Question 1

The Black Death

Accepted Answer

A)  was spread by fleas carrying Yersinia pestis . 
B)  killed ninety-five percent of its victims in urban areas. 
C)  had been an ongoing problem in Europe since the late Roman Empire. 
D)  killed many people, but had no effect on economic affairs. 
E)  had no religious implications. 
A)  was spread by fleas carrying Yersinia pestis . 
B)  killed ninety-five percent of its victims in urban areas. 
C)  had been an ongoing problem in Europe since the late Roman Empire. 
D)  killed many people, but had no effect on economic affairs. 
E)  had no religious implications.

Question 2

As a result of the Fourth Crusade, the West established a permanent political presence in the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Emperor Justinian married the daughter of a circus trainer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How would European life in the fourteenth century have been different if the Black Plague had not come to Europe? Which individuals and groups might have been better off if it had not occurred, and which groups might have been worse off? Why?

Accepted Answer

If the Black Plague had not come to Euro

Question 5

Discuss the main economic, religious, political and military achievements of the Byzantine Empire at its zenith. Give specific examples.

Accepted Answer

The Byzantine Empire, at its zenith, ach

Question 6

England won the Hundred Year's War because of the English reliance on the longbow.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Trebonian

Accepted Answer

Trebonian refers to Gaius Vibius Treboni

Question 8

Who sculpted the statue of David ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leonardo da Vinci 
B)  Raphael 
C)  Michelangelo 
D)  Van Eyck 
E)  Dürer 
A)  Leonardo da Vinci 
B)  Raphael 
C)  Michelangelo 
D)  Van Eyck 
E)  Dürer

Question 9

Because of the lack of sanitation, the mortality rate of the Black Death was considerably higher in rural areas than in urban areas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Macedonian dynasty

Accepted Answer

The Macedonian dynasty was a ruling fami

Question 11

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance was both an evolutionary

Question 12

The ideal of early fifteenth century Humanists was to

Accepted Answer

A)  reject religion and the Church. 
B)  serve the state. 
C)  abandon history and the past. 
D)  work only for the most powerful states. 
E)  establish political democracies throughout Europe. 
A)  reject religion and the Church. 
B)  serve the state. 
C)  abandon history and the past. 
D)  work only for the most powerful states. 
E)  establish political democracies throughout Europe.

Question 13

What was NOT a characteristic of the political recovery of the fifteenth century in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in western Europe. 
B)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in Germanic central Europe. 
C)  Decentralized government became typical in eastern and central Europe. 
D)  The "new monarchies" greatly aided in stabilizing France, Spain, and England. 
E)  Henry VII's cautious policies had made England solvent and stable by 1500. 
A)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in western Europe. 
B)  Centralized monarchies gained strength in Germanic central Europe. 
C)  Decentralized government became typical in eastern and central Europe. 
D)  The "new monarchies" greatly aided in stabilizing France, Spain, and England. 
E)  Henry VII's cautious policies had made England solvent and stable by 1500.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Giovanni Boccaccio

Accepted Answer

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
smallpox

Accepted Answer

Smallpox is an infectious disease caused

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Alexius Comnenus

Accepted Answer

Alexius Comnenus, also known as Alexios

Question 17

The council that ended the Great Schism was held at

Accepted Answer

A)  Clermont. 
B)  Canossa. 
C)  Orleans. 
D)  Constance. 
E)  Trent. 
A)  Clermont. 
B)  Canossa. 
C)  Orleans. 
D)  Constance. 
E)  Trent.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Petrarch

Accepted Answer

Petrarch, whose full name is Francesco P

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
taille

Accepted Answer

The term "taille" refers to a form of ta

Question 20

In the fifteenth century, Milan, Florence, and Constantinople proved especially adept at building strong, centralized states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

The Black Death

As a result of the Fourth Crusade, the West established a permanent political presence in the Byzantine Empire.

Emperor Justinian married the daughter of a circus trainer.

How would European life in the fourteenth century have been different if the Black Plague had not come to Europe? Which individuals and groups might have been better off if it had not occurred, and which groups might have been worse off? Why?

Discuss the main economic, religious, political and military achievements of the Byzantine Empire at its zenith. Give specific examples.

England won the Hundred Year's War because of the English reliance on the longbow.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Trebonian

Who sculpted the statue of David ?

Because of the lack of sanitation, the mortality rate of the Black Death was considerably higher in rural areas than in urban areas.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Macedonian dynasty

Was the Renaissance an evolutionary or a revolutionary event, or both? Discuss, using specific examples.

The ideal of early fifteenth century Humanists was to

What was NOT a characteristic of the political recovery of the fifteenth century in Europe?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Giovanni Boccaccio

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). smallpox

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Alexius Comnenus

The council that ended the Great Schism was held at

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Petrarch

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). taille

In the fifteenth century, Milan, Florence, and Constantinople proved especially adept at building strong, centralized states.

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