Exam 11: Rebirth and Unrest,1350-1453

The Medici originally made their fortune in:

Most of the innovations that occurred in farming after the first waves of the Black Death were made by:

The growth of power claims based on classical models,including patronage of the arts,occurred in Renaissance Italy due to the:

The goal of the humanist education system was to:

What were the foundations of the Ottoman Empire,and how did these foundations shape it?

When the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453,the primary effect of their conquest on Western Europe was:

The Ottoman Turks were able to begin to amass territory in the fourteenth century because:

The fundamental distinction that marked a person as noble was his or her wealth.

Underlying the social unrest of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries lay:

Although medieval scholars knew important classical authors such as Virgil and Cicero,the works of _________ were not fully known in Western Europe until the Renaissance.

As a result of the depopulation in Europe caused by the Black Death:

Muslims were not permitted to enslave:

Because of the influence of wealthy families who wanted to give their sons a broad education:

Following the death of Timur,the territories he conquered became:

Just as Boccaccio wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while sitting out the Black Death,_________ wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while on a pilgrimage.

The series of pageant plays performed at York were not only motivated by devotion but also:

What circumstances account for the rebellions between 1300 and 1425?

The Jacquerie was a group of French nobles who were effective in passing legislation against peasant demands for lower prices and an end to serfdom.

Which lower-class rebellion in the later Middle Ages involved the revolt of workers in the cloth industry who sought greater participation in local government?

Both the Lollard and Hussite movements had this in common: