1. Chapter 10 & 11 Pretest 1. The purpose of the Crusades was to
regain the Holy Land from the
(a) Hindus.
(b) Moors.
(c) Jews.
(d) Muslims.

2. 2. The Hanseatic League was formed by cities in (a) Germany. (b) France. (c) England. (d) Spain.

3. 3.Charlemagne’s empire broke up soon after his death because of (a) feuds and internal wars among his successors. (b) financial problems faced by the government. (c) increasing corruption at the court. (d) quarrels between the government and the church

4. 4.The invaders Europeans feared most were the Vikings, whom the English called (a) Saxons. (b) Northmen. (c) Danes. (d) Franks.

5. 5. The attempt by medieval philosophers to reconcile faith and reason was called (a) patriotism. (b) usury. (c) capitalism. (d) scholasticism.

6. 6. The provisions of Magna Carta considered to be the most important dealt with the (a) rights of the barons. (b) outlawing of feudalism. (c) freeing of slaves. (d) rights of the people.

7. 7. Guilds were medieval (a) landowners
7. Guilds were medieval (a) landowners. (b) systems of rights and obligations. (c) associations of merchants or skilled workers. (d) literary works.

8. 8. Paris, Oxford, Bologna, and Salerno were sites of great (a) religious debates during the Reformation. (b) battles during the Crusades. (c) universities. (d) architectural advances.

9. 9. The works of Dante and Chaucer were significant because they were (a) representative of medieval vernacular literature. (b) reverent in their attitudes toward the church. (c) representative of a new kind of literature called fabliaux. (d) miracle plays written

10. 10. The work that stated the pope was only the elected head of the church and that all power actually belonged to the members of the church was called (a) Defender of the Peace. (b) Summa Theologica. (c) The Canterbury Tales. (d) Sic et Non.

11. 11.An indirect result of the Crusades that commerce (a) increased and feudalism was strengthened. (b) increased and feudalism declined. (c) declined and feudalism was (d) declined and feudalism increased

12. 12. The Benedictine Rule regulated the lives of (a) monarchs
12.The Benedictine Rule regulated the lives of (a) monarchs. (b) nobles. (c) popes. (d) monks.