Gr. 11 Rise of Europe Ch. 8 Quizz
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- Europe is the__________continent. (smallest, second smallest, largest)
- second smallest
- Term for a tax the church required of Christians...
- tithe
- Define fief...
- land granted to a vassal
- Which group conquered the Roman province of Gaul?
- the Franks
- The Roman province of Gaul is now which European nation?
- France
- Which Frankish leader attempted to revive the Latin language?
- Charlemagne
- Term for the code of conduct for Medieval knights...
- chivalry
- In return for plots of land, vassals were obligated to provide....
- military service for the lord
- The main ingredients of the feudal economy....
- farming and self-sufficiency
- This document outlined the rights of a town....
- charter
- The major contribution to improving life in the Middle Ages provided by nuns and monks....
- caring for the sick and poverty-stricken
- Define usury...
- lending money with interest charged in its repayment
- Which term in the chapter was used to mean "worldly"?
- secular
- The main complaint of religious people about the Medieval Church...
- the church had become corrupt
- Name the reforms that addressed corruption in the church....
- Cluniac reforms
- A peasant who was bound to the land...
- serf
- This group conquered the Roman province of Gaul
- Franks
- Lords granted land and housing to peasants in exchange for .....
- working on the land and making repairs (to buildings for example)
- New agricultural technologies led to what significant change?
- increased food production (and population growth)
- What replaced the wooden plow in the Middle Ages?
- The iron plow
- What "technology" allowed farmers to replace the ox with the horse for plowing purposes?
- an improved harness
- The most important economic activity in a medieval town
- trade
- At which battle was the Muslim invasion of Europe stopped?
- Battle of Tours
- Chivalry regulated relationships between which 2 groups?
- noblemen/noble women
- Which group made up the largest segment of feudal society?
- peasants
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What was it about the church that allowed it to hold such power over people in the Middle
Ages? - it claimed to decide which people would achieve slavation
- Which reforms addressed church corruption?
- Cluniac reforms
- The ________field system helped bring about the agricultural revolution?
- 3 field system
- The punishment for disobeying church law....
- excommunication
- What was the main cause for the decline of the feudal system?
- revival of trade in European cities
- The difference between the soil around the Med. Sea and the soil further north in Europe
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Soil near Med. Sea was thin, sandy;
soil further north in Europe was heavy and rich - The other name for Charlemagne....
- Charles the Great
- Of the groups invading Europe, the most destructive....
- Vikings
- Define Missi Domenici....
- Frankish officials sent out to inspect the kingdom
- In addition to conquering much of North Africa, the Muslims conquered much of the southern half of this European country....
- Spain
- Iron was or was not a plentiful natural resource in Europe....
- it was
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Which of these is not correct...
Most Germanic people of the early Middle Ages were farmers, herders, hunters - hunters
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Magyars were:
religious leaders
invaders
vassals
primitive toaster ovens - invaders
- At what age did boys become squires?
- seven
- This means to leave a field unplanted in hopes of regaining its fertility
- fallow
- How did the breakdown of central authority in Europe lead to the development of feudalism?
- Feudalism offers protection, structure, order, safety that would otherwise be lacking in the absence of a central authority.
- St. Patrick spread Christianity in.....
- Ireland
- Which saint spread Christianity in England?
- St. Augustine
- This person wrote books about science, medicine, and philosophy and attracted attention of leaders because of her "visions"
- Hildegard
- Baptism, matrimony, and extreme unction are examples of ______in the Catholic Church
- Sacraments
- This time period was also known as the Age of Faith
- Middle Ages
- The first to use notations of AD and BC....
- the Venerable Bede
- Which pope forbade priests to marry
- Pope Gregory VII
- Which pope forbade the selling of positions (simony) in the church?
- Pope Gregory VII
- Franciscan order of monks named after this person....
- Francis of Assisi
- Giving 10 percent of earning is an example of this....
- Tithe
- The term for the "excommunication" of an entire village or town...
- interdiction