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The principle crops of the Roman Empire were

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grapes, olives and wheat

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2. Of the three medieval periods—Early Middle Ages, Central Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages—which one, according to Bennett, was the most peaceful and prosperous?

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Central middle ages

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3. Which of the following was not part of the Roman Empire at its height ca. 180 C.E.?

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Ireland

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The bust is a picture of

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Emperor Constantine

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The holy meal of early Christians was called the Eucharist, which is Greek for:

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Thanksgiving

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6. Stories of Christian saints are called:

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Hagiography

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7. In the early centuries of Christianity, a man or woman could become known as a saint by

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dying in the arena

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8. Arian Christians believed that Jesus:

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was not divine

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9. Saint Jerome's greatest achievement, according to Bennett, was:

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Translating bible into latin

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10. Augustine of Hippo became a Christian after a conversion experience in which he heard a childish voice from heaven telling him to:

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Read a bible passage

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1. Most of Europe's major cities were built:

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On a river

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2. The Celts were known for:

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Metalwork and Pants

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3. King Arthur was most likely a/an:

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6th century warlord

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4. A barbarian king needed which of the following to be successful?:

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military skill

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5. The Visigothic king who sacked Rome in 410 was:

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Alaric

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6. The 6th-century philosopher Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, in which he argued:

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C. Spiritual development is more important than worldly success

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Effigy of

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Clovis

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8. Merovingian kings practiced what kind of inheritance:

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Inheritance is divided among children

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9. Eventually, the Visigoths ended up settling in:

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Spain

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10. The Bishops of Rome, beginning with Leo I, argued that:

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B. They, Bishops of Rome, should be considered the highest Christian authorities

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1. This is the typical plan of a

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Christian basilica

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2. Clovis, King of the Franks, became a Christian because

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Clothild and Bishop Remigius persuaded him to convert.

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3. Although the Roman Empire "fell" or "dwindled", Roman-ness continued to influence

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c. European politics, religion, culture, architecture, etc.

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4. Most Christians in the kingdoms of early medieval Europe lived

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c. nowhere near a Christian place of worship or devotion.

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5. The population of Frankish-born people in fifth-century Gaul was probably

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Around 3%

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6. The Visigoths created a relatively stable early medieval kingdom in Iberia because

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c. they created a single kingdom relying on a Roman urban and tax infrastructure.

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7. King Sisebut of the Visigothic kingdom

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a. forced Jews to accept Christian baptism.

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8. The Anglo-Saxons were

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c. initially multiple tribal groups that quickly established multiple tiny kingdoms in Britain.

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9. St. Augustine of Canterbury is famous for

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c. leading a Christian mission to England.

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Picture of

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Irish saint shrine

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1. Which is true? Byzantium got

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c. its government from Rome, its religion from Christianity, and its culture from Greece.

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2. Byzantium's main political stance was

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Defensive

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3. Monophysites believed that

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Christ was god in a human body

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4. The main language of most Byzantines was

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Greek

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5. Iconoclasts did not believe that images of the saints were

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a. Imbued with miraculous power

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6. Bulgars and Russians converted to

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Orthodox Christianity

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7. The Hijra, which occurred in 622, was

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Prophet's flight from Mecca

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8. Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

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Carry out jihad

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9. Who had the least religious authority?

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Christian kings

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10. Dhimmis could remain in al-Andalus as long as they paid taxes, accepted rule by the Caliph, and.

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b. did not proselytize

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1. The Treaty of Verdun solved the problem of

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b. who should inherit Charlemagne's empire.

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2. Beginning in the early 9th century, Europe was attacked by

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c. Muslim pirates, Magyars, and Vikings.

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3. Which of the following was not attacked by Vikings?

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Italy

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4. Which of the following did not propel young Scandinavians to go a-viking?

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c. conversion to Christianity.

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5. King Alfred of England, who defeated the Danes and unified the English under his leadership, was also famous for

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c. gathering scholars to his court.

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v6. According to Judith Bennett, feudalism was the result of

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a. Carolingian dynastic disputes

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7. The term "feudalism" is confusing to modern students and historians because

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Its not a medieval term

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8. Feudalism flourished where royal government

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Was non-existant

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9. In 9th and 10th-century Europe, a person became a nobleman or noblewoman when

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S/he inherited land

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10. After the disintegration of Charlemagne's empire, England united under its strongest king, Francia dissolved into feudal territories, Germany supported a new Ottonian empire, and Italy

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a. became divided into city-states.

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Which best summarizes the circumstances of the medieval West, Byzantium, and Islamic states between 1000 and 1300?

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(a) the West began to prosper, while the fortunes of Byzantium and Islam declined.

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Most medieval peasants lived within three critical institutions: manors, villages, and

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Parishes

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Masters, apprentices and journeymen were regulated by medieval

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Guilds

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Burghers or burgesses

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(b) lived in cities and towns.

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Manorialism allowed medieval elites

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to extract wealth from the peasantry

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Godric of Finchale ended his life as a hermit, but before that he made a fortune as

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a seafaring merchant

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Charlemagne was really

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6 ft tall

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Usury was

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the loaning of money at interest

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The Central Middle Ages are dated in your textbook as circa

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1000-1300

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Godric of Finchale lived for 100 years and during his life he was both

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(c) a merchant and a hermit.

