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Chapter 8 WesternCiv
Study Questions
Question | Answer |
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Feudalism involved all of the following EXCEPT | A payment by the vassal to the lord as rent for his fief. |
What effect did primogeniture (bequeathing a family's entire estate to the eldest son) have on younger siblings? | It forced younger sons to seek their fortunes as freebooters, as Church officials, or as crusaders. |
A manor was all of the following EXCEPT | A unit of church government. |
Gender roles among peasants | Divided the work between the sexes. |
Europeans coped with the growth of population in all of the following ways EXCEPT | Settling in the lands won by the crusades. |
Which of the following was NOT a major trading zone in medieval Europe? | The Atlantic zone that connected northern Europe with North Africa and the Middle East |
Which of the following is true of medieval cities? | Rich and poor lived side by side, often in the same house. |
The most important event of the period for England's government was | The Norman conquest. |
The Capetian dynasty was able to establish itself in part through | Fortunate childbearing. |
In choosing rulers, the Germans developed a strong tradition of | Elective kingship. |
All of the following were problems of the Church needing reform EXCEPT | The excessive authority of the pope. |
The Cluniac movement helped reform monasteries because it | Placed monasteries under the pope and the Abbot of Cluny rather than local lords. |
The reforming popes of the eleventh and twelfth centuries accomplished all of the following EXCEPT | Ending warfare among Christians by sponsoring the Crusades. |
The investiture controversy was a struggle | To control Church appointments. |
Twelfth-century popes consolidated papal reforms by all of the following EXCEPT | Strengthening the voice of Church councils. |
The origins of the crusades included all of the following EXCEPT | The moves by the Seljuk Turks to prevent Christian pilgrims from reaching Palestine. |
The motives of the crusaders included all of the following EXCEPT a desire to | Gain farmland for their peasants. |
The First Crusade can be termed | A resounding success. |
The crusader states survived in Palestine for about | 200 years. |
The Fourth Crusade accomplished all of the following EXCEPT | Reaching the Holy Lands. |