WEEK ELEVENQUIZ
Due 5-7-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Students Name
A a recovering economy
B no severe epidemics
C use of the three-field system
D historians do not know for sure 2.) What most eased population pressure in Europe in the fourteenth century?
A deaths caused by the Mongol invasions
B migrations to the Holy Lands
C the Black Death
D birth control 3.) The first recorded anti-pollution law was passed by the British Parliament in
A 1388
B 1399
C 1485
D 1507 4.) Most urban growth in the Latin West after 1200 stemmed from
A the influx of African gold
B the ongoing growth of trade and manufacturing
C clearing of new farmlands
D medical improvements 5.) Which of the following was the first to use heavy machinery in the production of paper?
A the Chinese
B the Muslims
C the Europeans
D Mayans 6.) Which of the following was not an attribute of Gothic architecture?
A round arches
B the flying buttress
C great height
D giant stained-glass windows 7.) Modern historians see the Renaissance as
A a sudden break from the Dark Ages
B high noon of a day that had been dawning for centuries
C caused by Muslim influences
D caused by Church reforms 8.) The Great Western Schism was finally resolved
A by the Protestant Reformation
B returning the pope to Rome
C when the pope died in Avignon
D by the Council of Trent 9.) Which of the following did not allow the new monarchies to undermine noble resistance to royal power in the fifteenth century
A smaller mobile cannon
B powerful handheld firearms
C bowmen and pikemen
D the Great Western Schism 10.) Which of the following did Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille not gain in their takeover of Granada?
A a large population of Jewish bankers
B rich cities of glittering Muslim design
C ports on the Mediterranean and South Atlantic
D a new crusade against Muslims
A geometric
B religious
C political
D romantic 12.) Pico sees humans as standing
A next to God
B at the center of the world
C next to the devil
D closer to animals
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