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The Urban Economy And The Consolidation Of States

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Question 1
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The style of urban government in which members take an oath of permanent association is called

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A

a staple.

B

a Cortes.

C

a Parlement.

D

limited partnerships.

E

a commune.

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Question 2
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Which of the following was usually NOT included in town regulations and expenses?

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A

street cleaning

B

curfews

C

the condemnation of prostitution

D

the segregation of businesses such as butchering

E

regulation of weights and measures

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Question 3
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The invention of the loom

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A

allowed women to form guilds of spinners.

B

increased the development of fulling mills.

C

moved cloth production from the household to the shop.

D

destroyed the cloth monopoly of the Fair of St.Omer.

E

undermined guilds of weavers.

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Question 4
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Book transfers were

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a form of credit.

B

a limited partnership.

C

a form of maritime insurance.

D

double-entry accounting.

E

usury.

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Question 5
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The Medici Bank formed a type of

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wool and wool-cloth guild.

B

artisan guild.

C

limited partnership.

D

Chambre de Cheque.

E

Estates General.

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Question 6
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Christians were forbidden to loan money at interest because

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A
limited partnerships made it illegal.
B
maritime insurance rates already included profits from interest.
C
money could not make money.
D
according to canon law, only Italian banks, such as the Medici, could charge interest.
E
the Alfonsine Table included profits from interest on bills of exchange.
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Question 7
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Urban males tended to marry later in life because

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A
household sizes were small.
B
of urban out-migration.
C
of urban in-migration.
D
of apprenticeships.
E
of rural out-migration.
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Question 8
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Which of the following best describes urban women in the High Middle Ages?

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Their dower became a significant addition to the household economy.
B
Most became servants both before and after marriage.
C
Occupations such as merchant and artisan became available to women because of commercial expansion.
D
They became valuable assets within merchant and artisan household economies.
E
They married later.
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Question 9
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During the High Middle Ages, the bureaucracies of England and France became increasingly staffed with

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A
canon lawyers.
B
bishops.
C
Knights of the Shire.
D
merchants.
E
university-trained lawyers.
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Question 10
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Meetings of the Great Councils during the reign of Henry III were known as

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convocations.
B
the House of Lords.
C
parliaments.
D
king's council (curia regis).
E
model councils.
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Question 11
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The Statutes of the Realm of Edward I changed law in England because

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they were printed and marked the first written law in England.
B
they marked the precedent of changing law by legislation.
C
they were the first laws established by Parliament.
D
they represented law by declaration and administrative fiat.
E
they marked laws legislated separately by the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
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Question 12
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Which noble, in order to enlarge his power base against Henry III, included two knights from every shire when he summoned Parliament in 1265?

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A
Philip II Augustus
B
Duke of Normandy
C
Philip the Fair
D
Edmund of Northumbria
E
Simon de Montfort
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Question 13
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The House of Commons consists of

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Knights of the Shire.
B
representatives for the larger towns.
C
Knights of the Shire and Convocations.
D
town representatives and Knights of the Shire.
E
lower-rank nobility and town representatives.
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Question 14
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Which of the following resisted the consolidation that took place during Philip IV's rule?

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England
B
Flanders
C
the Papal States
D
Brittany and Normandy
E
Ile-de-France and Aquitaine
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Question 15
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Philip IV called the Estates General during his reign in order to

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inform the assemblies of his policies.
B
confiscate property from Jews.
C
vote in new taxes and revenues.
D
seek their approval to confiscate the property of the Knights Templars.
E
receive their advice regarding Boniface VIII and the Unam Sanctam.
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Question 16
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The papacy remained in the city of Avignon for 68 years because

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of pressure from the Holy Roman Emperor.
B
the College of Cardinals kept electing Frenchmen to the position of pope.
C
of the hostility of Roman nobles.
D
of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
E
of the support of the Estates General.
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Question 17
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The Golden Bull of Charles IV of the Holy Roman Empire

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A
confirmed the independence of the Swiss Cantons.
B
splintered southeast Europe into small territories, a process often called "Balkanization."
C
set the number of electors of the emperor at seven.
D
invalidated Boniface VIII's bull Clericos Laicos.
E
recognized the payment of tribute to Ghengis Khan and the Golden Horde.
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Question 18
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The Mongol policy of rule in Russia entailed

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A
removing Orthodox Christianity and replacing it with Roman Christianity.
B
imposition of Mongol culture and language.
C
resettlement of the Slavs in the Lithuanian "Mesopotamia" between the Loire and Volga rivers.
D
self-rule as long as tribute was paid to the Khans.
E
assimilation.
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Question 19
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The rise and eventual independence of the Principality of Moscow came about in part because of

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the support of the Golden Horde.
B
the talents of early princes.
C
the support of the Roman Church.
D
conquest, marriage alliances, and partible inheritance.
E
the support of the tsar of Russia and the Orthodox Church.
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Question 20
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Much of the character of Russian tsarist rule comes from

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Persia.
B
the Holy Roman Empire.
C
the Khanate of the Golden Horde.
D
the Republic of Novgorod.
E
the Byzantine Empire.
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