AP European History - Review ALL UNITS Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Black Death/Bubonic Plague - ANSWER-Date: plague that kills 25-50% of European population caused by bad ygies, nutrition, overcrowding contributes to chaos and pessimism of the period "Cameron" by Boccaccio - love story set during the plague, best source of the period 100 Years war - ANSWER-Date: Dispute between France and England over territory in France England will loose all possession on French territory New fighting technologies: long bow and cannons Starts the building of the new monarchies Babylonian Captivity - ANSWER-Date: - Pope ratifies papal bull "Unam Sanctum" sayign that spiritual power is more important then temporal power (kings) -conflict between pope and French King 1305: French pope is elected and moves to Avignon under French king influence. 1307: new pope is elected and will move back to Rome. He will die and this will lead to Great Schism. Great Schism - ANSWER-Date: After the Babylonia captivity and the death of the pope, French and Italians cardinals can not agree on one pope. French and Italian elect each one pope. There are 2 ot 3 popes at the time. Fall of Byzantine Empire - ANSWER-Date:1453 Starts conflict over land control that will last hundreds of years between Austrian Habsburgs and Ottomans Block European from trading with Asia and will lead to the need for new routes = age of exploration Dante Alighieri - ANSWER-Date: "Divine Comedy" One of the first people to use vernacular instead of Latin Geoffrey Chaucer - ANSWER-Date: "Cantebury Tales" One f the first people to use vernacular and talk about secular subjects