Question 1

Pogroms are best described how?

Accepted Answer

A) They were religious ceremonies convened to ask for God's help against the plague. 
B) They were special indulgences granted to those infected with the plague. 
C) They were organized massacres of Jews living in European communities. 
A) They were religious ceremonies convened to ask for God's help against the plague. 
B) They were special indulgences granted to those infected with the plague. 
C) They were organized massacres of Jews living in European communities.

Question 2

All were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) An increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) The formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) A reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused to God. 
A) An increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) The formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) A reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused to God.

Question 3

Describe the motivations of the participants in the Hundred Years' War.

Accepted Answer

The motivations of the participants in t

Question 4

How did new technologies, practices, and knowledge improve European life after the plague? Were these improvements equally distributed across classes? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

After the plague, new technologies, prac

Question 5

In what ways did medieval communities become safer after the plague? To what extent were these improvements enjoyed equally by men and women? Why?

Accepted Answer

After the plague, medieval communities b

Question 6

How did the Great Schism occur and how was it resolved? What damage did it do to the papacy's authority over secular leaders?

Accepted Answer

The Great Schism occurred in 1054 when t

Question 7

To what extent did the plague directly cause peasant and workers' revolts in medieval towns and cities, and to what extent was the plague a more indirect cause? What other direct causes for these revolts help explain them?

Accepted Answer

The plague, also known as the Black Deat

Question 8

Who were the Italian condottieri?

Accepted Answer

A) Political leaders supporting the pope 
B) Bankers with branch banks throughout much of Western Europe 
C) Leaders of mercenary bands, occasionally ruling as military dictators 
A) Political leaders supporting the pope 
B) Bankers with branch banks throughout much of Western Europe 
C) Leaders of mercenary bands, occasionally ruling as military dictators

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) John II 
B) Edward II 
C) Edward III 
A) John II 
B) Edward II 
C) Edward III

Question 10

How is Meister Eckhart best described?

Accepted Answer

A) He challenged the works of Thomas Aquinas in public disputations. 
B) He was a mystic who claimed that one could achieve a union of the soul with God. 
C) He was a noted leader of the flagellants who turned to persecution of the Jews. 
A) He challenged the works of Thomas Aquinas in public disputations. 
B) He was a mystic who claimed that one could achieve a union of the soul with God. 
C) He was a noted leader of the flagellants who turned to persecution of the Jews.

Pogroms are best described how?

All were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT which of the following?

Describe the motivations of the participants in the Hundred Years' War.

How did new technologies, practices, and knowledge improve European life after the plague? Were these improvements equally distributed across classes? Why or why not?

In what ways did medieval communities become safer after the plague? To what extent were these improvements enjoyed equally by men and women? Why?

How did the Great Schism occur and how was it resolved? What damage did it do to the papacy's authority over secular leaders?

To what extent did the plague directly cause peasant and workers' revolts in medieval towns and cities, and to what extent was the plague a more indirect cause? What other direct causes for these revolts help explain them?

Who were the Italian condottieri?

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

How is Meister Eckhart best described?

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The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

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

Pogroms are best described how?

All were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT which of the following?

Describe the motivations of the participants in the Hundred Years' War.

How did new technologies, practices, and knowledge improve European life after the plague? Were these improvements equally distributed across classes? Why or why not?

In what ways did medieval communities become safer after the plague? To what extent were these improvements enjoyed equally by men and women? Why?

How did the Great Schism occur and how was it resolved? What damage did it do to the papacy's authority over secular leaders?

To what extent did the plague directly cause peasant and workers' revolts in medieval towns and cities, and to what extent was the plague a more indirect cause? What other direct causes for these revolts help explain them?

Who were the Italian condottieri?

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

How is Meister Eckhart best described?

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

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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