Question 1

Which of the following was not characteristic of Romanesque architecture?

Accepted Answer

A)  barrel vaults 
B)  flying buttresses 
C)  massive pillars and walls 
D)  dark on the inside 
E)  gave the impression of a fortress 
A)  barrel vaults 
B)  flying buttresses 
C)  massive pillars and walls 
D)  dark on the inside 
E)  gave the impression of a fortress

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Holy Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic

Question 3

The appearance of the violent and destructive Mongol Empire ended all trade between the West and China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-the ordeal

Accepted Answer

The term "ordeal" refers to a severe tri

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Magna Carta

Accepted Answer

The Magna Carta was a historic document

Question 6

The incursions of the Scandinavian Vikings into other parts of Europe

Accepted Answer

A)  were the most threatening of the fifteenth century invaders to the peace of Europe. 
B)  were successful because their ships had a shallow draft, allowing them to sail far up rivers. 
C)  had little impact on the history of England and France. 
D)  were defeated at the Battle of Lechfeld. 
E)  led to Scandinavian control of Greece. 
A)  were the most threatening of the fifteenth century invaders to the peace of Europe. 
B)  were successful because their ships had a shallow draft, allowing them to sail far up rivers. 
C)  had little impact on the history of England and France. 
D)  were defeated at the Battle of Lechfeld. 
E)  led to Scandinavian control of Greece.

Question 7

By the end of the thirteenth century,the institutionalization of the English Parliament

Accepted Answer

A)  provided the foundation for the absolute rule of the monarch. 
B)  enabled the barons and church lords to establish themselves in the House of Commons. 
C)  was a system of power sharing between the monarch and groups within the society. 
D)  enabled the knights and burgesses to establish themselves in the House of Lords. 
E)  had failed because of the impact of the Black Death. 
A)  provided the foundation for the absolute rule of the monarch. 
B)  enabled the barons and church lords to establish themselves in the House of Commons. 
C)  was a system of power sharing between the monarch and groups within the society. 
D)  enabled the knights and burgesses to establish themselves in the House of Lords. 
E)  had failed because of the impact of the Black Death.

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-communes

Accepted Answer

Communes are a form of intentional commu

Question 9

The leader of the "peasants' crusade" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Gregory the Great. 
B)  Richard the Homeless. 
C)  Peter the Hermit. 
D)  Charles the Hammer. 
E)  Saladin the Wise. 
A)  Gregory the Great. 
B)  Richard the Homeless. 
C)  Peter the Hermit. 
D)  Charles the Hammer. 
E)  Saladin the Wise.

Question 10

What was the impact on the traditional noble or aristocratic class by the rise of cities,trade,a money economy,and the "New Agriculture"?

Accepted Answer

The rise of cities, trade, a money econo

Question 11

The representative of the Merovingian dynasty who founded a Frankish kingdom was

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis the Pious. 
B)  Charles the Hammer. 
C)  Charlemagne. 
D)  Frederick Barbarosa. 
E)  Clovis. 
A)  Louis the Pious. 
B)  Charles the Hammer. 
C)  Charlemagne. 
D)  Frederick Barbarosa. 
E)  Clovis.

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-abbots

Accepted Answer

Abbots are the heads or leaders of abbey

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Urban II and Council of Clermont

Accepted Answer

Urban II, also known as Pope Urban II, w

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-borough,burgh,burg,bourg

Accepted Answer

The terms borough, burgh, burg, and bour

Question 15

The Viking discoverer of Greenland was

Accepted Answer

A)  Vladimir the Bold. 
B)  Erik the Red. 
C)  Leif Erikson. 
D)  Wilbur the Just. 
E)  Ivar the Boneless. 
A)  Vladimir the Bold. 
B)  Erik the Red. 
C)  Leif Erikson. 
D)  Wilbur the Just. 
E)  Ivar the Boneless.

Question 16

The early medieval church in the West

Accepted Answer

A)  was headed by two rivals, the Archbishop of Milan and the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 
B)  developed a more organized monastic structure under Saint Benedict. 
C)  was for a long time ruled by the Patriarch of Constantinople. 
D)  was under the sole control of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 
E)  was dominated for several centuries by Arian Christians. 
A)  was headed by two rivals, the Archbishop of Milan and the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 
B)  developed a more organized monastic structure under Saint Benedict. 
C)  was for a long time ruled by the Patriarch of Constantinople. 
D)  was under the sole control of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 
E)  was dominated for several centuries by Arian Christians.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Thomas á Becket

Accepted Answer

Thomas à Becket was the Archbishop of Ca

Question 18

In 800,Charlemagne was crowned

Accepted Answer

A)  King of the Franks. 
B)  Bishop of Rome. 
C)  Ruler of the Germans. 
D)  Roman Emperor. 
E)  Emperor of the East. 
A)  King of the Franks. 
B)  Bishop of Rome. 
C)  Ruler of the Germans. 
D)  Roman Emperor. 
E)  Emperor of the East.

Question 19

The shift from a two-field to a three-field system contributed to the increase in food production in the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The demense was the land on the manor retained by the lord and worked by peasants and serfs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: The Making of Europe

Which of the following was not characteristic of Romanesque architecture?

Identify the following terms. -Holy Roman Empire

The appearance of the violent and destructive Mongol Empire ended all trade between the West and China.

Identify the following terms. -the ordeal

Identify the following terms. -Magna Carta

The incursions of the Scandinavian Vikings into other parts of Europe

By the end of the thirteenth century,the institutionalization of the English Parliament

Identify the following terms. -communes

The leader of the "peasants' crusade" was

What was the impact on the traditional noble or aristocratic class by the rise of cities,trade,a money economy,and the "New Agriculture"?

The representative of the Merovingian dynasty who founded a Frankish kingdom was

Identify the following terms. -abbots

Identify the following terms. -Urban II and Council of Clermont

Identify the following terms. -borough,burgh,burg,bourg

The Viking discoverer of Greenland was

The early medieval church in the West

Identify the following terms. -Thomas á Becket

In 800,Charlemagne was crowned

The shift from a two-field to a three-field system contributed to the increase in food production in the Middle Ages.

The demense was the land on the manor retained by the lord and worked by peasants and serfs.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

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

Nationalism Revolution and Dictatorship: Asia the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

Filters