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Mid-Term Exam Review
8th Grade World History Mid-Term Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following didn't result from the repeated invasions of the Germanic tribes that led to the fall of the Roman? | the establishment of a common language |
| What regions of the world today are still strongly influenced by the achievements of Rome? | Europe and the United States |
| What was one long-term result of the crowning of Charlemagne? | the deepening split between eastern and western Christianity |
| Which was Not a reason for the decline of the Western Roman Empire? | a strong military |
| What signaled the beginning of the Middle Ages? | the collapse of the Roman Empire |
| Why did Germanic peoples invade the Roman Empire? | resentment over Rome's power and wealth |
| What was the emperor's purpose for dividing the Roman Empire? | to preserve Greek and Roman knowledge and make control of the empire more efficient |
| Who was the feudal contract usually between? | a greater lord and his less powerful lord |
| How would you define Chivalry? | a code of conduct for knights |
| Who was knight expected to fight bravely for? | his chosen lady |
| Which statement best describes events after Charlemagne's death? | His sons fought for control; his kingdom was divided |
| Who was the leader that brought Christianity to the Franks? | Clovis |
| What did the Treaty of Verdun bring an end too? | the civil war that was a result of Charlemagne's death |
| Which statement best describes medieval serfs? | They were bound to the land but were not slaves |
| What was the feudal system based on? | mutual obligations |
| What was a manor? | a lord's estate |
| What was a medieval manor onsidered? | a self-sufficient unit |
| Where did a young page begin his education? | at another lord's castle |
| Who had the authority to declare a squire a knight? | the knight's lord |
| What was the main job of a squire? | to serve a knight |
| Which of the following was a page supposed to learn? | courtly manners |
| What were the main forces holding the feudal society together? | a set of mutual obligations and the teachings of the Church |
| How were feudalism and the manor system related? | Feudalism was the social order and the manor system was the economic arrangement that supported it. |
| What happened to the status of women during the Middle Ages? | Womens' roles remained limited to the home and the convent. |
| Who was the pope that issued the first Crusade? | Urban II |
| The organized effort to drive Muslims from Spain. | Reconquista |
| The architectural style most closely associated with Middle Ages and Age of Faith. | Gothic |
| The Church court used in Spain to persecute Jews and Muslims. | the Inquisition |
| The Magna Carta guaranteed | basic legal rights |
| The name of the legislative body of medieval England. | parliament |
| Who led the Norman conquest of England? | William the Conqueror |
| Which of the following best describes the nature of a guild? | an association of people who worked at the same occupation |
| What was the chief goal of the Crudades? | to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks. |
| What was one problem identified by Church reformers during the Middle Ages? | Bishops sold positions in the Church for money. |
| All of the following led to changes within the Medieval society EXCEPT | The Church becoming the dominant institution |
| The major cause of the Great Schism was | arguments about which man holding the position of pope was the true pope. |
| The central issue of the Hundred Years' War was | the throne of France |
| What function did a craft guild not perform? | borrowing and loaning money |
| How did the Battle of Hstings change the course of English history? | The Normans took control of England |
| The group of people most responsible for spreading the bubonic plague were | traders |
| Whose rights did the Magna Carta originally intend to defend? | the English nobility |
| The decisions of the English royal courts of justice created | English common law |
| The Great Schism was finally resolved when | all three popes were forced to resign, and a new pope was elected |
| What was main effect of the Commercial Revolution? | more money was available for building businesses |
| What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War? | It caused the development of national identities in England and France. |
| The second Agricultural Revolution during the Middle Ages | increased the population because of the development of a food surplus |
| Which developments did the most to end the Middle Ages? | longbow,bubonic plague,Hundred Years'War and the Great Schism |
| The devastation caused by the bubonic plague contributed to | the disruption and collapse of medieval society |
| Why did the Age of Chivalry eventually decline? | new technology such as the longbow made learning to become a knight unimportant. |
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