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In the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of

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Khubilai Khan

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What were problems faced by the late Byzantine empire?

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Accumulation of land by wealthy landowners Reduced incentives to join the Byzantine military Foreign invasions Diminished tax receipts

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In 962 C.E., Pope John XII presented the imperial crown to

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Otto of Saxony

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In the high middle ages, the state that seemed to have the most potential to re-create centralized, imperial rule was

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the Holy Roman Empire

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The single biggest obstacle to the rise of a powerful Holy Roman Empire was

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an ongoing conflict with the papacy

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The quip that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" is attributed to

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Voltaire

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In 987, the French nobles chose which of the following men as their king?

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Hugh Capet

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Hugh Capet was crowned King of France in 987

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but it took centuries for the French kings to build a powerful, centralized state

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Which of the following states developed the most centralized political structure in its early stages?

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England

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In 1066, William of Normandy conquered

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England

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In Italy, the political structure was marked by

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a series of city-states and principalities

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The reconquest of land from the Muslims occurred in

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the Iberian peninsula

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What factors help explain the increased agricultural production of the high middle ages?

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The expansion of arable land The use of new tools The introduction of new crops The introduction of new technology

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By the year 1300, the population of Europe had risen to around

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79 million

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The high middle ages witnessed

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a resurgence of urbanization

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The revival of urban society was most pronounced in

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Italy

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The Hanseatic League was a trading network that operated in the

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North Sea and Baltic Sea

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The phrase usually associated with the medieval social structure is

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"those who pray, those who fight, and those who work."

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The guilds of the high middle ages

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almost always admitted women as members

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Central to the philosophy of the high middle ages was the rediscovery of

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Aristotle

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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believed that it was possible to prove rationally that God exists.

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During the high middle ages, the most popular saint was

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the Virgin Mary

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The Dominicans and Franciscans

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attacked materialism and allowed no personal possessions

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Who founded the orders of mendicants?

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St. Francis and St. Dominic

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The Waldensians

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advocated modest and simple lives

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Newfoundland was discovered around the year 1000 C.E. by the Scandinavian seafarer

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Leif Ericsson

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The reconquista occurred in

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Spain

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What were the crusading orders?

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Templars Hospitallers Teutonic Knights Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights

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During the eleventh century, what location was captured from Muslims?

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Sicily

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The last surviving Islamic outpost in Spain was

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Granada

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Pope Urban II

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launched the crusades in 1095

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The only crusade that recaptured Jerusalem was the

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First crusade

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Jerusalem was captured in 1187 by

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Saladin (Muslims)

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What was a consequence of the fourth crusade?

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a new spirit of cooperation between Constantinople and western Europe

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What fell to the Turks in 1144?

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Edessa

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The crusades

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increased trade between the eastern and western Mediterranean

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In the investiture contest, the winner was

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Gregory VII.

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The Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire

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it did not restore imperial unity to Western Europe

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During the high middle ages, the Normans

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Conquered England in 1066 Built a tightly centralized state Commissioned a tapestry Took southern Italy and Sicily back from the Muslims

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Which of the following did not contribute to the expansion of arable land in Europe during the high middle ages?

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the shift from horses to oxen

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According to Pegolotti,

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European long-distance trade with China was perfectly safe.

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The Hanseatic League was

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an association of trading cities of northern Europe

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In medieval Europe, the three estates meant

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the three social classes

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During the high middle ages the European nobility

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Had their manners softened. Practiced the code of chivalry. Drew their literary inspiration from Muslim Spain. Was one of the three estates.

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During the high middle ages, the development of towns and cities "fit awkwardly in the framework of a medieval political order" because

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their citizens demanded autonomy from local lords

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Guilds of European cities and towns could do all of the following

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Set standards of quality for manufactured goods 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.

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Curricula of cathedral schools concentrated on

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liberal arts

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During the high middle ages, European scholars' rediscovery of Aristotle's work led to

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the development of scholasticism

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The most famous scholastic theologian was

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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Christians' devotion to saints was very much like

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Buddhists' devotion to Bodhisattvas.

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What were the popular heresies of medieval Europe?

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Waldensians Cathars Albigensians

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The Albigensian crusade was

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a military expedition against the Cathars

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Vinland was

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colonized by Scandinavian seafarers

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The reconquest of Sicily from the Muslims was accomplished by

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Roger Guiscard

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The term reconquista specifically referred to

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the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims

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What statements describe the crusades?

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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.

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Eric the Red

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Leif Ericsson's father, discovered greenland

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Pope Innocent III

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Called for a military campaign to destroy the Cathars

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Cathars

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A.K.A.- Albigensians, adopted teachings of heretical groups (such as the Bogomils who believed the world was a site of an unrelenting, cosmic struggle between the forces of good and evil), material world= evil, they advocated an ascetic, pure, spiritual extence, sometimes turned away from marriage/wealth/ or adopted a vegetarian diet, warriors from northern france bascially wiped them out by ruthlessly crushing their communities in southern france

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Mendicants

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"beggars", NOT one of the popular heresies of medieval europe, founded by St. Dominic and St. Francis

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