Question 1

Which of the following was not a restriction placed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jews must wear distinctive clothing in public. 
B)  Jews could not hold public office. 
C)  Jews could not live in Spain. 
D)  Jews who converted could not return to their previous religion. 
E)  None of these were restrictions placed on Jews. 
A)  Jews must wear distinctive clothing in public. 
B)  Jews could not hold public office. 
C)  Jews could not live in Spain. 
D)  Jews who converted could not return to their previous religion. 
E)  None of these were restrictions placed on Jews.

Question 2

The reform movement in the tenth century began in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cluny 
B)  Canossa 
C)  Worms 
D)  Cathars 
E)  Assisi 
A)  Cluny 
B)  Canossa 
C)  Worms 
D)  Cathars 
E)  Assisi

Question 3

The Dominicans were best known for ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  combatting heresy 
B)  poverty 
C)  chastity 
D)  obedience 
E)  converting Muslims 
A)  combatting heresy 
B)  poverty 
C)  chastity 
D)  obedience 
E)  converting Muslims

Question 4

The author of Guide for the Perplexed was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Avicenna 
C)  Averroës 
D)  Maimonides 
E)  Menifiores 
A)  Aristotle 
B)  Avicenna 
C)  Averroës 
D)  Maimonides 
E)  Menifiores

Question 5

What forms did trade take in the late Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but students should r

Question 6

Which of the following statements about slavery in Europe is false ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian slave merchants sold slaves from North Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia. 
B)  Narrowly defining Christians as Roman allowed slave traders to sell Greeks as slaves until 1453. 
C)  Most Black Sea slaves were women. 
D)  Religious prohibitions prevented Muslims from selling other Muslims as slaves. 
E)  Genoese and Venetian merchants dominated the slave trade in the eastern Mediterranean. 
A)  Christian slave merchants sold slaves from North Africa, Corsica, and Sardinia. 
B)  Narrowly defining Christians as Roman allowed slave traders to sell Greeks as slaves until 1453. 
C)  Most Black Sea slaves were women. 
D)  Religious prohibitions prevented Muslims from selling other Muslims as slaves. 
E)  Genoese and Venetian merchants dominated the slave trade in the eastern Mediterranean.

Question 7

What was the decision reached at the Concordat of Worms?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nobility had to recognize that the church had higher authority than the laity. 
B)  The church and state were entirely separate in legal jurisdictions. 
C)  The laity could not hand symbols of office to the clergy but could give them symbols of temporal authority. 
D)  The emperor had power over anyone in his land, clergy, or laity. 
E)  The pope could negate vows of allegiance to a temporal lord. 
A)  The nobility had to recognize that the church had higher authority than the laity. 
B)  The church and state were entirely separate in legal jurisdictions. 
C)  The laity could not hand symbols of office to the clergy but could give them symbols of temporal authority. 
D)  The emperor had power over anyone in his land, clergy, or laity. 
E)  The pope could negate vows of allegiance to a temporal lord.

Question 8

The Fourth Lateran Council declared all of the following except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  standards of clerical behavior 
B)  that the pope was the highest authority in Christendom 
C)  that Christians had to go to confession once a year 
D)  that close relatives could not marry each other 
E)  that everyone had to tithe 10 percent of their earnings to the church 
A)  standards of clerical behavior 
B)  that the pope was the highest authority in Christendom 
C)  that Christians had to go to confession once a year 
D)  that close relatives could not marry each other 
E)  that everyone had to tithe 10 percent of their earnings to the church

Question 9

Urban II considered the Crusades a(n) ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  just war 
B)  unjust war 
C)  mistake 
D)  unholy war 
E)  necessary evil 
A)  just war 
B)  unjust war 
C)  mistake 
D)  unholy war 
E)  necessary evil

Question 10

All of the following were notable interpreters of Aristotle except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Moses Maimonides 
B)  Averroës 
C)  Avicenna 
D)  Thomas Aquinas 
E)  Peter Abelard 
A)  Moses Maimonides 
B)  Averroës 
C)  Avicenna 
D)  Thomas Aquinas 
E)  Peter Abelard

