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- Q 1/20Score 0The lord-vassal relationship (complete the statement)29was between knights who served the king and the king himselfrequired military service by the vassalwas based on chivalrywas a written agreement
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- Q1The lord-vassal relationship (complete the statement)was between knights who served the king and the king himselfrequired military service by the vassalwas based on chivalrywas a written agreement120s
- Q2The medieval infidels wereMuslimsCatholicsVikingsJews120s
- Q3King Henry II had what great accomplishment?defeated the Vikingshad eight wivesexpanded the royal courts and instituted common lawwon the Battle of Hastings120s
- Q4Antisemitism became more obvious for the first time duringthe Great Famine that Jews were killing the cropsthe rise of new monarchiesthe Black Plague directed by Catholic popes to spread the disease to kill infidelsthe late Middle Ages with rumors that Jews were causing the Black Death120s
- Q5A grant of land made to a vassal wascalled a fief.rarely done.called a serfdom.a gift by the noble for a great harvest.120s
- Q6What cultural change during the Middles Ages allowed more people to enjoy literature and plays?The decline of feudalism meant that more peasants had spare time available for reading.The adventure of the Crusades provided lots of inspiration for writers.As more literature was written in the vernacular, as opposed to Latin, more people could read or understand them.Large numbers of people began to study at the universities and learn about the classics.120s
- Q7Fill-in the blank: The chief aim of ________ was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of the Greek philosopherstheologySt. Francis of Assisithe chanson de gestescholasticism120s
- Q8As the First Crusade was beginning, Pope Urban II promisedno one in the Crusade would be killed.those who fought well would become saints.all Crusaders would be well paid by the papacy.should anyone who goes to battle for the Holy Land dies in the effort, their sins would be instantly forgiven.120s
- Q9The city that Muslims and Christians most wanted to control wasVeniceMarseillesJerusalemConstantinople120s
- Q10Troubadour poetry was usually aboutpeople travelling on pilgrimagethe real pain and pleasure of lovethe love of a knight for a lady and how she inspired him to become a better knight and poetthe brave actions of knights fighting in battle120s
- Q11The Fourth Crusade started by Pope Innocent III wasa great failure and defeat for the Muslims.finally chased the Muslims back to Mecca.really about a power grab by the Venetian leaders to weaken Constantinople's importance as a trading center.resulted in a great success by the Byzantines.120s
- Q12Joan of Arc brought the Hundred Years War to a decisive turning point byby getting Scandinavian Vikings to help the Frenchpraying for a great flood that killed many English soldiers.inspiring the French with her faith.spying on the English armies.120s
- Q13King Louis XI made the French monarchy strong bygiving women an equal voice in the governmentdefeating the Englilsh at the Battle of Hastingscreating a taille to have money to governmaking Catholicism the only religion in France120s
- Q14What architectual style is associated with ribbed vaults, pointed arches and reaching skyward?VenetianbasilicaGothicRomanesque120s
- Q15What were Europe's main medieval trading centers?Venice and FlandersHastings and VeniceVenice and ConstantinopleVenice and Sicily120s
