Question 1

The commerce that occurred as a result of the Pax Mongolica was facilitated by the introduction of:

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A)   double-entry bookkeeping and early forms of credit transfers.
B)   Roman numerals into European accounting.
C)   abacuses and standardized coins used across Europe.
D)   receipts and bookkeeping ledgers.
E)   manuals to facilitate trade along the Silk Road. A

Question 2

Sovereignty implies governmental control over:

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A)   peoples.
B)   space.
C)   farming.
D)   the Church.
E)   towns. B

Question 3

The Black Death appears to have originated in:

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A)   Italy.
B)   India.
C)   Sub-Saharan Africa.
D)   Iran.
E)   China. E

Question 4

The expression "Mongol horde" actually comes from the:

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A)   Turkish word ordu meaning, "army."
B)   Chinese words hen goal, meaning "warrior band."
C)   German word hart, meaning "hard" or "solid."
D)   English verb horde meaning "to accumulate or stockpile."
E)   Arabic word jihad meaning "struggle" or "war."

Question 5

The medieval painter Giotto is remembered especially because he:

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A)   rendered architectural details with photographic precision.
B)   specialized in individual portraits, which were highly lifelike.
C)   developed a new technique for painting on canvas with oil paints.
D)   brought a deep humanity and naturalism to his religious images.
E)   developed a new technique for painting on wood using pigment mixed with egg white.

Question 6

What were the causes of the Hundred Years' War?

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Question 7

King Philip IV of France's ability to move Pope Clement V's court to Avignon demonstrates the:

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A)   gulf between the theoretical and actual power of the papacy.
B)   flexibility of papal governance.
C)   piety of Philip IV.
D)   destitution of the papacy.
E)   enormous respect Clement had for Philip.

Question 8

William of Ockham argued that human reason could not lead to an understanding of God.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How was a renewed fascination with the natural world reflected in thirteenth-century art and philosophy?

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Question 10

What was the purpose of the early European colonies?

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Question 11

A fundamental source of conflict in the Hundred Years' War was that:

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A)   England lay claim to Flanders.
B)   France lay claim to Cornwall.
C)   the French king was a vassal of the English king for Brittany.
D)   the English king was a vassal of the French king for Gascony.
E)   the English king constantly attacked France's borders from the stronghold in Gascony.

Question 12

Edward made the territory of _________ a settler colony of England.

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A)   Wales
B)   Scotland
C)   Ireland
D)   Brittany
E)   Cornwall

Question 13

Sovereignty can be defined as:

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A)   sharing governmental power over a given territory.
B)   the ability of a country to attack other countries.
C)   the ability of a king to control his nobles.
D)   the ability to control a defined territory without challenge.
E)   the ability of townspeople to act independently of a king or local lord.

Question 14

After the 1340s,the economy of Europe was marked by:

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A)   gold shortages.
B)   silver shortages.
C)   inflation.
D)   decreasing demand for luxury goods from the Far East.
E)   the discovery of new gold supplies within Europe itself.

Question 15

Sovereignty is won by:

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A)   diminishing the power of the nobles within the state.
B)   diminishing the power of local monasteries.
C)   diminishing the power of other states.
D)   increasing the power of other states.
E)   increasing the power of the nobles within the state.

Question 16

As the power of the papacy weakened after 1250,popular piety:

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A)   decreased dramatically.
B)   became formulaic as people used old and tired rituals.
C)   became technically heretical as the papacy no longer had the moral authority to effectively lead Christians in Europe.
D)   became markedly less spiritual and meditative.
E)   found its most creative forms of expression.

Question 17

Crusading can be linked to an extreme form of the sacrament of:

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A)   Baptism.
B)   Confession and Penance.
C)   Matrimony.
D)   Confirmation.
E)   Communion.

Question 18

The thirteenth century had witnessed the development of the philosophical belief that the secular and spiritual worlds were rational,organized,and comprehensible to human beings.In the fourteenth century,William of Ockham:

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A)   denied that human reason could prove fundamental theological truths.
B)   confirmed such a belief.
C)   argued that theological questions could all be resolved through reason, but questions concerning the natural world could not all be so resolved.
D)   determined that human reason could resolve nothing with regard to the world, with the exception of the truths of mathematics.
E)   argued that the only knowledge human beings could attain came through divine revelation alone.

Question 19

Although Louis IX's attempts at crusading were failures,they cemented his reputation as a:

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A)   bad military strategist and king.
B)   lover of lost causes.
C)   self-absorbed king who cared little about his subjects.
D)   relic-hunter.
E)   protector of the Church.

Question 20

Linguistically and ethnically,the Mongols were most closely related to the:

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A)   Chinese.
B)   Turks.
C)   Russians.
D)   Persians.
E)   Siberians.

Exam 10: The Medieval World,1250–1350