A series of wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands.

1
A series of wars between Christians and Muslims
for control of Middle Eastern lands.

• Crusades

2
A religious French king who improved royal
government.

• King Louis IX

3
The Holy Roman Emperor who fought to control
wealthy northern Italian cities.

• Frederick Barbarossa

4
The everyday languages of ordinary people.

• vernacular

5
A campaign to drive Muslims from the Iberian
peninsula.

• Reconquista

6
Artistic decoration of books in the Gothic style.

• illumination

7
The appointment and installation of bishops by
non-clergy.

• Lay investiture

8
The English king who signed the Magna Carta.

• King John

9
The use of reason to support Christian beliefs.

• scholasticism

10
An outbreak of rapid-spreading disease.

• epidemic

11
In 1122, the treaty called the Concordat of Worms
gave the Church the sole power to

• elect and invest bishops with spiritual authority

12
What is a true statement about the French
Capetian kings

• They imposed royal law over their domain.

13
During the High Middle Ages, one method monarchs
used to gain more power was to

• strengthen ties with the middle class

14
Why did King John sign the Magna Carta in England
in 1215?

• to appease rebellious nobles angered over his
  abuse of power.

15
How did William the Conqueror strengthen his
power after becoming king of England in 1066?

• He required every vassal to swear first
  allegiance to him.

16
The system of common law established by English
king Henry II?

• applied to all of England, unlike local feudal
  laws.

17
What was an effect of the Black Death?

• There were large increases in wages and prices
  throughout Europe.

18
What work did Italian poet Dante Alighieri write
that takes the reader on an imaginary journey
into hell and purgatory?

• Divine Comedy

19
Science made little real progress in Europe in
the Middle Ages because

• most scholars thought that all knowledge must fit
  with Church teachings.

20
After the Reconquista was complete in 1492, Queen
Isabella?

• launched a crusade against Jews and Muslims.

21
At the Council of Clermont in 1095, why did Roman
Pope Urban II rally Christians to help Byzantine
emperor Alexius I?

• to drive the Muslim Turks from the Holy Land

22
What was an effect of the Hundred Years War?

• English rulers turned to new trading ventures
  overseas.

23
What was a result of the Hundred Years War?

• French kings were able to expand their power.

24
What brought on a decline in the power of the
papacy in 1309?

• Pope Clement V moved the papal court to Avignon.

25
Why did many rural peasants move to cities during
the plague years of the late 1300s?

• Due to high labor costs, landowners devoted less
  land to raising crops.

26
The Gothic style of architecture is noted for

• its graceful spires and tall windows.

27
What is the basic story of the Song of Roland?

• A true, chivalric hero sacrifices his life out of
  a sense of honor.

28
In his work Summa Theologica, who concluded that
there is no conflict between faith and reason?

• Thomas Aquinas

29
One major reason why universities began to emerge
in medieval Europe was that

• better-educated clergy were needed for Church
  positions.

30
During the First Crusade in 1099, Christian
knights succeeded in capturing

• Jerusalem

31
The campaigns of Frederick II into Italy

• allowed German nobles to become independent

32
English King Edward I changed Parliament by

• including representatives of the common people.

33
When translations of the works of Greek thinkers
reached Christian scholars in the 1100s,

• they began a revolution in the world of learning

34
A bitter debate took place between Henry II of
England and the Church because Henry

• claimed the right to try clergy in royal courts.

35
What caused the dispute between Henry II and
Thomas Becket?

• Henry claimed the right to try clergy in royal
  courts.