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Frankish king who famously converted to Christianity

Clovis

Charles Martel defeated the Muslim invaders at the Battle of __________

Tours

Charlemagne was given the title

Emperor of the Romans

_____ were offficials sent by Charlemagne to collect taxes, check on roads and ensure justice

Missi Dominci

Painful tasks to determine guilt or innocence

Trials by Ordeal

Charlemagne's curriculum was established by

Alcuin of York

Vikings excelled in the art of

Shipbuilding

Under feudalism, a lord granted his vassal a ___

Fief

A knight's code of honor

Chivalry

The monk who established strict rules for monastic life was named

Benedict

The person who was chiefly responsible for increasing the Church's secular role during the Middle Ages was

Gregory I

The tithe and the sacraments were associated with

The Church

The Treaty of Verdun ended

Civil war in the empire established by Charlemagne

The Vikings excelled in the technology of

Ship design

All of the following could be said about the tournaments held in the Middle Ages EXCEPT that they were

Free from actual bloodshed

Troubadours were

Poet-musicians

Canon law deals with issues under the authority of

The Church

The person who was so famous for his red beard that he was nicknamed Barbarossa was

Frederick I

Considering the meaning of "lay investiture" and the controversy it created, it can be concluded that the word "lay" describes

people who are NOT members of the clergy

Who was Alcuin

He set up a palace school under Charlemagne

What did Benedict do

Wrote a guidebook for monks

Who was Charles Martel

He defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours

Who was Charlemagne

Was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800

Who was Clovis

A Frankish king who converted to Christianity

What is a dubbing

A ceremony that makes a knight

What is a serf

Peasant tied to a manor

What is a troubadour

Wandering poet

What is a knight

Noble mounted warrior

What is a joust

Sport in which knights charge at each other with lances

A tithe was a 10% tax paid to the Church

True

Missi Dominici collected taxes, administered justice and checked roads for Charlemagne

True

Friars lived in secluded and isolated monasteries

False

The Church taught that the way to achieve salvation (Heaven) was through the sacraments

True

What was a berserker

This was a viking knight that was believed to have fought high. It was believed they got high on special mushrooms and the belief is that is why they were such amazing fighters and warriors

What was an interdict

Barring of the sacraments (rites to receive salvation) from an entire kingdom as a punishment for violating Church law or the authority of the Church (the king violated), kept kings in line

What was a fuller

Person who cleaned and softened cloth by stomping it in a basket containing urine

What was the Honganga

This was a battle to solve issues and problems within the Viking world. In these fights, opponents would be tied to each other by their hands and given a knife, in which they used to stab each other till death or when someone gave up.

What was the Concordat of Worms

This was the treaty/agreement found by Pope Gregory the 7th and Henry the 5th that solved/set rules for the issue of lay institutions. They had fought over who had the power to appoint bishops before. They came to the conclusion that popes would get to appoint the bishops, but kings have the power to veto any of these appointments.

What was a relic

Sacred object associated with a saint or religious figure

What was Ascestism

Lifestyle of rigorous self-denial and voluntary poverty aimed at achieving spiritual, moral, or philosophical mastery

Builder of the Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan

Practice where bishops sold Church positions

Simony

The son of a rich merchant, ______ who gave up his wealth and preached that all creatures are spiritual brothers and sisters

St. Francis of Assisi

New style of architecture in the 1100s that most cathedrals were built in

Gothic

Pope that called for the 1st Crusade

Pope Urban II

Who was the Muslim leader of the 2nd & 3rd Crusades

Saladin

Tribunal used by the Church to suppress heresy

Inquisition

The effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain

Reconquista

Leader of the Christian Crusaders

Richard the Lionheart

One result of the higher wages that followed the Black Death was ________

Inflation

Which group was blamed for the Black Death?

Jews

Which weapon brought early successes to the English in the Hundred Years' War?

Longbow

Who led the French troops in lifting the siege of Orleans

Joan of Arc

The "Babylonian Captivity" refers to the period when the Pope moved the Papal Court to

Avignon

Much of the information we have concerning the Norman Invasions was garnered through studying the

Bayeux Tapestry

William Duke of Normandy was the illegitimate son of the daughter of a

Tanner

The Model Parliament was made of a

House of Lords and House of Commons

What document stated the English king needed to obey the law?

Magna Carta

The main purpose of craft guilds was to

Train and protect guild members

Who was the peasant girl who led the French troops to several victories in the Hundred Years War?

Joan of Arc

Which of the following were features of the Gothic style of architecture?

Large windows and tall pointed arches

Which of the following functions did the guilds NOT perform?

Borrow and loan money

The Black Death resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Lower wages

The new weapon that greatly helped the English in the Hundred Years' War was

Longbow

What was the chief goal of the Crusades?

To recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim Turks

"We can use reason to understand the proper role of both faith and reason, but faith is beyond the realm of reason." A statement like this would most likely be found in the

writings of a scholastic

The concept that the Bible, not the Church, was the source of Christian Truth was proposed by

John Wycliffe

What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War?

Development of national identities in England and France

How did the Battle of Hastings change the course of English history?

The Normans took control of England

Whose rights did the Magna Carta originally intend to defend?

The English nobility

Who was Saladin

The most famous and respected Muslim leader of his age

What was the Inquisition

Church court used in Spain to persecute Muslims and Jews

What was Simony

The practice of selling positions in the Church

Who was Urban II

The pope who issued the call for the First Crusade

What was the Reconquista

The organized effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Who wrote the Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Who wrote Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas

Who wrote The City of Ladies

Christine de Pizan

Guilds had the authority to regulate prices and wages

True

The French feudal lords expected Hugh Capet to be weak

True

The Romanesque crypt helped distribute the massive weight of a cathedral roof

False

Romanesque cathedrals are very light and airy

False

Vernacular is the common diet of a place or region

False

The Crusades led to increased trade

True

The Bubonic Plague was spread by gargoyles that roamed the streets at night

False

Dante Alighieri wrote The Canterbury Tales

False

Frederick I's nickname is based upon his red beard

True

Longbows helped lead the French to victories at Crecy, Agincourt, and Poitiers

False

What was the Children's Crusade

This was a crusade of all very inexperienced and defenseless children,  who were sent out all alone. This crusade ended horribly, as all the children either died from starvation or ended up being sold into slavery.

What was the Council of Clermont

The council where Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade

What was a Longbow

This was a weapon used by the English that was a great advantage from them. It was a very fast reload, allowing it to have fire faster than crossbows, giving them the upper hand against the French.

Who was John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe believed that the word of God, directly from the Bible, was all one needed to be a Christain. He believed that you didn't need popes, as the true word came from God, an idea that went highly against the Church.

What was a Gargoyle

These were creatures found on the top of Churches that drained water and were used to scare people in the church.

The Sahel is a "coastline" of what geographic feature?

The Sahara

Where are Africa's rain forests located?

In the west-central region

What is the main belief of followers of animism?

Spirits play an important role in daily life

What was the basis for the power of Adulis?

Its location on trade routes

What is emphasized by the age-set system?

Duties and roles associated with different ages

Where is the Maghrib located?

Mediterranean Sea