Revolutions On Land And Sea Exam Prep Chapter 8 - Medieval Europe 4e | Test Bank Backman by Clifford R. Backman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 8
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 01
1) Approximately what percent of medieval people lived agrarian lives c. 1100?
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a. Ten
b. Twenty-five
c. Sixty
d. Ninety
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 02
2) What information does scientific evidence reveal for c. 1050-1300?
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a. Mild, wet weather that increased agricultural output
b. Cold, dry weather that increased famine
c. Very variable weather that prohibited reliable crops
d. A long period of freezing temperatures that cut down the population
Title: Chapter 08 Question 03
3) Peasants who placed themselves and their families under the protection of warlords became known as ____________.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 04
4)
Which term best describes life as depicted in this image?
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a. Mutable
b. Disorganized
c. Communal
d. Independent
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 05
5) What new advantage did the three-field system offer?
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a. A chance for soil to rest and replenish, resulting in better crop yield
b. An opportunity for all members of a family to perform labor
c. The subdivision of planting fields among neighbors
d. The invention of a new plow, designed for light, dry soil
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 06
6) Which newly introduced technologies helped revolutionize medieval farming? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Changes on the Land
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a. The moldboard plow
b. Padded-collar yokes
c. Horses as draught animals
d. The two-field system
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 07
7) Which of the following were NOT staples of the medieval peasant diet?
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a. Meat
b. Root vegetables
c. Cheese
d. Fish
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Title: Chapter 08 Question 08
8) Which of the following labor was typically qualified as ‘women’s work’?
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a. Harvesting
b. Ale-brewing
c. Butchering
d. Milling
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 09
9) What is true about peasant religion?
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a. Peasants were well-educated in doctrine
b. Peasants had frequent contact with priests
c. Peasants had no interest in religion
d. Peasants retained folkloric beliefs and practices
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 10
10) What occurred in the aftermath of Carolingian breakup?
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a. Declined population that resulted in deurbanization and ruin
b. Increased population that resulted in the foundation of new towns
c. Islamic occupation of former Carolingian territories
d. The collapse of manorialism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 11
11) Which modern-day area was the first to declare its independence from the Abbasid caliphate?
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a. Tunisia
b. Spain
c. Algeria
d. Egypt
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 12
12) What was an unexpected outcome of the steadily increasing agricultural surplus in the West?
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a. Increased power in the hands of kings
b. Money to finance the building of universities
c. The collapse of trade throughout former Carolingian territories
d. Revived trade with the Islamic states along the Mediterranean
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 08 Question 13
13) The Rus’ people emerged from the assimilation of Swedish and ________ populations.
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Title: Chapter 08 Question 14
14) By the end of the eleventh century, how had the Byzantine empire changed?
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a. It reoriented itself towards Europe
b. It reoriented itself towards Asia
c. It halted trade with Muslim merchants
d. It exported only raw materials
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 15
15) Which city became the premiere Italian port for shipbuilding and trade?
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a. Naples
b. Amalfi
c. Venice
d. Pisa
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Title: Chapter 08 Question 16
16) Northern Europe was famed for which product?
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a. Wool
b. Coal
c. Lead
d. Salt
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Title: Chapter 08 Question 17
17)
Which area was the chief exporter of ceramics and spices?
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a. The Iberian peninsula
b. The Arabian peninsula
c. Scandinavia
d. Central Europe
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 18
18) Which invention(s) greatly facilitated naval navigation? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Maritime Society
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a. The astrolabe
b. The lateen sail
c. The steerboard
d. The compass
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 08 Question 19
19) The ___________ contract was an agreement between an investing merchant and an acting merchant for a single commercial venture.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 08 Question 20
20) What major risk did merchants encounter on the Mediterranean?
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a. Constant storms
b. Police ships
c. Piracy
d. Competition from the Indian Ocean