Question 1

The Italian condottieri were

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A) political leaders supporting the pope. 
B) bankers with branch banks throughout much of Western Europe. 
C) merchants working in northern Europe. 
D) reformers within the Catholic Church. 
E) 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) merchants working in northern Europe. 
D) reformers within the Catholic Church. 
E) leaders of mercenary bands, occasionally ruling as military dictators. E

Question 2

Politically, France by the end of the fourteenth century saw

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A) the dominance of the Estates-General in determining government policy and administering taxes. 
B) no new forms of government revenue due to royal opposition. 
C) chaos and civil war as rival noble factions fought for control of the realm. 
D) new rights of political participation in the Parlement of Paris for poor townspeople. 
E) strongly unified as a result of the leadership of Joan of Arc. 
A) the dominance of the Estates-General in determining government policy and administering taxes. 
B) no new forms of government revenue due to royal opposition. 
C) chaos and civil war as rival noble factions fought for control of the realm. 
D) new rights of political participation in the Parlement of Paris for poor townspeople. 
E) strongly unified as a result of the leadership of Joan of Arc. C

Question 3

The conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France began when Philip

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A) tried to end corruption in the French Church. 
B) tried to buy the papacy for his nephew, Henry. 
C) taxed churchmen without the Church's permission. 
D) denied the existence of witches. 
E) authorized a French translation of the Bible. 
A) tried to end corruption in the French Church. 
B) tried to buy the papacy for his nephew, Henry. 
C) taxed churchmen without the Church's permission. 
D) denied the existence of witches. 
E) authorized a French translation of the Bible. C

Question 4

define the following term:
-Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt

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Henry V was a significant figure in Engl

Question 5

Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring the French soldiers to break the English siege of

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A) Bordeaux. 
B) Amiens. 
C) Orléans. 
D) Paris. 
E) Geneva. 
A) Bordeaux. 
B) Amiens. 
C) Orléans. 
D) Paris. 
E) Geneva.

Question 6

Evaluate the social, military, economic, and political consequences of the introduction and use of cannons and gunpowder.

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The introduction and use of cannons and

Question 7

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

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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.

Question 8

The Great Schism reflected the divisions

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A) among the Italian city-states. 
B) between the French and the Burgundians. 
C) among the German territorial princes. 
D) between the English and the French in the Hundred Years' War. 
E) between Christians and Muslims in Spain. 
A) among the Italian city-states. 
B) between the French and the Burgundians. 
C) among the German territorial princes. 
D) between the English and the French in the Hundred Years' War. 
E) between Christians and Muslims in Spain.

Question 9

define the following term:
-pogroms

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Pogroms:

Who?
Pogroms were violent riot

Question 10

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

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A) John II. 
B) Edward II. 
C) Edward III. 
D) William the Conqueror 
E) Henry I. 
A) John II. 
B) Edward II. 
C) Edward III. 
D) William the Conqueror 
E) Henry I.

Question 11

The French government and aristocracy responded to the Jacquerie by

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A) drafting the rebels into the army. 
B) taking no action and letting it run its course. 
C) negotiating a settlement with its leaders. 
D) massacring the participants. 
E) renouncing their historic privileges. 
A) drafting the rebels into the army. 
B) taking no action and letting it run its course. 
C) negotiating a settlement with its leaders. 
D) massacring the participants. 
E) renouncing their historic privileges.

Question 12

define the following term:
-Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

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Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

Question 13

The artist Giotto

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A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism. 
A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism.

Question 14

The bubonic plague caused great mortality in Italy but had relatively limited impact on the rest of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

define the following term:
-Christine de Pizan

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Christine de Pizan was a prolific mediev

Question 16

define the following term:
-Marsiglio of Padua

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Marsiglio of Padua was an Italian mediev

Question 17

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 18

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 19

In Defender of The Peace , Marsiglio of Padua took the position that

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A) popes have authority over the commoners but not over nobles. 
B) the church must consign itself solely to spiritual functions. 
C) popes have ultimate authority over all men, even kings. 
D) the church was entirely illegitimate. 
E) each king ought to establish his own church in his country. 
A) popes have authority over the commoners but not over nobles. 
B) the church must consign itself solely to spiritual functions. 
C) popes have ultimate authority over all men, even kings. 
D) the church was entirely illegitimate. 
E) each king ought to establish his own church in his country.

Question 20

After the Black Death, money payments were increasingly substituted for military service in the lord-vassal relationship.

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A) True 
 B)False

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

The Italian condottieri were

Politically, France by the end of the fourteenth century saw

The conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France began when Philip

define the following term: -Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt

Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring the French soldiers to break the English siege of

Evaluate the social, military, economic, and political consequences of the introduction and use of cannons and gunpowder.

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

The Great Schism reflected the divisions

define the following term: -pogroms

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

The French government and aristocracy responded to the Jacquerie by

define the following term: -Francisco Traini's The Triumph of Death

The artist Giotto

The bubonic plague caused great mortality in Italy but had relatively limited impact on the rest of Europe.

define the following term: -Christine de Pizan

define the following term: -Marsiglio of Padua

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

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

In Defender of The Peace , Marsiglio of Padua took the position that

After the Black Death, money payments were increasingly substituted for military service in the lord-vassal relationship.

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