JEOPARDY REVIEWThe Byzantine Empire

Lived in convents, prayed, and worked.

What are nuns?

Bishop of Rome.

Who is the Pope?

Lifestyle of monks.

What is monasticism?

Charles the Great. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800. United the Frankish kingdoms into one empire.

Who is Charlemagne?

A fine paid by a wrongdoer.

What is wergild?

Rooms in a monastery set aside for the writing of manuscripts and records.

What are scriptoria?

Separation of the Roman Catholic Church into the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

What is the Schism?

Church officials.

What is the clergy?

Man who serves a lord in a military capacity.

What is a vassal?

The district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

What is a bishopric?

Female superior of a convent of nuns.

What is an abbess?

Tenant giving military service as a mounted man-at-arms to a feudal landholder.

What is a knight?

System, principles, and customs of knighthood.

What is chivalry?

Someone who goes out to spread a religious message.

What is a missionary?

Political or social system based on the holding of all land in fief and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage and legal and military service of tenants.

What is feudalism?

Major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights.

What is an estate?

Germanic warriors from Scandinavia.

What are the Vikings?

The lord-vassal’s duties did NOT involveA. Military serviceB. Appearing in courtC. Running marketsD. Providing defense

Answer: C Providing markets

After Charlemagne, western Europe was attacked by all of the following EXCEPT

A. MuslimsB. Bantu peoplesC. MagyarsD. Vikings

Answer: B Bantu Peoples

Aristocratic women did all of the following EXCEPT

A. Manage the ChurchB. Manage the householdC. Oversee household food suppliesD. Manage servants

Answer: A Manage the Church

Owners of large landed estates did NOT include

A. BaronsB. DukesC. KingsD. Serfs

Answer: D Serfs

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

A. Their widespread invasions of Asian kingdoms

B. The conquest of Scandanavia in 911 by Charlemagne

C. The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity

D. Their desire to sail to America

Answer: C The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity.

In 1066, William of NormandyA. Tried to invade England, but was soundly

defeated by King Harold’s forcesB. Was forced to sign the Magna CartaC. Called for the death of Thomas a BecketD. Invaded England, soundly defeating King

Harold’s forces at the Battle of Hastings.

Answer: D Invaded England, soundly defeating King Harold’s forces at the Battle of Hastings.

Under Germanic law, if an accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, or ___, he or she was presumed innocent.

A. BrainwashingB. GauntletC. QuarteringD. ordeal

Answer: D Ordeal

The Frankish leader who defeated the Muslims in 732 was

A. BenedictB. Pepin the ShortC. Charles MartelD. Gregory I

Answer: C Charles Martel

This Philip II of Franch greatly increased the power of the French monarchy by

A.Forming the first French parliament by meeting with representatives of the three estates

B.Expanding the royal mintC.Waging war on the rulers of England, and

gaining control of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Aquitaine

D.Defeating King William at the Battle of Hastings

Answer: C Waging war on the rulers of England, and gaining control of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Aquitaine.

Body of laws common to the whole kingdom.

What is common law?

This census, ordered by William, was the first of its kind since Roman times.

What was the Domesday Book.

This English monarchy greatly expanded the power of the royal courts.

Who was Henry II?

In return for protecting the pope, Otto I was

A. Granted land in NormandyB. Linked to ByzantiumC. Crowned Roman emperorD. Converted to Christianity

Answer: C - Crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Native peoples in Russia and Ukraine were conquered by

A. Vikings then MongolsB. Mongols, then VikingsC. Slavs, then ChristiansD. Franks, then Moors

Answer: A - Vikings then Mongols

Orthodox Christianity became the chief religion of all EXCEPT

A. Kievan RusB. BritonsC. BulgariansD. Serbs

Answer: B - Britons

Byzantine emperor Alexius I asked Europeans for help against

A. PalestineB. The Seljuk TurksC. The Eastern Orthodox ChurchD. Hagia Sophia

Answer: B - Seljuk Turks

Justinian’s accomplishments include all of the following EXCEPT

A. Winning the CrusadesB. Creating a written code of lawsC. Building Hagia SophiaD. Building the Hippodrome

Answer: A - Winning the Crusades

What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?

A. AlexandriaB. RomeC. ConstantinopleD. Venice

Answer: C - Constantinople

Macedonian emperors expanded the Byzantine Empire to include all of the following except

A. CreteB. CyprusC. SyriaD. Italy

Answer: D - Italy

The Byzantine Empire was weakened by all of the following EXCEPT

A. Competent rulersB. Power strugglesC. A schism with Roman

CatholicismD. The Fourth Crusade

Answer: A - competent rulers