Bentley Ch. 19 Influence Of Europe
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- 1.The Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" because
- A.
The emperors were not crowned by the popes
- B.
The Byzantine emperors did not acknowledge the Holy Roman Empire
- C.
The people who lived there did not practice Christianity
- D.
It did not restore imperial unity to western Europe
- 2.Which of the following did not contribute to the expansion of arable land in Europe during the high middle ages?
- A.
Population pressure
- B.
Use of the horseshoe and horse collar
- C.
Increased cultivation of beans
- D.
The shift from horses to oxen
- 3.According to Pegolotti
- A.
European long-distance trade with China was perfectly safe
- B.
Local lords always robbed traveling merchants
- C.
By using paper money in China, Europeans paid higher prices for their goods
- D.
Traders should try to bargain for the cheapest guide
- 4.The Hanseatic League was
- A.
Known for its determination to reconquer Spain and wrest it from Muslim control
- B.
Responsible for curbing the expansion of the Holy Roman Empire
- C.
An association of trading cities of northern Europe
- D.
A military religious order
- 5.In medieval Europe, the three estates meant
- A.
England, Scotland, and Ireland
- B.
The three rolyal estates of the Capetian kings
- C.
The three social classes
- D.
The big three city-states in north Italy
- 6.During the high middle ages, the development of towns and cities "fit awkwardly in the framework of a medieval political order" because
- A.
Their citizens demanded autonomy from local lords
- B.
Unlike feudal manors, cities were egalitarian societies
- C.
Unlike the organization of the workforce on feudal manors, women became part of the working class in cities
- D.
Townspeople included all three estates
- 7.Guilds of European cities and towns could do all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Set standards of quality for manufactured goods
- B.
Administer justice on behalf of the city government
- C.
Determine the prices at which members had to sell their products
- D.
Regulate the entry of new workers in their groups
- 8.Curricula of cathedral schools concentrated on
- A.
Liberal arts
- B.
Theology
- C.
Law and medicine
- D.
The writings of Aquinas
- 9.During the high middle ages, European scholars' rediscovery of Aristotle's work led to
- A.
The growing dynamism of popular heresies
- B.
The development of scholasticism
- C.
A rejection of the Latin classics
- D.
A decline in Christian belief
- 10.Christians' devotion to saints was very much like
- A.
The Bantu people's devotion to the creator god
- B.
Buddhists' devotion to Bodhisattvas
- C.
Muslims' devotion to Mecca
- D.
The Jews' devotion to the Torah
- 11.Which of the following did NOT belong to the popular heresies of medieval Europe?
- A.
Waldensians
- B.
Cathars
- C.
Albigensians
- D.
Mendicants
- 12.Which of the following statements does NOT describe the crusades?
- A.
The campaigns showed European military superiority to Muslim armies
- B.
One of the crusades conquered Constantinople instead of recapturing Palestine
- C.
The crusaders traded eagerly with Muslim merchants in the eastern Mediterranean
- D.
The crusaders introduced to Europe new agricultural products they learned about from the Muslims
- 13.The term RECONQUISTA specifically referred to
- A.
The reconquest of Spain
- B.
The reconquest of Sicily
- C.
The recapture of Palestine
- D.
The Albigensian crusade
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