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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 10

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Quiz for Chapter 10: Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050–1150

Document Links:

Document 10-1: Commenda Contracts

Document 10-2: Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, Letter and Excommunication

Document 10-3: Fulcher of Chartres, Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont

Document 10-4: Ibn al-Athir, A Muslim Perspective

Document 10-5: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle/Domesday Book

Question 10.1

1. The Commenda Contracts (Document 10-1) provide evidence that the commercial revolution of the Middle Ages

introduced money into the European economy for the first time.

sparked new types of business deals to finance trade.

stemmed primarily from the sale of agricultural goods.

was limited to European trading partners.

Question 10.2

2. Which of these statements accurately describes Henry IV’s self-understanding in his confrontation with Pope Gregory VII (Document 10-2)?

As an innovator battling tradition

As a penitent Christian seeking forgiveness

As the pope’s partner promoting church reform

As a secular ruler governing in God’s name

Question 10.3

3. As described by Fulcher of Chartres (Document 10-3), on whose authority were Christians urged to take up arms against the Turks?

The Byzantine emperor

The pope

The Council of Clermont

The Cleric Fulcher of Chartres

Question 10.4

4. Based on the Muslim account of the first crusade (Document 10-4), which generalization applies equally to the crusaders and the Muslims fighting them in the Holy Land?

Both groups saw themselves as warriors of God.

Both groups were willing to compromise.

Both groups wanted to co-exist peacefully.

Both groups used similar battle tactics.

Question 10.5

5. Based on The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Domesday Book (Document 10-5), William I’s method of rule as king of England was

backward and tradition-bound.

decentralized and fragmented.

authoritative and bureaucratic.

collaborative and consensual.