Question 1

What was the relationship between Charlemagne and the counts?

Accepted Answer

A) The counts exercised control of their local districts independent of Charlemagne. 
B) While the counts administered his kingdom at a local level, Charlemagne sought to limit their power. 
C) The counts despised Charlemagne and sought to depose him. 
D) Charlemagne and his counts administered the local areas with equal amounts of power. 
E) Charlemagne sought to eliminate the administrative position of the count. 
A) The counts exercised control of their local districts independent of Charlemagne. 
B) While the counts administered his kingdom at a local level, Charlemagne sought to limit their power. 
C) The counts despised Charlemagne and sought to depose him. 
D) Charlemagne and his counts administered the local areas with equal amounts of power. 
E) Charlemagne sought to eliminate the administrative position of the count.

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-manor

Accepted Answer

A manor was a large estate or landholdin

Question 3

Who was the ruthless Russian leader responsible for tying Russian political and religious ideals to the Byzantine Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Oleg 
B) Vladimir 
C) Prince Mieszko 
D) Rurik 
E) Ivan 
A) Oleg 
B) Vladimir 
C) Prince Mieszko 
D) Rurik 
E) Ivan

Question 4

When it came to consuming alcoholic beverages, what was true of Carolingians?

Accepted Answer

A) Most Carolingians never drank alcohol. 
B) Everyone drank heavily and often to excess. 
C) Alcoholic beverages were reserved for elites. 
D) Carolingian monks discouraged the consumption of alcohol. 
E) The consumption of alcohol was considered vulgar by aristocrats. 
A) Most Carolingians never drank alcohol. 
B) Everyone drank heavily and often to excess. 
C) Alcoholic beverages were reserved for elites. 
D) Carolingian monks discouraged the consumption of alcohol. 
E) The consumption of alcohol was considered vulgar by aristocrats.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-counts

Accepted Answer

It seems like there might be a misunders

Question 6

During the reign of Louis the Pious, the Catholic Church formally

Accepted Answer

A) prohibited divorce. 
B) accepted its dependence on the state. 
C) banned women from all religious orders. 
D) broke with the Orthodox Church. 
E) declared war on Islam. 
A) prohibited divorce. 
B) accepted its dependence on the state. 
C) banned women from all religious orders. 
D) broke with the Orthodox Church. 
E) declared war on Islam.

Question 7

Which Viking group dominated the Baltic Sea?

Accepted Answer

A) Norwegian 
B) Danish 
C) Swedish 
D) Icelandic 
E) German 
A) Norwegian 
B) Danish 
C) Swedish 
D) Icelandic 
E) German

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-feudalism

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-feudalism...

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-the Rus

Accepted Answer

The Rus were a group of early East Slavi

Question 10

What was a social and cultural outcome of the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage?

Accepted Answer

A) More bachelors never married. 
B) The nuclear family developed at the expense of the extended family. 
C) A greater proportion of widows emerged in communities. 
D) Fewer children were born in medieval times. 
E) There was a rapid increase in Europe's population. 
A) More bachelors never married. 
B) The nuclear family developed at the expense of the extended family. 
C) A greater proportion of widows emerged in communities. 
D) Fewer children were born in medieval times. 
E) There was a rapid increase in Europe's population.

Question 11

What best describes the Carolingian diet?

Accepted Answer

A) Most people ate fish at least three times per week. 
B) Aristocrats rarely ate food made from grain. 
C) Peasants had a more varied diet than the upper classes. 
D) The primary meat of the upper classes was beef. 
E) People of all classes consumed large quantities of bread. 
A) Most people ate fish at least three times per week. 
B) Aristocrats rarely ate food made from grain. 
C) Peasants had a more varied diet than the upper classes. 
D) The primary meat of the upper classes was beef. 
E) People of all classes consumed large quantities of bread.

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Danelaw and Normandy

Accepted Answer

Danelaw:
The term "Danelaw" refers to a

Question 13

Serfs paid rent by giving the lord a share of all the produce they raised.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Saint Stephen

Accepted Answer

Saint Stephen is a figure recognized in

Question 15

Who were the Magyars?

Accepted Answer

A) People who helped end Muslim expansion in northern Spain 
B) People originally from western Asia who migrated into eastern and central Europe 
C) People who won their most successful victory at the battle of Lechfeld against German troops 
D) People who were wiped out as a people in the tenth century for their rejection of Christianity 
E) People who converted to Islam 
A) People who helped end Muslim expansion in northern Spain 
B) People originally from western Asia who migrated into eastern and central Europe 
C) People who won their most successful victory at the battle of Lechfeld against German troops 
D) People who were wiped out as a people in the tenth century for their rejection of Christianity 
E) People who converted to Islam

Question 16

What element of classical education did Alcuin adopt?

Accepted Answer

A) The liberal arts 
B) The absolute separation of reason and religion 
C) The idea of the lecture 
D) The education of both boys and girls 
E) The emphasis on secular matters 
A) The liberal arts 
B) The absolute separation of reason and religion 
C) The idea of the lecture 
D) The education of both boys and girls 
E) The emphasis on secular matters

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Cyril and Methodius

Accepted Answer

Cyril and Methodius were two brothers wh

Question 18

What was the lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) It moved away from the German traditions of lordship and loyalty. 
B) It prevented fiefdom from being a function of hereditary. 
C) It was a direct form of servitude. 
D) It was an honorable relationship between free men. 
E) It was a relationship between warriors and peasants. 
A) It moved away from the German traditions of lordship and loyalty. 
B) It prevented fiefdom from being a function of hereditary. 
C) It was a direct form of servitude. 
D) It was an honorable relationship between free men. 
E) It was a relationship between warriors and peasants.

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-knights

Accepted Answer

Knights were medieval warriors who were

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Macedonian emperors

Accepted Answer

The title of "emperor" was not commonly

Exam 8: European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

What was the relationship between Charlemagne and the counts?

Please define the following key terms. -manor

Who was the ruthless Russian leader responsible for tying Russian political and religious ideals to the Byzantine Empire?

When it came to consuming alcoholic beverages, what was true of Carolingians?

Please define the following key terms. -counts

During the reign of Louis the Pious, the Catholic Church formally

Which Viking group dominated the Baltic Sea?

Please define the following key terms. -feudalism

Please define the following key terms. -the Rus

What was a social and cultural outcome of the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage?

What best describes the Carolingian diet?

Please define the following key terms. -Danelaw and Normandy

Serfs paid rent by giving the lord a share of all the produce they raised.

Please define the following key terms. -Saint Stephen

Who were the Magyars?

What element of classical education did Alcuin adopt?

Please define the following key terms. -Cyril and Methodius

What was the lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe?

Please define the following key terms. -knights

Please define the following key terms. -Macedonian emperors

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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