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5672119031What percentage of the western European population was rural during the late Middle Ages?90%0
5672119032Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as ________________.Latins1
5672119033What caused the end of serfdom in western Europe?The Black Death2
5672119034List 4 contributors to the doubling of the European population between 1100-1445.*Not "Unification under Christianity"3
5672119035The Bubonic Plague was brought to Europe by _________ tradersGenoese4
5672119036What was the three-field system?An agricultural method5
5672119037By the time it subsided, the Black Death had killed what percentage of western Europeans?1/3 33%6
5672119038List 4 social results of the Black Death epidemic.*Not "call for democracy"7
5672119039Where had windmills and watermills been common?in the Islamic world8
5672119040In Europe's later Middle Ages, the rapid growth of industry resulted in environmental changes; list 4 ​of them.*Not "The extinction of many animal species"9
5672119041What was a result of the continued growth of trade and manufacturing after 1200?The growth of urban areas in the Latin West10
5672314803List 4 reasons for the growth of metal working industries in the Middle Ages.-Improved mining techniques from central Europe. -New soures of metals. -Blast Furnaces. -Watermills ALL OF THESE11
5672314804What was the crucial factor to the growth of cities?Increased trade12
5672314805What was Marco Polo's goal?Travel to the mongol capital13
5672314806What was the predominant city for trade with the Far East during the Middle Ages?Venice14
5672314807List 4 characteristics of trading cities in Europe during the Middle Ages.*Not "They were home to most of Europe's Jews"15
5672314808What official role did the Catholic Church play in the persecution of Jews in medieval Europe?No role, the church was officially the protector of the Jews16
5672404523What was a guild?An association of craft specialists from the same trade17
5672404524What was one of the most significant growth industries in the 14th century?Merchant banking18
5672404525Where was the Hanseatic League based?Germany19
5672404526List 4 characteristics of merchant banking in the fifteenth century.-Investments. -Shareholding companies. -Checking accounts. -Money changing/ Loans.20
5672404527What "architectural wonder" first made its appearance in France on or about the year 1140 C.E.?Gothic cathedrals21
5672535441List 4 distinctive features of the Gothic cathedral.*Not "Domes"22
5672535442Where did the Renaissance begin?Northern Italy23
5672535443Some of the "lost knowledge" of the Greek and Arab world came into the Latin West through the ​recapture of what areas, and from whom?recapture of southern Italy from Byzantines and of Sicily and Toledo from the Muslims24
5672535444Before they were expelled in 1492, where was the largest population of Jews in the West found?Spain25
5672535445What were the two new religious orders in the 13th century that lent themselves to teaching?Dominican and Franciscans26
5672735521In the universities of the Latin West, all courses were taught in _________.Latin, duh27
5672735522The most notable work in Scholasticism, the Summa Theologica, was written by ____________.Thomas Aquinas28
5672735523List 4 features of the Divine Comedy.*Not "It was written in Latin"29
5672735524What was one of the significant features of the growth of literature in the 14-15th century?The composition of literature in the vernacular30
5672735525In what area could the greatest influence of the humanists be found?In the area of reforming secondard education31
5672735526What factor fostered artistic growth in the Renaissance?The patronage of wealthy merchants and prelates32
5672824672Credit for "the lost art of painting" being revived is traditionally given to which individual?Giotto33
5672824673What changes transformed later medieval military technology?Firearms and crossbows with metal-tipped arrows34
5672824674List 4 characteristics oft the Magna Carta.-Affirmed that the monarchs were subject to established laws. -Comfirmed the indepedence of the church and the city of London. -Guaranteed the nobles hereditary rights. -Also known as the "Great Charter."35
5672824675Who led the French to victory in a decisive battle during the Hundred Years War?Joan of Arc36
5673199147Over what did the Great Western Schism originate?The nationality of the pope37
5673199148List 4 elements of the "new monarchies" in Europe between 1450-1600.-They relied of full time aries paid for by taxes. -It increased control over powerful noble families . -The Primary nation's were England, France, and Spain. -Increased centralized power within large fixed geographic limits. ALL OF THESE38
5673199149Spain's "reconquest" and political consolidation excluded which group?Muslims39
5673199150By 1500, what had become a permanent part of English Government?The English Parliament40

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