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Chapter 9: Europe—Early History
      
  1.Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were great philosophers of ancient __________.  
  a.   Sparta  
  b.   Athens  
  c.   Macedonia  
  d.   Egypt  
      
  2.The foundation of Roman law was the __________.  
  a.   Pax Romana  
  b.   Senate  
  c.   Twelve Commandments  
  d.   Twelve Tables  
      
  3.It was during __________ that Christianity in the form of the Roman Catholic Church became a political power in western Europe.  
  a.   the Pax Romana  
  b.   the Classical period  
  c.   the Middle Ages  
  d.   modern times  
      
  4.On Christmas Day in the year 800, __________ was crowned the head of the Roman Empire in the West, which came to be known as the Holy Roman Empire.  
  a.   Julius Caesar  
  b.   Caesar Augustus  
  c.   Constantine I  
  d.   Charlemagne  
      
  5.Under __________, the medieval political and social system, lords would give land to a noble or knight to work; those who received the land swore loyalty to the lord in return.  
  a.   feudalism  
  b.   democracy  
  c.   the republic  
  d.   apprenticeships  
      
  6.A(n) __________ was a farmer who paid rent for land on a manor and then worked the land freely as he pleased.  
  a.   serf  
  b.   tenant  
  c.   apprentice  
  d.   vassal  
      
  7.Young workers called __________ spent years learning a trade so they could join a guild.  
  a.   vassals  
  b.   apprentices  
  c.   journeymen  
  d.   master craftsmen  
      
  8.The printing press, invented by __________, made books more numerous and less expensive, thereby encouraging more people to learn to read and write.  
  a.   Martin Luther  
  b.   Geoffrey Chaucer  
  c.   Johannes Gutenburg  
  d.   Miguel de Cervantes  
      
  9.The movement to reform, or change, the Catholic Church was called the __________.  
  a.   Protestant Reformation  
  b.   Renaissance  
  c.   Pax Romana  
  d.   French Revolution  
      
  10.Napoleon Bonaparte was a military hero of the __________.  
  a.   Protestant Reformation  
  b.   American Revolution  
  c.   Roman Empire  
  d.   French Revolution  

 






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