The Early Middle Ages (1)

The Early Middle Ages (1)

Select the correct choice


1	In Europe during the Middle Ages, the force that provided unification and stability was the?:
		central government in Rome.
		military alliance between France and Germany.
		federation of craft guilds.
		Roman Catholic Church.


2	Compared to the Roman Empire, the governments of the Germanic kingdoms were more?:
		concerned with trade.
		decentralized.
		dependent on their civil services.
		unified.


3	In the early Middle Ages?:
		religion was a private matter.
		Germanic kings usually converted to Christianity for political reasons.
		missionaries converted the subjects and then the king.
		Christian ideals were very similar to Germanic ideals.


4	The man most responsible for the spread of monasticism in the West was?:
		Benedict.
		Boethius.
		Cyril.
		Augustine.


5	Which was the most important cause of the development of feudalism in Europe?:
		decline in the power of the Catholic Church.
		collapse of the authority of central classical governments.
		decline in the power of the nobility.
		rise of the bourgeoisie.


6	The conversion of Clovis was of special importance because?:
		it made all of the Germanic peoples Catholic.
		it ended pagan worship among the Germanic peoples.
		it began a special partnership between the Frankish kingdom and the Roman Catholic Church.
		it brought civilization to the Franks.


7	All of the following were important contributions by the monasteries of medieval Europe EXCEPT?:
		operating schools.
		copying ancient books.
		creating and maintaining town life.
		serving as examples of well-run communities.


8	St. Benedict envisaged a monastic life that was?:
		purely contemplative.
		solitary.
		involved in preaching.
		a combination of prayer and manual labor.


9	Government in the barbarian kingdoms was characterized by?:
		family ties and personal loyalty to one's lord.
		clearly marked political boundaries.
		written laws and trials before learned judges.
		a civil service copied from that of Rome.


10	All things were under its domain...its power was such that no one could hope to escape its scrutiny. Which European institution during the Middle Ages is best described by this statement?:
		the guild.
		knighthood.
		the nation-state.
		the Church.