Question 1

In contrast to Thomas Aquinas, fourteenth-century thinkers

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A) became less critical and more mystical in seeking religious revelation. 
B) tried to separate reason from faith. 
C) tried to show the basic agreement of philosophy and religion. 
D) believed reason could demonstrate the truth of Christian doctrines with certainty. 
E) believed a synthesis of Aristotelianism and Christianity could be achieved. 
A) became less critical and more mystical in seeking religious revelation. 
B) tried to separate reason from faith. 
C) tried to show the basic agreement of philosophy and religion. 
D) believed reason could demonstrate the truth of Christian doctrines with certainty. 
E) believed a synthesis of Aristotelianism and Christianity could be achieved.

Question 2

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Conciliar Movement

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The Conciliar Movement was a series of c

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the Black Death?

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A) The Black Death was an outbreak of the bubonic plague. 
B) The Black Death swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. 
C) The Black Death was the worst disaster in recorded history caused by natural forces. 
D) During its first outbreak, the Black Death killed about fifty million people in Europe. 
E) Contemporaries viewed the Black Death as divine punishment. 
A) The Black Death was an outbreak of the bubonic plague. 
B) The Black Death swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351. 
C) The Black Death was the worst disaster in recorded history caused by natural forces. 
D) During its first outbreak, the Black Death killed about fifty million people in Europe. 
E) Contemporaries viewed the Black Death as divine punishment.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true of medieval law?

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A) Medieval jurists argued for the replacement of trials by ordeals of fire or water. 
B) Church jurists structured canon law into a coherent and rational system. 
C) God's law was considered to be subordinate to state or national decrees. 
D) English common law had its origins in the Middle Ages. 
E) Medieval jurists insisted that marriages based on fraud or duress could be invalidated. 
A) Medieval jurists argued for the replacement of trials by ordeals of fire or water. 
B) Church jurists structured canon law into a coherent and rational system. 
C) God's law was considered to be subordinate to state or national decrees. 
D) English common law had its origins in the Middle Ages. 
E) Medieval jurists insisted that marriages based on fraud or duress could be invalidated.

Question 5

Lasting Christian influences on Western civilization include

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A) belief in the sacred worth of the individual. 
B) stress on human equality. 
C) emphasis on a higher law that binds both the ruler and the ruled. 
D) inspiration for social reform. 
E) all of the above 
A) belief in the sacred worth of the individual. 
B) stress on human equality. 
C) emphasis on a higher law that binds both the ruler and the ruled. 
D) inspiration for social reform. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Describe some of the social and political effects of famine, disease, and inflation that occurred in the fourteenth century.

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The fourteenth century was a period of s

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 flagellants

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Flagellants:

Who?
Flagellants were reli

Question 8

Earlier medieval increases in agricultural production did not continue in the Late Middle Ages as the result of all of the following EXCEPT

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A) the decline of animal husbandry. 
B) prolonged heavy rain and frost. 
C) depletion of nutrients from the topsoil. 
D) the conversion of arable land to grazing land. 
E) a serious shortage of manure. 
A) the decline of animal husbandry. 
B) prolonged heavy rain and frost. 
C) depletion of nutrients from the topsoil. 
D) the conversion of arable land to grazing land. 
E) a serious shortage of manure.

Question 9

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 scholastic synthesis

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Scholastic synthesis is a method of comb

Question 10

Feudal traditions that lasted into modern times include all the following EXCEPT

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A) the primacy of religion and the church in society. 
B) aristocratic notions of duty, honor, loyalty, and courtly love. 
C) domination of the officer corps by the nobility. 
D) special privileges for the French nobility until the French Revolution. 
E) aristocratic control of English local government until the nineteenth century. 
A) the primacy of religion and the church in society. 
B) aristocratic notions of duty, honor, loyalty, and courtly love. 
C) domination of the officer corps by the nobility. 
D) special privileges for the French nobility until the French Revolution. 
E) aristocratic control of English local government until the nineteenth century.

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Using specific examples, explain the ways in which the Late Middle Ages represented a time of challenge to the ideas of hierarchy that dominated the High Middle Ages.

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The Late Middle Ages, which spanned from

Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times.

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The Middle Ages, also known as the medie

Question 13

In response to religious dissent in the Late Middle Ages, the church

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A) deprived the Lollards of their priestly functions. 
B) burned Jan Hus at the stake. 
C) tried but failed to crush the dissenters' followers. 
D) was unsuccessful at eradicating the teachings of Wycliffe and Hus. 
E) all of the above 
A) deprived the Lollards of their priestly functions. 
B) burned Jan Hus at the stake. 
C) tried but failed to crush the dissenters' followers. 
D) was unsuccessful at eradicating the teachings of Wycliffe and Hus. 
E) all of the above

Question 14

The modern view of knowledge resembles that of ancient classical thinkers and differs from the medieval theory of knowledge mainly in that

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A) modern and ancient thought were based almost exclusively in Greek philosophy. 
B) both in ancient and modern thinking, reason was independent; in medieval thought, it was dependent on faith. 
C) the ancient and the modern theories of knowledge were uniform; the medieval were not. 
D) all ancient and modern knowledge begins with sensory perception; medieval knowledge began with mysticism. 
E) both ancient and modern knowledge stressed practical applications; medieval did not. 
A) modern and ancient thought were based almost exclusively in Greek philosophy. 
B) both in ancient and modern thinking, reason was independent; in medieval thought, it was dependent on faith. 
C) the ancient and the modern theories of knowledge were uniform; the medieval were not. 
D) all ancient and modern knowledge begins with sensory perception; medieval knowledge began with mysticism. 
E) both ancient and modern knowledge stressed practical applications; medieval did not.

