Between 800 and 1000, Western Europe was
(a) reabsorbed briefly into the Byzantine empire.
(b) devastated by the “little ice age.”
(c) divided, invaded, and reorganized.
Which is an area untouched by Viking raiders?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
In the 9th century, the “Danelaw” was
(a) Jutland.
(b) part of Sweden then under Danish control.
(c) part of Britain then under Danish control.
Alfred the Great
(a) united all of non-Danish England under his authority.
(b) crowned Charles the Bald in 843.
(c) created the new monastic rule known as Alfredism.
The textbook talks of West and East Francia. Most of West Francia eventually became the kingdom of France. Most of East Francia became part of
(a) the Lombard Kingdom.
(b) the Magyar imperium.
(c) the Holy Roman Empire.
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early feudalism?
(a) public power in private hands.
(b) the lord-vassal tie.
(c) powerful kingship.
A critical new technology in the development of feudalism was
(a) the heavy, wheeled plow.
(b) the stirrup.
(c) the longbow.
Which match is NOT correct?
(a) Louis the Pious: Charlemagne’s heir.
(b) Otto: Holy Roman Empire.
(c) Hugh Capet: Saxony.
Hugh, Earl of Chester died
(a) in the Battle of Hastings.
(b) in rebellion against his king.
(c) as a monk.
The Treaty of Verdun in 843
(a) established the Papal States.
(b) divided Charlemagne’s empire among his three grandsons.
(c) ended the War of Spanish Succession.
The ninth and tenth centuries were a time of renewed pressure on Europeans from
(a) the imperial ambitions of the Byzantine emperors.
(b) Viking raiders, Magyar horsemen, and Muslim pirates.
(c) overpopulation and famine.
Around the year 1000, Italy was
(a) united under the Lombard King Ulfrich.
(b) politically dominated by bishops and their cities.
(c) controlled by the emirs of al-Andalus.
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