Question 11

Who were the members of the Teutonic Knights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monk-knights who established a headquarters in the former temple of Solomon 
B)  German merchants who set up a hospital 
C)  Italian maritime tradesmen who provided ships to reach Jerusalem 
D)  Dedicated volunteers who secured Syria as a Crusader State 
E)  Slave traders who followed the Crusaders into siege and captured the conquered 
A)  Monk-knights who established a headquarters in the former temple of Solomon 
B)  German merchants who set up a hospital 
C)  Italian maritime tradesmen who provided ships to reach Jerusalem 
D)  Dedicated volunteers who secured Syria as a Crusader State 
E)  Slave traders who followed the Crusaders into siege and captured the conquered

Question 12

The Reconquista was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the attempt by the Dominican friars to purge heretics in Spain 
B)  the gradual reclaiming of the Iberian Peninsula by Christian forces 
C)  the expulsion of all Jews and Muslims from Spain 
D)  a war against the Albigensians 
E)  the fifth crusade launched by Spain to retake Jerusalem 
A)  the attempt by the Dominican friars to purge heretics in Spain 
B)  the gradual reclaiming of the Iberian Peninsula by Christian forces 
C)  the expulsion of all Jews and Muslims from Spain 
D)  a war against the Albigensians 
E)  the fifth crusade launched by Spain to retake Jerusalem

Question 13

Describe the creation and identity of the Holy Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

How did people in Europe learn of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

A)  By reading the papal decree 
B)  Through monks 
C)  By knights 
D)  By royal messengers 
E)  By traveling traders 
A)  By reading the papal decree 
B)  Through monks 
C)  By knights 
D)  By royal messengers 
E)  By traveling traders

Question 15

At the University of Bologna, prospective jurists learned principles of law through Justinian's Body of Civil Law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Who founded the Dominicans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clare 
B)  Francis 
C)  Guzman 
D)  Waldo 
E)  Urban 
A)  Clare 
B)  Francis 
C)  Guzman 
D)  Waldo 
E)  Urban

Question 17

First-born sons inherited titles and property based on the system of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  civil law 
B)  primogeniture 
C)  patriarchal succession 
D)  filial piety 
E)  landholdings 
A)  civil law 
B)  primogeniture 
C)  patriarchal succession 
D)  filial piety 
E)  landholdings

Question 18

The first person to call for a crusade against heretics in Western Europe was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pope Innocent III 
B)  Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I 
C)  Dominic Guzman 
D)  King Philip Augustus of France 
E)  Francis of Assisi 
A)  Pope Innocent III 
B)  Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I 
C)  Dominic Guzman 
D)  King Philip Augustus of France 
E)  Francis of Assisi

Question 19

What were the restrictions placed on Jews after the Fourth Lateran Council, and what were their effects?

Accepted Answer

The council's pronouncements included re

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Francis of Assisi

Accepted Answer

Founder of the Franc

Exam 10: The High Middle Ages

Which of the following was not a restriction placed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council?

The reform movement in the tenth century began in ______________.

The Dominicans were best known for ______________.

The author of Guide for the Perplexed was ______________.

What forms did trade take in the late Middle Ages?

Which of the following statements about slavery in Europe is false ?

What was the decision reached at the Concordat of Worms?

The Fourth Lateran Council declared all of the following except ______________.

Urban II considered the Crusades a(n) ______________.

All of the following were notable interpreters of Aristotle except ______________.

Who were the members of the Teutonic Knights?

The Reconquista was ______________.

Describe the creation and identity of the Holy Roman Empire.

How did people in Europe learn of the Crusades?

At the University of Bologna, prospective jurists learned principles of law through Justinian's Body of Civil Law.

Who founded the Dominicans?

First-born sons inherited titles and property based on the system of ______________.

The first person to call for a crusade against heretics in Western Europe was ______________.

What were the restrictions placed on Jews after the Fourth Lateran Council, and what were their effects?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Francis of Assisi

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 Kingdoms of Western Europe

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

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