The Late Middle Ages

WHI SOL #12

#1 Which phrase best completes this diagram?

a) Closure of Banksb) Use of Arabic Numbersc) Letters of Creditd) Church Rules on Usury

Letters of Credit

#2 Letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expedite (speed up the progress of) trade. What is credit?

a) Money available for a client to borrow

b) Permission to travel and do business

Money available for a client to borrow

#3 Increased demand for Middle Eastern products (ex. spices), stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets, and encouraged use of credit and baking were all economic effects from this series of wars?

a) Hundred Years Warb) Crusades

Crusades

#4 Church scholars laid the foundations for the rise of these educational institutions in Europe?

a) Universitiesb) Monasteries

Universities

#5 Following the Crusades, some Italian city-states became wealthy from trade with this region

a) South East Asiab) Middle Eastc) East Africad) The Americas

Middle East

#6 According to this passage, what was a major result of the Hundred Years’War?a) France began to develop a strong monarchy.b) France became the new leader of the Holy Roman Empire.c) Increasing the military ensured economic prosperity in France.d) The Catholic Church lost power in France.

France began to develop a strong monarchy.

#7 What caused this change in European population?a) The Mongolsb) The Crusadesc) The Black Deathd) The Norman Conquest

The Black Death

#8 Which city is important to Judaism,Christianity, and Islam?

a) Romeb) Constantinoplec) Meccad) Jerusalem

Jerusalem

#9. England limited the powers of kings and increased the power of the nobility with

 

a) the Codex Justinian.b) the Magna Carta.c) the English Constitution.d) the Civil Constitution.

the Magna Carta.

#10.The Black Death first came to Europe through

a) trade.b) exploration.c) the Church.d) the New World.

trade.

#11. The Hundred Years’ War was between which countries?

a) France and Spainb) Russia and Francec) England and the Holy Roman Empired) England and France

England and France

#12. The effects of the Crusades are all of the following except

a) increased trade between Asia and Europe.b) decreased power of the nobility in many countries.c) increased tolerance and respect among religions.d) increased demand for Asian imports.

increased tolerance and respect among religions.

#13. Which of the following is not a reason why the Crusades were launched?

a)to recover Jerusalem from the Turksb)Christians were being persecuted c)Christian pilgrims were being attackedd)to convert the Turks to Christianity

to convert the Turks to Christianity

#14 What was the effort of the Church to drive the Muslims out of Spain called?

a) Renaissanceb) Reconquistac) Inquisitiond) the Crusades

Reconquista

#15 This group of people had rules against charging a fee for loaning money.

a) the Jewishb) the Muslimsc) the Christiansd) the Moors

the Christians

#16 Trial by jury and the use of precedent are principles of…

a) Canon Lawb) Papal lawc) Code of Chivalryd) Common Law

Common Law

#17 The last foreign invasion of England in 1066 was led by who?

a) Charlemagneb) William the Conquerorc) Charles Marteld) Richard the Lionheart

William the Conqueror

#18 Joan of Arc led the French army to victory at the Battle of __________ during the Hundred Years War.

a)Orleansb)Crecyc)Agincourtd)Poitiers

Orleans

#19 These events occurred in the nation-state of —

a) Franceb) Russiac) Englandd) Spain

Spain

#20 This speech helped to start the —

a) Hundred Years’ Warb) First Crusadec) Norman Conquestd) Holy Roman Empire

First Crusade

#21 Which diagram indicates the spread of the Black Death?

a)

b)

c)

d)

East Asia to Europe

#22 What was a major effect of the Crusades on Europe?

a) Economic control of North Africab) Increased influence of the Patriarchc) Religious toleration for Jewsd) Increased trade with Arab cultures

Increased trade with Arab cultures