The valuable natural material that made king Otto I the wealthiest man in northern Europe?
What is silver.
100
Who was the ruler who failed to accomplish much but established the Capetian Dynasty?
Who was Hugh Capet.
100
What is the most famous fortified stronghold William built as an emblem of Norman power?
What is Tower of London.
100
What three major religions could be found in Spain?
What is Christianity, Judaism and Islamic.
100
Italy was split into 2 regions in the twelfth century, a north and a south. Which of these regions was dominated by the communal-urban model?
What is North.
200
The wife of Otto II who is credited with the start of the Ottonian renaissance?
Who was Theophano.
200
What were the two innovations that improved the Capetian dynasty’s power?
What is crowning son as co-regent to ensure line of succession and smart marriages
200
What was William’s opponent doing when William crossed the Channel?
What was fighting Norwegian invasions in the north.
200
What area of study was considered dangerous in both Islamic and Christian cultures?
What is Philosophy.
200
What was the biggest factor that made Italy the leading economic force in the twelfth century?
What is Trading in the Mediterranean.
300
The country that Otto's I, II, and III all focused on maintaining power in.
What is Italy.
300
France suffered the worst attacks, with the greatest numbers, and deadliest effects from what group?
What is Vikings?
300
What did William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book take inventory of? (name 3 important things)
What is farms, sheep in a flock, tools available, peasant tenants, rents and numbers of serfs.
300
What was the problem of Abd ar-Rahamn III assuming the title of caliph and formalizing the break from Baghdad?
It caused the succession to be questioned and caused political factions.
What is it caused the succession to be questioned and caused political factions.
300
What group of people ended the “tug-of-war” of southern Italy between the Lombards, the Byzantines, and the North African Muslims?
What is Norman adventurers.
400
Conrad II started this group that strongly opposed church-state reforms.
What is Salian dynasty.
400
What was largest and wealthiest principality of France?
What is Aquitaine?
400
What document declared that the papacy held no authority in England without the permission of the King?
What is Triple Concordat?
400
What is one reason for Christian ruler’s success as they moved southward?
What is Muslims were moving north
400
What book discovered in a library in Pisa caused Roman law to become implemented in northern Italy and costal Spain?
What is Corpus of Civil Law.
500
These countries made up the imperium ruled by Henry III and his son Henry IV.
What is Germany, Burgundy, and northern Italy.
500
What were the weaknesses of the Capetian dynasty? (3 things)
What is no central treasury, no central archive, hard to locate local court if looking for royal justice.
500
Why was Henry’s daughter Matilda not seen as a favorable successor? (Note: her being a woman is not the correct answer)
What was her marriage to German Emperor Henry V and latter her second marriage to Geoffrey of Anjou.
500
How did the Arabs and Berbers change Spain’s agricultural potential?
What is they brought in more effective farming systems for arid soil.
500
Name 2 factors that ignited the rise of urban communities in eleventh century Italy.
What is fast rising birth rate, agriculture, liberation of trade following the break up of the Islamic empire, rediscovery of Roman law.