Question 1

define the following term:
-Petrarch's sonnets

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Question 2

define the following term:
-Black Death

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-Black Death...

Question 3

The Golden Bull of 1356 in Germany

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A) made heredity rather than election the process by which German kings were selected. 
B) ensured the independence of the ecclesiastical states. 
C) gave seven electors the power to choose the "king of the Romans." 
D) ensured strong central authority for Germany in the next century. 
E) gave limited religious toleration to urban Jews.

Question 4

define the following term:
-the longbow

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Question 5

Mysticism in the fourteenth century

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A) was especially advocated by the nominalist school of William of Occam. 
B) particularly took hold in France and Spain. 
C) emphasized an intensely personal feeling of oneness with God. 
D) was fully endorsed and carefully controlled by the church. 
E) abandoned orthodox Christianity for heterodox pantheism.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

define the following term:
-the Visconti and the d'Este

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-the Visconti and the...

Question 8

Postplague socioeconomic relations between rich and poor in Europe

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A) improved noticeably as Christians sought to make peace with one another to please an angry God. 
B) did not alter from their preplague character. 
C) deteriorated because a surplus of workers resulted in a dramatic downturn in wages. 
D) improved radically as the economy entered into a period of sustained prosperity. 
E) got much worse as the positions of landlords deteriorated, and they sought to limit the gains of the peasants.

Question 9

define the following term:
-the vernacular

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-the vernacular...

Question 10

What were the causes and consequences of the failure of Germany and Italy to develop strong centralized governments?

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Question 11

The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381

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A) was caused by the rising economic expectations of ordinary people. 
B) was halted when leaders Wat Tyler and John Ball betrayed the peasants' cause. 
C) succeeded in getting the government to agree to the peasants' demands. 
D) gained long-term results for the peasants. 
E) led to the end of the Hundred Years' War.

Question 12

define the following term:
-Meister Eckhart

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-Meister Eckhart...

Question 13

define the following term:
-Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

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Question 14

define the following term:
-clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

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Question 15

Pogroms were

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A) religious ceremonies convened to ask for God's help against the plague. 
B) special indulgences granted to those infected with the plague. 
C) organized massacres against the Jews. 
D) the name given to people believed to be responsible for the Black Death. 
E) mysterious sites where people could go to miraculously recover from the plague.

Question 16

Dante's Divine Comedy

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A) is considered a supreme summary of medieval thought. 
B) was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin. 
C) lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition. 
D) attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church. 
E) was a new interpretation of the Old Testament written in Italian.

Question 17

France's "first woman of letters" was

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A) Catherine of Siena. 
B) Joan of Arc. 
C) Heloise. 
D) Christine de Pizan 
E) Hildegard.

Question 18

define the following term:
-Dante's Divine Comedy

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Question 19

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

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A) Brétigny. 
B) Tours. 
C) Poitiers. 
D) Calais. 
E) Agincourt.

Question 20

define the following term:
-Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Peasants' Revolt

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-Wat Tyler, John Ball,...

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

define the following term: -Petrarch's sonnets

define the following term: -Black Death

The Golden Bull of 1356 in Germany

define the following term: -the longbow

Mysticism in the fourteenth century

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

define the following term: -the Visconti and the d'Este

Postplague socioeconomic relations between rich and poor in Europe

define the following term: -the vernacular

What were the causes and consequences of the failure of Germany and Italy to develop strong centralized governments?

The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381

define the following term: -Meister Eckhart

define the following term: -Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

define the following term: -clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

Pogroms were

Dante's Divine Comedy

France's "first woman of letters" was

define the following term: -Dante's Divine Comedy

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

define the following term: -Wat Tyler, John Ball, and the English Peasants' Revolt