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1. The practice of _______ resulted in men with few spiritual qualifications for taking church offices.
Simony
18. Which German king fought with Pope Gregory VII over lay investiture?
Henry IV
Note: This "fight" was ended when Gregory VII excommunicated.
33. Where in the empire did many Holy Roman emperors meddle, this allowing greater freedom to Germany's feudal princes?
a. Italy
b. Saxony
c. England
D. France
a. Italy
48. Which of the following was the Danish ruler of England?
a. Alfred
b. Henry the Fowler
c. Otto I
d. Canute
d. Canute
Match the following with the correct answer choice.
a. Alfred the Great b. Charlemagne c. Charles Martel d. Clovis e. Frederick I f. Gregory I g. Henry the Fowler h. Hugh Capet i. Leo I j. Patrick k. Pepin II l. Phillip II m. Otto I
___ 61. founded the Capetian royal line
___ 62. reunited almost all of the Frankish territories under one rule
___ 63. defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in western France
___ 64. the first of the Saxon line of German kings
___ 65. persuaded Attila the Hun to spare the city of Rome
___ 66. perhaps the best representative of the early medieval popes
___ 67. promoted education throughout his empire
___ 68. medieval missionary
___ 69. the real founder of France
___ 70. became known as "King of the Franks"
Answers:
61. _H_ Hugh Capet
62. _K_ Pepin II
63. _D_ Clovis
64. _G_ Henry the Fowler
65. _i_ Leo I
66. _F_ Gregory I
67. _B_ Charlemagne
68. _J_ Patrick
69. _L_ Phillip II
70. _C_ Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer)
2. The College of Cardinals was created to allow only _____________ to chose the pope.
churchmen
19. What medieval system involved local rulers offering the people protection in return for their services.
feudalism
34. The selling of church offices is called...
a. excommunication
b. lay investiture
c. investiture
d. simony
d. simony
49. Monks began to compile the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles during which king's reign?
a. John
b. Edward I
c. Alfred
d. Henry II
c. Alfred I / Alfred the Great
3. The leaders of the church were called __________.
clergy
20. Who laid the foundation for a unified England?
Alfred the Great
35. The College of Cardinals attempted to fix the problem of immoral men being popes by having what group of people chose the popes?
a. nobles
b. emperors
c. serfs
d. churchmen
d. churchmen
50. All of the following rulers received territory after the Treaty of Verdun except...
a. Charles the Bald
b. Otto
c. Louis the German
d. Lothair
b. Otto
Matching 2
Matching 2
4. Otto the Great is credited with establishing the ______ _______ ______.
Holy Roman Empire
21. What term refers to the buying and selling of religious goods or church offices?
simony
36. Who provided protection on the local level following the collapse of Charlemagne's empire?
a. counts
b. dukes
c. freemen
d. laymen
b. dukes
51. Who grew up in Sicily and later broke his promise to Innocent III?
a. Edward I
b. Frederick I
c. Frederick II
d. Phillip II
c. Frederick II
Match the following with the correct answer:
a. chivalry b. College of Cardinals c. fiefs d. freemen e. knight f. laity g. lords h. page i. regular clergy j. secular clergy k. serfs l. squire m. vassal
___ 71. a young boy placed in the care of a knight
___ 72. more privileged peasants who served as manorial officials or skilled laborers
___ 73. the recipient of an estate from a king: servant to the king
___ 74. parishioners
___ 75. conducted religious services, administered sacraments to the laity, and supervised the business and property of the church
___ 76. created to ensure that churchmen, rather than Roman nobles or German kings would choose the popes
___ 77. in the business of protecting life and property
___ 78. land-holding nobles
___ 79. the majority of peasants living on a manor
___ 80. strict code of behavior (for a knight)
Answers:
71. _H_ page
72. _D_ freemen
73. _M_ vassal
74. _F_ parishioners
75. _J_ secular clergy
76. _B_ College of Cardinals
77. _E_ knight
78. _G_ land-holding nobles
79. _K_ serfs
80. _A_ chivalry
5. The Anglo-Saxon rule of England ended in 1066 with the ____________ of a Norman (French) duke.
invasion
Note: William I (William the Conqueror)
22. When William I surveyed England's taxable resources, the findings were collected in what document?
"The Doomsday Book"
37. Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962?
a. Charlemagne
b. Otto I
c. Frederick I
d. Frederick II
b. Otto I
Note: He was also known as "Otto the Great"
52. The Capetian kings were able to increase their power over the feudal lords by...
a. producing sons to keep the line of succession clear
b. enlarging royal possessions by conquest and through marriage alliances
c. developing a centralized government
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
6. At the beginning of ____________ rule of France, powerful lords possessed more land and authority than the king.
Capethian
23. What word did early Christians use to describe the church that simply means "universal" or "encompassing all"?
catholic
38. What was the name of the battle between William of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex (in 1066 AD)?
a. Culloden
b. Bosworth Field
c. Hastings
d. London
c. Hastings
Note: On 14 October 1066 Duke William of Normandy defeated King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. It remains one of the most famous events in English history. The Norman victory had a lasting political impact on England and coincided with cultural changes across Europe.
