Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-low countries

Accepted Answer

Modern Belgium and the Netherl

Question 2

What was the name of the battle lead by Charles Martel to expel the Muslims from Frankish lands?

Accepted Answer

A)  Battle of Poitiers 
B)  Battle of Abd-ar-Rahman 
C)  Battle of Cordoba 
D)  Battle of Tours 
E)  Battle of Aachen 
A)  Battle of Poitiers 
B)  Battle of Abd-ar-Rahman 
C)  Battle of Cordoba 
D)  Battle of Tours 
E)  Battle of Aachen

Question 3

Which best describes the quality of rule among Merovingian kings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despots 
B)  Benevolent monarchs 
C)  Figureheads 
D)  Bureaucrats 
E)  Warrior chieftains 
A)  Despots 
B)  Benevolent monarchs 
C)  Figureheads 
D)  Bureaucrats 
E)  Warrior chieftains

Question 4

The primary target of acquisition by the Vikings was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  populations for slave trade 
B)  monasteries 
C)  land for farming 
D)  cities in the Frankish kingdoms for ransom 
E)  Constantinople for trade 
A)  populations for slave trade 
B)  monasteries 
C)  land for farming 
D)  cities in the Frankish kingdoms for ransom 
E)  Constantinople for trade

Question 5

What was the political climate in Merovingian Gaul?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but students should b

Question 6

A dividing issue between the Eastern and Western churches was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  bishops taking on more secular authority 
B)  the use of icons in worship 
C)  lack of compliance with the mandates of the Council of Nicaea 
D)  how much authority the pope should have 
E)  whether the bishop of Rome was really St. Peter 
A)  bishops taking on more secular authority 
B)  the use of icons in worship 
C)  lack of compliance with the mandates of the Council of Nicaea 
D)  how much authority the pope should have 
E)  whether the bishop of Rome was really St. Peter

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Pope Gregory

Accepted Answer

Pope who dispatched missionari

Question 8

The financial payment to place a noble woman in a convent was usually equivalent to what would be paid as a dowry for marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Alcuin of York

Accepted Answer

Important scholar and cleric a

Question 10

Why did Emperor Otto I not succeed in Christianizing the Slavs and Danes?

Accepted Answer

A)  He died before he could launch that campaign 
B)  He had extreme difficulty centralizing his own territory and nobility 
C)  He was blocked by the Magyars 
D)  He thought they were too barbaric 
E)  The pope commanded him not to 
A)  He died before he could launch that campaign 
B)  He had extreme difficulty centralizing his own territory and nobility 
C)  He was blocked by the Magyars 
D)  He thought they were too barbaric 
E)  The pope commanded him not to

Question 11

Alfred, king of Wessex, drove the Danes completely out of Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Who defeated Grendel?

Accepted Answer

A)  Otto I 
B)  Charlemagne 
C)  Beowulf 
D)  Pepin 
E)  Charles the Bald 
A)  Otto I 
B)  Charlemagne 
C)  Beowulf 
D)  Pepin 
E)  Charles the Bald

Question 13

The first Carolingian king of all Franks was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Clovis 
B)  Charles Martel 
C)  Pepin 
D)  Carolus Magnus 
E)  Albertus 
A)  Clovis 
B)  Charles Martel 
C)  Pepin 
D)  Carolus Magnus 
E)  Albertus

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Beowulf

Accepted Answer

Epic poem written between 700

Question 15

Define and describe the various external threats to peace in the Carolignian age and how they were addressed.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but students should b

Question 16

Women's monasteries, or convents, ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were often poor because they could not attract wealthy donations for commemorative masses 
B)  provided a place for widowed noblewomen to find seclusion 
C)  were often joined with men's monasteries for sharing of resources 
D)  allowed some women to take positions of power 
E)  All of these. 
A)  were often poor because they could not attract wealthy donations for commemorative masses 
B)  provided a place for widowed noblewomen to find seclusion 
C)  were often joined with men's monasteries for sharing of resources 
D)  allowed some women to take positions of power 
E)  All of these.

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Cartularies

Accepted Answer

A register of laws a

Question 18

The Visigothic kings of Spain converted to Roman Christianity because ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they were rejected as pagans by the Christian population 
B)  they wanted a unified bond to push against the Ummayad peoples 
C)  people resented their adherence to Arian Christianity, questioning their legitimacy 
D)  they wanted to join the larger network of Christians across Europe 
E)  Spain had many centers of learning in monasteries, which the Visigoths wanted to access 
A)  they were rejected as pagans by the Christian population 
B)  they wanted a unified bond to push against the Ummayad peoples 
C)  people resented their adherence to Arian Christianity, questioning their legitimacy 
D)  they wanted to join the larger network of Christians across Europe 
E)  Spain had many centers of learning in monasteries, which the Visigoths wanted to access

Question 19

In his capital at Aachen, Charlemagne created a center of learning and sophistication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

By the terms of the Treaty of Verdun, Charles the Bald and Louis the German excluded their brother Lothar from receiving any of Charlemagne's territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: The Kingdoms of Western Europe

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -low countries

What was the name of the battle lead by Charles Martel to expel the Muslims from Frankish lands?

Which best describes the quality of rule among Merovingian kings?

The primary target of acquisition by the Vikings was ______________.

What was the political climate in Merovingian Gaul?

A dividing issue between the Eastern and Western churches was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Pope Gregory

The financial payment to place a noble woman in a convent was usually equivalent to what would be paid as a dowry for marriage.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Alcuin of York

Why did Emperor Otto I not succeed in Christianizing the Slavs and Danes?

Alfred, king of Wessex, drove the Danes completely out of Britain.

Who defeated Grendel?

The first Carolingian king of all Franks was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Beowulf

Define and describe the various external threats to peace in the Carolignian age and how they were addressed.

Women's monasteries, or convents, ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Cartularies

The Visigothic kings of Spain converted to Roman Christianity because ______________.

In his capital at Aachen, Charlemagne created a center of learning and sophistication.

By the terms of the Treaty of Verdun, Charles the Bald and Louis the German excluded their brother Lothar from receiving any of Charlemagne's territory.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

Filters