Question 1

The map reproduced here tells us what about the First Crusade (1096-1099)?
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Accepted Answer

A)  Naval forces were vital to transporting crusaders. 
B)  Most crusaders came from modern-day France and Germany. 
C)  Crusaders needed to control river valleys to defeat the Muslims. 
D)  The Turks employed psychological warfare to divide the Crusaders. 
A)  Naval forces were vital to transporting crusaders. 
B)  Most crusaders came from modern-day France and Germany. 
C)  Crusaders needed to control river valleys to defeat the Muslims. 
D)  The Turks employed psychological warfare to divide the Crusaders. B

Question 2

What did the battle of Manzikert (1071) signify?

Accepted Answer

A)  The end of Byzantine domination in eastern Turkey 
B)  The final disintegration of the Muslim world into numerous small states 
C)  Pope Alexander II's defeat of Emperor Henry IV and the reduction of the Roman emperorship to a largely ceremonial post 
D)  The beginning of the Christianization of the Middle East during the crusades 
A)  The end of Byzantine domination in eastern Turkey 
B)  The final disintegration of the Muslim world into numerous small states 
C)  Pope Alexander II's defeat of Emperor Henry IV and the reduction of the Roman emperorship to a largely ceremonial post 
D)  The beginning of the Christianization of the Middle East during the crusades A

Question 3

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Concordat of Worms?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended Emperor Henry V's power over the papacy. 
B)  It expressed the church's dismay at the massacre of Jews during the First Crusade. 
C)  It conceded considerable power within the church to the king. 
D)  It solidified the royal line of succession after Henry V. 
A)  It ended Emperor Henry V's power over the papacy. 
B)  It expressed the church's dismay at the massacre of Jews during the First Crusade. 
C)  It conceded considerable power within the church to the king. 
D)  It solidified the royal line of succession after Henry V. C

Question 4

What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on church-state relations in the empire?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 5

The widespread use of money, corporations, banks, and urban centers that thrived on economic success was characteristic of the

Accepted Answer

A)  crusades. 
B)  commercial revolution. 
C)  Gregorian reforms. 
D)  Benedictine monasteries. 
A)  crusades. 
B)  commercial revolution. 
C)  Gregorian reforms. 
D)  Benedictine monasteries.

Question 6

Why is the battle of Hastings (1066) referred to as one of history's rare decisive battles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Harold, earl of Wessex, and his Anglo-Saxon army succeeded in wiping out the army of the Norman invader, William, in a single day. 
B)  Lord Hastings led his Anglo-Saxon army into a trap laid by William, duke of Normandy, resulting in the army's total encirclement and its immediate surrender. 
C)  William and his army of Norman soldiers so decimated the Anglo-Saxon army, killing its leader, King Harold, that they were able to overtake England unopposed. 
D)  Both contenders to the English throne-the duke of Normandy and the earl of Wessex-were killed, opening the way to a successful invasion by Harald Hardrada, the king of Norway. 
A)  Harold, earl of Wessex, and his Anglo-Saxon army succeeded in wiping out the army of the Norman invader, William, in a single day. 
B)  Lord Hastings led his Anglo-Saxon army into a trap laid by William, duke of Normandy, resulting in the army's total encirclement and its immediate surrender. 
C)  William and his army of Norman soldiers so decimated the Anglo-Saxon army, killing its leader, King Harold, that they were able to overtake England unopposed. 
D)  Both contenders to the English throne-the duke of Normandy and the earl of Wessex-were killed, opening the way to a successful invasion by Harald Hardrada, the king of Norway.

Question 7

How did the Norman kings organize and administer England after the conquest?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 8

In northern and central Italy, most long-term business ventures were structured as

Accepted Answer

A)  corporations with a board of directors and shareholders. 
B)  family corporations run by those within an extended family. 
C)  joint-stock corporations that sold common shares to all interested parties. 
D)  royal partnerships over which the local kings had ultimate power. 
A)  corporations with a board of directors and shareholders. 
B)  family corporations run by those within an extended family. 
C)  joint-stock corporations that sold common shares to all interested parties. 
D)  royal partnerships over which the local kings had ultimate power.

Question 9

Medieval fairs functioned primarily as

Accepted Answer

A)  sources of entertainment. 
B)  marketplaces. 
C)  venues for arranging marriages. 
D)  religious festivals. 
A)  sources of entertainment. 
B)  marketplaces. 
C)  venues for arranging marriages. 
D)  religious festivals.

Question 10

By the early Middle Ages, most Jews lived in which region?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern France 
B)  Along the Mediterranean coast 
C)  England 
D)  Poland 
A)  Northern France 
B)  Along the Mediterranean coast 
C)  England 
D)  Poland

Question 11

Explain why townspeople seemed different both to themselves and to outsiders.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 12

What was the Domesday?

Accepted Answer

A)  An apocalyptic text discussing the end-time that inspired King William to conquer England 
B)  A cathedral erected in Kent, England, by the Norman conquerors 
C)  A survey and census of England ordered by William 
D)  The name given to the Norman conquest by the displaced Anglo-Saxon nobility 
A)  An apocalyptic text discussing the end-time that inspired King William to conquer England 
B)  A cathedral erected in Kent, England, by the Norman conquerors 
C)  A survey and census of England ordered by William 
D)  The name given to the Norman conquest by the displaced Anglo-Saxon nobility

Question 13

Describe and explain the attack on Jews by members of the First Crusade.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 14

What was one ominous result of the First Crusade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unprecedented, systematic persecution of the Jews 
B)  Movement to restrict women's mobility by accusing female crusaders of witchcraft 
C)  Expansion of rural poverty as crusaders increased dues to finance their journeys 
D)  An increase in lawlessness and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea 
A)  Unprecedented, systematic persecution of the Jews 
B)  Movement to restrict women's mobility by accusing female crusaders of witchcraft 
C)  Expansion of rural poverty as crusaders increased dues to finance their journeys 
D)  An increase in lawlessness and piracy on the Mediterranean Sea

