Question 1

The Macedonian emperors worked to strengthen the position of free farmers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What best describes the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800?

Accepted Answer

A) It was performed by Pope Zacharias I. 
B) It was defended by the Donation of Constantine. 
C) It symbolized the fusion of Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures. 
D) It greatly pleased the new emperor who had long coveted this office. 
E) It was approved beforehand by the Byzantine Emperor. 
A) It was performed by Pope Zacharias I. 
B) It was defended by the Donation of Constantine. 
C) It symbolized the fusion of Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures. 
D) It greatly pleased the new emperor who had long coveted this office. 
E) It was approved beforehand by the Byzantine Emperor.

Question 3

Who wrote Charlemagne's biography?

Accepted Answer

A) Notker the Stammerer 
B) Charles Martel 
C) Einhard 
D) Charlemagne 
E) Seutonius the Pius 
A) Notker the Stammerer 
B) Charles Martel 
C) Einhard 
D) Charlemagne 
E) Seutonius the Pius

Question 4

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 5

In the early tenth century the French king granted the lands around mouth of the River Seine to a band of Vikings or Norsemen, and eventually that region became known as Normandy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Magyars were the most prominent Slavic group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Swedish Vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in

Accepted Answer

A) Spain. 
B) Russia. 
C) Scotland. 
D) France. 
E) Ireland. 
A) Spain. 
B) Russia. 
C) Scotland. 
D) France. 
E) Ireland.

Question 8

The lord's demesne on a medieval manor consisted of the common lands of the estate where the peasants and serfs had the right to graze their own domestic animals, hunt wild game, and gather wood and other natural items.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Clerical celibacy refers to the requirem

Question 10

How did Viking raids and settlements impact the development of medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Viking raids and settlements had a s

Question 11

What best describes Charlemagne?

Accepted Answer

A) He was a patron of learning and scholarship. 
B) He did not consider himself a Christian. 
C) He was more interested in treasure than territory. 
D) He conquered all of Spain. 
E) He was born in the British Isles. 
A) He was a patron of learning and scholarship. 
B) He did not consider himself a Christian. 
C) He was more interested in treasure than territory. 
D) He conquered all of Spain. 
E) He was born in the British Isles.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Magyars were a nomadic people of Fin

Question 13

Describe the relationship between lord and vassal. How did it differ from the relationship between lord and serf?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between a lord and vass

Question 14

Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of

Accepted Answer

A) crude surgery. 
B) medicinal herbs and bleeding. 
C) diet and exercise. 
D) synthetic compounds and rare substances. 
E) homeopathic techniques. 
A) crude surgery. 
B) medicinal herbs and bleeding. 
C) diet and exercise. 
D) synthetic compounds and rare substances. 
E) homeopathic techniques.

Question 15

What was the manor in feudal Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) A wheeled plow used to turn heavy clay soils 
B) A light chain mail vest, worn over a hauberk 
C) A traditional way of cultivating relationships between ruler and ruled 
D) An agricultural estate owned by a lord and worked by peasants 
E) A polite way of treating a man of low birth 
A) A wheeled plow used to turn heavy clay soils 
B) A light chain mail vest, worn over a hauberk 
C) A traditional way of cultivating relationships between ruler and ruled 
D) An agricultural estate owned by a lord and worked by peasants 
E) A polite way of treating a man of low birth

Question 16

The Magyars were a people from northern France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Al-Khwarizmi developed the mathematical discipline of algebra.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Rus were a group of early East Slavi

Question 19

Viking "dragon ships" carried how many men?

Accepted Answer

A) 100 
B) 50 
C) 200 
D) 10 
E) 350 
A) 100 
B) 50 
C) 200 
D) 10 
E) 350

Question 20

What conditions gave rise to manorialism? Why did European peasants agree to give up much of their individual freedom?

Accepted Answer

Manorialism arose in Europe during the e

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

The Macedonian emperors worked to strengthen the position of free farmers.

What best describes the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800?

Who wrote Charlemagne's biography?

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

In the early tenth century the French king granted the lands around mouth of the River Seine to a band of Vikings or Norsemen, and eventually that region became known as Normandy.

The Magyars were the most prominent Slavic group.

The Swedish Vikings tended to concentrate on conquests and trade in

The lord's demesne on a medieval manor consisted of the common lands of the estate where the peasants and serfs had the right to graze their own domestic animals, hunt wild game, and gather wood and other natural items.

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

How did Viking raids and settlements impact the development of medieval Europe?

What best describes Charlemagne?

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

Describe the relationship between lord and vassal. How did it differ from the relationship between lord and serf?

Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of

What was the manor in feudal Europe?

The Magyars were a people from northern France.

Al-Khwarizmi developed the mathematical discipline of algebra.

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

Viking "dragon ships" carried how many men?

What conditions gave rise to manorialism? Why did European peasants agree to give up much of their individual freedom?

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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

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Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

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