- All of the following were trends of the High Middle Ages EXCEPT
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outbreak of the Black Death.
growth in population.
rise of cities and trade.
increased agricultural production.
decline in mortality rates.
- All of the following are examples of innovations in use during the High Middle Ages EXCEPT:
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the horse collar.
the carruca.
wind and water mills.
the three-field system of letting a part of the manorial estate lie fallow.
steel-tipped plows.
- Staples of the peasants' diet in the High and Late Middle Ages were
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vegetables, fruits, chicken and beer.
wine and cheese.
bread and ale.
fowl and beer.
beef, pork, and wine.
- In the lowest rank of the nobility's hierarchy was the position of
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baron.
knight.
count.
earl.
duke.
- The primary activity of the lords was
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enforcing the Peace of God and the Truce of God.
fighting and preparing to fight.
developing commerce and manufacturing.
practicing chilvary.
managing their estates to make them profitable farming enterprises.
- The issue at the heart of lay investiture controversies was
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who should appoint bishops, archbishops and other clergy.
right of domain.
how much demesne the lords could carve out for themselves.
the number of days a week the lords could require the peasants to work the lord's demesne.
the number of days that lords could require their knights to serve at court or as warriors in combat.
- Eleanor of Aquitaine was associated with all the following EXCEPT
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being Henry II's queen of England.
being Louis VII'x queen of France.
being mother of King Richard the Lionheart and of King John.
helping to plot the assassination of Thomas 'a Becket.
sponsoring troubadours.
- The Cluniac movement primarily had to do with
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creating the new order of the Dominicans.
the coming about of chilvaric poetry and courtly love.
combating the Albigensian heresy.
creating the new order of the Franciscans.
reforming the monasteries.
- Which grouping of the following were among the secular branch of clergy? EXCEPT
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Priests, bishops, and archbishops.
Bishops, archbishops and abbots.
Monks, abbots, and abbeses.
Nuns, monks, and bishops.
Priests, abbots, and nuns.
- Which one of the following situations involving a pope is NOT historically accurate?
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Boniface VIII was captured by King Philip the Fair's troops.
Boniface VIII issued Unam Sanctum.
Innocent III excommunicated King Richard the Lionhearted.
Urban II launched the First Crusade.
Gregory VII excommunicated German King Henry IV.
- Behind the launching of the First Crusade was
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the desire for increased trade between Western Europe and Constantinople.
the Church's desire to rid Europe of Jews.
the desire to rid Europe of the Cathars and their heretical beliefs.
the Seljuk Turk take-over of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
the Church's desire to rid Europe of homosexuals.
- All the following had become major cities on the Iberian peninsula by the High Middle Ages EXCEPT:
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Lisbon.
Cordoba.
Barcelona.
Toledo.
Lyons.
- The largest European city during the High Middle Ages was located
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in the Byzantine Empire.
northwest of the Danube.
north of the Rhine.
in the British Isles.
in Italy.
- The significance of the Battle of Hastings is that it
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resulted in the Magna Carta.
marked the end of the Plantagenet dynasty's rule.
brought to a successful conclusion the long, drawn-out Reconquest on the Iberian peninsula.
placed Edward the Confessor securely on England's throne.
led to a Norman duke's becoming king of England.
- All of the following are associated with the Black Death EXCEPT that it
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resulted in the death of one-third to one-half of Europe's population.
originated in East Asia.
bypassed England while devastating Italy and France.
spawned the coming about of peasant rebellions and of the flagellants.
consisted of bubonic and pneumonic plagues.
- All of the following are associated with Joan of Arc EXCEPT
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the Catholic Church condemned her for heresy, later exonerated her, and even later made her a saint.
she led the French capture of Orleans which resulted in the crowning of King Charles VII.
she was captured by the Burgundians.
her martyrdom enhanced French nationalism.
Charles VII attempted but failed to rescue her.
- Conciliarism was essentially a movement which sought to
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clarify the definition of heresy.
place popes under the authority of church-wide councils.
end the heresies associated with the Cathars.
enhance cooperation between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
reform the make up of church councils.
- The church doctrine of purgatory suggested that
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those who claimed to have had visions from God and/or saints were in danger of committing heresy.
all true, devout Christians must give at least one-tenth of their income to the church or face punishment.
even saved souls needed cleansing of sins by spending time in an uncomfortable place before going on to heaven.
those going on Crusades were exempt from the need for baptitsm.
the pope should be considered head of the Catholic Church.
- The Hundred Years' War resulted in
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France regaining nearly all her territory from England.
Europeans capturing Jerusalem even if only temporarily.
Europeans losing the Crusades.
the Norman conquest of England and the expulsion of the Anglo-Saxons.
Flanders being traded for Calais.
- All the following describe the Gothic style EXCEPT
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large stained glass windows such as rose windows.
masculine, fortress-like exteriors.
elaborate decoration.
pointed arches.
flying buttresses.