Cengage Quiz Flashcards
Historians see the period from 1200 to 1500 in Europe as:
A) A time of disasters and war
B) A time of unusual progress
C) A period of stagnation
D) A period of unusual stability
B) A time of unusual progress
Which of the following did NOT promote the Latin West’s remarkable resurgence?
A) Isolation
B) The effective use of borrowed technology
C) The pursuit of success
D) Competition
A) Isolation
All of the following may help explain Europe’s population growth in the thirteenth century EXCEPT:
A) The rise of severe epidemics
B) Rising temperatures
C) An expanding economy
D) Highly efficient farming methods
D) Highly efficient farming methods
What most eased population pressure in Europe in the fourteenth century?
A) Deaths caused by Mongol invasions
B) The Black Death
C) Improved agricultural techniques
D) Migration to the Holy Land
B) The Black Death
Most urban growth in the Latin West after 1200 stemmed from:
A) The clearing of new farmland
B) Improvements in breeding techniques of farm animals
C) An influx of gold from Africa
D) A revival of trade and manufacturing
D) A revival of trade and manufacturing
The Fourth Crusade was:
A) An attempt by the Holy Roman Emperor to take over the Byzantine Empire
B) A last, futile attempt to hold on to the Holy Land
C) Deemed too costly and so was never executed
D) An attempt by Venetians to cripple Constantinople in order to gain better access to eastern trade
D) An attempt by Venetians to cripple Constantinople in order to gain better access to eastern trade
The Hanseatic League was a/an:
A) Association of trading cities.
B) Religious organization.
C) Military alliance.
D) Association of universities.
A) Association of trading cities.
In this book, Dante told the story of his journey through hell, purgatory, and his arrival in paradise.
A) Nine Circles
B) Man’s Journey
C) The Canterbury Tales
D) The Divine Comedy
D) The Divine Comedy
Traditionally, the humanities include all of the following EXCEPT: A) Grammar B) Law C) History D) Rhetoric
B) Law
The clocks in use in Europe by the 1370s and 1380s:
A) Varied the length of the hour in proportion to the length of the day
B) Were required to include statues of the Virgin and the Christ child
C) Had measured hours and displaced older clocks
D) Were powered by falling water
C) Had measured hours and displaced older clocks
Modern historians see the Renaissance:
A) As a sudden break from the Dark Ages
B) Less as a sudden break and more as the culmination of processes that were going on since medieval times
C) As caused solely by the rediscovery of classical texts
D) As caused solely by Muslim influence
B) Less as a sudden break and more as the culmination of processes that were going on since medieval times
Scholasticism was:
A) The efforts of theologians to synthesize reason and faith
B) The interests of intellectuals in grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, and moral philosophy (ethics)
C) The effort to bring Latin into the university
D) The “queen of the sciences”
A) The efforts of theologians to synthesize reason and faith
What was NOT one of the technical improvements that revolutionized printing?
A) The printing press that pressed inked type onto sheets of paper
B) New ink suitable for printing on paper
C) Sturdier, more durable paper
D) Moveable pieces of type consisting of individual letters
C) Sturdier, more durable paper
The humanists’ greatest influence was in:
A) Promoting new economic models
B) Reforming secondary education
C) Combating the Catholic Church
D) Expanding literacy among the poor
B) Reforming secondary education
The Great Western Schism was finally resolved:
A) By the Fourth Crusade against Constantinople
B) By the Protestant Reformation
C) By returning the pope to Rome, but Catholicism’s political power was broken
D) When the pope in Avignon died
C) By returning the pope to Rome, but Catholicism’s political power was broken
