Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Great Schism

Accepted Answer

The Great Schism refers to the split wit

Question 2

The bubonic plague originated in

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A)  Africa. 
B)  Syria. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  the Azores. 
E)  Asia. 
A)  Africa. 
B)  Syria. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  the Azores. 
E)  Asia.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the gabelle and the taille

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The gabelle and the taille were two form

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Orleans

Accepted Answer

It seems like you're asking for informat

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"little ice age"

Accepted Answer

The "Little Ice Age" refers to a period

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc, also known as the Maid of O

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-William of Occam and nominalism

Accepted Answer

William of Ockham, also spelled as Occam

Question 8

Discuss the factors that led to the urban and rural revolts in the fourteenth century. Was desperate poverty a chief cause? Why or why not?

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The urban and rural revolts in the fourt

Question 9

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

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A)  parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B)  parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C)  children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D)  children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E)  because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment. 
A)  parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B)  parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C)  children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D)  children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E)  because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Christine de Pizan

Accepted Answer

Christine de Pizan was a prolific mediev

Question 11

What was the main cause of the early fourteenth century famines?

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A)  a blight that struck the wheat crop 
B)  a lack of knowledge of scientific agriculture 
C)  droughts throughout most of Europe 
D)  a little ice age inducing bad weather with heavy rains 
E)  urban pollution that spread into nearby farming regions. 
A)  a blight that struck the wheat crop 
B)  a lack of knowledge of scientific agriculture 
C)  droughts throughout most of Europe 
D)  a little ice age inducing bad weather with heavy rains 
E)  urban pollution that spread into nearby farming regions.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

Accepted Answer

Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Giotto

Accepted Answer

Giotto di Bondone, commonly known as Gio

Question 14

The Black Death

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A)  was one of many European plagues that inflicted Europe from the eighth century onward. 
B)  started in northern Europe and moved southward to Italy. 
C)  recurred in severe outbreaks for centuries. 
D)  never reached England. 
E)  was restricted to Christian Europe, with the Arabic Middle East escaping from most of the devastation. 
A)  was one of many European plagues that inflicted Europe from the eighth century onward. 
B)  started in northern Europe and moved southward to Italy. 
C)  recurred in severe outbreaks for centuries. 
D)  never reached England. 
E)  was restricted to Christian Europe, with the Arabic Middle East escaping from most of the devastation.

Question 15

Florence was ruled throughout most of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the

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A)  grandi. 
B)  popolo grasso. 
C)  popolo minuto. 
D)  ciompi. 
E)  duce. 
A)  grandi. 
B)  popolo grasso. 
C)  popolo minuto. 
D)  ciompi. 
E)  duce.

Question 16

All of the following were reactions to the great plague except

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A)  an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B)  the formation of groups like the flagellants, who physically maimed themselves to save the world. 
C)  a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D)  morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E)  economic depression. 
A)  an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B)  the formation of groups like the flagellants, who physically maimed themselves to save the world. 
C)  a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D)  morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E)  economic depression.

Question 17

Compare the Jacquerie to the English Peasant Revolt.

Accepted Answer

The Jacquerie was a French peasant upris

Question 18

During the reign of Edward III of England, the Great Council of the barons

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A)  became the chief advisory body of the king. 
B)  relinquished most of its main powers. 
C)  became the House of Lords forming a hereditary body of peers in Parliament. 
D)  became subservient to the House of Commons. 
E)  was abolished in favor of a unitary parliament. 
A)  became the chief advisory body of the king. 
B)  relinquished most of its main powers. 
C)  became the House of Lords forming a hereditary body of peers in Parliament. 
D)  became subservient to the House of Commons. 
E)  was abolished in favor of a unitary parliament.

Question 19

The mystic who founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the group known as the Brothers of the Common Life was

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A)  Meister Eckhart. 
B)  Johannes Tauler. 
C)  Desiderius Erasmus. 
D)  William of Occam. 
E)  Gerard Groote. 
A)  Meister Eckhart. 
B)  Johannes Tauler. 
C)  Desiderius Erasmus. 
D)  William of Occam. 
E)  Gerard Groote.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-bubonic plague

Accepted Answer

Who?
The bubonic plague is a disease cau

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Great Schism

The bubonic plague originated in

IDENTIFICATIONS -the gabelle and the taille

IDENTIFICATIONS -Orleans

IDENTIFICATIONS -"little ice age"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joan of Arc

IDENTIFICATIONS -William of Occam and nominalism

Discuss the factors that led to the urban and rural revolts in the fourteenth century. Was desperate poverty a chief cause? Why or why not?

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christine de Pizan

What was the main cause of the early fourteenth century famines?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

IDENTIFICATIONS -Giotto

The Black Death

Florence was ruled throughout most of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the

All of the following were reactions to the great plague except

Compare the Jacquerie to the English Peasant Revolt.

During the reign of Edward III of England, the Great Council of the barons

The mystic who founded the Modern Devotion movement and led the group known as the Brothers of the Common Life was

IDENTIFICATIONS -bubonic plague

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