Question 1

How did Charlemagne try to limit the power of counts?

Accepted Answer

A) He required them to serve outside of their own family lands. 
B) He required them to give him twenty years of military service. 
C) He took half their income in taxes. 
D) He required them to become priests. 
E) He banished them from the central regions of his realm. 
A) He required them to serve outside of their own family lands. 
B) He required them to give him twenty years of military service. 
C) He took half their income in taxes. 
D) He required them to become priests. 
E) He banished them from the central regions of his realm.

Question 2

The English king who helped establish a unified Anglo-Saxon monarchy by defeating the Danish army was

Accepted Answer

A) Hugh Capet. 
B) Alfred the Great. 
C) King Edgar. 
D) Conrad of Franconia. 
E) Edward the Confessor. 
A) Hugh Capet. 
B) Alfred the Great. 
C) King Edgar. 
D) Conrad of Franconia. 
E) Edward the Confessor.

Question 3

Among Otto I's more successful actions that clearly benefited the kingship of Germany was

Accepted Answer

A) his creation and effective government of a new "Roman Empire" with the aid of the eastern Slavs. 
B) refusing to employ high church officials as royal administrators. 
C) defeat of the Magyars at the battle of Lechfeld in 955 and Christianization of eastern Europe. 
D) his conversion to Orthodox Christianity. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) his creation and effective government of a new "Roman Empire" with the aid of the eastern Slavs. 
B) refusing to employ high church officials as royal administrators. 
C) defeat of the Magyars at the battle of Lechfeld in 955 and Christianization of eastern Europe. 
D) his conversion to Orthodox Christianity. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 4

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-knights

Accepted Answer

Knights were medieval warriors who were

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-Treaty of Verdun

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Verdun, signed in August 8

Question 6

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-Vikings

Accepted Answer

The Vikings were seafaring Norse people

Question 7

The major obligation of a lord to his vassal was to

Accepted Answer

A) pray for him. 
B) protect him. 
C) provide him with weapons. 
D) provide him with serfs. 
E) find husbands for his daughters. 
A) pray for him. 
B) protect him. 
C) provide him with weapons. 
D) provide him with serfs. 
E) find husbands for his daughters.

Question 8

The Slavic people of the Rus are best known for

Accepted Answer

A) their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B) their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C) their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D) founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E) their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy. 
A) their defeat of Rurik, head of the Swedish Vikings, in 862. 
B) their preoccupation with cleanliness. 
C) their unflinching loyalty to the Roman Catholic church. 
D) founding the state that became known as Russia. 
E) their monastic tradition and practice of celibacy.

Question 9

When Hugh Capet became king of France, he immediately consolidated and centralized his rule by quickly bringing under his firm control the previously powerful semi-independent lords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which statement best describes the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

A) It was carried out with the largest army in history up to its time. 
B) It was most successful against the German tribes to the east. 
C) It resulted in the quick destruction of the Saxons. 
D) It resulted in the capture of all of Europe except for Italy. 
E) It succeeded in capturing most of Spain from the Moors. 
A) It was carried out with the largest army in history up to its time. 
B) It was most successful against the German tribes to the east. 
C) It resulted in the quick destruction of the Saxons. 
D) It resulted in the capture of all of Europe except for Italy. 
E) It succeeded in capturing most of Spain from the Moors.

Question 11

Which statement best describes serfs?

Accepted Answer

A) They farmed their own land and struggled to get by. 
B) They were nomadic, wandering the roads and begging for bread. 
C) They comprise less than half of the population by the ninth century. 
D) They could be called to serve as knights. 
E) They were bound to the land and required to provide labor and pay rent to a lord. 
A) They farmed their own land and struggled to get by. 
B) They were nomadic, wandering the roads and begging for bread. 
C) They comprise less than half of the population by the ninth century. 
D) They could be called to serve as knights. 
E) They were bound to the land and required to provide labor and pay rent to a lord.

Question 12

What problems and tensions plagued the Byzantine Empire in the ninth and tenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

The Byzantine Empire faced numerous prob

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-feudalism

Accepted Answer

The answer of For each historical identification question, define the...

Question 14

What characteristics help to account for the success of the Vikings?

Accepted Answer

A) Experience as warriors and sailors 
B) Experience as shipbuilders and ruthlessness 
C) Desire to trade with foreigners and attitude of compromise 
D) A desire to conquer large amounts of territory and a sense of divine mission 
E) Empathy for their enemies 
A) Experience as warriors and sailors 
B) Experience as shipbuilders and ruthlessness 
C) Desire to trade with foreigners and attitude of compromise 
D) A desire to conquer large amounts of territory and a sense of divine mission 
E) Empathy for their enemies

Question 15

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 16

Does the phrase "Middle Ages" overlook that which was unique about this phase of Western Civilization, treating these centuries only as an interlude between other times of greater significance and originality?

Accepted Answer

The phrase "Middle Ages" does indeed ove

Question 17

Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

Accepted Answer

A) Leif Erikson 
B) Erik the Red 
C) Olaf the Bald 
D) Wilbur the Swede 
E) Ivar the Boneless 
A) Leif Erikson 
B) Erik the Red 
C) Olaf the Bald 
D) Wilbur the Swede 
E) Ivar the Boneless

Question 18

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
-Louis the Pious

Accepted Answer

Louis the Pious, also known as Louis I,

Question 19

In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was

Accepted Answer

A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world. 
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission. 
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot. 
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks. 
E) a sacred duty. 
A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world. 
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission. 
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot. 
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks. 
E) a sacred duty.

Question 20

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

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

How did Charlemagne try to limit the power of counts?

The English king who helped establish a unified Anglo-Saxon monarchy by defeating the Danish army was

Among Otto I's more successful actions that clearly benefited the kingship of Germany was

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -knights

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -Treaty of Verdun

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -Vikings

The major obligation of a lord to his vassal was to

The Slavic people of the Rus are best known for

When Hugh Capet became king of France, he immediately consolidated and centralized his rule by quickly bringing under his firm control the previously powerful semi-independent lords.

Which statement best describes the expansion of the Carolingian Empire under Charlemagne?

Which statement best describes serfs?

What problems and tensions plagued the Byzantine Empire in the ninth and tenth centuries?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -feudalism

What characteristics help to account for the success of the Vikings?

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

Does the phrase "Middle Ages" overlook that which was unique about this phase of Western Civilization, treating these centuries only as an interlude between other times of greater significance and originality?

Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. -Louis the Pious

In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was

Which Viking group dominated the Baltic Sea?

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