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Restoration Of An Ordered Society

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Question 1
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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the period 1000-1150?

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A

abolishment by kings of feudal ties, to establish government and extend royal power

B

papacy consolidated power

C

growth of towns and trade

D

monastic reform

E

the crusades

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Question 2
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Manorialism refers to

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relationships between lords and vassals.

B

urbanization and the development of guilds between 1050 and 1300.

C

a lord's control over the serfs on his fief.

D

the economic organization of agricultural production.

E

the growth of royal justice.

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Question 3
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The term "villein" describes

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small villages in northern Italy.

B

units of feudal political jurisdiction.

C

an unfree peasant who worked in agriculture in England and France.

D

the lord to whom a vassal owed primary loyalty.

E

a vassal of the lowest rank.

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Question 4
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Glebe land is the

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land on a manor owned by the lord.

B

area conquered by the crusades in Palestine.

C

land under the protection of the Teutonic Knights.

D

land reserved on a manor for the parish priest.

E

land owned by a castellan.

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Question 5
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The obligations due a serf to his lord usually included

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yearly rent on land.

B

work three days a week on the demesne.

C

paying a fine for leaving the manor.

D

paying an inheritance tax.

E

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Question 6
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Feudalism describes

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A
a patron/client relationship between two freemen.
B
the program of Church reform initiated by Pope Gregory VII.
C
the labor due from a serf to his lord.
D
the Church's right to invest the clergy with the symbols of ecclesiastical office.
E
agricultural production on a manor.
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Question 7
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A fief is

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a style of armor developed around 1000 A.D.to protect knights.
B
a tax paid by serfs to their lords on the marriage of their eldest daughter.
C
land or money offered by families to attract a suitable husband for a daughter.
D
a lord's concession of land to a vassal, which imposed obligations upon both.
E
a form of heroic epic, best seen in The Song of Roland.
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Question 8
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Subinfeudation describes

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the process in which a lord retains rights of wardship over a vassal's children.
B
a re-granting of a portion of a fief to another vassal.
C
the feudal custom of liege loyalty to subordinates.
D
a process in which a fief is invested by the lord.
E
the inheritance of a fief by a woman without paying a fine.
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Question 9
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Classic feudalism never had much influence in

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England.
B
Sicily and southern Italy.
C
the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
D
France.
E
Celtic areas.
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Question 10
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Primogeniture describes

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glebe lands belonging to priests.
B
large dowries inherited by daughters.
C
the equal division of property among sons and daughters.
D
the eldest son inheriting a fief.
E
the removal of secular interference in the election of bishops.
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Question 11
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What promoted the formation of the feudal system?

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A
overpopulation in Europe, requiring new means of government regulation
B
increased agricultural production
C
chaotic conditions and the need for security
D
the growing influence of the Church, promoting readjustment of political institutions
E
lawyers beginning to clarify, define, and regulate patron/client relationships
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Question 12
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All of the following were true of the Mediterranean trade EXCEPT that

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Europeans obtained medicines, perfumes, and other rare items.
B
Europe provided wood, iron, grain and agricultural commodities.
C
North Africa traded animal products and gold.
D
cloth increasingly played a role in the trade.
E
with the rise of the cloth trade, Europeans spent much of their precious metals.
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Question 13
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What was the most distinctive feature of twelfth-century urban life?

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social hierarchy dominated by a closed aristocracy of patricians
B
nobles and great landlords moving from the country into towns
C
the dominance of artisans and craftspeople in urban government
D
the decline in overseas trade
E
opportunities for vertical social mobility
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Question 14
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Towns during the High Middle Ages differed from towns before that time, in that after ca.1000 towns became

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administrative centers as well as centers of defense.
B
the primary residences of bishops and other high Church officials.
C
increasingly under the authority of feudal lords.
D
industrial and commercial centers.
E
ecclesiastical centers of administration.
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Question 15
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The Domesday Book is

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the record of the Gregorian reform of the Church.
B
the record of criminal punishments handed down by Henry I's "justices in eyre."
C
the chronicle of Robert of Normandy's capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders.
D
a comprehensive survey of land in England compiled by William the Conqueror.
E
the Court of Exchequer's record of debts owed to the Duke of Normandy.
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Question 16
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The Parliament of Britain today is a direct descendant of

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the Exchequer.
B
the papal curia.
C
the curia regis.
D
the king's Privy Council.
E
the College of Cardinals.
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Question 17
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The pattern of feudal development in France differed from that of England because

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the English king only had a vague prestige over his vassals.
B
the French king and the Church were constantly fighting over prestige.
C
English kings only desired a federation of fiefs bound by loyalty.
D
England was much larger and contained more cultural diversity than France.
E
French kings had to deal with a larger country encompassing greater diversity.
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Question 18
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Germany showed a pattern of development different than that of France or England because

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it kept a strong tradition of elective kingship.
B
Germany was far from a hostile frontier and could develop more peacefully.
C
authority in France and England was concentrated among territorial nobles.
D
English and French kings depended on their parliaments to govern effectively.
E
of the strong role of the curia regis in Germany.
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Question 19
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Otto I used bishops and abbots to administrate his empire because

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Germany had no concept of "liege lord" and therefore Otto had little authority over vassals.
B
they had no hereditary claims to their fiefs.
C
he had few financial resources and therefore relied on the wealth of the Church and its officials to govern.
D
with little education, Otto could intimidate Church officials with his authority and power.
E
the "Ottonian Renaissance" promoted the Church in the governance of the empire.
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Question 20
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An excellent example of the "Ottonian Renaissance" is

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the Domesday Book.
B
the extension of German imperial authority during the second age of feudalism.
C
the victory of the German emperor over the Church in the Investiture Controversy.
D
Roswitha of Gandersheim.
E
Tancred de Hauteville.
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