HIS 101 CHAPTER 9 – Flashcards
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The percentage of European land cultivated in the Early Middle Ages is estimated at-
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Less than 10 percent
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In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard because-
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a and c a)the forests of Europe were o thick c) crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous
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The first Frankish king to be anointed in holy ceremony by an agent of the pope was-
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Pepin
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The Carolingian monks-
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through their copying of manuscripts the works of Latin classical authors were preserved
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Socially and culturally, the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage resulted in-
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the development of the nuclear family at the expense of the extended family
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Carolingian society was marked by all of the following except-
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a total disinterest in bodily cleanliness
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The staple food in the Carolingian diet was
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bread
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The Swedish Vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in-
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Russia
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One of the most famous Vikings, who discovered Greenland was-
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Eric the Red
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In feudal Europe, a vassal was a man who-
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served another as a warrior
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In feudal Europe, a serf was a man who-
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was bound to the land as a farmer
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In feudal Europe, a manor was-
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an agricultural estate owned by a lord and worked by peasants
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Under feudalism of the Early Middle Ages-
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the major obligation of a vassal to his lord was to provide military service
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Which of the following statements were true of trade during the Middle Ages?
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a and c a) During the early centuries of the Middle Ages, trade drastically declined c) By the ninth century, luxury goods were brought in from the Byzantine Empire
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By the early eleventh century, the Byzantine Empire-
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had achieved a new brilliance of power and influence under the Macedonians
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The Arabic name for Spain was-
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al-Andalus
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The capital of the Abbasid caliphate during the high point of Islamic culture was the city of-
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Baghdad
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**Primogeniture & Patrilineal
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Primogeniture meant that the successor is the families first-born child. Patrilineal meant that the families successor is the first-born male child
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**Wessex, Mercia, and East Anglia
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Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia were all kingdoms within England.
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**Themes and Missi Dominici
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Themes were provincial areas. Missi dominici is an official appointed y the Frankish Kings in order to maintain control over their vast lands
