byzantium and western Europe
ignored the Bogomils and Cathars.
regarded the Bogomils and Cathars as a threat.
worked cooperatively with the Bogomils and Cathars.
were completely unaware of the Bogomils and Cathars.
Vinland was
conquered by the Teutonic Knights.
reconquered by European crusaders.
colonized by Scandinavian seafarers.
continuously occupied until the present day.
The reconquest of Sicily from the Muslims was accomplished by
Eric the Red.
Roger Guiscard.
William the Conqueror.
None of these answers is correct.
The term reconquista specifically referred to
the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims
the reconquest of Sicily from the Muslims.
the recapture of Palestine.
the colonies in Greenland.
the Albigensian crusade.
Which one of the following statements does NOT describe the crusades?
The campaigns showed European military superiority to Muslim armies.
One of the crusades conquered Constantinople instead of recapturing Palestine.
The crusaders traded eagerly with Muslim merchants in the eastern Mediterranean.
The crusaders brought many Muslim ideas back to Europe with them.
The crusaders introduced to Europe new agricultural products they learned about from the Muslims.
