Question 1

What changes occurred in the political life of Italy during the fourteenth century?

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During the fourteenth century, Italy exp

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-pneumonic plague

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Pneumonic plague is one of the three mai

Question 3

Fourteenth-century monarchs found it increasingly easy to raise tax revenues.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Henry V achieved a memorable victory at the Battle of Agincourt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which statement about the Black Death is true?

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

Question 6

During the reign of England's Edward III,

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A) the English monarchy all but collapsed. 
B) England broke with the Catholic church. 
C) Parliament developed its basic structure and functions. 
D) England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe. 
E) the office of the sheriff was invented. 
A) the English monarchy all but collapsed. 
B) England broke with the Catholic church. 
C) Parliament developed its basic structure and functions. 
D) England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe. 
E) the office of the sheriff was invented.

Question 7

Venice was governed by a hereditary monarch.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Trace the events that marked the decline of the papacy during the fourteenth century.

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The decline of the papacy during the fou

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Council of Constance

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The Council of Constance was a major chu

Question 10

How did the Venetian city-state gain its wealth in the fourteenth century?

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A) By controlling the finances of the Holy Roman Empire 
B) By inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy 
C) By creating a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas 
D) By monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders 
E) By waging a crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land 
A) By controlling the finances of the Holy Roman Empire 
B) By inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy 
C) By creating a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas 
D) By monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders 
E) By waging a crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land

Question 11

The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Avignon

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Avignon is a city located in the southea

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Orléans

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Orléans is a beautiful city located in n

Question 14

The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was

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

Question 15

How did relationships between men and women change because of the plague?

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A) They chose not to marry rather than suffer the loss of a loved one. 
B) They delayed marriage until they were financially stable. 
C) They began to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life. 
D) They chose not to have children. 
E) They chose to have many children to ensure laborers for the household. 
A) They chose not to marry rather than suffer the loss of a loved one. 
B) They delayed marriage until they were financially stable. 
C) They began to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life. 
D) They chose not to have children. 
E) They chose to have many children to ensure laborers for the household.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Henry V

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Henry V was a king of England who reigne

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Council of Pisa

Accepted Answer

The Council of Pisa was an unofficial ec

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Catherine of Siena

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Catherine of Siena was a 14th-century It

Question 19

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

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In the fourteenth century, European stat

Question 20

What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?

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A) The printing press 
B) Paper 
C) Eyeglasses 
D) Clocks 
E) Telescope 
A) The printing press 
B) Paper 
C) Eyeglasses 
D) Clocks 
E) Telescope

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

What changes occurred in the political life of Italy during the fourteenth century?

Please define the following key terms. -pneumonic plague

Fourteenth-century monarchs found it increasingly easy to raise tax revenues.

Henry V achieved a memorable victory at the Battle of Agincourt.

Which statement about the Black Death is true?

During the reign of England's Edward III,

Venice was governed by a hereditary monarch.

Trace the events that marked the decline of the papacy during the fourteenth century.

Please define the following key terms. -Council of Constance

How did the Venetian city-state gain its wealth in the fourteenth century?

The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.

Please define the following key terms. -Avignon

Please define the following key terms. -Orléans

The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was

How did relationships between men and women change because of the plague?

Please define the following key terms. -Henry V

Please define the following key terms. -Council of Pisa

Please define the following key terms. -Catherine of Siena

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?

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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