Question 1

Finding no gold on his explorations,Christopher Columbus suggested that Ferdinand and Isabella could use the islands he discovered by selling

Accepted Answer

A) the crops to passing ships. 
B) the people as slaves. 
C) the lumber to build ships. 
D) the tobacco to Europeans. 
E) passage from the islands to the Far East. 
A) the crops to passing ships. 
B) the people as slaves. 
C) the lumber to build ships. 
D) the tobacco to Europeans. 
E) passage from the islands to the Far East. B

Question 2

__________ were the first Europeans to begin exploring the west coast of Africa in the early fifteenth century.

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A) The Spanish 
B) The English 
C) The Dutch 
D) The Portuguese 
E) The French 
A) The Spanish 
B) The English 
C) The Dutch 
D) The Portuguese 
E) The French D

Question 3

Muslims and Jews were systematically persecuted and expelled from which area during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Central Europe 
B) Eastern Europe 
C) Western Europe 
D) the Ottoman Empire 
E) the Mediterranean 
A) Central Europe 
B) Eastern Europe 
C) Western Europe 
D) the Ottoman Empire 
E) the Mediterranean C

Question 4

What was feudalism,and how did it create bonds and obligations between different social groups?

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A strong answer would include
-a discuss

Question 5

The three-field system left a third of the land unplanted in order to

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A) be rented to another landowner. 
B) be given to the Church to grow crops. 
C) rest and increase its fertility for the next growing season. 
D) be used as a plague burial ground. 
E) be used for grazing livestock. 
A) be rented to another landowner. 
B) be given to the Church to grow crops. 
C) rest and increase its fertility for the next growing season. 
D) be used as a plague burial ground. 
E) be used for grazing livestock.

Question 6

Soldiers in the new armies of the early modern period were most likely to die

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A) in battle. 
B) from starvation. 
C) from discipline. 
D) from faulty equipment. 
E) from disease. 
A) in battle. 
B) from starvation. 
C) from discipline. 
D) from faulty equipment. 
E) from disease.

Question 7

The marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon united

Accepted Answer

A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) England. 
D) Germany. 
E) Italy. 
A) Spain. 
B) France. 
C) England. 
D) Germany. 
E) Italy.

Question 8

In Western Europe,towns used charters to

Accepted Answer

A) expand their boundaries. 
B) limit the rights of the townspeople. 
C) ensure that townspeople attended church. 
D) limit the control of nobles and rulers over the town. 
E) allow for the founding of a university within the town. 
A) expand their boundaries. 
B) limit the rights of the townspeople. 
C) ensure that townspeople attended church. 
D) limit the control of nobles and rulers over the town. 
E) allow for the founding of a university within the town.

Question 9

Approximately how much of its population did Europe lose as a result of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

A) 33% 
B) 50% 
C) 25% 
D) 20% 
E) 66% 
A) 33% 
B) 50% 
C) 25% 
D) 20% 
E) 66%

Question 10

Who were the janissaries?

Accepted Answer

A) Christian mercenaries who fought for the Ottoman Empire 
B) Muslim diplomats who lived and worked in Christian Europe 
C) Christian merchants who lived in the Ottoman Empire 
D) newly converted Muslims who fought for the Ottoman Turks 
E) Jewish scholars who taught in Islamic schools 
A) Christian mercenaries who fought for the Ottoman Empire 
B) Muslim diplomats who lived and worked in Christian Europe 
C) Christian merchants who lived in the Ottoman Empire 
D) newly converted Muslims who fought for the Ottoman Turks 
E) Jewish scholars who taught in Islamic schools

Question 11

The term "burgher" referred to a person who

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A) lived in the countryside. 
B) lived in a town or city. 
C) was a foreigner that lives in a town. 
D) was a landowner who spent part of the year in the city. 
E) was a serf who escaped to the city. 
A) lived in the countryside. 
B) lived in a town or city. 
C) was a foreigner that lives in a town. 
D) was a landowner who spent part of the year in the city. 
E) was a serf who escaped to the city.

Question 12

How did the development of gunpowder change European warfare and social structures?

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A strong answer would include
-a discuss

Question 13

The practice of encomienda meant that

Accepted Answer

A) Indians were forced to attend Christian services. 
B) Indians were forced to go to Spain to work. 
C) Indians and the Spanish could not intermarry. 
D) Indians were forced to work for the Spanish. 
E) the Spanish were forced to pay native workers a fair wage. 
A) Indians were forced to attend Christian services. 
B) Indians were forced to go to Spain to work. 
C) Indians and the Spanish could not intermarry. 
D) Indians were forced to work for the Spanish. 
E) the Spanish were forced to pay native workers a fair wage.

Question 14

In the medieval period,what were the organizations that facilitated a hierarchical and structured craft production system called?

