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Charles Martel defeated an Islamic force in 732 at the battle of

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Tours

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In 802 what gift did Charlemagne receive from the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid?

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an elephant

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Which of the following achievements was not a part of the early middle ages?

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the reestablishment of centralized, imperial rule

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Which of the following pairings between Germanic tribes and the area they invaded is incorrect?

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Visigoths and Italy

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In the 470s Spain was conquered by the

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Visigoths

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After the collapse of western Roman authority,

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Germanic tribes established regional kingdoms

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After the fall of Rome, western Europe most closely resembled what other postclassical society in its political structure?

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India

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Which of the Germanic tribes played in the most important role during the early medieval period in establishing the foundations of European development?

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Franks

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The fifth-century Frankish leader whose conversion to Christianity led to a centuries-long relationship with the popes in Rome was

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Clovis

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Which of the following statements is not true about Clovis

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He converted to Arian Christianity

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After the death of Clovis,

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his successors lost much of their authority

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In regard to restoring temporary centralized political rule, Charlemagne played a role similar to

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the Indian emperor Harsha

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Charlemagne maintained diplomatic relations with

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Harun al-Rashid and the Abbasid empire.

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Even though Charlemagne spent much of his time traveling around his empire, he did establish a capital at

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Aachen

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Which of the following statements is not correct about Charlemagne?

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Despite his great literacy he was mistrustful of intellectual pursuits.

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Charlemagne fought for thirty-two years to conquer the

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Saxons

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The main goal of the missi dominici was to

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bring the counts under tighter control.

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In regard to attaining the imperial crown, Charlemagne

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hesitated to call himself emperor out of respect for the Byzantine emperors

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After the death of Charlemagne, his son Louis the Pious

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lost control over the counts and local authorities.

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After the death of Louis the Pious the Carolingian empire

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was split into three parts by his sons.

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Which of the following was not one of the groups that invaded Europe in the ninth century?

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Mongols

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Constantinople was raided at least three times in the ninth and tenth centuries by the

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Vikings

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The westernmost point of Viking expansion was

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Newfoundland

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When the Vikings established a colony in Newfoundland around the year 1000,

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it did not create a permanent link between the eastern and western hemispheres

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England was unified in the ninth century by

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King Alfred

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In 962 when Otto I received a crown from the pope it marked the foundation of

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the Holy Roman Empire.

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Historians once used the term feudalism to refer to

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the political and social order of medieval Europe

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In medieval society political power resides in

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local authorities

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Fiefs were

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grants of land

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The retainer would owe loyalty, obedience, and military service to his lord in return for

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a benefice

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The medieval political system

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made it difficult but possible to build powerful states.

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One of the biggest reasons for the increased European agricultural production was

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the introduction of a heavier plow

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The most important figure in providing the Roman church with a sense of direction during the early middle ages by reasserting papal primacy was

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Gregory I

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The Rule that shaped the rise of monasticism by avoiding extremism and promoting social service came from

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St. Benedict

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For centuries western Europe was inspired by a dream of unification and greatness similar to that of

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Rome

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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 investiture contest centered around

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the appointment of church officials by imperial authorities.

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In a larger sense, the investiture contest represented

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the struggle between church and state for control in Europe.

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The investiture contest reached its peak with a struggle between Pope Gregory VII and

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Henry IV

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The Holy Roman emperor Frederick Barbarossa's attempt to gain control of Lombardy was blocked by

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the popes

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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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Which of the following states developed the most tightly 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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The Bayeux tapestry depicts

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the Norman invasion and conquest of England.

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The contenders for the English throne in 1064 included all of the following except

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Alfred

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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 reconquista took place in

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the Iberian peninsula

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Which of the following factors did not help explain the increased agricultural production of the high middle ages?

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the expansion of arable land

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William the Conqueror wins control of England at

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Hastings

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The high middle ages witnessed

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a resurgence of urbanization.

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The Hanseatic League was a trading network that operated in

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The 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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Eleanor of Aquitaine was famous for

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her support of romantic poets and troubadours

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The guilds of the high middle ages

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All of the above

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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 would allow no personal possessions.

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Who, according to Thomas of Celano, was the "father of the poor"?

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St. Francis

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The Waldensians

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attacked the increasing materialism of European society. (they were modest)

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