From Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Question 1

From Carolingian times, schools and universities existed to educate only:

Answer 1

Monks and priests

Question 2

Universities were self-governing corporations:

Answer 2

They regulated discipline, scholastic standards, housing, clothing, and behavior.

Question 3

Gothic Architecture:

Answer 3

Gothic churches are also usually bigger than Romanesque churches, have pointed arches not round arches, and much bigger windows.

Question 4

General Eyre:

Answer 4

Group of traveling royal justices who would rule on criminal as well as civil cases.

Question 5

The crown’s right to decide whether to extract personal service or to accept payment in lieu of service:

Answer 5

Scutage

Question 6

Magna Carta:

Answer 6

• Protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment.
• New taxation only with baronial consent and limitations on scutage.

Question 7

The magna carta implied that the:

Answer 7

King was not above the law.

Question 8

Monks who join the Franciscans order will be called _________________ from the Latin term for brothers.

Answer 8

Friars

Question 9

Take vow of poverty, they rely exclusively on charitable donations to survive:

Answer 9

Mendicants

Question 10

The Cathars, calling themselves

Answer 10

The Cathars “Christ’s poor”

Question 11

Franciscans and Dominicans:

Answer 11

The cathers challenged the efficacy and legitimacy of the church hierarchy.

Question 12

Northern European:

Answer 12

(Germans), (Teutonic Knights), the Denmark, Poland, and Sweden

Question 13

Christians motivated more by:

Answer 13

Land Seizures

Question 14

Considered the most powerful Pope of the Medieval period:

Answer 14

Pope Innocent lll

Question 15

The Fourth Lateran Council:

Answer 15

Church sought to regulate all aspects of European society and promote a fully Christian way of life.

Question 16

The Mongols under their powerful leader:

Answer 16

Genghis Khan

Question 17

Leave the existing Russian government in place, so long as they:

Answer 17

Paid tribute and homage

Question 18

The most famous of all was the venetian merchants was:

Answer 18

Marco Polo

Question 19

The trade routes between East and West known as the silk road:

Answer 19

Textiles, ginger, ceramics, copper, silk, and pepper.

Question 20

Ends in 1352 with the deaths of 1/3-1/5 of the population.

Answer 20

The Black Death

Question 21

Religious zealots who demonstrated their religious fervor and sought atonement for their sins by vigorously whipping themselves in public displays of penance.

Answer 21

Flagellant Movement

Question 22

The war began in 1337 when:

Answer 22

French King Philip Vl laid claim to Gascony, a fief of the English King Edward lll.

Question 23

Resulted in the great English victory at Agincourt 1415:

Answer 23

Gives England control over Northern France.

Question 24

Turned the long standing Anglo-French conflict into a religious war:

Answer 24

Joan of Arc

Question 25

The ____________________________ in 1389 effectively marked the end of Christian resistance south of the Danube river:

Answer 25

Battle of Kosovo

Question 26

The Ottoman’s elite forces they were originally European Christian children taken by force from their families:

Answer 26

Janissaries

Question 27

Last Byzantine Emperor:

Answer 27

Constantine Xl

Question 28

The turks rename the city:

Answer 28

Istanbul

Question 29

Significance of the fall:

Answer 29

1. The fall of Constantinople is the event that ended the Middle Ages and started the Renaissance.
2. Fall of Constantinople closed the trade routes from the east.
   This forces the Christian west to seek an ALL Water River to the Orient.

Question 30

The Origins:

Answer 30

Florence

Question 31

Public places such as marketplaces and public squares will be called:

Answer 31

Piazzas

Question 32

“Magnificent” He was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the Renaissance:

Answer 32

Lorenzo de Medici

Question 33

They were the most infamous family of Renaissance Italy:

Answer 33

The House of Borgia

Question 34

These 3 countries will battle one another for supremacy of the Americas for over 300 years:

Answer 34

Spain, France, and England

Question 35

The English defeat of the 100 Years War, For the next 30 years:

Answer 35

War of the Roses