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A) cottages 
B) domestic networks 
C) guilds 
D) industrial clubs 
E) mercantile unions 
A) cottages 
B) domestic networks 
C) guilds 
D) industrial clubs 
E) mercantile unions

Question 15

In the 1500s,city-states and trading towns throughout Europe used law courts,armies,and tax collectors to

Accepted Answer

A) maintain their status as composite states. 
B) maintain their control over expanding territories. 
C) maintain their independence from emerging sovereign kingdoms. 
D) continue receiving medieval privileges from expanding dynasties. 
E) return political power to commoners. 
A) maintain their status as composite states. 
B) maintain their control over expanding territories. 
C) maintain their independence from emerging sovereign kingdoms. 
D) continue receiving medieval privileges from expanding dynasties. 
E) return political power to commoners.

Question 16

Where was gunpowder invented?

Accepted Answer

A) the Ottoman Empire 
B) the Iberian Peninsula 
C) China 
D) the Arabian Peninsula 
E) Venice 
A) the Ottoman Empire 
B) the Iberian Peninsula 
C) China 
D) the Arabian Peninsula 
E) Venice

Question 17

Differing languages and long travel distances at the end of the medieval period

Accepted Answer

A) contributed to the Church's call for crusades to the Holy Land. 
B) contributed to the continuing fragmentation of Europe. 
C) caused the continuation of the Hundred Years' War. 
D) led to the delay in the Renaissance spreading throughout Italy. 
E) contributed to the common recovery from the plague in Europe. 
A) contributed to the Church's call for crusades to the Holy Land. 
B) contributed to the continuing fragmentation of Europe. 
C) caused the continuation of the Hundred Years' War. 
D) led to the delay in the Renaissance spreading throughout Italy. 
E) contributed to the common recovery from the plague in Europe.

Question 18

Why was Cortés able to defeat the Aztec Empire with only 600 soldiers?

Accepted Answer

A) He was aided by an alliance with Montezuma's non-Aztec peoples. 
B) The Aztec leader,Montezuma,died right before Cortés's invasion. 
C) Cortés's soldiers' swords were stone-bladed,which was superior to the Aztecs' steel-bladed swords. 
D) Cortés tricked the Aztecs into leaving their empire undefended. 
E) The Aztecs had already been defeated by Pizzaro. 
A) He was aided by an alliance with Montezuma's non-Aztec peoples. 
B) The Aztec leader,Montezuma,died right before Cortés's invasion. 
C) Cortés's soldiers' swords were stone-bladed,which was superior to the Aztecs' steel-bladed swords. 
D) Cortés tricked the Aztecs into leaving their empire undefended. 
E) The Aztecs had already been defeated by Pizzaro.

Question 19

Which medieval weapon remained important even after the introduction of gunpowder?

Accepted Answer

A) the crossbow 
B) the longbow 
C) the sword 
D) the pike 
E) the lance 
A) the crossbow 
B) the longbow 
C) the sword 
D) the pike 
E) the lance

Question 20

The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494),which divided the world into exploration zones for the Spanish and the Portuguese,also

Accepted Answer

A) allowed England to colonize North America. 
B) allowed the Dutch to settle India. 
C) sanctioned conquest and conversion of the native populations by the pope. 
D) allowed the pope to remain in control of Venice. 
E) allowed the pope to annex the Ottoman Empire at a future date. 
A) allowed England to colonize North America. 
B) allowed the Dutch to settle India. 
C) sanctioned conquest and conversion of the native populations by the pope. 
D) allowed the pope to remain in control of Venice. 
E) allowed the pope to annex the Ottoman Empire at a future date.

Exam 1: Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries

Finding no gold on his explorations,Christopher Columbus suggested that Ferdinand and Isabella could use the islands he discovered by selling

__________ were the first Europeans to begin exploring the west coast of Africa in the early fifteenth century.

Muslims and Jews were systematically persecuted and expelled from which area during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries?

What was feudalism,and how did it create bonds and obligations between different social groups?

The three-field system left a third of the land unplanted in order to

Soldiers in the new armies of the early modern period were most likely to die

The marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon united

In Western Europe,towns used charters to

Approximately how much of its population did Europe lose as a result of the Black Death?

Who were the janissaries?

The term "burgher" referred to a person who

How did the development of gunpowder change European warfare and social structures?

The practice of encomienda meant that

In the medieval period,what were the organizations that facilitated a hierarchical and structured craft production system called?

In the 1500s,city-states and trading towns throughout Europe used law courts,armies,and tax collectors to

Where was gunpowder invented?

Differing languages and long travel distances at the end of the medieval period

Why was Cortés able to defeat the Aztec Empire with only 600 soldiers?

Which medieval weapon remained important even after the introduction of gunpowder?

The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494),which divided the world into exploration zones for the Spanish and the Portuguese,also

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