Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600–1450 CE

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. The following order of events is correct:

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. The following order of events is correct:

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. Pope Gregory I did all of the following EXCEPT:

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. The founder of the Merovingian dynasty was:

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. All of the following are true of Benedictine monasteries EXCEPT:

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. Pope Gregory I is credited with all of the following EXCEPT:

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. What treaty divided up the Carolingian Empire?

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. Charlemagne was grandson of Charles Martel, who stopped the Muslim armies at Tours. In his general policies and political preferences, all of the following are valid EXCEPT:

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. Which of the following was not a threat to Europe after the division of the Carolingian Empire?

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. The following statements are true of feudalism EXCEPT:

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. During the period between the ninth century and the year 1300:

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. Representative assemblies developed in two areas:

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. All of the following contributed to a more advantageous economic atmosphere in Europe after 1000 EXCEPT:

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. All of the following contributed to cross-Mediterranean trade and commerce EXCEPT:

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. What did England import that contributed to a commercial revival in the later eleventh century?

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. All of the following were true of medieval Jews EXCEPT:

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. The need for reform of the Western Church during the period 1000 to 1300 seems to have arisen:

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. The "investiture controversy" was:

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. The following issues can be considered a part of the inspiration for the Crusades EXCEPT:

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. The "Crusade of the Three Kings" was led by:

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. The Fourth Crusade is notable because:

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. Scholasticism was:

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. St. Thomas Aquinas:

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. Problems faced by fourteenth-century Europeans included all of the following EXCEPT:

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. All of the following are true of the Hundred Years' War EXCEPT:

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. All of the following innovations contributed to the revitalization of European economy during the fifteenth century EXCEPT:

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. All of the following were developments in the fifteenth century Church, EXCEPT:

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A map of the Mediterranean region indicates the territories, trading posts, areas of influence, and trade routes in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Genoese territory covered northern Sardinia and Genoa on the northeastern coast of Italy. The Genoese area of influence was in eastern Europe, along the coast of the Black Sea. The Genoese trading posts were Kaffa in Crimea, Constantinople, and Old Phokaia in eastern Anatolia. The Pisan territory covered Corsica and southern Sardinia. The Venetian territory covered Venice, Crete, Corfu, and some Grecian Islands. The Venetian area of influence was around its trading post Tana in Central Asia. The major commercial centers from west to east in Europe were Malaga, Granada, Valencia, Palma, Barcelona, Montpellier, Marseilles, Caligari, Bonifacio, Savona, Genoa, Pisa, Rome, Trapani, Naples, Bari, Ancona, Venice, Ragusa, Durazzo, Thessalonica, Kilia, Altoluogo, Antalya, Konya, Candia, Famagusta, Acre, Damascus, Beirut, Aleppo, Mosul, Baghdad, Trebizond, and Tabriz. The major commercial centers along the northern African coast from west to east were Ceuta, Algiers, Bougie, Bona, Tunis, Jerba, Tripoli, Alexandria, and Cairo. The Trans-Saharan trade route was from northern Africa to the Mediterranean coast through different commercial centers. The eastern trade route to the Mediterranean was from India, Persia, China, and Central Asia through Tabriz and Trebizond to Constantinople, through Baghdad, Mosul, and Aleppo to Cyprus, and through Baghdad, Mosul, and Damascus to Acre. A route from India is through Cairo and Alexandria to Crete.

Constantinople was a trading base for which Italian city?

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A long-shot view of the nave of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis.


The Abby Church of St. Denis pictured above is an example of what kind of architecture?

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A map of Europe traces the spread of Black Death and the approximate extent reached by Black Death between 1347 and 1352. By 1347, Black Death reached Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the southern tip of Italy, southeastern Greece, and western Anatolia. By 1348, Black Death reached southern England, eastern and southern Europe, present-day northern France, Italy, and northern Africa. By 1349, Black Death reached the northwestern tip of Africa, Ireland, central England, the remaining parts of western and west-central Europe, and southern Norway. By 1350, Black Death reached northern England, southern Sweden, and east-central Europe. By 1351, Black Death reached the Baltic region. By 1352, Black Death reached western Russia. Small areas not affected by Black Death were in the Iberian Peninsula, in present-day northern France, and east of Nuremberg. The towns known to have been partly or totally spared by Black Death were Liege, Nuremberg, Milan, and Rome. The major towns seriously affected by Black Death were Oxford, London, Lubeck, Bremen, Amiens, Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, Barcelona, Avignon, Genoa, Venice, Pisa, Florence, Siena, and Messina. The major sea trade routes connected coastal towns of Candia, Kaffa, Modon, Palermo, Messina, Naples, Pisa, Genoa, Barcelona, Majorca, Cadiz, Lisbon, and the towns in the northern European coast and southern England.


In which direction did the plague spread during the years 1347-1348?

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