Human Heritage: A World History

Chapter 27: Rise of Monarchies

Rise of Monarchs

1
The Capetian kings strengthened the French monarchy by doing all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A)granting town charters
B)setting up a national court and a national currency
C)giving nobles more power
D)setting up a tax system
2
Which statement about the English monarchy during the Middle Ages is NOT TRUE?
A)King William I, the Norman king, completely changed the English laws and government to French ways.
B)King Henry II strengthened the government by establishing royal courts of law and a standard body of law.
C)When King John signed the Magna Carta, he helped establish the idea that nobility is not above the law.
D)Edward I established Parliament and the House of Lords for representation by the people.
3
The Hundred Years' War was fought _____.
A)to drive the French out of England
B)to free France from English control
C)to protest the killing of Joan of Arc
D)between English and French fleets to gain control of the sea
4
As a result of the Hundred Years' War, ____.
A)the nobles in England and France became more powerful
B)France became more unified, but England did not
C)the English were driven out of France completely
D)the common people in England and France became more powerful
5
In 962, the Pope crowned Otto I _____.
A)emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
B)Roman Emperor
C)king of Germany
D)bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
6
The most important way in which King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella unified Spain was _____.
A)by uniting the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon
B)by taking away some of the nobles' privileges
C)by forcing all Spaniards to become Catholic
D)by forcing all Spaniards to become Muslims
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