HIS 101 Final Exam NACC
pts
What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?
The printing press
Paper
Eyeglasses
Clocks
Telescope - ANS-Clocks
According to church tradition, who was the first bishop of Rome?
Mark
Luke
John
Peter
Paul - ANS-Peter
After Constantinople, what was Europe's largest city?
Rome
Paris
London
Lisbon
Córdoba - ANS-Córdoba
After the Fourth Crusade was diverted from Jerusalem, which city did they sack?
Alexandria
Constantinople
Rome
Venice
Paris - ANS-Constantinople
After which battle in 1066 did William the Conqueror (William of Normandy) take over
England?
Poitiers
Runnymede
Hastings
Bosworth Field
Agincourt - ANS-Hastings
Augustine's The City of God presented
an argument in favor of female church leaders.
an African view of love and forgiveness.
a Germanic view of the divine.
a Christian philosophy of government and history.
an argument against a formal priesthood. - ANS-a Christian philosophy of government and
history.
Between 1000 and 1300, the population of Europe
increased by about 10 percent.
steadily fell.
,remained static.
roughly quintupled.
roughly doubled. - ANS-roughly doubled.
Blanche of Castile served as regent of
Spain.
France.
England.
Tuscany.
Catalan. - ANS-France.
By the thirteenth century, virtually every group of craftworkers
had its own guild.
was dominated by women.
had rebelled against town elites.
had its own city.
was organized into a political faction. - ANS-had its own guild.
During the reign of England's Edward III,
the English monarchy all but collapsed.
England broke with the Catholic church.
Parliament developed its basic structure and functions.
England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe.
the office of the sheriff was invented. - ANS-Parliament developed its basic structure and
functions.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to two kings, first Louis VII of France, and then
Henry II of England.
Philip I of Spain.
Louis VIII of France.
Richard II of England.
Ferdinand IV of Spain. - ANS-Henry II of England.
For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?
It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought.
It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin.
It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition.
It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church.
It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance. - ANS-It is considered a synthesis
of medieval Christian thought.
How did Charlemagne try to limit the power of counts?
He required them to serve outside of their own family lands.
He required them to give him twenty years of military service.
He took half their income in taxes.
He required them to become priests.
He banished them from the central regions of his realm. - ANS-He required them to serve
outside of their own family lands.
How did relationships between men and women change because of the plague?
They chose not to marry rather than suffer the loss of a loved one.
They delayed marriage until they were financially stable.
They began to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life.
They chose not to have children.
, They chose to have many children to ensure laborers for the household. - ANS-They began
to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life.
How did women benefit from the Black Death?
They were able to find refuge in nunneries.
They were immune because of herbs taken in conjunction with pregnancy.
They were restricted to homes as defined by social custom.
They gained new employment opportunities.
They were able to inherit large fortunes. - ANS-They gained new employment opportunities.
In the aftermath of the Black Death, ____ led to a dramatic rise in wages.
a population surge
the abolition of aristocratic privileges
new religious teachings
a series of crop failures
a serious labor shortage - ANS-a serious labor shortage
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a code of ethics for knights known as ____ evolved
among the nobility.
papacy
chanson de geste
feudalism
chivalry
manorialism - ANS-chivalry
In the thirteenth century, the ____ conquered Russia.
Vikings
Huns
Swedes
Poles
Mongols - ANS-Mongols
In what city was Muhammad born?
Jerusalem
Rome
Yathrib
Constantinople
Mecca - ANS-Mecca
In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to 1377?
Avignon
Bordeaux
Provence
Dijon
Paris - ANS-Avignon
In which part of the world did the bubonic plague originate?
Africa
Syria
Italy
the Azores
Asia - ANS-Asia
Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of
crude surgery.
medicinal herbs and bleeding.
pts
What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?
The printing press
Paper
Eyeglasses
Clocks
Telescope - ANS-Clocks
According to church tradition, who was the first bishop of Rome?
Mark
Luke
John
Peter
Paul - ANS-Peter
After Constantinople, what was Europe's largest city?
Rome
Paris
London
Lisbon
Córdoba - ANS-Córdoba
After the Fourth Crusade was diverted from Jerusalem, which city did they sack?
Alexandria
Constantinople
Rome
Venice
Paris - ANS-Constantinople
After which battle in 1066 did William the Conqueror (William of Normandy) take over
England?
Poitiers
Runnymede
Hastings
Bosworth Field
Agincourt - ANS-Hastings
Augustine's The City of God presented
an argument in favor of female church leaders.
an African view of love and forgiveness.
a Germanic view of the divine.
a Christian philosophy of government and history.
an argument against a formal priesthood. - ANS-a Christian philosophy of government and
history.
Between 1000 and 1300, the population of Europe
increased by about 10 percent.
steadily fell.
,remained static.
roughly quintupled.
roughly doubled. - ANS-roughly doubled.
Blanche of Castile served as regent of
Spain.
France.
England.
Tuscany.
Catalan. - ANS-France.
By the thirteenth century, virtually every group of craftworkers
had its own guild.
was dominated by women.
had rebelled against town elites.
had its own city.
was organized into a political faction. - ANS-had its own guild.
During the reign of England's Edward III,
the English monarchy all but collapsed.
England broke with the Catholic church.
Parliament developed its basic structure and functions.
England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe.
the office of the sheriff was invented. - ANS-Parliament developed its basic structure and
functions.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to two kings, first Louis VII of France, and then
Henry II of England.
Philip I of Spain.
Louis VIII of France.
Richard II of England.
Ferdinand IV of Spain. - ANS-Henry II of England.
For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?
It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought.
It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin.
It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition.
It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church.
It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance. - ANS-It is considered a synthesis
of medieval Christian thought.
How did Charlemagne try to limit the power of counts?
He required them to serve outside of their own family lands.
He required them to give him twenty years of military service.
He took half their income in taxes.
He required them to become priests.
He banished them from the central regions of his realm. - ANS-He required them to serve
outside of their own family lands.
How did relationships between men and women change because of the plague?
They chose not to marry rather than suffer the loss of a loved one.
They delayed marriage until they were financially stable.
They began to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life.
They chose not to have children.
, They chose to have many children to ensure laborers for the household. - ANS-They began
to marry younger in light of the fleeting quality of life.
How did women benefit from the Black Death?
They were able to find refuge in nunneries.
They were immune because of herbs taken in conjunction with pregnancy.
They were restricted to homes as defined by social custom.
They gained new employment opportunities.
They were able to inherit large fortunes. - ANS-They gained new employment opportunities.
In the aftermath of the Black Death, ____ led to a dramatic rise in wages.
a population surge
the abolition of aristocratic privileges
new religious teachings
a series of crop failures
a serious labor shortage - ANS-a serious labor shortage
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, a code of ethics for knights known as ____ evolved
among the nobility.
papacy
chanson de geste
feudalism
chivalry
manorialism - ANS-chivalry
In the thirteenth century, the ____ conquered Russia.
Vikings
Huns
Swedes
Poles
Mongols - ANS-Mongols
In what city was Muhammad born?
Jerusalem
Rome
Yathrib
Constantinople
Mecca - ANS-Mecca
In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to 1377?
Avignon
Bordeaux
Provence
Dijon
Paris - ANS-Avignon
In which part of the world did the bubonic plague originate?
Africa
Syria
Italy
the Azores
Asia - ANS-Asia
Medical practice in Carolingian times stressed the use of
crude surgery.
medicinal herbs and bleeding.
