Middle Ages Global History 2

Pam Benn

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  1. Emperor Constantine in Rome encouraged Pilgrimages to visit________________.
  2. Your answer:
    Mecca
    Constantinople
    Jerusalem


  3. Flying buttresses were an improvement in____________________.
  4. Your answer:
    medieval weapons
    medieval cathedrals
    medieval castles


  5. The cathedrals and the catholic church were important as demonstrated by _______________________.
  6. Your answer:
    the large coffers which enabled them to make religious artifacts out of gold.
    the size and grandeur of the cathedrals in comparison to the towns.
    both of the statements.


  7. The Black Death originated in ____________.
  8. Your answer:
    India
    China
    Constantinople


  9. The Italian City of _______________ is where the traders came and introduced the bubonic plague/ black death to Europe.
  10. Your answer:
    Genoa
    Messia
    Venice


  11. The ______________people were blamed for the introduction of the plague which later resulted in that group of people being put to death and burned.
  12. Your answer:
    Muslims
    Jewish
    Italian


  13. The trade route that is associated with the initial introduction of the Black Death to Europe was the _______________.
  14. Your answer:
    Hanseatic Trade Route
    Genoesse Trade Route
    Venecian trade route


  15. By overlaying maps using a GIS (geographic information system) technique, we were able to see that ________________________.
  16. Your answer:
    both of the statements.
    the plague took an extra year to get to London due to the channel being hard to cross.
    although the trade routes introduced the plague, it actually travel faster over land.


  17. Primary sources are important sources for learning history because______________.
  18. Your answer:
    newspapers of the times always told the true story.
    they usually come from someone who lived through the event.
    books with printed documents are usually more accuate than talking to people.


  19. In looking at the economy after the plague hit, one major improvement or benefit was________________________.
  20. Your answer:
    people migrated back to the cities even though that was where most deaths were.
    people got paid more because there were fewer trained people
    there was less food because no one was there to farm it.


  21. The plague __________________ as it traveled around Europe.
  22. Your answer:
    stayed the same
    got weaker
    mutated


  23. In preparing for the possible bird flu, it is important to __________________.
  24. Your answer:
    both of the statements
    be proactive instead of reactive.
    have some idea of what to do in case of an emergency.


  25. Airlines are concerned right now, with passenger's civil rights because _______________________.
  26. Your answer:
    passengers health records should not go into a government database.
    both of the statements.
    they are discussing whether passengers can be detained against their wills if they are ill.


  27. Monks during the middle ages were___________________________.
  28. Your answer:
    the least educated and kept to themselves.
    were only concerned with their orders (monastaries).
    the keepers of the religious documents which had to be copied by hand.


  29. Kings during the middle ages were closely linked by power to____________________.
  30. Your answer:
    the nunneries
    the church
    the monasteries


  31. The doctors during the middle ages generally were the _____________.
  32. Your answer:
    parish priests
    bishops
    monks


  33. Little education was given to most people during the Middle Ages. This situation helped keep_____________________ because no one was apt to question anything they didn't understand.
  34. Your answer:
    wealthy to continue with tithing ( filling up the church coffers)
    the middle class from paying for books because they were so expensive.
    the poor people in their classes


  35. The construction of the Gothic Medieval Cathedrals were influenced by the Greeks ______________________.
  36. Your answer:
    because Socrates said everyone had to pray in a cathedral.
    because they were constructed by geometric principles of geometry.
    because the philiosphies of the Greeks led to the cathedral planning.


  37. The Bishop that influenced Emperor Constantine interpreted what was seen in the sky to mean ___________________________.
  38. Your answer:
    that the emperor should kill all Christians that didn't believe the way he did.
    Constantine should have a cross on his banners that he flew as he went into war.
    that the church was on a political rise.


  39. Prior to the black death, serfs had been made free. Afterwards the program stopped because__________________________.
  40. Your answer:
    the lords knew if the plague hit again, they would need people to take care of them
    feudal lords were short on labor.
    there were so few serfs left the feudal lords wanted to protect them.


  41. The monastaries and nunneries were safe harbors for ___________________. No one was supposed to enter without their permission.
  42. Your answer:
    criminals
    politicians
    travelers


  43. When the plague hit Europe the wells were poisoned and the Jews were blamed. Later, it was proven that ________________________really poisoned many of the wells.
  44. Your answer:
    Hindus
    Christians
    Muslims


  45. In Florence, when it was hard hit____________________main groups of people formed and used different ways to cope with the plague.
  46. Your answer:
    four
    three
    six


  47. Bocaccio wrote: The Decameron. This was a primary resource written 10 years after the _____________________ and it described what life was like.
  48. Your answer:
    black death finished killing
    the migration of the sailors around the Iberian Pennisula
    barbarians attacked the fort in Constantinople


  49. The main reason the fleas left the rats was____________________.
  50. Your answer:
    the environment was harsh and the fleas needed to relocate when the people migrated
    the bacteria clogged their stomachs and they were starving
    the rats died and they need a fresh source of blood


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