HIEU 201 Quiz 10 The High Middle Ages solutions complete answers

HIEU 201 Quiz 10 The High Middle Ages solutions complete answers

 

Medieval guilds

          a. were organized by tradesmen to govern their own economic activities.       

          b. organized all the craftspeople of a given town into a single group.  

          c. promoted competition by encouraging individual decision-making.   

          d. were strictly business organizations, with the sole purpose of making money for their members.     

 

By the thirteenth century, Italian towns

          a. suffered as trade routes shifted to northern Europe. 

          b. acted as intermediaries facilitating trade between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.   

          c. suffered as trade routes shifted to central Europe and the North Sea.         

          d. were unable to engage in trade because of Byzantine domination.   

 

The three-field system

          a. allowed for increased production by reducing the amount of land that was left fallow.        

          b. made its biggest impact in southern Europe. 

          c. was replaced with the two-field system.       

          d. allowed animals to graze on two-thirds of the land.  

 

The reform movement in the church in the tenth and eleventh centuries

          a. emerged as a reaction against the moral laxity and worldliness that had corrupted many monasteries and the papacy.      

          b. granted secular authorities, especially the nobles, more influence over church affairs.         

          c. abolished the system of cardinals and provided that popes be elected democratically by general church councils.         

          d. loosened the strict rules that had governed the lives of monks for centuries.

 

Representative institutions grew out of

          a. the insistence of the clergy that the Bible dictated the need for such bodies. 

          b. royal dependence on the nobility for military support.        

          c. the desire of kings to expand their authority and powers.    

          d. popular movements led by wealthy townspeople.

 

King John's costly war with ________ led to the Magna Carta.

          a. Germany      

          b. Italy 

          c. the Spanish kingdoms         

          d. France        

 

William the Conqueror created

          a. English common law. 

          b. the division of lands into shires, or counties. 

          c. the position of sheriff, a royal agent of the king.      

          d. a vast census of people and property.         

 

The Cathari were a

          a. group of religious dissenters based in northern Germany.     

          b. monastic order dedicated to a return to early Christian principles.    

          c. radical group of religious dissenters who departed dramatically from mainstream Catholicism.        

          d. wealthy Italian family that raised large sums of money for the papacy.        

 

The church addressed the perceived threat of heresy through

          a. excommunication, which cut a person off from the heresy in question and was a guarantee of salvation.          

          b. the Inquisition, a permanent tribunal that demanded suspects disprove accusations made against them.          

          c. a reasoned presentation of alternative viewpoints.    

          d. wars that were usually opposed by kings and nobles.

 

The Investiture Controversy centered on the right to

          a. invest kings with the powers of their office.  

          b. appoint bishops.     

          c. invest the Holy Roman emperor with the power of his office. 

          d. control the wealth of the church.     

 

Europe experienced a revival of trade and commerce by the eleventh century that stemmed in part from

          a. increased political stability.   

          b. a revival of Viking attacks.   

          c. diminished agricultural production.   

          d. a decrease in the money supply.

 

Which of the following barred the Jews from public office and required them to wear a distinguishing badge on their clothing?

          a. King Edward I of England     

          b. Moses ben Maimon  

          c. Pope Gregory VII     

          d. the Fourth Lateran Council

 

The authority and prestige of the papacy reached its height under Innocent III, partly because he

          a. sponsored the Fourth Crusade, which was the most successful of all wars against the Muslims.       

          b. was able to win in specific conflicts with the kings of England and France.   

          c. allowed greater diversity of practices and beliefs among Christians in Europe.         

          d. separated the church from secular affairs, thereby avoiding embarrassing political confrontations.

 

A primary difference between political developments in England and in France was that

          a. the English Parliament consisted of representatives from the nobles and clergy only. 

          b. the French nobility gained power at the expense of their king.        

          c. England was conquered in 1066, which, in a single event, placed a strong king on the throne to govern the entire country.  

          d. representative institutions did not exist in France.    

 

In medieval towns,

          a. women played no part in economic life.      

          b. women often worked alongside their husbands in a variety of crafts. 

          c. guildswomen had many privileges but were strictly forbidden to train apprentices.   

          d. women were prohibited from guild membership throughout Europe. 

 

Which of the following contributed to anti-Jewish feeling during the Middle Ages?

          a. the Jews' crime of deicide    

          b. the role of Jews as moneylenders    

          c. the Jew's belief in blood libel 

          d. all of the above

 

Which of the following was NOT one of the seven sacraments of the medieval church?

          a. confirmation 

          b. extreme unction      

          c. almsgiving    

          d. marriage

 

The Holy Roman Empire was a weak and divided state because

          a. it was a small territory that lacked sufficient economic resources.     

          b. the pope granted investiture to emperors who devoted little attention to political affairs.    

          c. popes refused to grant anyone the imperial title after the death of Charlemagne.    

          d. emperors often became embroiled in Italian and papal politics, thus sapping their strength at home.          

 

The Franciscans and the Dominicans were

          a. divisions within the larger institution of the Inquisition.       

          b. monastic orders that required their members to separate completely from the world.         

          c. religious orders whose members went out into the world to preach the Gospel.      

          d. rival groups of religious dissenters, both of whom were declared heretical by the papacy.    

 

The Crusades can be described as all of the following EXCEPT

          a. part of a general movement of European expansion. 

          b. a sign of vitality and self-confidence in Western Europe.      

          c. a demonstration by the Roman Church of its subservience to the Eastern Orthodox Church. 

          d. an attempt by the papacy to assert its preeminence.