53. Which of the following men was a medieval missionary?
a. Boniface
b. Clovis
c. Charles Martel
d. Hugh Capet
a. Boniface
7. ________________ adopted a life of seclusion and strict discipline as a means of reforming the church.
Bernard of Clairvaux
24. What royal family line became known as the do-nothing kings?
The Merovingians
39. Which powerful pope helped one of the last Hohenstaufen rulers to secure his throne?
a. Gregory I
b. Gregory VII
c. Leo I
d. Innocent III
d. Innocent III
54. The lie-de-France was land...
a. held by the feudal lords
b. held by English kings
c. around Paris ruled by the king
d. conquered outside France
c. around Paris ruled by the king
8. The _________ was home for the majority of people living in Medieval Europe.
manor
25. What code strictly regulated the lives of monks?
The Benedictine Code
40. What was the chief obstacle that kept French kings from expanding their powers?
a. land held by English kings
b. "power of the purse"
c. power of the pope
d. strength of the feudal lords
a. land held by English kings
55. Phillip II tripled the size of his domain by taking land from which English king?
a. Henry II
b. Henry IV
c. John
d. Edward I
c. John
9. Phillip II was able to triple the size of his domain by breaking the power of ______ _______ of England.
King John
26. What treaty split Charlemagne's kingdom into three separate kingdoms?
The Treaty of Verdun
41. Who was the reforming pope who outlawed lay investiture and won a victory over Henry IV at Canossa?
a. Innocent III
b. Gregory VII
c. Gregory I
d. Leo I
b. Gregory VII
56. All of the following are Roman Catholic teachings except...
a. purgatory
b. feudalism
c. seven sacraments
d. mass
b. feudalism
10. ____________ is known as the greatest reforming pope.
Gregory VII
27. Who was the famous Cistercian monk who led in monastic reforms?
Bernard of Clairvaux
Which of the following statements is NOT true of Alfred the Great?
a. He defeated the Danes and ruled the southern portion of England
b. He founded the English Navy
c. He surveyed the taxable resources of England
d. He set up districts with shire-reeves as government officials
c. He surveyed the taxable resources of England
Note: This was done by William I in his "Doomsday Book"
11. The Holy Roman Empire was plagued with conflicts between _________ and ____________.
emperors
popes
28. What is the practice of kings and nobles appointing church officials?
lay investiture
43. Which of the following did not govern the behavior of a knight?
a. Peace of God
b. chivalry
c. Doomsday Book
d. Truce of God
c. Doomsday Book
Essay
Essay
The regular clergy lived __________ lives.
monastic
Note: They lived in a "monastary" and were called "monks".
29. What document recognized the right of the church to elect its own bishops and abbots and to invest them with spiritual authority?
The Concordat of Worms
44. Who was the first of the Hohenstaufens to rule the Holy Roman Empire?
a. Frederick I
b. Otto I
c. Frederick II
d. Henry VI
a. Frederick I
Evaluate the seven sacraments in light of scripture.
According to Protestant teachings, only two of the seven Catholic sacraments are considered valid: Baptism and the Eucharist (also known as Communion or the Lord's Supper), as most Protestants believe that these are the only sacraments explicitly instituted by Jesus in the Bible, rejecting the other five (Confirmation, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony) as not having biblical authority.
13. During the reign of ___________ the English king possessed more land in France than the French king.
Henry II
30. Who, nicknamed Barbarossa, married his son to the heiress of Sicily?
Frederick I
45. All of the following men were medieval popes except...
a. Gregory VII
b. Innocent III
c. Philip IV
d. Leo I
c. Philip IV
Note: He was a king of France
14. Corrupt ________ and worldly _________ caused a significant decline in the prestige of the _______ ___________ during the 9th and 10th centuries.
15. The Franks were one of the ________ _________ of the Germanic peoples.
14. popes clergy Catholic Church
15. most powerful
31. What invaders did the Europeans most fear?
The Vikings
46. What caused lay investiture?
a. Church officials who controlled land needed a lord's protection
b. Church officials wanted more land and power
c. Secular rulers conquered church property
d. Church officials were poor and needy
c. Secular rulers conquered church property
16.. The Romans ruled ___________ from 43 AD to 410 AD.
17. When a man became a squire, he began his training as a __________.
16. Britain
17. knight
32. What theory holds that Christ made Peter the first pope and gave him supreme authority over the church on earth?
Petrine Theory
47. The Holy Roman Empire was founded by...
a. Henry the Fowler
b. Frederick I
c. Otto the Great
d. Canute
c. Otto the Great