Stearns Chapter 10 Quiz
- 1.The post classical period in Western history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the 15th century is referred to as the
- A.
Middle Ages
- B.
Renaissance
- C.
Age of Discovery
- D.
Modern Era
- 2.Which of the following statements concerning the intellectual activity of the medieval West prior to the 8th century is most accurate?
- A.
Classical rational traditions were actively united with Christian mysticism to carve out a new intellectual world.
- B.
With the few literate people concentrated in monasteries, little was achieved other than copying older manuscripts.
- C.
Universities rapidly created a new intellectual climate in which logic was applied to matters of Christian doctrine.
- D.
Western scholars achieved more during this period than their Islamic counterparts.
- 3.Agricultural laborers under the jurisdiction of aristocratic landowners were called
- A.
Artisans
- B.
Guildsmen
- C.
Serfs
- D.
Bourgeoisie
- 4.What dynasty took over the Frankish monarchy in the 8th century?
- A.
Capetian
- B.
Carolingian
- C.
Saxon
- D.
Norman
- 5.Relationships between members of the military elite based on a reciprocal exchange of land for military service and loyalty were called
- A.
Manorialism
- B.
Feudalism
- C.
Capitalism
- D.
The guild system
- 6.In what year did Pope Urban II call for the First Crusade?
- A.
1066
- B.
1095
- C.
1130
- D.
1453
- 7.Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the Crusades?
- A.
The Crusades helped open the West to new cultural and economic influences from the Middle East.
- B.
The Crusades improved the status of women.
- C.
The Crusades increased global trade.
- D.
The Crusades demonstrated a new Western superiority in the wider world.
- 8.Following the fall of Rome, where was the center of the post-classical West?
- A.
In the former Roman colony of Spain
- B.
In Italy, particularly Rome
- C.
The central plains of northern Europe
- D.
Greece
- 9.Who were the Scandinavian invaders who disrupted the development of durable political institutions in the medieval West until the 10th century?
- A.
Muslims
- B.
Mongols
- C.
Vikings
- D.
Chinese
- 10.The system that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called
- A.
Manorialism
- B.
Feudalism
- C.
Slavery
- D.
Capitalism
- 11.The moldboard was
- A.
A system of justice common to the manorial regime of the medieval West.
- B.
A technological innovation, a plow that allowed deeper turning of the soil.
- C.
A technological innovation, a water-driven mill for grinding grain.
- D.
The peasant council that determined the division of land and labor in a peasant village.
- 12.Which of the following statements concerning the three-field rotation system is most accurate?
- A.
Introduced in the 8th century, the three-field rotation added acres to production by leaving only a third of the land unplanted.
- B.
The three-field system removed more land from production than before by reserving one-third for fallow.
- C.
The three-field system was rapidly replaced after the 8th century by the two-field system that offered greater flexibility in terms of crop rotation.
- D.
The three-field system removed fallow fields and replaced them with nitrogen-bearing crops.
- 13.Benedict of Nursia was responsible for what accomplishment in the 6th century?
- A.
The conversion of the Franks in 596
- B.
The banning of lay investiture among kings
- C.
The creation of a set of rules for monasteries
- D.
The conquest of Constantinople
- 14.What belief did the conversion of Germanic kings create among Western religious leaders, particularly the pope?
- A.
That the Church was subordinate to the secular monarchs
- B.
That the Church was superior to the secular rulers
- C.
That the Church should avoid conversion of northern Germanic kings
- D.
That such conversion represented a danger to the papal hierarchy
- 15.Which of the following statements concerning the Holy Roman Emperors after the 10th century is most accurate?
- A.
They built upon the Carolingian foundations to establish the most centralized government found in the medieval West.
- B.
Building on a feudal framework rather than the Carolingian Germanic foundations, the Holy Roman emperors created a strongly centralized government.
- C.
Discarding much of the former Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman emperors reestablished a centralized government in northern Italy.
- D.
The rule of the Holy Roman emperors became increasingly hollow, because they did not build a solid monarchy from regional foundations.
- 16.Where was the greatest concentration of urbanization after the 10th century in Europe?
- A.
Italy and the Low Countries
- B.
England and France
- C.
France and the Holy Roman Empire
- D.
England and Scandinavia
- 17.The members of the military elite who received land in return for military service in the bands of the greater lords were called
- A.
Fiefs
- B.
Benefices
- C.
Vassals
- D.
Serfs
- 18.Which of the following statements about feudalism is most accurate?
- A.
Although it inhibited the developments of strong central states, some kings were able to use feudalism to build their own power.
- B.
Although it provided initial political stability, feudalism was rapidly replaced by a western European imperial system.
- C.
Feudalism represented only a brief, and largely unsatisfactory, attempt to create political stability in western Europe.
- D.
Feudalism produced centralized monarchies by the 8th century.
- 19.How did the introduction of feudal monarchy into England compare to the political experience of France?
- A.
English feudal monarchy developed more gradually and slowly in response to the improving economy.
- B.
English feudal monarchy was introduced abruptly following 1066, while French feudal monarchy developed more slowly.
- C.
French feudal monarchy arose almost immediately in the 10th century as a result of the defeat of the Normans.
- D.
France failed to develop feudal monarchy until the 15th century unlike England.
- 20.The reforming monastic orders founded in Assisi in the 13th century were created by
- A.
St. Benedict and Clovis.
- B.
St. Clare and St. Benedict.
- C.
St. Francis and Charlemagne.
- D.
St. Francis and St. Clare
- 21.In what way was the educational system of the medieval West different from that of China?
- A.
The West abandoned its classical heritage.
- B.
The universities were not tied into a single bureaucratic system.
- C.
In the West, there were no state bureaucracies to hire university graduates.
- D.
The West lacked a formal system of education.
- 22.The leading figure in the synthesis of classical rational philosophy with Christian theology was a teacher at the University of Paris in the 13th century,
- A.
Thomas Aquinas.
- B.
William of Ockham.
- C.
Peter Abelard.
- D.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
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