Question 1

Regarding sexuality, the Catholic Church in the Early Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

A) was unable to enforce clerical celibacy. 
B) accepted the practice of homosexuality, but only between adults. 
C) accepted sex for the purpose of pleasure within marriage only. 
D) endorsed the practice of abortion to limit the number of children. 
E) discouraged marriage because it weakened the spiritual practices of Christians. 
A) was unable to enforce clerical celibacy. 
B) accepted the practice of homosexuality, but only between adults. 
C) accepted sex for the purpose of pleasure within marriage only. 
D) endorsed the practice of abortion to limit the number of children. 
E) discouraged marriage because it weakened the spiritual practices of Christians.

Question 2

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

Accepted Answer

A) the strengthening of centralized royal authority. 
B) an increase in the power of the church. 
C) an increase in the power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection. 
D) a decline in the power of local aristocrats whose inability to stop the raids drove ordinary people into royal cities. 
E) an increase in monasticism. 
A) the strengthening of centralized royal authority. 
B) an increase in the power of the church. 
C) an increase in the power of local aristocrats to whom threatened populations turned for effective protection. 
D) a decline in the power of local aristocrats whose inability to stop the raids drove ordinary people into royal cities. 
E) an increase in monasticism.

Question 3

The lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe

Accepted Answer

A) marked a complete separation from the German traditions of lordship and loyalty. 
B) meant fiefs could never become hereditary. 
C) was a direct form of servitude. 
D) was an honorable relationship between free men. 
E) was a relationship between warriors and peasants. 
A) marked a complete separation from the German traditions of lordship and loyalty. 
B) meant fiefs could never become hereditary. 
C) was a direct form of servitude. 
D) was an honorable relationship between free men. 
E) was a relationship between warriors and peasants.

Question 4

In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the heavy soils of northern Europe were difficult to plow. 
B) climatic changes, including frequent heat waves, caused much of the land to be unfit for agricultural cultivation. 
C) crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous. 
D) German tribes traditionally considered trees sacred and resisted cutting them down. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) the heavy soils of northern Europe were difficult to plow. 
B) climatic changes, including frequent heat waves, caused much of the land to be unfit for agricultural cultivation. 
C) crude tools of the era made land clearing arduous. 
D) German tribes traditionally considered trees sacred and resisted cutting them down. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Talk about:
-dux

Accepted Answer

Dux is a Latin word that means "leader"

Regarding sexuality, the Catholic Church in the Early Middle Ages

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

The lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe

In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Talk about: -dux

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

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

Regarding sexuality, the Catholic Church in the Early Middle Ages

In Western Europe, the chief political repercussion of frequent Viking raids was

The lord-vassal relationship in the Germanic practice of medieval Europe

In the Early Middle Ages, the cultivation of new land was hard for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Talk about: -dux

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

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