HIEU 201 OFFICIAL FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE COVERING ALL TOPICS AND UNITS
2026.
⫸ over 25 million. Ans: How many Europeans died from the Black
Death?
⫸ 1 3. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Revolts of peasant laborers
Huge increase in number of peasants
Decline in trade
Lasting changes in power of lower classes
⫸ 2 3. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Sharp spike in food prices
Generally stable or falling food prices
Severe labor shortage
Strong rise in aristocratic incomes
,⫸ 1 4. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Rent system began to replace labor service
Nonfood items very expensive
Huge labor surplus
Rising cost of labor
⫸ 2. Ans: Although the Hundred Years' War began after France
seized Gascony from the English, what was a more likely reason that
the English declared war on the French?
Edward III of England believed that Philip VI would not stop at
Gascony, but rather that he would soon invade the British Isles.
Edward III of England believed that he had a better claim to the
throne of France than its current king, Philip VI.
Edward III of England feared a challenge from Philip VI of France,
who had a hereditary claim to the throne of England.
⫸ 3. Ans: During the High Middle Ages, which state developed a
flourishing commercial economy and was governed by a small
oligarchy of wealthy merchants?
England
, France
the Republic of Venice
Holy Roman Empire
⫸ 1. Ans: Unam Sanctam was an attempt by Boniface VIII to assert
supreme authority over Christendom. While earlier popes had been
able to enforce this claim to one degree or other, secular rulers in the
14th century were less inclined to recognize such claims. Secular
responses to the bull helped create the Great Schism and a great
decline in the church's prestige. Which of the following was an effect
of the Great Schism on the power of the papacy?
The conciliar movement asserted that a pope did not necessarily have
greater authority than a general church council.
Women were made eligible for the papacy, but their powers would be
limited.
The papacy's powers remained unaffected.
⫸ 2 4. Ans: Which of the following were changes in urban life that
occurred as a result of the adversities of the 14th century? Check all
that apply.
Gender roles became less defined.
Women had more economic opportunities.
GUIDE COVERING ALL TOPICS AND UNITS
2026.
⫸ over 25 million. Ans: How many Europeans died from the Black
Death?
⫸ 1 3. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Revolts of peasant laborers
Huge increase in number of peasants
Decline in trade
Lasting changes in power of lower classes
⫸ 2 3. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Sharp spike in food prices
Generally stable or falling food prices
Severe labor shortage
Strong rise in aristocratic incomes
,⫸ 1 4. Ans: Which of the following are impacts the Black Death had
on Europe's economy? Check all that apply.
Rent system began to replace labor service
Nonfood items very expensive
Huge labor surplus
Rising cost of labor
⫸ 2. Ans: Although the Hundred Years' War began after France
seized Gascony from the English, what was a more likely reason that
the English declared war on the French?
Edward III of England believed that Philip VI would not stop at
Gascony, but rather that he would soon invade the British Isles.
Edward III of England believed that he had a better claim to the
throne of France than its current king, Philip VI.
Edward III of England feared a challenge from Philip VI of France,
who had a hereditary claim to the throne of England.
⫸ 3. Ans: During the High Middle Ages, which state developed a
flourishing commercial economy and was governed by a small
oligarchy of wealthy merchants?
England
, France
the Republic of Venice
Holy Roman Empire
⫸ 1. Ans: Unam Sanctam was an attempt by Boniface VIII to assert
supreme authority over Christendom. While earlier popes had been
able to enforce this claim to one degree or other, secular rulers in the
14th century were less inclined to recognize such claims. Secular
responses to the bull helped create the Great Schism and a great
decline in the church's prestige. Which of the following was an effect
of the Great Schism on the power of the papacy?
The conciliar movement asserted that a pope did not necessarily have
greater authority than a general church council.
Women were made eligible for the papacy, but their powers would be
limited.
The papacy's powers remained unaffected.
⫸ 2 4. Ans: Which of the following were changes in urban life that
occurred as a result of the adversities of the 14th century? Check all
that apply.
Gender roles became less defined.
Women had more economic opportunities.
