(20 POINTS!) Question 1
What environmental factor encouraged the Vikings set sail, trade, raid, and explore other lands?
Question 1 options:
Silk Road trade routes shifted, forcing Vikings to look for resources elsewhere
Scandinavia was lacking in physical resources and useable farmland
Russian invaders pushed the Vikings out of their homeland
Vikings wanted to travel to Italy and learn more about Christianity
Question 2 (1 point)
Which European is believed to be the first to reach North America?
Question 2 options:
Clovis
Ragnar Lothbrok
Leif Erikson
Marco Polo
Question 3 (1 point)
Who was at the bottom of the medieval European feudal structure?
Question 3 options:
serfs
priests
vassals
nobles
Question 4 (1 point)
Which of these best describes the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassals?
Question 4 options:
A vassal was given land in exchange for military service
Vassals were expected to vote on who should be the next feudal lord
A vassal was expected to teach the feudal lord's children
Vassals were required to got to church or the feudal lord would excommunicate them
Question 5 (1 point)
Which of these is the best definition of the code of chivalry?
Question 5 options:
The rules of honorable conduct for knights and nobles
The laws that decided how a noble's land should be distributed among his children
The collection of religious texts that were approved by the Catholic Church
The laws governing how much a serf should be paid
Question 6 (2 points)
Which of these are true about the manor system in medieval Europe? Select all that apply
Question 6 options:
Manors were often run democratically
Manors were self-sufficient towns owned by a local noble
People could go their whole lives without leaving a manor
Castle walls and moats offered protection against dragon attacks
Manors were closely connected with surrounding manors and the outside world
Question 7 (1 point)
Who usually administered special church ceremonies, called sacraments?
Question 7 options:
village priests
the pope
wealthy landowners
kings
Question 8 (1 point)
During the early Middle Ages in Europe, who was subject to canon law?
Question 8 options:
priests
everybody
peasants
kings
Question 9 (1 point)
Which of these was a tool used by the church to force nobles to obey the church?
Question 9 options:
hiring Viking raiders to attack disloyal nobles
forcing nobles to spend half of the year in Rome, rather than on their manors
taking noble's children hostage
the threat of excommunication
Question 10 (3 points)
Which is true of the Church's role in the everyday life of most Europeans during the Middle Ages? Select all that apply
Question 10 options:
most people turned to the church at important times in their lives
the church left education and learning to town officials
the church helped the poor and sick
most markets occurred outside town church buildings
Question 11 (1 point)
Which is a reform the church made during the eleventh and twelfth centuries?
Question 11 options:
the church ended the practice of excommunication
friars were banned from moving from town to town
bishops began to practice simony in appointing officials
the church no longer allowed secular rulers to choose the pope