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Breakdown And Renewal In An Age Of Plague

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Question 1
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Even before the demographic crisis caused by the Black Death, the population in Europe had declined because of

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A

the Hundred Years' War.

B

a smallpox pandemic.

C

famine.

D

the War of the Roses.

E

the bubonic plague.

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Question 2
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Which section of the population was most struck by the Black Death?

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A

elderly men and pregnant women

B

elderly men and women

C

urban dwellers

D

serfs and peasants

E

All segments were affected by the pandemic.

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Question 3
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By the best estimates, the population of Europe fell by how much due to the Black Death and subsequent plagues?

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10-20%

B

less than 20%

C

about one-quarter

D

one-third to half

E

almost two-thirds

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Question 4
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The Statute of Laborers of 1351 attempted to

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fix prices and wages at pre-plague levels.

B

remove serfs from enclosed lands.

C

allow landlords to re-impose serfdom on their peasants.

D

establish a correlation between prices and wages.

E

abolish serfdom.

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Question 5
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The Hanseatic League monopolized trade in the

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Mediterranean Sea.

B

Hanse Sea.

C

Adriatic and Black seas.

D

English Channel.

E

Baltic and North seas.

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Question 6
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What best describes labor relations immediately following the Black Death?

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A
Landlords imposed serfdom on more peasants to ensure a work force.
B
Most landlords sold off their demesne to peasants.
C
The Statute of Laborers ensured that little change occurred.
D
Peasants demanded, and received, higher wages.
E
With so many deaths, a high labor supply decreased wages.
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Question 7
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The most effective means of increasing productivity and overcoming economic crisis in the Late Middle Ages came from

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guild supervision and standards.
B
higher wages.
C
technological advances.
D
the Hanseatic League and similar trade associations.
E
the decline in guilds.
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Question 8
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Which of the following men invented movable metal type?

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A
Henry De Vick
B
Konrad Kyeser
C
Iascopo Mariano of Sienna
D
Johannes Gutenberg
E
William Paston
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Question 9
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Why did the average life expectancy fall during the Black Death?

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A
The plague affected mostly the elderly, especially women.
B
The principle victims were infants and young adults.
C
There was high infant and elderly mortality.
D
Women had higher resistance to the plague.
E
Young adults had better immunity to the plague.
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Question 10
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Which best describes patterns of living a generation after the Black Death?

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More fertile soil allowed a greater diversity of diet, including more meat, fruit, and cheese.
B
Economic collapse led to a decline in housing.
C
Rural settlement patterns became more dispersed.
D
Sumptuary legislation declined as class distinctions became blurred.
E
Disposable wealth declined.
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Question 11
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One of the demands of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was

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reinstatement of the Statute of Laborers.
B
the execution of Wat Tyler and other ministers of the king.
C
a wool guild.
D
participation in communal government.
E
abolition of poll taxes.
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Question 12
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The Ciompi was an example of

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peasant revolts in Italy and Spain.
B
urban unrest in Flanders.
C
the Jacquerie Revolt in France.
D
urban class tensions.
E
attempts by the nobility to reinstate serfdom.
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Question 13
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Companies of adventure were

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the Hanseatic League.
B
guilds of overseas (long-distance) merchants.
C
mercenary armies.
D
business partnerships involving trade to China and India.
E
the participants in England's War of the Roses.
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Question 14
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Which of the following factors contributed to the instability of the nobility?

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A
dynastic instability
B
livery
C
divisions within the nobility
D
loss of feudal privileges
E
expansion of papal authority
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Question 15
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The Hundred Years' War between England and France broke out because of which of the following causes?

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A
liege homage and the end of the Capetian dynasty
B
a dispute over the French royal succession
C
conflicts over French and English interests in Flanders
D
the status of Aquitaine and Ponthieu
E
All these answers are correct.
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Question 16
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In France the need for new taxes to support the Hundred Years' War against the English led to

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Parliament's increased role in government.
B
a decline in Parliament's ability to impose new taxes.
C
the monarchy's right to impose national taxes without consent of the Estates General.
D
the right of the House of Commons to initiate all tax legislation.
E
the levying of an annual poll tax.
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Question 17
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Which conflict decimated the ranks of the English nobility and established Henry Tudor as King of England?

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A
the Hundred Years' War
B
the Peasants' Revolt
C
the War of the Roses
D
the Yorkists' War
E
the Henrican Revolt
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Question 18
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Which of the following resulted from the Hundred Years' War?

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France became a unified kingdom.
B
The French king had become the indisputable protector of the French people.
C
Both England and France had become modern states.
D
England's wool industry suffered a recession.
E
The French king faced a number of rivals to the throne.
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Question 19
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Which city was ruled by a comparatively cohesive oligarchy that had inherited its authority over generations?

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A
Milan
B
Rome
C
Florence
D
Bruges
E
Venice
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Question 20
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For economic and defensive reasons, Venice built an industrial complex known as

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A
the Sorbonne.
B
the Ducat.
C
the Arsenal.
D
the Visconti.
E
Il Cosimo.
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