Apostolic Primacy
Feudal Society
Manors
Papal States
Vassals
100
1. Which of the following best describes the political landscape of the world between 400 and 1000 C.E., i.e. the early Middle Ages? a. Europe declined, while India and the Islamic world flourished. b. India declined, while Europe and the Islamic world flourished. c. The Islamic world declined, while Europe and India flourished. d. India and the Islamic world declined, while Europe flourished.
a. Europe declined, while India and the Islamic world flourished.
100
6. Which of the following is not true about the relationship of the Byzantine Empire and western Europe? a. The Byzantines were a protective barrier for the West against Muslim attack. b. The Byzantines were a source of classical knowledge to the West. c. The Byzantines helped the Pope organize and lead Western Christianity. d. The Byzantines provided the West with a model of a civilized society.
c. The Byzantines helped the Pope organize and lead Western Christianity.
100
11. The "doctrine of papal primacy" a. was first conceived as a papal response to the decline of Rome as a center of political power. b. was founded upon evidence from the Bible (Matthew 16:18). c. laid the foundation for repeated church-state conflicts during the Middle Ages. d. All of these answers are correct.
d. All of these answers are correct.
100
16. In medieval Europe, what did vassals owe to their lord in return for protection and a fief? a. a share of their crops b. military service and loyalty c. yearly gifts of gold and trade goods d. celebrations of the Christian mass
b. military service and loyalty
100
Land granted to a vassal in exchange for services, usually military.
Fief
200
2. All of the following were part of the cultural synthesis that led to the birth of a distinctive European set of institutions and norms except a. Greco-Roman culture. b. Germanic culture. c. Slavic culture. d. Roman Christianity.
c. Slavic culture.
200
7. In general, during the so-called Dark Ages in western Europe from 500-1000 C.E., the Byzantine Empire a. was even weaker and more backward than previous eras. b. expanded and drove the Muslims out of most of the Near East. c. was generally prosperous and culturally creative. d. fell to the Huns who made it the first capital of Russia.
c. was generally prosperous and culturally creative.
200
12. The split between the Eastern and Western churches was based upon a. the "doctrine of papal primacy." b. the filioque clause of the Nicene Creed. c. the iconoclastic controversy. d. All of these answers are correct.
d. All of these answers are correct.
200
17. In medieval Europe, manors were a. the castles that protected monasteries. b. lands owned directly by the king and his family. c. landed estates or farms owned by the nobles and worked by unfree peasants. d. land given by the Church to nobles who went on Crusades.
c. landed estates or farms owned by the nobles and worked by unfree peasants.
200
Territory in Central Italy ruled by the pope until 1870.
papal states
300
3. In general, the Germanic peoples who dominated western Europe after the fifth century C.E. a. had little respect or use for Roman culture. b. admired Roman culture and did not try to destroy it. c. sought to replace Roman culture with Byzantine culture. d. None of these answers are correct.
b. admired Roman culture and did not try to destroy it.
300
8. Islamic influence on Western culture during the Middle Ages included all of the following except a. astronomy. c. law. b. mathematics. d. medicine.
c. law.
300
13. The most persistent problem in medieval European politics was the a. demands of serfs for greater rights. b. competing claims of kings and powerful nobles. c. struggle of cities for the right of self-rule. d. definition of who belonged to the Christian community of faith.
b. competing claims of kings and powerful nobles.
300
18. In medieval Europe, a serf was someone who a. worked as an apprentice in a guild. b. lived in a monastery. c. swore homage and fealty to a king. d. was an unfree peasant living on a manor.
d. was an unfree peasant living on a manor.
300
Village farms owned by a lord.
manors
400
4. The Germanic group that adopted Roman Christianity first and then helped convert other barbarian peoples from Arianism or paganism to Catholicism was the a. Angles. c. Goths. b. Saxons. d. Franks.
d. Franks.
400
9. Hermit monasticism was founded by a. Basil the Great. b. Benedict of Nursia. c. Anthony of Egypt. d. Damasus I.
c. Anthony of Egypt.
400
14. Feudal society is best characterized by a. slaves, small farms, and dominant local lords. b. vassals, fiefs, and a weak central government. c. agricultural production, fealty, and active trade. d. invasion, benefices, and a strong central authority.
b. vassals, fiefs, and a weak central government.
400
The doctrine that the popes are the direct successors to the Apostle Peter and, as such, heads of the church.
Apostolic Primacy
400
The part of a manor that was cultivated directly for the lord of the manor.
demesne
500
5. The Byzantine ruler Justinian is best known for a. reconquering the west. b. editing of the Qur’an. c. promulgating a Roman law code. d. building the Hagia Sophia church.
c. promulgating a Roman law code.
500
10. The most significant early organizer of Western monasticism was a. John Cassian. c. Athanasius. b. Benedict of Nursia. d. Martin of Tours.
b. Benedict of Nursia.
500
15. Fiefs were a. lands bestowed on noblemen in return for military aid. b. Germanic acts of valor and fidelity. c. judgments in Germanic law which were decided after an ordeal. d. nobles who fought next to the king.
a. lands bestowed on noblemen in return for military aid.
500
The teaching that the popes have power over all other bishops of the church.
Plenitude of Power
500
Peasants tied to the land they tilled.
serfs
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