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Chapter 10: Europe in the Middle Ages

Europe in the Middle Ages

1
Which of the following did NOT contribute to an increase in food production and population growth during the Middle Ages?
A)the invention of the ox collar
B)a climate change
C)a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare
D)a three-field system of crop rotation
2
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the revival of trade in Europe?
A)the emergence of a money economy
B)a regular exchange of goods between Flanders and Italy
C)the establishment of banking firms
D)the decline of old Roman cities as centers of trade
3
To join a guild, a person needed to _____.
A)become an apprentice
B)become a master
C)have five to seven years of experience
D)become a journeyman
4
An example of the Church's dominant role in people's lives during the High Middle Ages was the _____, which barred some people from receiving the sacraments.
A)investiture controversy
B)interdict
C)Concordat of Worms
D)Cistercian order
5
A desire for greater discipline prompted a group of monks in the Middle Ages to form the new order of _____.
A)Benedictines
B)Cistercians
C)Franciscans
D)Dominicans
6
During the Inquisition, relapsed heretics were _____.
A)forced to perform public penance
B)flogged
C)tortured until they confessed
D)executed
7
The invention of _____ in the construction of Gothic cathedrals made the use of stained glass windows possible.
A)barrel vaults
B)pointed arches
C)flying buttresses
D)ribbed vaults
8
Scholasticism's chief task was to _____.
A)reconcile monarchical power and the power of the Church
B)harmonize Christian teachings with Greek philosophy
C)translate the works of Greek philosophers
D)denounce the Greek philosophers
9
Which of these did NOT overwhelm Europe in the fourteenth century?
A)the Reconquista
B)the Hundred Years' War
C)the Black Death
D)severe economic problems
10
A dispute over _____ led to the Great Schism of the Church.
A)the nationality of the pope
B)taxation of the clergy
C)the king's power to appoint bishops
D)the lifestyle of the pope
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