Question 1

What did Western Europe consist of after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

many small kingdoms

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several city-states

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independent nation-states

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several empires

Question 2

What did Charlemagne accomplish?

Accepted Answer

He united the Germanic kingdoms under one rule.

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He overthrew the power of the pope.

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He launched a long period of peace in Europe.

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He forged an alliance with the Eastern Roman Empire.

Question 3

Where did the Anglo-Saxons settle and rule in the 400s?

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England

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Italy

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France

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Germany

Question 4

What role did vassals play in feudal society?

Accepted Answer

paid taxes on land and pledged military service

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worked the land and made tools and weapons

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ruled in the king’s name and conducted trade

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managed wealth and provided religious guidance

Question 5

Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?

Accepted Answer

serfs and peasants

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clergy and lords

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merchants and artisans

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vassals and knights

Question 6

Feudal society was centered around what?

Accepted Answer

manor system

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ongoing conflict

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code of chivalry

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religious devotion

Question 7

What issue provoked the conflict between King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII?

Accepted Answer

appointment of bishops

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ideological differences over the Trinity

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allegiance of the monasteries

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division of lands in the kingdom

Question 8

What did the Magna Carta do?

Accepted Answer

made the king subject to the rule of law

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organized barons into a parliament

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extended property rights to serfs and peasants

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restored and organized English common law

Question 9

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

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Muslims

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heretics

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Jews

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renegades

Question 10

What purpose did the Reconquista serve?

Accepted Answer

to drive non-Christians out of Spain

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to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula for the Holy Roman Empire

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to expel the Crusaders from Jerusalem

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to extend European rule into the Holy Land

Question 11

What conflict gave rise to the Hundred Years' War?

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succession to the French throne

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control of trade routes

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legal rights of citizens

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religious dissent

Question 12

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

Accepted Answer

bubonic plague

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invasion of the Turks

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wars among kingdoms

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religious persecution

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