Humanities: Chapter 8 Reading Quiz – Flashcards
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The Crusades take their name from the symbol of the Christian religion.
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True
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Crusading knights needed a minimum of two years' revenues in hand to go on crusade.
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True
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The Ottonian emperors were the first to be able to exercise actual control in the areas they claimed to rule.
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False
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The Song of Roland is useful for historians because it
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reflects the culture of the time in which it was written.
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Although it represented a monumental struggle for power at the highest levels of society, the Investiture Conflict was a largely private affair that had little impact on local political or religious relationships.
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False
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Due to the expansion of commerce and the availability of cheap and nutritious food, the largest European cities boasted populations of over 1 million people by 1300.
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False
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The most long-lasting consequence of the First Crusade was the
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development of Islamic and Christian doctrines of holy war.
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During the eleventh century, the most spectacular developments in long-distance trade took place in
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Italy
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The term feudal comes from the Latin feudum, which refers to
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a grant that creates a contractual relationship between a giver and a receiver.
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The medieval economy was based primarily on
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agriculture
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During the Investiture Conflict, Pope Gregory VII:
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excommunicated Henry IV as king of Germany and encouraged all faithful Christians to rebel against his rule.
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Aside from raising food yields from 50 to 67 percent, the movement from a two-field system to a three-field system resulted in
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higher yields per acre and a more even distribution of labor throughout the year.
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In 1099 the Crusaders:
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seized Jerusalem, slaughtering much of its population in the process.
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When preaching the First Crusade, Pope Urban II suggested that those who fought in the service of Christ would receive
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absolution of all their sins.
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Which of the following was NOT a goal expressed by Pope Urban II for the First Crusade?
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to slay Christ's enemies wherever they could be found, especially Jews and Muslims
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William the Conqueror was politically innovative in that he
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used the highly centralized English administrative authority combined with the feudal structures of France.
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Central to the establishment of feudal monarchies was the
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personal relationship between individuals at each level of feudal society.
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The motive for knights to participate in the Crusades was clearly religious including:
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a promise to be freed from all penances imposed by the Church.
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In northern Europe, increasing use of the heavy-wheeled plow between 800 and 1050 coincided with
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fundamental changes in patterns of peasant settlement.
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The European political structure in the tenth and eleventh centuries was typified by social mobility and egalitarianism.
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False
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Historians generally do not use the term feudalism today because it
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means too many different things to be of use.
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One factor that contributed to the increase in agricultural output in the medieval period was
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a rise in average temperature that allowed for a longer growing season.
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Although Viking raids often devastated towns, the Vikings also revitalized cities by
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returning large amounts of gold and silver coin to the markets of medieval Europe.
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The Muslim world was far advanced over Europe in the area of medicine, as evidenced by the writings of
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Avicenna.
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One factor that contributed to the growth of some urban centers such as Paris and London was
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their ability to draw on the wealth of the immediate area around the city.
