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Why was it important that Pope Leo III named Frankish king Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans" in 800CE?

• It marked the beginning of The Crusades.

• It showed that the Pope was losing power.

• It symbolized Charlemagne's importance and the power of the Catholic Church.

• It was the first step in planning a military invasion of the Italian city-states.

Which of these statements regarding feudalism is MOST accurate?

• Feudalism helped to sustain the growing industrial productivity of Europe.

• Feudalism fueled the European ability to explore the New World and Africa.

• Feudalism was a complex system of relationships between people of different classes.

• Feudalism was built upon a system of buying and selling serfs obtained from other lands.

Which society is MOST closely associated with feudalism, which was a political system based on lords, vassals, and fiefs?

• European

• African

• American

• Indian

In Europe, the Crusades resulted in

• the weakening of the Catholic church in Southern Europe.

• increased demand for Asian and Middle Eastern goods.

• the death of millions in Europe because of American diseases.

• the strengthening of a society based on capitalism.

"Father abandoned child, wife husband, one brother another; for this illness seemed to strike through the breath and sight. And so they died. And none could be found to bury the dead for money or friendship. Members of a household brought their dead to a ditch as best they could, without priest, without divine offices ... great pits were dug and piled deep with the multitude of dead. And they died by the hundreds both day and night... And as soon as those ditches were filled more were dug...."

---Agnolo di Tura, 1348

The author is MOST LIKELY describing

• the Bubonic Plague.

• the Fourth Crusade.

• the conquest of Suleyman.

• the Mongol destruction of Vienna.

Given that the Bubonic Plague was highly contagious, what areas were most likely to be hit hardest by the illness?

• major urban areas

• rural farming towns

• isolated mining camps

• remote island villages

The Crusades were a series of battles that took place over more than two centuries to achieve what end for both Muslims and Christians?

• remove the Pope from power

• capture Jerusalem and the Holy Land

• reopen the Silk Road to access new products

• force the Sufis to adopt either Eastern Orthodox or Islam as a religion

The "investiture struggle" that took place between Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV symbolized the struggle between the church and state over who had the power to

• sell indulgences.

• declare a holy war.

• collect church taxes.

• appoint church positions.

Pope Urban II is important in Catholic history because he

• was excommunicated by the Byzantine emperor over treatment of Muslims in Europe

• initiated the first Crusade against Muslims in the Holy Lands.

• called for an end to the violence of the European Crusades

• is the only to actively oppose the Crusades before 1300

What event was the result of politicians and religious leaders’ desire to control the Holy Land in the 11th century?

• the Reformation

• Thirty Years War

• the Crusades

• Norman Conquest