APEH CH 11 VOCAB UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. AD 1315-1322 widespread starvation resulting from a mini-ice age/climate change;
along with the Black Death, it greatly impacted Europe's population and led
people to question traditional sources of authority-- kings and the Church.
Answer:
Great Famine
Question:
2. Bubonic Plague; spread from Asia to Europe by fleas on rats (hamsters?); caused
millions of deaths; helped end Feudalism (labor shortage!) in the 14th century
Answer:
Black Death
Question:
3. People who flogged/whipped themselves to do penance; many saw the Plague
as God's punishment, so they tried to atone by being more "holy."
Answer:
flagellants
, Question:
4. Hundred Years' War
Answer:
AD 1337-1453 England v. France over who should be the next King of france;
nationalism, arranged marriages, and land disputes further confused legitimacy
questions.
Question:
5. representative assemblies
Answer:
AD 1250-1450 meetings of lords and wealthy urban residents (evidence of "people
power" and emerging middle class)
Question:
6. Babylonian Captivity
Answer:
AD 1309-1376 when Popes lived in Avignon (FR) rather than Rome; Biblical
reference to Hebrews held captive for 70 years by Babylonians. Indulgent
behaviors led to distrust of the Church and later challenge during Renaissance.
Question:
7. Great Schism
Answer:
AD 1378-1417 split in Church leadership; 2 then 3 Popes!
Question:
8. concilliarists
Answer:
People who believed that the power of the Roman Catholic Church was best held
by a general council of clergy and laypeople RATHER than just the POPE
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. AD 1315-1322 widespread starvation resulting from a mini-ice age/climate change;
along with the Black Death, it greatly impacted Europe's population and led
people to question traditional sources of authority-- kings and the Church.
Answer:
Great Famine
Question:
2. Bubonic Plague; spread from Asia to Europe by fleas on rats (hamsters?); caused
millions of deaths; helped end Feudalism (labor shortage!) in the 14th century
Answer:
Black Death
Question:
3. People who flogged/whipped themselves to do penance; many saw the Plague
as God's punishment, so they tried to atone by being more "holy."
Answer:
flagellants
, Question:
4. Hundred Years' War
Answer:
AD 1337-1453 England v. France over who should be the next King of france;
nationalism, arranged marriages, and land disputes further confused legitimacy
questions.
Question:
5. representative assemblies
Answer:
AD 1250-1450 meetings of lords and wealthy urban residents (evidence of "people
power" and emerging middle class)
Question:
6. Babylonian Captivity
Answer:
AD 1309-1376 when Popes lived in Avignon (FR) rather than Rome; Biblical
reference to Hebrews held captive for 70 years by Babylonians. Indulgent
behaviors led to distrust of the Church and later challenge during Renaissance.
Question:
7. Great Schism
Answer:
AD 1378-1417 split in Church leadership; 2 then 3 Popes!
Question:
8. concilliarists
Answer:
People who believed that the power of the Roman Catholic Church was best held
by a general council of clergy and laypeople RATHER than just the POPE
