Reference no: EM133291711

The Consolidation of Europe

Challenges to the Medieval Order

The Renaissance

The Protestant Reformation

1. What warlike and pious descendant of Charles Martel was both the king of the Franks and, eventually, crowned emperor by the pope on Christmas Day, 800?

A. Clovis

B. Charles the Bald

C. Pepin the Short

D. Charlemagne

2. Among the intellectual achievements of the "renaissance" centered on this king's court was Carolingian minuscule. What was Carolingian minuscule?

A. The first printed writing, carved on small "minuscule" wooden blocks

B. A handwritten script with a complex system of punctuation marks meant to guide the reader's pronunciation

C. A form of written script using only capital letters for emphasis and clarity

D. A handwritten script including spaces between words and upper and lower case letters

3. What group caused chaos in northern and western Europe by repeatedly raiding and plundering coastal settlements and monasteries in Britain, northern France, and elsewhere

A. the Moors

B. the Vikings

C. the Huns

D. the Magyars

4. These raiders successfully acquired what permanent territory of their own from the French king, a territory still referred to by their name?

A. Lombardy

B. Britanny

C. Magyarorszag

D. Normandy

5. What important effect did these raids and invasions have on England?

A. The creation of the English language as a deliberate attempt to distance the English from the invaders

B. The destruction of its once strong, unified Saxon kingdom

C. The unification of its several small, divided kingdoms under Alfred the Great and his descendants

D. These raiders actually avoided England because it was too poor to be worth the effort

6.  What was the most important and revolutionary mechanical innovation of the medieval agricultural revolution?

A. the catapult

B. the steel plow

C. the castle

D. the water mill

7. What was a manor?

A. A particular way of speaking that distinguished peasants from nobles

B. Machinery that harnessed hydraulic power to grind grain

C. Common farmland worked by an entire village for a lord

D. Alarge, luxurious house that only the nobility were allowed to live in

8. What was a fief?

A. A musical instrument similar to a small flute

B. A band of soldiers organized from armed peasants

C. A grant of land given to a subordinate by his lord

D. The medieval term for the subordinate of a lord

9. How was the relationship between a lord and vassal sealed?

A. Through marriage--the lord was allowed to marry the vassal's eldest daughter

B. Through homage--a public ceremony involving religious oaths

C. Through serfdom--the process of tying peasants to the land

D. Through pilgrimage--the lord and vassal would travel to Jerusalem together

10. Viking raiders explored eastward deep into modern Russia, southward into the Black Sea and Mediterranean, and westward all the way to a land they called Vinland.

Where is Vinland?

A. Modern-day Spain

B. Modern-day Iceland

C. Modern-day West Africa

D. Modern-day North America