Question 1

Who built a European empire and was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800?

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne

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Clovis

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Saint Patrick

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Leo III

Question 2

The invaders from Scandinavia who attacked Europe during the 700s and 800s were called

Accepted Answer

Vikings

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samurai

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Muslims

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Magnars

Question 3

What did knights receive in exchange for their pledge of loyalty to a lord?

Accepted Answer

fief

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weapon

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title

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income

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the Magna Carta?

Accepted Answer

It contained 63 clauses and limited the power of the king

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It demanded that lords provide military service to the king.

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It gave the king more money

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It was signed before the civil war in England

Question 5

A manor was a large estate owned by a

Accepted Answer

vassal  or lord

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peasant or farmer

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samurai or daimyo

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knight or peasant

Question 6

Which best summarizes the manor system?

Accepted Answer

Serfs farmed lands owned by lords.

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Lords gave fiefs to knights in exchange for protection.

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Lords gave land to peasants for them to farm.

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Vassals pledged loyalty to one or more lords.

Question 7

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

Accepted Answer

serfs

Question 8

How did feudalism affect the lives of the nobility?

Accepted Answer

Lords and knights were loyal to the monarch and provided protection.

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Monarchs establish guilds to help serfs.

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Monarchs were not allowed to build their own manor house.

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System elevated serfs to an equal level.

Question 9

Why did Emperor Alexius Comnenus ask Pope Urban II to help?

Accepted Answer

He needed knights to help fight against Turks.

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wanted to change the name of Judea to Palestine.

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hoped to invade England and defeat William the Conqueror.

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wanted to defeat the Byzantine Empire.

Question 10

What is a bubonic plague?

Accepted Answer

a very aggressive epidemic

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disease carried by silkworms

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epidemic passed from trader to trader

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illness that doesn't last long

Question 11

During the Middle Ages, power shifted from nobles to

Accepted Answer

kings and popes

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merchants and traders

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knights and peasants

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monks and priests

Question 12

Why were the Crusades fought?

Accepted Answer

to gain control of Palestine, the Holy Land

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bring bishops back under pope's control

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protect European territory from invading Muslims

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unite the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church

Question 13

During the Crusades, Christians fought against

Accepted Answer

Muslims

Question 14

The Byzantine emperor asked the pope for help because

Accepted Answer

Muslim Turks captured Jerusalem.

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Europeans had been attacked in the Holy Land

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tension between Christians and Jews

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Muslims threatened Constantinople.

Question 15

What was the outcome of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

The Holy Land remained under Muslim control.

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The Holy Land was divided by the two sides.

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The Holy Land was destroyed and abandoned.

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The Holy Land came under Christian control.

Question 16

Which of the following occurred as a result of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Trade between Europe and Asia increased.

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Feudalism spread to Asia and Northern Africa.

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Contact between Christians and Muslims was peaceful.

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Kings became less powerful.

Question 17

Why did nobles make King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215?

Accepted Answer

They wanted to limit the power of the king

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They wanted to separate church and state.

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They wanted to assert the authority of the pope.

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They wanted to replace him with another ruler.

Question 18

People caught the Black Death with contact with

Accepted Answer

fleas

Question 19

How did life change for surviving serfs after the plague?

Accepted Answer

They began to demand wages for their labor.

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They had to work much longer days.

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They took over the manors.

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They moved from towns to the country.

Question 20

Which is not a location historians believe to be a birthplace of the plague?

Accepted Answer

India

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China

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Central Asia

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Italy

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