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1.The Black Death refers to:
a. The collapse of the European economy in
the 14th century
b. A virulent plague that stuck 14th century
Europe
c. A disease transmitted through African
slaves
d. A heretical sect of gnostic Christians
e. The famine that occurred from 1315 to
1317
2.The Black Death:
a. Devastated primarily the rural population of
Europe
b. Was preceded by a gradual decline in
population
c. Followed that trade routes into Europe
from England
d. Was preceded by years of famine that
weakened the populace
e. Is thought by most scholars to be a form of
small pox
3.All of the following are true of the bubonic plague
EXCEPT
a. It spread rapidly once it arrived in Europe
b. It was transmitted by rat-or human-borne
fleas
c. It was transmitted along trade routes
d. It was known as the Black Death
e. It struck only children and the elderly
4.The Black Death found its way into Europe via:
a. Spain
b. Greenland and Iceland
c. Asian trade routes
d. Scandinavia
e. North Africa
5.Among the social and economic consequences of
the bubonic plague was a/an
a. Decline kin the price of luxury and
manufactured goods
b. Rise in agricultural prices
c. Shrunken labor supply
d. Rise in value of the estates of the nobility
e. Increase in urban population
6.Which social group suffered the greatest decline in
power as a result of the plague?
a. Urban elites
b. Noble landholders
c. Women
d. Clergy
e. Peasants
7.The Statute of Laborers:
a. Limited wages to pre-plague levels
b. Barred laborers from moving from one city
to another
c. Guaranteed a minimum wage for artisans
d. Barred children from certain trades
e. Governed working conditions in early
factories
8.That two groups were traditional “containers” of
monarchy?
a. Landed nobility and the church
b. The peasantry and laity
c. The church and laity
d. The church and urban elites
e. The laity and landed nobility
9.In early modern Europe, which of the following
most directly undermined the guild system?NO KEY
a. Entrepreneurial expansion of manufacturing
into the countryside
b. The increased demand for products for the Far
East and New World, such as spices and silk
c. The imposition of high tariffs on imported goods
d. The use of credit in business transactions
e. The expansion of the supply of precious metals
“It was an important confederation of commercial
towns in northern Germany with its own laws,
diplomats, and flags. Its membership of merchants
earned large profits shipping fish, timber, and other
resources to areas to the west and to the south.
Prosperity declined, however, when trade routes
shifted from the Baltic to the Atlantic after 1500.”
NO KEY
10.The description above refers to the
(A) Confederation of the Rhine
(B) Hanseatic League
(C) Merchants of the Staple
(D) Holy Roman Empire
(E) Schmalkaldic League
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11. All of the following are true of the Hundred
Year’s war EXCEPT
a. It was caused by long-standing rivalries and
animosities between England and France
b. It ended with a decisive English victory
c. It changed the political systems of both
France and England
d. It was a struggle for national identity
e. It was launched when England’s Edward III
claimed the French throne
12.At the outset of the Hundred Years’ War
a. France had a larger population that
England
b. England was wealthier that France
c. France was superior militarily
d. England was in a state of civil war
e. The English navy ruled the seas
13.In the mid- 14th century, France had:
a. Twice the population of England, but was
much poorer
b. About the same population of Englnad, but
was much poorer
c. Half the population of England
d. Three times the population of England and
was much richer
e. Split from the Roman Catholic Church
14.The French peasant uprising of 1358 is known as
the
a. Pilgrimage of Grace
b. Ciomp
c. Jacquerie
d. Taille
e. Western rising
15.The primary reason for early French failure in the
Hundred Years’ was
a. Internal disunity
b. Poor military strategy
c. Superior English financial resources
d. Deficient number in the military
e. That they were a “modern” state fighting a
feudal society
16.The use of this medieval weapon proved to give
the English the tactical advantage in the war
a. Catapult
b. Longbow
c. Trebuchet
d. Primitive firearms
e. Cannons
17.The Treaty of Troyes in 1420 disinherited the
legitimate heir to the French throne and proclaimed
this man the successor to the French king, Charles VI
a. Richard II
b. Henry V
c. Charles VII
d. Henry VI
e. Jean I
18.Joan of Arc was executed on May 30, 1431 under
this charge
a. Kidnapping
b. Fraud
c. Treason
d. Murder
e. Heresy
19.The burden of the Hundred Years’ War fell mostly
on the
a. Women
b. Clergy
c. Peasants
d. Nobility
e. Military
20.All of the following were effects of the Hundred
Years War EXCEPT NO KEY
a. A significant decrease in the population
b. A series of peasant rebellions
c. A more politically unified France
d. An economically weaker England
e. The rise of a Spanish Empire in the New
World
21.What papal doctrine contributed to the
transformation of the papacy into a great secular
power?
a. Papal hegemony
b. Papal primacy
c. Petrine doctrine
d. Plentitude of power
e. Papal infallibility
22.Bonaface VII found himself locked in a struggle
over the limits of monarchial authority with
a. Henry VI
b. Richard II
c. Henry V
d. Philip the Fair
e. Edward III
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23.Which of the following statements most aptly
applies to the bull Ausculta fili?
