High Middle Ages

Question 1

In order to pass an exam to enter the next level of the guild system a Journeymen was required to present a ____________

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Masterpiece

Question 2

To achieve his political ends, Pope Innocent III often used an interdict, which

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prohibited priests from giving the sacraments of the Church to a group.

Question 3

According to the Catholic Church a sacrament is a command by God.

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True

Question 4

Medieval cities were generally small and compact compared to their classical ones.

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True

Question 5

Which of the following best explained why they had to sell off their land?

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There was too little land to make a profit

Question 6

The plague helped many serfs gain freedom from their bondage to landlords.

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True

Question 7

Which of the following was not a major Christian festival during the middle ages that we discussed in class.

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All of these were examples

Question 8

St. Thomas Aquinas attempted to reconcile faith and reason.

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True

Question 9

It is estimated that 1/3 to 1/2 of Europe’s population died from smallpox in the 15th century.

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False

Question 10

What is so important about Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is that is was one of the first works of true ____________

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English

Question 11

One function of of the business association known as guilds was to

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set quality standards.

Question 12

English weapon during the 100 years war.

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Longbows

Question 13

The population increased during the High Middle Ages for all of these reasons EXCEPT

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more doctors

Question 14

Lay investiture was a practice by which

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secular rulers chose nominees to church offices.

Question 15

Perhaps the worst place were Papal inquisitors “questioned” heretics or non believers was found in the country of

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Spain

Question 16

The cities of Flanders and Venice are important because they became major __________ centers for Europe during the late

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trade

Question 17

In a medieval university, written examinations were given several times a year.

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False

Question 18

Which of the following was written in the language of everyday speech in a particular region?

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vernacular literature

Question 19

Before the invention of the flying buttress, medieval churches had very thick walls and few windows.

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True

Question 20

This concept of the Catholic Church in which people pray to saints to pray for them.

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The Veneration of the Saints

Question 21

A Muslim Jihad was fought through the Iberian peninsula in Spain to reconquer lands from the Christians.

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False

Question 22

Plague doctors often used large beaks with good smelling herbs in the nose.

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True

Question 23

A peasant’s life could best be described as

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based heavily on manual labor.

Question 24

This Czech religious figure was accused of heresy by the Council of Constance for his views against the Catholic church.

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Jan Hus

Question 25

John Wycliffe tried to translate the bible into

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English

Question 26

Which of the following is not one of the reasons for a population increase in Europe from 1000-1300AD?

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democratic governments

Question 27

Which of the following languages would NOT be used in vernacular literature?

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Latin

Question 28

The most gathering place for peasants in the Middle Ages was the local _______________.

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church

Question 29

This is the name of the Nursery rhyme that is associated with the Black Death

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Ring around the Roside

Question 30

The Great Schism started because

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the election of two popes

Question 31

The chief task of ____ was to harmonize Christian teachings with the works of this Greek man.

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scholasticism

Question 32

The conflict between nobles in England who sought to control the monarchy between the house of York and Lancaster was kn

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War of the Roses

Question 33

This Monastic order who wanted to withdrawal from society and live in the forrest.

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Cistercians

Question 34

Why did the Church begin more an more to be involved in secular affairs

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the growing instability of political and social life in the middle ages

Question 35

Which of the following was not a type of plague that people could get during the Black Death.

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Harmonic Plague

Question 36

It was called the Black Death because of the pooling of blood under the skin of the individual.

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True

Question 37

In this torture device victims were supposedly forced to sit on a chair spiked chair that was the heated with hot coals

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interrogation chair

Question 38

The goal of the Dominican religious order was to

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purged the church from heretics

Question 39

Which of the following is not an effect of the Black Death?

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All of these things

Question 40

In city government the patricians held office.

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True

Question 41

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in

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great economic consequences.

Question 42

The ultimate goal of the Franciscans was to

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evangelize to non believers

Question 43

Merchants and artisans living in walled cities came to be called

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burghers or bourgeoisie, from the German word burg.

Question 44

Which of the following does not describe why the church lost power in the late 14th century

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All of these are correct

Question 45

This is the name of the monastic order who would whip themselves in order to gain Gods favor

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Flagerents

Question 46

This torture device was one that stretched people beyond their limits and lead to dislocations of joints, torn muscles a

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The rack

Question 47

The winner in the War of the Roses was the house of York who used the white rose as their symbol.

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False

Question 48

The location of the French papacy that was relocated during the conflict between Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface 7

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Avignon

Question 49

One of the only places were women could get an education in the Middle Ages was in a

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Convent

Question 50

Which of the following is not a Sacrament of the Catholic Church?

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Giving to the Poor

Question 51

Which of the following was not a way that religion was taught to the common people?

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Through small pamphlets

Question 52

Serfs were different from peasants in that serfs

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Were legally bound to the land

Question 53

Buildings that had long, round, stone, arched roofs; massive pillars; and massive walls were called

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Romanesque

Question 54

Joan of Ark was captured and executed upon her capture at the battle of Orleans by the English because she was accused a

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Heretic

Question 55

New technology in the High Middle Ages led to more agricultural output.

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True

Question 56

The French were able to defeat the English because of their advancement in and tactical use of

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gunpowder

Question 57

The land around the city of Roman became a political force that was ruled directly by the Pope . This territory was know

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Papal States

Question 58

At which point in the guild system did a person work for no wages?

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Apprentice

Question 59

Which of the following is not a Sacrament of the Catholic Church?

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Reading the Bible

Question 60

One cause of anti-Semitism in Medieval Europe was the spread of the bubonic plague.

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True

Question 61

Which of the following was true of the Franciscans?

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They led a life of simplicity and poverty among the people.

Question 62

Serfs were not required to provide labor services for the manor.

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False

Question 63

Which of the following’s work did Saint Thomas Aquinas try to reconcile with the doctrines of Christianity?

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Aristotle

Question 64

The Hundred Years war occurred because both the King of France and King of England claimed each other's throne.

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False

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