HIST 101 Final UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
. Cities and towns grew rapidly between 1000 and 1300. One reason for their rapid growth was
that improved agricultural practices (the agricultural revolution) made more food available.
According to your text, a major cause for urban (city) population growth was _______________.
- CORRECT ANSWER - increasing short and long distance trade
Your text mentions numerous crusades that were launched in an effort to gain control of
Jerusalem. Most failed in this objective. Which of the following succeeded? - CORRECT
ANSWER - first crusade
. "Courtly love" was a concept that emerged in connection with the concept of chivalry. This
concept explained how knights should act toward women. In regards to marriage and sex, noble
women could be ___________ while peasant women could be ___________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - courted with manners; ordered to have sex
Following the collapse of the Kingdom Charlemagne ruled (the Carolingian Empire) two new
methods of political organization emerged to fill the region's political vacuum. These were
___________ and ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER - feudal states; self governing
cities
Feudalism, where two people agreed that one would give something (land, a yearly salary) to
another. In return, the recipient promised service (military, labor). The giver was the "lord" and
the recipient the "vassal." "Vassals" could make agreements with more than one person and
could in turn promise lands or income to someone else. Thus, feudalism did not create a clear
social "pyramid" with one person on top except in one country, invaded in 1066 by Normans.
What was the nation that had this clear "pyramid" of feudal obligations? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. France
B. Germany
C. Holland
D. Italy
E. Russia
, NONE OF THE ABOVE
The years after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, according to your text, were difficult for
the Catholic Church. Local leaders (nobles) took control of Church properties, monasteries and
bishophrics in the 800 and 900s. The first stirrings of Catholic efforts to reform this system
began in monasteries in the 900s. Which monastery started this reform movement? - CORRECT
ANSWER - cluny
"A new and momentous phase in the history of the reform movement began in 1073 with the
election of Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085)." What was the major event defined his time as Pope?
- CORRECT ANSWER - The Investiture Controversy
. During the twelfth and thirteenth century the Catholic Church experienced a burst of lay
(regular people) piety. Which of the following groups were NOT part of this explosion of piety?
- CORRECT ANSWER - A. Waldensians
B. Cathars
C. Franciscans
D. Dominicans
E. A & B were NOT
ALL OF THE ABOVE
In what way did the recovery of classical learning affect medieval intellectual life? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. by acquiring Muslim ideas
B. by expanding and increasing literacy
C. by developing new philosophical ideas
D. helping create and spread universities
E. all EXCEPT answer A
ALL A-D are true
CORRECT Answers
. Cities and towns grew rapidly between 1000 and 1300. One reason for their rapid growth was
that improved agricultural practices (the agricultural revolution) made more food available.
According to your text, a major cause for urban (city) population growth was _______________.
- CORRECT ANSWER - increasing short and long distance trade
Your text mentions numerous crusades that were launched in an effort to gain control of
Jerusalem. Most failed in this objective. Which of the following succeeded? - CORRECT
ANSWER - first crusade
. "Courtly love" was a concept that emerged in connection with the concept of chivalry. This
concept explained how knights should act toward women. In regards to marriage and sex, noble
women could be ___________ while peasant women could be ___________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - courted with manners; ordered to have sex
Following the collapse of the Kingdom Charlemagne ruled (the Carolingian Empire) two new
methods of political organization emerged to fill the region's political vacuum. These were
___________ and ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER - feudal states; self governing
cities
Feudalism, where two people agreed that one would give something (land, a yearly salary) to
another. In return, the recipient promised service (military, labor). The giver was the "lord" and
the recipient the "vassal." "Vassals" could make agreements with more than one person and
could in turn promise lands or income to someone else. Thus, feudalism did not create a clear
social "pyramid" with one person on top except in one country, invaded in 1066 by Normans.
What was the nation that had this clear "pyramid" of feudal obligations? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. France
B. Germany
C. Holland
D. Italy
E. Russia
, NONE OF THE ABOVE
The years after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, according to your text, were difficult for
the Catholic Church. Local leaders (nobles) took control of Church properties, monasteries and
bishophrics in the 800 and 900s. The first stirrings of Catholic efforts to reform this system
began in monasteries in the 900s. Which monastery started this reform movement? - CORRECT
ANSWER - cluny
"A new and momentous phase in the history of the reform movement began in 1073 with the
election of Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085)." What was the major event defined his time as Pope?
- CORRECT ANSWER - The Investiture Controversy
. During the twelfth and thirteenth century the Catholic Church experienced a burst of lay
(regular people) piety. Which of the following groups were NOT part of this explosion of piety?
- CORRECT ANSWER - A. Waldensians
B. Cathars
C. Franciscans
D. Dominicans
E. A & B were NOT
ALL OF THE ABOVE
In what way did the recovery of classical learning affect medieval intellectual life? - CORRECT
ANSWER - A. by acquiring Muslim ideas
B. by expanding and increasing literacy
C. by developing new philosophical ideas
D. helping create and spread universities
E. all EXCEPT answer A
ALL A-D are true
