| Chapter 8 Study Guide |
| Ch. 8 Study Guide Section 1 1. What landmass stretches from Portugal to China? 2. Which Germanic kingdom was the strongest? 3. Who was their king? 4. What religion did he convert to? 5. Where did Charles Martel defeat the Muslim army? 6. Who built an empire from France to Italy? 7. Who crowned him emperor? 8. What did Missi Domenici do? 9. Where did he Charlemagne build a school? 10. What split Charlemagne’s empire after his death? 11. Who was that most destructive invaders? Section 2 1. What is feudalism? 2. What are the lesser lords called? 3. What is a fief? 4. Many nobles were trained as a boy to be what? 5. How was the keep and keep and other area separated? 6. Who was the first queen of France? 7. The knights code of conduct was called what? 8. What are troubadours? 9. The lord’s estate is called what? 10. Who were not slaves but was bound to the manor? Section 3 1. What was the most powerful secular force in Western Europe? 2. What are the vast lands in Italy called? 3. The sacred rituals of the church are called what? 4. What is the name of the laws of the church? 5. What is the most severe penalty in these laws? 6. What was the excommunication from an entire town, region or kingdom? 7. A tax equaled to a tenth of the people’s incomes was called what? 8. Where did Benedict found a monastery and start the Benedictine Rule? 9. Who was first to use B.C. and A.D.?Who found a new convent in Bingen and gave advice to European leaders? 10. Name the two new reforms in the preaching orders. 11. What is prejudice against Jews called? Section 4 1. What was grown in a three-field system? 2. Why did the people have fairs? 3. What written document set up rights and privileges of a town? 4. What was the money for investments needed by moneylenders called? 5. Who developed a system of insurance? 6. What was lending money at interest called? 7. What is another name for merchant associations? 8. Who is an apprentice? 9. Where did women guilds outnumber men? |