// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108)/11 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108)/11 // question: 16531837 name: A key economic consequence of the plague was ::A key economic consequence of the plague was::[html]A key economic consequence of the plague was{ ~the rapid expansion of European civic banking to rebuild industry.#Incorrect =a decline in manorialism and weakening of feudalism as noble landlords desperate for cash converted peasant labor service to market rents, freeing their serfs.#Correct ~the more frequent bankruptcy of monarchs as they emptied their treasuries trying to provide poor relief.#Incorrect ~the very slow enrichment of middling peasant laborers who began to dominate rural communities.#Incorrect ~a long-term trend to abandon cities for the more secure rural environment.#Incorrect } // question: 16531838 name: All of the following were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT ::All of the following were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT::[html]All of the following were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT{ ~an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness.#Incorrect ~the formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world.#Incorrect =a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God.#Correct ~morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life.#Incorrect ~economic depression.#Incorrect } // question: 16531841 name: During the reign of England's Edward III,> ::During the reign of England's Edward III,>::[html]During the reign of England's Edward III,{ ~the English monarchy all but collapsed.#Incorrect ~England broke with the Catholic church.#Incorrect =Parliament developed its basic structure and functions.#Correct ~England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe.#Incorrect ~the office of the sheriff was invented.#Incorrect } // question: 16531843 name: For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known? ::For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?::[html]For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?{ =It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought.#Correct ~It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin.#Incorrect ~It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition.#Incorrect ~It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church.#Incorrect ~It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance.#Incorrect } // question: 16531844 name: How did merchants and manufacturers respond to the economic tribulations of ... ::How did merchants and manufacturers respond to the economic tribulations of ...::[html]How did merchants and manufacturers respond to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century?{ ~Increasing their prices#Incorrect =Restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes#Correct ~Blaming the Jews and persecuting them#Incorrect ~Pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products#Incorrect ~Adopting laissez-faire policies#Incorrect } // question: 16531846 name: How did the European aristocracy respond to the adversity of the great plague? ::How did the European aristocracy respond to the adversity of the great plague?::[html]How did the European aristocracy respond to the adversity of the great plague?{ =They sought to lower wages by legal means, especially for farm laborers.#Correct ~They produced only the most basic foodstuffs, such as grain.#Incorrect ~They petitioned kings to order the relocation of laborers.#Incorrect ~They formed agricultural cooperatives linking landowners, laborers, and city consumers.#Incorrect ~They invested in trade and commerce rather than agricultural production.#Incorrect } // question: 16531849 name: In fourteenth-century Italy, ____ called condottieri, sold their services to ... ::In fourteenth-century Italy, ____ called condottieri, sold their services to ...::[html]In fourteenth-century Italy, ____ called condottieri, sold their services to the highest bidder.{ ~mercenary soldiers#Incorrect ~rogue priests#Incorrect ~travelling musicians#Incorrect =itinerant scribes#Correct ~trained painters#Incorrect } // question: 16531850 name: In the aftermath of the Black Death, ____ led to a dramatic rise in wages. ::In the aftermath of the Black Death, ____ led to a dramatic rise in wages.::[html]In the aftermath of the Black Death, ____ led to a dramatic rise in wages.{ ~a population surge#Incorrect ~the abolition of aristocratic privileges#Incorrect ~new religious teachings#Incorrect ~a series of crop failures#Incorrect =a serious labor shortage#Correct } // question: 16531851 name: In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to ... ::In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to ...::[html]In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to 1377?{ =Avignon#Correct ~Bordeaux#Incorrect ~Provence#Incorrect ~Dijon#Incorrect ~Paris#Incorrect } // question: 16531852 name: In which part of the world did the bubonic plague originate? ::In which part of the world did the bubonic plague originate?::[html]In which part of the world did the bubonic plague originate?{ ~Africa#Incorrect ~Syria#Incorrect ~Italy#Incorrect ~the Azores#Incorrect =Asia#Correct } // question: 16531857 name: One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French ... ::One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French ...::[html]One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king{ ~John II.#Incorrect ~Edward II.#Incorrect =Edward III.#Correct ~William the Conqueror#Incorrect ~Henry I.#Incorrect } // question: 16531866 name: The Divine Comedy is the story of ::The Divine Comedy is the story of::[html]The Divine Comedy is the story of{ ~Dante's early life.#Incorrect ~Europe's reaction to the plague.#Incorrect ~the Greek drive toward civilization.#Incorrect ~the failures of kings and popes.#Incorrect =the soul's progression to salvation.#Correct } // question: 16531869 name: The Great Schism ::The Great Schism::[html]The Great Schism{ ~was ignored by most Christians.#Incorrect =badly damaged the faith of Christian believers.#Correct ~renewed support for the church.#Incorrect ~divided Europe along ideological lines.#Incorrect ~had profound economic consequences.