Question 1

Talk about:
-the Battle of Crécy

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Crécy was a significant mi

Question 2

Talk about:
-scutage

Accepted Answer

Scutage was a medieval tax that allowed

Question 3

Talk about:
-Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Peasants' Revolt

Accepted Answer

Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Pe

Question 4

Talk about:
-pneumonic plague

Accepted Answer

Pneumonic plague is one of the three mai

Question 5

In France the Estates-General represented the entire kingdom and reflects France's basic unity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Talk about:
-Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

Accepted Answer

Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam, issue

Question 7

Merchants and manufacturers responded to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century by

Accepted Answer

A) increasing their prices. 
B) restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes. 
C) blaming the Jews and persecuting them. 
D) pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products. 
E) adopting laissez-faire policies. 
A) increasing their prices. 
B) restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes. 
C) blaming the Jews and persecuting them. 
D) pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products. 
E) adopting laissez-faire policies.

Question 8

One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king

Accepted Answer

A) John II. 
B) Edward II. 
C) Edward III. 
D) William the Conqueror 
E) Henry I. 
A) John II. 
B) Edward II. 
C) Edward III. 
D) William the Conqueror 
E) Henry I.

Question 9

Talk about:
-Florence's ciompi

Accepted Answer

The Ciompi were a group of wool workers

Question 10

The artist Giotto

Accepted Answer

A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism. 
A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism.

Question 11

In contradiction to Thomas Aquinas, William of Occam claimed that the truths of religion could not be proved by reason but could be accepted only by faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Talk about:
-flagellants

Accepted Answer

Flagellants:

Who?
Flagellants were reli

Question 13

What were the greatest short-term and long-term consequences of the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

The greatest short-term consequence of t

Question 14

Joan of Arc

Accepted Answer

A) was captured by the Burgundians and turned over to their English allies. 
B) was handed over to the Inquisition on charges of witchcraft. 
C) was considered transgressive because she wore men's clothing. 
D) was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) was captured by the Burgundians and turned over to their English allies. 
B) was handed over to the Inquisition on charges of witchcraft. 
C) was considered transgressive because she wore men's clothing. 
D) was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 15

Talk about:
-Dante's Divine Comedy

Accepted Answer

Dante's Divine Comedy is a classic work

Question 16

At the Battle of Crécy

Accepted Answer

A) the English defeated the French with cannons. 
B) the English defeated the French after a lengthy siege of the castle of Crécy. 
C) French pikemen defeated the English cavalry. 
D) English archers devastated the French cavalry. 
E) French mercenaries starved the English out of the city of Crécy. 
A) the English defeated the French with cannons. 
B) the English defeated the French after a lengthy siege of the castle of Crécy. 
C) French pikemen defeated the English cavalry. 
D) English archers devastated the French cavalry. 
E) French mercenaries starved the English out of the city of Crécy.

Question 17

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

Accepted Answer

A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 18

Evaluate the social, military, economic, and political consequences of the introduction and use of cannons and gunpowder.

Accepted Answer

The introduction and use of cannons and

Question 19

In fourteenth-century Venice, the real executive power of the state came to be held by the

Accepted Answer

A) doge. 
B) duce. 
C) Council of Merchants. 
D) Council of Ten. 
E) popolo minuto. 
A) doge. 
B) duce. 
C) Council of Merchants. 
D) Council of Ten. 
E) popolo minuto.

Question 20

Talk about:
-the gabelle and the taille

Accepted Answer

The gabelle and the taille were two form

Talk about: -the Battle of Crécy

Talk about: -scutage

Talk about: -Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Peasants' Revolt

Talk about: -pneumonic plague

In France the Estates-General represented the entire kingdom and reflects France's basic unity.

Talk about: -Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

Merchants and manufacturers responded to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century by

One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king

Talk about: -Florence's ciompi

The artist Giotto

In contradiction to Thomas Aquinas, William of Occam claimed that the truths of religion could not be proved by reason but could be accepted only by faith.

Talk about: -flagellants

What were the greatest short-term and long-term consequences of the Black Death?

Joan of Arc

Talk about: -Dante's Divine Comedy

At the Battle of Crécy

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

Evaluate the social, military, economic, and political consequences of the introduction and use of cannons and gunpowder.

In fourteenth-century Venice, the real executive power of the state came to be held by the

Talk about: -the gabelle and the taille

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Talk about: -the Battle of Crécy

Talk about: -scutage

Talk about: -Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Peasants' Revolt

Talk about: -pneumonic plague

In France the Estates-General represented the entire kingdom and reflects France's basic unity.

Talk about: -Pope Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam

Merchants and manufacturers responded to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century by

One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king

Talk about: -Florence's ciompi

The artist Giotto

In contradiction to Thomas Aquinas, William of Occam claimed that the truths of religion could not be proved by reason but could be accepted only by faith.

Talk about: -flagellants

What were the greatest short-term and long-term consequences of the Black Death?

Joan of Arc

Talk about: -Dante's Divine Comedy

At the Battle of Crécy

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

Evaluate the social, military, economic, and political consequences of the introduction and use of cannons and gunpowder.

In fourteenth-century Venice, the real executive power of the state came to be held by the

Talk about: -the gabelle and the taille

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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