Question 15

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 bubonic plague

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The bubonic plague, also known as the Bl

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. While the text values the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times, it likewise stresses the importance of the discontinuities. In what ways is the modern world distinct from its medieval predecessor?

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The modern world is distinct from its me

Question 17

According to the text, the modern outlook

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A) emerged abruptly at the end of the Middle Ages. 
B) maintains the Christian tradition of the innate evil of human nature. 
C) holds that mathematics makes the world comprehensible. 
D) values tradition over reason. 
E) all of the above 
A) emerged abruptly at the end of the Middle Ages. 
B) maintains the Christian tradition of the innate evil of human nature. 
C) holds that mathematics makes the world comprehensible. 
D) values tradition over reason. 
E) all of the above

Question 18

Which of the following had their origins in the Middle Ages?

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A) universities 
B) English common law 
C) bills of exchange 
D) the middle class 
E) all of the above 
A) universities 
B) English common law 
C) bills of exchange 
D) the middle class 
E) all of the above

Question 19

Which of the following statements concerning peasant revolts is accurate?

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A) Peasants objected to new obligations. 
B) Nobles believed that the revolts were against the social order created by God. 
C) Many peasants argued that since everyone is descendent from Adam and Eve, distinctions among people should be leveled. 
D) Nobles suppressed revolts savagely. 
E) all of the above 
A) Peasants objected to new obligations. 
B) Nobles believed that the revolts were against the social order created by God. 
C) Many peasants argued that since everyone is descendent from Adam and Eve, distinctions among people should be leveled. 
D) Nobles suppressed revolts savagely. 
E) all of the above

Question 20

According to the text, the modern worldview differs from the medieval because

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A) the modern universe no longer seems to have a built-in purpose. 
B) the modern universe is much older and infinite. 
C) in the modern view, God is no longer an active agent in human history. 
D) in the modern view, the earth is not the center of the universe. 
E) all of the above 
A) the modern universe no longer seems to have a built-in purpose. 
B) the modern universe is much older and infinite. 
C) in the modern view, God is no longer an active agent in human history. 
D) in the modern view, the earth is not the center of the universe. 
E) all of the above

In contrast to Thomas Aquinas, fourteenth-century thinkers

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Conciliar Movement

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the Black Death?

Which of the following is NOT true of medieval law?

Lasting Christian influences on Western civilization include

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Describe some of the social and political effects of famine, disease, and inflation that occurred in the fourteenth century.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? flagellants

Earlier medieval increases in agricultural production did not continue in the Late Middle Ages as the result of all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? scholastic synthesis

Feudal traditions that lasted into modern times include all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Using specific examples, explain the ways in which the Late Middle Ages represented a time of challenge to the ideas of hierarchy that dominated the High Middle Ages.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times.

In response to religious dissent in the Late Middle Ages, the church

The modern view of knowledge resembles that of ancient classical thinkers and differs from the medieval theory of knowledge mainly in that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? bubonic plague

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. While the text values the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times, it likewise stresses the importance of the discontinuities. In what ways is the modern world distinct from its medieval predecessor?

According to the text, the modern outlook

Which of the following had their origins in the Middle Ages?

Which of the following statements concerning peasant revolts is accurate?

According to the text, the modern worldview differs from the medieval because

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Exam 12: The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

In contrast to Thomas Aquinas, fourteenth-century thinkers

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Conciliar Movement

Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about the Black Death?

Which of the following is NOT true of medieval law?

Lasting Christian influences on Western civilization include

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Describe some of the social and political effects of famine, disease, and inflation that occurred in the fourteenth century.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? flagellants

Earlier medieval increases in agricultural production did not continue in the Late Middle Ages as the result of all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? scholastic synthesis

Feudal traditions that lasted into modern times include all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Using specific examples, explain the ways in which the Late Middle Ages represented a time of challenge to the ideas of hierarchy that dominated the High Middle Ages.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times.

In response to religious dissent in the Late Middle Ages, the church

The modern view of knowledge resembles that of ancient classical thinkers and differs from the medieval theory of knowledge mainly in that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? bubonic plague

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. While the text values the continuities between the Middle Ages and modern times, it likewise stresses the importance of the discontinuities. In what ways is the modern world distinct from its medieval predecessor?

According to the text, the modern outlook

Which of the following had their origins in the Middle Ages?

Which of the following statements concerning peasant revolts is accurate?

According to the text, the modern worldview differs from the medieval because

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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