Early Kings
After Rome fell, early kings initially held power because they?
A. Controlled trade
B. Had strong navies
C. Filled the leadership vacuum
D. Controlled monasteries
What is filled the leadership vacuum?
Feudalism developed because people needed?
A. More farmland
B. Church rituals
C. Guild rules
D. Local protection from invasions
What is local protection from invasions?
Which religious duties made people dependent on the church?
A. Crusading
B. Trail by combat
C. Sacraments
D. Feudal contracts
What is Sacraments?
Who won the Battle of Hasting and began Norman rule in England?
A. Harold godwinson
B. Philip II
C. William the conqueror
D. John I
Who is William the conqueror?
Who launched the first crusade?
A. Philip II
B. Pope Urban II
C. William I
D. Otto I
Who is Pope Urban II?
Why did early medieval kings fail to protect their people?
A. They focused on mainly building cities
B. They lacked strong central governments
C. They controlled to much land
D. They refused to help nobles
What is they lacked strong central governemnts?
Feudal lords became powerful mainly because they controlled?
A. Castles and private armies
B. Universities
C. Church courts
D. Guilds
What is Castles and private armies?
What does it mean to be excommunicated from church?
A. People cut off from church
B. People gives gifts in the church
C. People sing songs
D. People eat food
What is people would be cut off from the church
Why did nobles force king Sign Magna Carta?
A. They wanted feudalism abolished
B. They wanted limits on royal power
C. They wanted to end trade
D. They wanted to unify France and England
What is they wanted limits on royal power?
Which region was considered the Holy Land during the crusades?
A. Egypt
B. Constanople
C. Jerusalem and the surrounding areas
D. Western Europe
What is Jerusalem and the surrounding areas?
Which major problems weekended early kings and caused people to turn to local lords?
A. Growth of cities
B. Increased population
C. To much land
D. Viking, Magyars, and Muslim invasions
What is Viking, Magyar, and Muslim invasions?
Which group gained power because they provided military service?
A. Priests
B. Monks
C. Knights
D. Merchants
Who are Knights?
What legal system gave the church major power over society?
A. Royal law
B. Feudal law
C. Guild law
D. Canon law
What is Canon law?
Which English king expanded courts and established common law?
A. Louis IX
B. Henry II
C. Hugh Capet
D. Edward III
Who is Henry II?
Why did the crusades help kings gain power?
A. Kings gained access to church courts
B. Trade increased, giving kings more tax revenue
C. Nobles formed guilds
D. Pope lost all power
What is trade increased, giving kings more tax revenue?
Which ruler briefly restored strong royal power before it weekended again?
A. Clovis
B. Otto !
C. Charlemagne
D. Henry II
Who is Charlemagne?
The manor system made lords powerful because manors were?
A. Centers of global trade
B. Self sufficient and controlled by lords
C. Controlled by kings
D. open marketplaces
What is self sufficient and controlled by lords?
Which calin increased the church's authority over kings
A. Lay investiture
B. Papal supremacy
C. Knightly oaths
D. Manorial rights
What is Papal supremacy?
Which French king wanted to end private wars and sent royal officals to check on nobles?
A. Louis IX
B. Otto I
C. William II
D. Philip IV
Who is Louis IX?
How did the crusades weaken feudal lords?
A. Lords received fewer knights
B. Kings dissolved their armies
C. Serfs ran away
D. Many died or lost land
What is many died or lost land?
How did Vikings carry out most of their invasions across Europe?
A. By marching large armies across mountains
B. By using fast ships to raid coasts and rivers
C. BY attacking only during winter
D. BY tunneling under castle walls
What is by using fast ships to raid coats and rives?
Why were serfs a source of lordly power?
A. They worked in guilds
B. They couldn't be bought or sold
C. They were tied to the land and owned labor
D. They served in royal courts
What is they were tied to the land and owned labor?
Why did the church gain wealth and land over time?
A. Lords donated land to earn religious favor
B. Kings were required to surrender territory
C. Guilds paid he church annual taxes
D. Monks were forced to serve as knights
What is lords donated land to earn religious favor?
What French king was responsible for creating strong bureaucracy, using paid officials instead of nobles?
A. John III
B. Saxon
C. Philip II
D. William
Who is Philip II?
What motivated many nobles to join the crusades, weakening their power at home?
A. Desire for wealth and land in holy land
B. Desire for become king
C. Fear of excommunication
D. Pressure from merchants
What is Desire for wealth and land in holy land?