Question 15

Why did many church reformers make clerical celibacy a centerpiece of their reforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  With their new emphasis on the sacraments, they believed a celibate clergy was necessary to set priests apart from the laity. 
B)  They were driven primarily by hatred for the eastern Orthodox church, which they regarded as a corrupt institution. 
C)  They were singularly fixated on the possibility that church property might be turned over to surviving spouses, should married clergy pass away. 
D)  They believed that allowing clergy to marry might open the door to the ordination of women. 
A)  With their new emphasis on the sacraments, they believed a celibate clergy was necessary to set priests apart from the laity. 
B)  They were driven primarily by hatred for the eastern Orthodox church, which they regarded as a corrupt institution. 
C)  They were singularly fixated on the possibility that church property might be turned over to surviving spouses, should married clergy pass away. 
D)  They believed that allowing clergy to marry might open the door to the ordination of women.

Question 16

The centers of commerce that developed during the commercial revolution tended to grow fastest and most densely

Accepted Answer

A)  around fortified castles. 
B)  along key waterways, including seacoasts and river systems. 
C)  around monasteries and churches. 
D)  on the sites of old Roman forts. 
A)  around fortified castles. 
B)  along key waterways, including seacoasts and river systems. 
C)  around monasteries and churches. 
D)  on the sites of old Roman forts.

Question 17

Which of the following statements describe William's rule in England?

Accepted Answer

A)  He ruled peacefully for forty years and concentrated his attention on England rather than on Normandy. 
B)  He claimed it by right of conquest and ruthlessly replaced the Anglo-Saxon nobility with his Norman followers. 
C)  He was aided by the Anglo-Saxon nobility, who cooperated fully with the new regime. 
D)  He destroyed Anglo-Saxon institutions that had proved inadequate and replaced them with Norman traditions and customs. 
A)  He ruled peacefully for forty years and concentrated his attention on England rather than on Normandy. 
B)  He claimed it by right of conquest and ruthlessly replaced the Anglo-Saxon nobility with his Norman followers. 
C)  He was aided by the Anglo-Saxon nobility, who cooperated fully with the new regime. 
D)  He destroyed Anglo-Saxon institutions that had proved inadequate and replaced them with Norman traditions and customs.

Question 18

Which of the following statements is supported by this map of the crusader states in 1109?
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Accepted Answer

A)  By 1109, the crusader states had conquered the Byzantine Empire in its entirety. 
B)  The Byzantine Empire had expanded significantly to conquer most of the crusader states by this time. 
C)  The kingdom of Jerusalem had been completely overtaken by the Byzantine Empire by this time. 
D)  By 1109, the crusader states had occupied a small area of the Byzantine Empire. 
A)  By 1109, the crusader states had conquered the Byzantine Empire in its entirety. 
B)  The Byzantine Empire had expanded significantly to conquer most of the crusader states by this time. 
C)  The kingdom of Jerusalem had been completely overtaken by the Byzantine Empire by this time. 
D)  By 1109, the crusader states had occupied a small area of the Byzantine Empire.

Question 19

What belief drove monastic movements for religious reform in the tenth and eleventh centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  The belief that there was no biblical justification for the existence of popes and bishops 
B)  The belief that the church had become too worldly and had been corrupted by its contacts with secular authorities 
C)  The belief that Islam threatened the heart of western Christianity and that only a spiritually pure church could combat this peril 
D)  The belief that secular rulers needed to exert more control over the church, which had become too corrupt 
A)  The belief that there was no biblical justification for the existence of popes and bishops 
B)  The belief that the church had become too worldly and had been corrupted by its contacts with secular authorities 
C)  The belief that Islam threatened the heart of western Christianity and that only a spiritually pure church could combat this peril 
D)  The belief that secular rulers needed to exert more control over the church, which had become too corrupt

Question 20

In 1291, the crusader states

Accepted Answer

A)  were regrouped into a single state. 
B)  changed their allegiance to the Byzantine emperor and the patriarch of Constantinople. 
C)  fell permanently to the Muslims. 
D)  formed an alliance with the new Seljuk king. 
A)  were regrouped into a single state. 
B)  changed their allegiance to the Byzantine emperor and the patriarch of Constantinople. 
C)  fell permanently to the Muslims. 
D)  formed an alliance with the new Seljuk king.

Exam 10: Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150

The map reproduced here tells us what about the First Crusade (1096-1099)? ​ ​

What did the battle of Manzikert (1071) signify?

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Concordat of Worms?

What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on church-state relations in the empire?

The widespread use of money, corporations, banks, and urban centers that thrived on economic success was characteristic of the

Why is the battle of Hastings (1066) referred to as one of history's rare decisive battles?

How did the Norman kings organize and administer England after the conquest?

In northern and central Italy, most long-term business ventures were structured as

Medieval fairs functioned primarily as

By the early Middle Ages, most Jews lived in which region?

Explain why townspeople seemed different both to themselves and to outsiders.

What was the Domesday?

Describe and explain the attack on Jews by members of the First Crusade.

What was one ominous result of the First Crusade?

Why did many church reformers make clerical celibacy a centerpiece of their reforms?

The centers of commerce that developed during the commercial revolution tended to grow fastest and most densely

Which of the following statements describe William's rule in England?

Which of the following statements is supported by this map of the crusader states in 1109? ​ ​

What belief drove monastic movements for religious reform in the tenth and eleventh centuries?

In 1291, the crusader states

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The map reproduced here tells us what about the First Crusade (1096-1099)?

Which of the following statements is supported by this map of the crusader states in 1109?