WH. Chapter 15 – Flashcards
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One of the most important result of the Crusades was that?
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trade and cultural exchanges with Asia were encouraged
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The final reconquest of Spain from the Turks took place in the..?
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11th Century C.E
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All of the following constituted significant parts of the medieval social order except
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slaves
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After 1100, European towns were generally governed
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by a committee of free citizens
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Noteworthy early European universities appeared in
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Italy, France, Spain
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Franciscans and Dominicans differed from members of other religious orders because they
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Went out to the world and preached church mission
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The most common role for women in the European Middle Ages was
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"blue collar" worker
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The Magna Carta is considered the cornerstone of modern English law because it
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Set limits on royal power and insured the right to representation to certain groups in society.
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The Hundred Years' War
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Fought by England and France
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Which of the following was not a contributing cause of the Black Death?
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Pollution of the water supply of the major cities in Italy
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In Europe, the first known cases of the Black Death appeared in
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Italian peninsula cities
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The Black Death resulted in all of the following except
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Greater equality between men and women
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The Great Schism
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Resulted in rival popes supported by competing alliances of European states.
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One of the dominant features of Renaissance thought was a(n)
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study of ancient greek and roman culture
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The dominant family of Renaissance Florence was the
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Medici
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Renaissance thought was deeply concerned with all of the following except
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Agriculture production
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Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio were
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Humanist literary figures
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Machiavelli wrote The Prince in the hope that
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They would learn from it to save Italy
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Ivan III's main contribution to Russian state-building was the
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The end of Mongol rule and the signification of northern Russia under the control of Moscow.
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Spain unified when these monarchs married.
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Ferdinand and Isabella