a. The people over the church
b. The state before the church
c. The church over the state
d. The church and state are separate and
equal entities
e. The church and state are one
24.The papal buu Unam Sanctum declared that
a. Temporal authority was “subject” t the
spiritual power of the Church
b. Only strong monarchies could fulfill the
Christian gospel
c. The Holy Roman Emperor could establish
national churches in the realm
d. A new crusade was necessary in order to
unify European spirituality
e. Only men could be priets
25.Defender of Peace, written by Marisilius of
Padua, depicted the pope as
a. the king of kings
b. Christ-like figure who was elected to save
the world from its wickedness
c. A subordinate member of society
d. The Anti-Christ
e. The supreme ruler
26.Which of the following was recognized by the
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges?
a. The principle that religious rights and
principals take precedent over national
rights
b. The right of French clergy to conduct the
Mass in French
c. The right of all French clergy to develop
their own doctrines
d. The obligation of the state to pay the
annates to Rome
e. The right of the French church to elect its
own clergy without papal interference
27.Which of the following religious movements was
most successful at assailing the late medieval church
in England?
a. Hussites
b. Waldensians
c. Cathers
d. Lollards
e. Franciscans
28.John Wycliffe
a. Believed the rank and office was the true
basis of religious authority
b. Was a Cambridge theologian and
philosopher
c. Was a major intellectual spokesman for
the rights of royalty
d. Was charged with the task of trying Lollards
for heresy
e. Crafted works that initially served the
anticlerical policues of the French
government
29.The university, founded in 1348, became the
center for both Czech nationalism and a religious
movement
a. University of Kiev
b. University of Prague
c. Universtiy of Brno
d. University of Bonn
e. University of Ostrava
30.The phrase “Babylonia Captivity” refers to
a. How the papcy was held in political
bondage in Avignon
b. The period of time when France had no
universally recognized monarch
c. The persecution of the Lollards and Hussites
by the church
d. The precarious position of the church in
France during the Hundred Years’ War
e. The state of the church in Czechoslavakia
31.The Great Schism was supported by
a. Philip of France
b. Pope Gregory XI
c. Martin V
d. Charles V
e. Pope Boniface VIII
32.England’s allies in the Great Schism
a. Supported the popes who were no longer
considered official by the church
b. Supported the pope at Avignon
c. Included the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary,
Bohemia and Poland
d. Disagreed with each other over the issue of
the Concilliar Theory of Church Government
e. Included the Holy Roman Empire Hungary,
Bohemia, and Scotland
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33.In 1409 the Council of Pisa
a. United the Catholic Church
b. Was recognized by the entire Catholic
Church as the ultimate authority
c. Nullified the position of pope
d. Dissolved in the face of deep division within
its delegates
e. Deposed both the Roman and Avignn
popes, and elected a new pope
34.Between 1243 and 1480, Russia was ruled by
a. The Persians
b. The Mongols
c. The princes of Kiev
d. Sweden
e. Poland
35.Under the rule of Prince Vladamir(r 980-1015)
was city was the most important in Russia?
a. Moscow
b. Minsk
c. Vladivostok
d. Kiev
e. Saint Petersburg
36.The broadest social division of the 11th century
Russia was between
a. Army officers and freemen
b. Peasants and townspeople
c. Clergy and principality
d. Freemen and slaves
37.The majority of the slave population in Russia
were
a. Prisoners of war
b. Of Greek descent
c. Russian criminals sentenced to this function
d. Part of the African slave trade
e. Of Chinese and Japanese descent
38.Wealthy landowners in medieval Russia were
known as
a. Boyars
b. Serfs
c. Junkers
d. Cossacks
e. Grossemensch
39.This was the name for the segment of the Mongol
Empire that included the steppe region of what is
today southern Russia
a. Golden Flock
b. Golden Horde
c. Golden Crescent
d. Golden Set
e. Golden Faction
40.What is the official religion of the Mongol
treatment of Russian political and religious
institutions
a. They left them largely intact
b. They incorporated some facets of Russian
ideology and institutions, but disregarded
the rest
c. They totally dismantled them
d. They kept the institutions, but killed all
existing office holders
e. They adapted Russian institutions as if they
were of their own creation
41. In 1500 the two most powerful autocracies in
Eastern Europe were
(A) Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire
(B) the Ottoman and the Byzantine empires
(C) the Byzantine Empire and Poland-Lithuania
(D) Poland-Lithuania and Hungary
(E) Hungary and Kievan Russia
42. In the sixteenth century, all of the following had
religious civil wars or political insurrections EXCEPT
NO KEY
(A) Muscovite Russia
(B) England
(C) the Low Countries
(D) France
(E) the German states
43.After Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453,
which of the following cities claimed to be the "third
Rome"? NO KEY
a. Moscow
b. Budapest
c. Madrid
d. Geneva
e. Warsaw
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