5 Written Questions

1. Bible stories portrayed in carvings, sculpture, and stained glass, which provided religious education to people
2. freedom, exempt status, town justice, and commercial privileges
3. the pope wanted to reunite Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, crusaders needed money, and Venetians wanted a monopoly on Byzantine trade
4. freedom
5. iron plow, windmill, and horse collar(harness)

5 Matching Questions

1. How did the growth of the money economy contribute to the decline of the feudal system?
2. Why did kings grant charters to towns?
3. How were the crusaders able to retain the territories they conquered in the Holy Land following the First Crusade?
4. Why were university students so disliked by townspeople in the late Middle Ages?
5. How did the Crusades contribute to the growth of strong central government in Western Europe?

1. a towns paid taxes and increased power of king made central government stronger
2. b they increased the rate of changes that were already going underway, so that a central government was more powerful
3. c individual leaders carved out areas for themselves
4. d schools operated separately within community and there were "Town and Gown Riots"
5. e kings, clergy, and nobles needed money in place of traditional feudal services and serfs became able to buy their freedom

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the preservation of ancient learning
   1. What were the results of the Fourth Crusade?
   2. What were the functions of the craft guilds?
   3. What is the greatest legacy of the Byzantine civilization?
   4. What were the functions of the merchant guilds?
2. rebellion and charter
   1. What were the functions of the merchant guilds?
   2. What were the results of the Fourth Crusade?
   3. What were the functions of the craft guilds?
   4. What methods were used by towns to gain independence from feudal control?
3. absolution of sins to those who are killed in battle, wealth and territorial rule, and freedom from creditors
   1. What were the results of the Fourth Crusade?
   2. What incentives were offered to knights as motivation to participate in the Crusades?
   3. What were the functions of the merchant guilds?
   4. What methods were used by towns to gain independence from feudal control?
4. submission of the Byzantine Church (Eastern Orthodox) to Rome
   1. What were the functions of the merchant guilds?
   2. Why were university students so disliked by townspeople in the late Middle Ages?
   3. How were the crusaders able to retain the territories they conquered in the Holy Land following the First Crusade?
   4. In return for assistance versus the Turks, what quid pro quo did the papacy anticipate from the Byzantine Church?
5. crowded, unclean, dark, and genuinely unpleasant
   1. What were the functions of the merchant guilds?
   2. What impact did the arrival of the Crusaders have on the Muslims of the Near East?
   3. What methods were used by towns to gain independence from feudal control?
   4. What conditions in medieval towns and cities made living in them very difficult, and somewhat undesirable?

5 True/False Questions

1. What impact did the arrival of the Crusaders have on the Muslims of the Near East? → kings, clergy, and nobles needed money in place of traditional feudal services and serfs became able to buy their freedom

   True        False

2. Howe did the Crusades contribute to the end of the feudal system in Western Europe? → they increased the rate of changes that were already going underway, so that a central government was more powerful

   True        False

3. What were the functions of the craft guilds? → regulate trade, maintain commercial monopoly in town, and establish rules for competition

   True        False

4. Why were so many moneylenders Jews? What impact did the connection of Jews with moneylending have on the image/stereotype held by many Christians in the late Middle Ages? → Anti-Semitic laws kept Jews from trades and other economic activities; it increased prejudice and created negative stereotyping

   True        False

5. What literary development in the High Middle Ages made literature more available to the general public and helped to increase literacy? → Scholasticism

   True        False