#Incorrect } // question: 16531870 name: The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was ::The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was::[html]The main cause of early fourteenth-century famines was{ ~a blight that struck the wheat crop#Incorrect ~a lack of knowledge of scientific agriculture#Incorrect ~the droughts throughout most of Europe#Incorrect =a little ice age that induced bad weather with heavy rains#Correct ~the urban pollution that spread into nearby farming regions#Incorrect } // question: 16531875 name: What did the Golden Bull of 1356 achieve in Germany? ::What did the Golden Bull of 1356 achieve in Germany?::[html]What did the Golden Bull of 1356 achieve in Germany?{ ~It made Emperor Charles IV the first in a line of hereditary rulers.#Incorrect ~It ensured the independence of the ecclesiastical states.#Incorrect =It gave seven electors the power to choose the "king of the Romans."#Correct ~It ensured strong central authority for Germany in the next century.#Incorrect ~It gave limited religious toleration to urban Jews.#Incorrect } // question: 16531876 name: What happened to Joan of Arc after helping drive the English from France? ::What happened to Joan of Arc after helping drive the English from France?::[html]What happened to Joan of Arc after helping drive the English from France?{ ~She became rich writing romance novels.#Incorrect =She was burned at the stake as a heretic.#Correct ~She married the King of France and produced many children.#Incorrect ~She married a peasant and lived in poverty and obscurity.#Incorrect ~She became the first female Roman Catholic priest.#Incorrect } // question: 16531878 name: What impact did the great plague and the crises of the fourteenth century ... ::What impact did the great plague and the crises of the fourteenth century ...::[html]What impact did the great plague and the crises of the fourteenth century have on the economy?{ ~They devastated peasants but not nobles.#Incorrect ~They initiated an economic boom to landlords.#Incorrect ~They caused only minor changes in agricultural practices.#Incorrect =They led to a rise in wages because of a scarcity of labor.#Correct ~They had little impact.#Incorrect } // question: 16531879 name: What provided a sign of feudalism's decline in the conduct of the Hundred ... ::What provided a sign of feudalism's decline in the conduct of the Hundred ...::[html]What provided a sign of feudalism's decline in the conduct of the Hundred Years' War?{ ~Inability of feuding kings to raise armies of knights#Incorrect ~Reliance of kings on artillery as the main component of royal armies#Incorrect =Decisive role of peasant foot soldiers rather than mounted knights#Correct ~Clear intention of kings to destroy the estates of their own vassals#Incorrect ~Use of heavier armor and larger horses#Incorrect } // question: 16531884 name: What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and ... ::What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and ...::[html]What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?{ ~The printing press#Incorrect ~Paper#Incorrect ~Eyeglasses#Incorrect =Clocks#Correct ~Telescope#Incorrect } // question: 16531886 name: What were pogroms? ::What were pogroms?::[html]What were pogroms?{ ~Religious ceremonies convened to ask for God's help against the plague#Incorrect ~Small woolen balls people coughed into when infected with the plague#Incorrect =Organized massacres against the Jews#Correct ~The name given to people believed to be responsible for the Black Death#Incorrect ~Mysterious sites where people could go to miraculously recover from the plague#Incorrect } // question: 16531887 name: When Christine de Pizan's husband died, she became a ____ to earn her living.... ::When Christine de Pizan's husband died, she became a ____ to earn her living....::[html]When Christine de Pizan's husband died, she became a ____ to earn her living.{ ~painter#Incorrect ~mercenary solider#Incorrect ~government official#Incorrect =writer#Correct ~singer#Incorrect } // question: 16531896 name: Who were the flagellants? ::Who were the flagellants?::[html]Who were the flagellants?{ ~Catholics responsible for miraculous deeds#Incorrect =people who physically punished themselves to win the forgiveness of God#Correct ~an organized, economic response to the Black Death#Incorrect ~a popular religious movement throughout the fifteenth century#Incorrect ~a group found in isolated rural areas.#Incorrect } // question: 16531897 name: Who wrote The Canterbury Tales? ::Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?::[html]Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?{ ~Dante#Incorrect ~Boccacio#Incorrect ~Catherine of Siena#Incorrect ~Christine de Pizan#Incorrect =Geoffrey Chaucer#Correct } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108)/tf11 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 101 Su19 (Escobar Meta 10966 11108)/tf11 // question: 16531899 name: After the Black Death, money payments were increasingly substituted for ... ::After the Black Death, money payments were increasingly substituted for ...::[html]After the Black Death, money payments were increasingly substituted for military service in the lord-vassal relationship.{TRUE} // question: 16531901 name: Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was ... ::Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was ...::[html]Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was drastically reduced in the aftermath of the Black Death.{FALSE} // question: 16531903 name: Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin. ::Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin.::[html]Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin.{FALSE} // question: 16531904 name: Fourteenth-century monarchs found it increasingly easy to raise tax revenues. ::Fourteenth-century monarchs found it increasingly easy to raise tax revenues.::[html]Fourteenth-century monarchs found it increasingly easy to raise tax revenues.{FALSE} // question: 16531905 name: Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and introduced into Europe in the ... ::Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and introduced into Europe in the ...::[html]Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and introduced into Europe in the fourteenth century.{TRUE} // question: 16531910 name: One of France's advantages toward the end of the Hundred Years' War was its ... ::One of France's advantages toward the end of the Hundred Years' War was its ...::[html]One of France's advantages toward the end of the Hundred Years' War was its adoption of cannon.{TRUE} // question: 16531914 name: The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe. ::The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.::[html]The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.{TRUE}