Question 1

Which of the following was not a social result of the Black Death epidemic?

Accepted Answer

A) a demand by laborers for higher pay 
B) a call for democracy 
C) peasant revolutions 
D) an increase in per capita production 
E) an end of serfdom for all intents and purposes 
A) a demand by laborers for higher pay 
B) a call for democracy 
C) peasant revolutions 
D) an increase in per capita production 
E) an end of serfdom for all intents and purposes

Question 2

What system required one-third of land to lie fallow each year?

Accepted Answer

The three-

Question 3

Which peasant led French forces to victory over the English in 1429 during the Hundred Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A) Phillip the Fair 
B) Nicolaus Copernicus 
C) Isabella of France 
D) Joan of Arc 
E) William the Conqueror 
A) Phillip the Fair 
B) Nicolaus Copernicus 
C) Isabella of France 
D) Joan of Arc 
E) William the Conqueror

Question 4

Explain the causes and effects of rural poverty in Europe between 1200 and 1500. What role did the natural environment play in people's survival?

Accepted Answer

Students should understand that nine out

Question 5

The continued growth of trade and manufacturing after 1200 resulted in

Accepted Answer

A) the growth of wealthy port cities and urban areas in the Latin West. 
B) the continuing economic depression in agriculture. 
C) the isolation of Europe from the rest of the world. 
D) religious revival and expansion. 
E) strict government regulation. 
A) the growth of wealthy port cities and urban areas in the Latin West. 
B) the continuing economic depression in agriculture. 
C) the isolation of Europe from the rest of the world. 
D) religious revival and expansion. 
E) strict government regulation.

Question 6

Latin Europe innovated these ideas as degree-granting corporations imparting both religious and nonreligious knowledge.

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A) Madrasas 
B) Museums 
C) Monasteries 
D) Universities 
E) Guilds 
A) Madrasas 
B) Museums 
C) Monasteries 
D) Universities 
E) Guilds

Question 7

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). 
 What were the major causes of population decline in the fourteenth century, and what results did this have in social, economic, and political terms?

Accepted Answer

The major demographic change in the four

Question 8

What were the major events of the Hundred Years' War?

Accepted Answer

The Hundred Years' War between England a

Question 9

Windmills and watermills

Accepted Answer

A) were invented in later medieval Europe. 
B) dated back to Roman times and had long been common in the Islamic world. 
C) were banned by the pope as the "devil's wheel." 
D) had little impact in Europe. 
E) were unknown in China. 
A) were invented in later medieval Europe. 
B) dated back to Roman times and had long been common in the Islamic world. 
C) were banned by the pope as the "devil's wheel." 
D) had little impact in Europe. 
E) were unknown in China.

Question 10

What was the word for charging interest, which Latin Christians generally considered to be a sin?

Accepted Answer

A) penury 
B) usury 
C) falsity 
D) None of these are correct. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) penury 
B) usury 
C) falsity 
D) None of these are correct. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 11

Sugar grown with slave labor on which island became a model for the slave-based sugar economy of the New World?

Accepted Answer

A) Crete 
B) Cyprus 
C) Sicily 
D) All of these are correct. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Crete 
B) Cyprus 
C) Sicily 
D) All of these are correct. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 12

By 1500, the English Parliament

Accepted Answer

A) had been disbanded by King John. 
B) had overthrown the king and gained complete governmental authority. 
C) had become a permanent part of English government. 
D) had yet to be officially formed. 
E) had been disbanded. 
A) had been disbanded by King John. 
B) had overthrown the king and gained complete governmental authority. 
C) had become a permanent part of English government. 
D) had yet to be officially formed. 
E) had been disbanded.

Question 13

One of the significant features of the growth of literature in the fourteenth to fifteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A) the development of epic poetry. 
B) the composition of literature in Latin. 
C) the incorporation of political criticism. 
D) the composition of literature in the vernacular. 
E) the inclusion of common people in literary tales. 
A) the development of epic poetry. 
B) the composition of literature in Latin. 
C) the incorporation of political criticism. 
D) the composition of literature in the vernacular. 
E) the inclusion of common people in literary tales.

Question 14

The Hanseatic League was based in

Accepted Answer

A) Germany. 
B) Russia. 
C) the Ottoman Empire. 
D) England. 
E) Bulgaria. 
A) Germany. 
B) Russia. 
C) the Ottoman Empire. 
D) England. 
E) Bulgaria.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of "new monarchies" in Europe between 1450 and 1600?

Accepted Answer

A) The primary nations were England, France, and Spain. 
B) It increased centralized power within largely fixed geographic limits. 
C) It increased control over powerful noble families. 
D) They relied on full-time armies paid for through taxes. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) The primary nations were England, France, and Spain. 
B) It increased centralized power within largely fixed geographic limits. 
C) It increased control over powerful noble families. 
D) They relied on full-time armies paid for through taxes. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 16

Te Hanseatic League traded extensively in what body of water?

Accepted Answer

A) Black Sea 
B) Baltic Sea 
C) North Sea 
D) Mediterranean Sea 
E) Red Sea 
A) Black Sea 
B) Baltic Sea 
C) North Sea 
D) Mediterranean Sea 
E) Red Sea

Question 17

Scholasticism attempted to combine which two areas of intellectual development?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Scholasticism attempted to combine which two areas...

Question 18

What technology was key to the growth of mining, metalworking, and mechanical energy in the late Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Windmills

Question 19

What was the average mortality rate in Western Europe from the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

A) one in ten 
B) one in four 
C) one in three 
D) one in two 
E) two in three 
A) one in ten 
B) one in four 
C) one in three 
D) one in two 
E) two in three

Question 20

The most notable work in Scholasticism, the Summa Theologica , was written by

Accepted Answer

A) Geoffrey Chaucer. 
B) Thomas Aquinas. 
C) Dante Aligheri. 
D) Jan Hus. 
E) Peter Abelard. 
A) Geoffrey Chaucer. 
B) Thomas Aquinas. 
C) Dante Aligheri. 
D) Jan Hus. 
E) Peter Abelard.

Exam 14: Latin Europe

Which of the following was not a social result of the Black Death epidemic?

What system required one-third of land to lie fallow each year?

Which peasant led French forces to victory over the English in 1429 during the Hundred Years' War?

Explain the causes and effects of rural poverty in Europe between 1200 and 1500. What role did the natural environment play in people's survival?

The continued growth of trade and manufacturing after 1200 resulted in

Latin Europe innovated these ideas as degree-granting corporations imparting both religious and nonreligious knowledge.

Instructions: Answer the following question(s). What were the major causes of population decline in the fourteenth century, and what results did this have in social, economic, and political terms?

What were the major events of the Hundred Years' War?

Windmills and watermills

What was the word for charging interest, which Latin Christians generally considered to be a sin?

Sugar grown with slave labor on which island became a model for the slave-based sugar economy of the New World?

By 1500, the English Parliament

One of the significant features of the growth of literature in the fourteenth to fifteenth century was

The Hanseatic League was based in

Which of the following is true of "new monarchies" in Europe between 1450 and 1600?

Te Hanseatic League traded extensively in what body of water?

Scholasticism attempted to combine which two areas of intellectual development?

What technology was key to the growth of mining, metalworking, and mechanical energy in the late Middle Ages?

What was the average mortality rate in Western Europe from the Black Death?

The most notable work in Scholasticism, the Summa Theologica , was written by

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