CH. 12 TEST

Question 0

What caused the the “Great Famine” from 1315-1322?

Answer 0

Drastic climate changes which greatly hurt harvests, and the inability to transport foods over great distances. People only relied on harvests near them to get food.

Question 1

What was the period of time from 1315-1322 called?

Answer 1

“Great Famine”

Question 2

Contemporaries interpretted the “Great Famine”….

Answer 2

As a recurrence of the Biblical “Seven Years Lean”

Question 3

What was the first symptom of the Bubonic Plague.

Answer 3

A boil or bubo the size of an apple or nut found in the patients armpit, neck, or groin.

Question 4

What were the secondary symptoms of the Bubonic Plague?

Answer 4

Black spots or blotches appeared on the skin because of bleeding underneath the skin.

Question 5

What were the final symptoms of the Bubonic Plague?

Answer 5

Coughing and the spitting of blood, this signaled death in two to three days.

Question 6

Aside from decimating Europe’s population, what did the Black Plague do?

Answer 6

Changed how Europe thought

Question 7

The Plague was first carried from _____ to _____

Answer 7

Asia to Genoa, Italy

Question 8

What helped spread the Plague?

Answer 8

Poor personal hygiene, cold weather and lack of food, overcrowding, trash and waste was frequently dumped into the streets and gutters.

Question 9

What invention made it easier for the Plague to spread?

Answer 9

European sail boats were redesigned which allowed them to sail farther.

Question 10

how was the plague passed (specifically)

Answer 10

normally person to person contact (coughing or sneezing), or fleas.

Question 11

For fleas the decline of rat populations led to

Answer 11

Humans being the substitute for rats

Question 12

The plague is passed through ________?

Answer 12

Pneumonic Transmission

Question 13

How much of the population died in England?

Answer 13

1.4 of 2.4 million

Question 14

How many of its’ population did Florence, Italy loose?

Answer 14

Between 1/2 and 2/3 of its 1347 population.

Question 15

how many people did Western Europe loose in the plague?

Answer 15

1/3 died in the first wave

Question 16

What large empire was hit particularly hard?

Answer 16

German Empire

Question 17

how was rape categorized in Medieval Europe?

Answer 17

Rape was a capital crime

Question 18

What were the sentences handed down for Medieval rape?

Answer 18

Usually a fine or brief imprisonment

Question 19

What did the sentences of rape depend on?

Answer 19

Sentences depended on the social status of the victim and perp.

Question 20

What was considered a graver crime than the rape of married women and what was the sentence?

Answer 20

The rape of a young girl of marriageable age or the rape of a child under 12, five to six months imprisonment

Question 21

What did the beginning of colleges do to Europe?

Answer 21

Colleges and universities destroyed the universal experience in Europe.

Question 22

What did the formation of colleges do to European people.

Answer 22

People began to categorize themselves based on where they were educated.

Question 23

What types of people were most likely to get the plague

Answer 23

Young

Question 24

What began the early stages of nationialism

Answer 24

The making of universities

Question 25

who took advantage of the hundred years war, and flourished because France was not fighting them

Answer 25

French Barons

Question 26

What group tried to bring the churches together after they were on the verge of splitting

Answer 26

Conciliarsists

Question 27

Famous nun, had a conversion where she was inspired to make people have a personal direct relationship with God

Answer 27

Theresa de Avila

Question 28

Wrote city of the ladies, and was an early feminist In period where nobody wrote about women

Answer 28

Christine de Pisan

Question 29

What were the effects of the Hundred Years War?

Answer 29

Peasant revolts, English nobles got say in gov, | France was free from England, serfdom ends.

Question 30

What were fur collar crimes

Answer 30

Crimes by knights and nobility to maintain their lifestyle.

Question 31

Who were flagellants

Answer 31

People who whipped themselves to become more holy.

Question 32

Where councilarists met, to try to work it out

Answer 32

Council at Constance

Question 33

Where did 7 popes reside because the French king wanted say

Answer 33

Avignon

Question 34

Notes on peasant rebellions

Answer 34

were seen in both rural and urban regions

Question 35

What was special about the Divine Comedy.

Answer 35

It was written in the vernacular or everyday language

Question 36

whats special about agincourt

Answer 36

It was a battle fought early in the Hundred Years' War, and was a major victory for England

Question 37

How was literacy in Medieval Europe

Answer 37

It was very low

Question 38

How many people inn Floreonce died?

Answer 38

1/2 of the population

Question 39

How did the economy in town suffer

Answer 39

Large portions of the working class died and there was no one to do the everyday jobs and labor

Question 40

What did the lack of workers create in some cities

Answer 40

Supply and demand in the cities for workers

Question 41

Who were usually blamed for misfortunes in Europe

Answer 41

The Jews

Question 42

Populations did not reach pre-plague levels until

Answer 42

The sixteenth century

Question 43

What was a the cause of the Hundred Years' War

Answer 43

The English crown had and wanted to lay claim to Aquitaine. France didn't own all of France and that aggravated french kings.

Question 44

Who was the French king at the time of the Hundred Years' War and what was his goal

Answer 44

The French King Philip VI, his goal was to take over Aquitaine.

Question 45

Who was the English King during the Hundred Years War?

Answer 45

King Philip III

Question 46

Who was Joan of Arc and what did she do?

Answer 46

French peasant girl, who thought/ was called by God to rescue the French. She convinced King Philip to let her lead her troops into battle. The French win the battle of Orleans. Joan is seen as the savior of French civilization and helped king the next crown of France. She is captured by by the English and burned at the stake.

Question 47

What was the most Industrialized place in Europe?

Answer 47

Flanders a region in modern day Belgium.

Question 48

What did the reign and influence of the Catholic Church in Europe do to the people

Answer 48

It made them more unified

Question 49

What were the beliefs of John Wyclif

Answer 49

Believed that the Church should only follow scripture. Began to start to translate the Bible into languages

Question 50

What were the ideas of Jan Hus and where did do his work

Answer 50

To try and fight back against the authoritative church, located in Bohemia, he also led a nationialist movement.

Question 51

Who did Jan Hus lead?

Answer 51

The Hussites

Question 52

What is the Babylonian Captivity

Answer 52

Where the French king in a struggle of power had 7 popes reside in the city of Avignon.

Question 53

What happened to Rome in the Babylonian Captivity.

Answer 53

The Roman economy struggled, because the center of christianity was no longer in Rome.

Question 54

What was the Conciliar movement?

Answer 54

Bringing the two Churches together. Wanted to create a council of cardinals who had power over the Pope and elected new Popes.

Question 55

what demographic had different marrying trends than the rest of the population

Answer 55

Female peasants married later, very prominent in them

Question 56

What existed and was even sanctioned in certain cities

Answer 56

Prostitution

Question 57

Who were the main customers in prostitution

Answer 57

Young middle class men

Question 58

When did men marry

Answer 58

mid 20's

Question 59

when did women marry

Answer 59

16-18