ashworth college HS150 Online Exams 6 latest 2016 Feb.

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Question 1 of 20
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In an effort to avoid the potential mayhem of the Germanic
system of personal revenge for the punishment of crimes, an alternative system
arose that made use of a fine called:
A. wergeld.
B. wingard.
C. wodoms.
D. wargast.

Question 2 of 20
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Monasticism in medieval Europe:
A. was entirely a
male area of activity.
B. involved an
egalitarian governance structure.
C. included women,
many of whom belonged to royal families
D. was based upon
the model established by St. Basil.

Question 3 of 20
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All of the following are correct regarding the development
of fief holding EXCEPT it:
A. was a response by
local leaders who gathered military retainers to protect themselves, as the
remnants of the imperial government could not adequately defend the state.
B. led to the
creation of a large number of knights who literally owed their livings to the
lord who granted them a fief.
C. led to a five
hundred year period when warfare was dominated by heavily armed cavalry.
D. was a result of
the Church’s attempt to give serfs and peasants more social mobility.

Question 4 of 20
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By the end of the thirteenth century, the
institutionalization of the English Parliament:
A. provided the
foundation for the absolute rule of the monarch.
B. enabled the
barons and church lords to establish themselves in the House of Commons.
C. was a system of
power sharing between the monarch and groups within the society.
D. enabled the
knights and burgesses to establish themselves in the House of Lords.

Question 5 of 20
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France’s first parliament, begun under Philip IV, was the:
A. Chambre des
Comptes.
B. Parlement.
C. Diet of Paris.
D. Estates-General.

Question 6 of 20
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Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novgorad, defeated the:
A. Russians.
B. Byzantines.
C. Germans.
D. Mongols.

Question 7 of 20
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The Dominican friars:
A. were established
in the ninth century.
B. were first led by
the highly intellectual Dominic de Guzmán.
C. lived among the
people and helped the poor.
D. became key
factors in combating heresy under the leadership of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Question 8 of 20
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Which of the following was NOT true about medieval towns and
cities?
A. Many towns were
receiving charters of liberties by the 1100s and 1200s.
B. Their location
near transportation routes was essential.
C. They were food
producing, self sufficient units, in which commerce was secondary.
D. Many were revived
Roman cities whose size and populations grew as trade increased.

Question 9 of 20
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All of the following are true about scholasticism EXCEPT:
A. it is a term used
to depict the philosophical and theological system of medieval universities.
B. it attempted to
prove the unity of faith and reason.
C. it was preoccupied
with establishing the concurrence between Christian and Aristotelian thought.
D. the author of the
Summa Theologica was Abelard dun Scotus.

Question 10 of 20
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The pope who gave his blessing and authorized the First
Crusade was:
A. Urban II.
B. Gregory VII.
C. Gregory the
Great.
D. Innocent III.

Question 11 of 20
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Justinian’s most lasting accomplishment was:
A. his victory over
the Ostrogoths.
B. his defeat of the
Muslim armies outside of Constantinople.
C. the Corpus Iuris
Civilis.
D. his victory over
the Nika rioters.

Question 12 of 20
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Iconoclasm:
A. created a
division in the Roman Church but not the Orthodox Church.
B. required the
worship of icons by Orthodox Christians.
C. outlawed the use
of icons in the Byzantine Empire.
D. was imposed upon
the East by Charlemagne.

Question 13 of 20
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The major threat to the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh
century came from the:
A. Arabs.
B. Seljuk Turks.
C. Ottoman Turks.
D. Austrians.

Question 14 of 20
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The Mongols:
A. facilitated the
spread of the plague with the creation of its Silk Road empire.
B. stopped the spread
of the plague to China, but allowed it to decimate the West.
C. stopped the
spread of the plague to the West, but allowed it to decimate China.
D. were immune from
the Yersinia pestis.

Question 15 of 20
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As a result of the Black Death:
A. there was a
decrease in Anti-Semitism.
B. there was an
increase in Anti-Semitism.
C. flagellation
disappeared.
D. the population
rose in Italian cities but fell in English and French cities and towns.

Question 16 of 20
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All of the following regarding the Hundred Years’ War are
correct EXCEPT:
A. traditional
nobles fighting on horseback were the keys to victory.
B. new weapons were
used in the war, including the long bow and gunpowder.
C. the English were
victorious at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt.
D. Joan of Arc was
burnt at the stake.

Question 17 of 20
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The Renaissance began in:
A. Byzantium.
B. France.
C. Italy.
D. Spain.

Question 18 of 20
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The ideal of early fifteenth century Humanists was to:
A. reject religion
and the Church.
B. serve the state.
C. abandon history
and the past.
D. work only for the
most powerful states.

Question 19 of 20
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The architect Filippo Brunelleschi was inspired by:
A. Greek models.
B. Roman models.
C. Byzantine models.

D. Chinese models.

Question 20 of 20
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Which area failed to establish a centralized territorial
state by the end of the fifteenth century?
A. France
B. Italy
C. Spain
D. England