Traditions and Encounters ch 20 Flashcards

523767341	Shangdu	in the late 1200s, Marco Polo visited the court of?
523767342	the Roman Empire	for centuries, Western Europe was inspired by a dream of unification and greatness similar to that of?
523767343	Otto	in 962 CE, Pope John XII presented the imperial crown to?
523767344	the Holy Roman Empire	in the High Middle Ages, the state that seemed to have the most potential to re-create centralized, imperial rule was?
523767345	conflict with the papacy	the single biggest obstacle to the rise of the powerful Holy Roman Empire was?
523767346	the selection and installation of church officials by lay rulers such as the emperors	the investiture contest centered on?
523767347	the struggle between church and state for control in Europe.	in a larger sense, the investiture contest represented?
523767348	Emperor Henry IV	the investiture contest reached its peak with a struggle between Pope Gregory VII and?
523767349	Lombardy in northern Italy	the popes blocked Frederick Barbarossa in his attempt to gain control over?
523767350	the popes	the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's attempt to gain control of Lombardy was blocked by?
523767351	Voltaire, the 18th century French writer	the quip that the Holy Roman Empire was, "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" is attributed to?
523767352	Hugh Capet	in 987, the French nobles chose which of the following men as their king?
523767353	but he held only a small territory around Paris and was in no position to challenge his retainers	Hugh Capet was crowned King of France in 987?
523767354	Normans	which of the following states developed the most centralized political structure in its early stages?
523767355	England	in 1066, William of Normandy conquered?
523767356	the norman invasion and conquest of England in 1066	the Bayeux tapestry depicts?
523767357	city-states (regional states)	in Italy, the political structure was marked by?
523767358	Spain(Ibirean Pinensula)	the Reconquista took place in?
523767359	DID: expansion of arable land (serfs&monks cleared land for cultivation in respond to population pressures), improved agricultural techniques (crop rotation), new tools and technologies (horsehoe/horse collar), new crops	which of the following factors did not help explain the increased agricultural production of the High Middle Ages?
523767360	79 million	by the year 1300, the population of Europe had risen to around?
523767361	Urbanization	the High middle Ages witnessed?
523767362	Northern Italy and Flanders	the revival of urban society was most pronounced in?
523767363	Baltic and North Sea	the Hanseatic League was a trading network that operated in?
523767364	"those who pray, those who fight, and those who work"	the phrase usually associated with the medieval social structure is?
523767365	supporting romantic poets and entertainers	Eleanor of Aquitaine was famous for?
523767366	established standards of quality for manufactured goods, determined the prices, and regulated the entry of new workers into the group. Provided a focus for friendship/mutual support	the guilds of the High Middle Ages?
523767367	Aristotle	Central to the philosophy of the High Middle Ages was a rediscovery of?
523767368	the most famous scholastic theologian (sought to synthesize the beliefs of Christianity with Greek philosophy) who taught mostly at the University of Paris	St. Thomas Aquinas?
523767369	the Virgin Mary	during the High Middle Ages, the most popular saint was?
523767370	were mendicants ("beggers") who would have no personal possessions and have to beg for their food from audiences to whom they preached.	the Dominicans and Franciscans?
523767371	St. Francis of Assisi	who, according to Thomas of Celano, was the "father of the poor"?
523767372	most active in southern France/northern Italy; despised the Roman Catholic clergy as immoral and corrupt and advocated modest and simple lives.	the Waldensians?
523767373	TRUE: sometimes called Albigensians, adopted the teachings of heretical groups in eastern Europe, veiwed the world as the site of a cosmic struggle between good and evil, material world=evil, rejected Roman church, renounced wealth/marriage/meat	which of the following statements is NOT true about the Cathars?
523767374	Leif Ericsson	newfoundland was discovered around the year 1000 CE by the Scandinavian seafarer?
523767375	WAS: Templars, Hospitallers, Teutonic Knights	which of the following was not a crusading order?
523767376	undertook the conquest of Sicily, and established authority	during the 11th century, Roger Guiscard?
523767377	Granada	the last surviving Islamic outpost in Spain was?
523767378	France, Germany, and the Low Countries	the first attempt, in response to Pope Urban II's appeal for a crusade, came from?
523767379	launched the crusades in 1095 while meeting with bishops at the council of Clermont	Pope Urban II?
523767380	the First Crusade	the only crusade that recapture Jerusalem was the?
523767381	the Muslim leader Salah al-Din	Jerusalem was captured in 1187 by?
523767382	WAS: large scale exchange of ideas & trade goods that influenced European development	which of the following was NOT a consequence of the fourth crusade?
523767383	Constantinople	the fourth crusade managed to capture and sack the city of?
523767384	were wars of military and political expansion, yet in the long run were more important for their social, economic, commercial and cultural consequences	the Crusades?