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A furlong gets it name from

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The distanct an ox team could pull a heavy plough

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Feudalism as a social-political system worked because the medieval elite

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Supported by the laboring peasantry

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Feudal society" is a better description of the social-political organization of medieval Europe than "feudalism" because:

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a. there was no such thing as feeudalism and b. feudal can describe other societies

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Vassalage refers to which of the following

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man and man

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On map, locate roman empire

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Above the italian penninsula

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ame the three figures in the picture at right:

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left: oratores - lord middle: bellatores - vassal right: laboratores - peasants

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one sign that the natural environment of medieval Europe grew more favorable for agriculture after about 800 CE was

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summer lasted longer

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One reason that the two field system was less efficient than the three field system was because

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the two field system diminished nitrogen in the soil

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Which of the following was not the right of noble lords

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choose the pope

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Townspeople and the local manorial lord typically formalized their relationship by:

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commissioning a written charter

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The main goals of the 11th-century ecclesiastical reform were, according to Bennett:

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a. improve moral character of clergy and limit lay influence over Church matters

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2. The "Two Swords theory" argued that:

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c. both swords belong to the Pope who, as the Vicar of Christendom, could give the temporal sword, but not the spiritual sword, to whomever he pleased.

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3. One of the ancient inspirations for the 11-12th-century reorganization of canon law was renewed study of:

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c. Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis.

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4. Medieval university graduates found employment as

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a. priests and bishops b. clerks and bureaucrats c. lawyers d. all of the above

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Whose potrait is this

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Innocent III

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Territory in Red

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Barbarossa

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7. Which of the following is not a new monastic order of the Central Middle Ages?

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Cathars

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8. Which of the following was not considered heretical by Church leaders of the central Middle Ages?

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Radical poverty

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9. Canossa was the place where:

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b. Henry IV knelt in the snow

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10. St Francis is famous because:

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b. He founded a new order of wandering beggars

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1. The term reconquest is usually used with reference to:

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1. The term reconquest is usually used with reference to:

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In the 11th century, Sicily and the southern Italian peninsula fell under the control of

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Normans

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. The First Crusade was preached by Pope Urban II in 1095. It:

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Jerusalem

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he "military orders" were designed to accommodat

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ordinary people who wanted to participate in the crusades

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In the history of the Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, the 12th century marks the beginning o

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violent persecutions of Jews by Christians

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A great soldier and leader, Richard the Lion Hearted was also

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a crusader and relentless collector of taxes

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. The medieval crusader states were established in modern-day

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Israel, Lebanon, and Syria

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Bernard of Clairvaux is associated with

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the Cistercian reform

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In historical reality, the winner of the controversy between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII was

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Gregory

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In Hist 102 on Weds. March 11, the winner of the controversy between the Church and the State was:

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Empress

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1. After c. 1250, the Holy Roman Empire

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fell under control of french

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2. Louis IX of France ruled from 1226 to 1270. He is associated with

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royal sanctity

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3. The Angevin Empire refers to lands held by

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(a) Henry II of England, c. 1175.

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4. Henry II of England gained massive territory in France by

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marrying an heiress

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5. Between 1000 and 1300, monarchs in France

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(c) triumphed over papalist enemies.

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6. While lyrics, epics, and romances were aristocratic literature, fabliaux were enjoyed by

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(c) non-aristocratic, urban audiences.

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7. The debate over universals concerned whether

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(c) Platonic archetypes (or ideals) were real.

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8. Robert Grossteste and Roger Bacon were important

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Scientists

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9. Peter Abelard died in 1142. Thomas Aquinas died in

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1274

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10. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote

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Canterbury Tales

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The Great Famine occurred in

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1315-1322

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After the Great Plague, what happened to serfdom in Western Europe?

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It declined

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The "conciliar movement" sought to limit the authority of

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popes

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Catherine of Siena is an example of the importance of what trend in late medieval Christianity?

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mysticism

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Which of the following did not happen to peasants in western Europe after the Great Plague?

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revolts stopped

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Historical demographers estimate that Europe c. 1300 had

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too many people

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Between 1309 and 1376, popes lived in Avignon which is today located in

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Southern france

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Which statement BEST summarizes Muslim presence in western Europe c. 1300?

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(a) Muslims controlled Sicily, Spain, and southern Italy.

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1. "Sovereignty" means

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unchallenged authority of the state

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2. In consolidating power, late medieval kings faced two main challenges. Which was NOT a major challenge?

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papacy

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3. Which of the following statements about the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) is correct?

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(c) It provoked the intervention of Joan of Arc.

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4. Louis XI (r. 1461-1483)

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(b) subdued the aristocrats of France.

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5. Who dominated Russia c. 1500?

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(b) Muscovite princes.

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6. The story of William Tell is a symptom of the growing importance of

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Nationalism

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7. The Wars of the Roses refers to

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(a) aristocratic factionalism in late medieval England.

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8. Joan of Arc intervened in the

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(b) Hundred Years' War.

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9. "New monarchs" are so called because they

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(c) consolidated power.

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10. In 1453, the Ottoman Turks captured

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Constantinople

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