Deck 11: Worlds Brought Down

Question 1

Feudal England, Germany, and __________were the leading powers of the age.

Answer 1

France

Question 2

Scholastic writers specialized in theology.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Julian of Norwich was a

A) skeptic.
B) mystic.
C) pope.
D) king.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The __________was a kind of medieval trade association.

Question 5

The development of parliaments originally arose from the

A) demands of the common people.
B) demands of the nobility.
C) survival of old Roman traditions.
D) kings' need to collect more taxes.

Question 6

The __________ began as a pedagogical program to counter heresy.

Question 7

The English king's powers were constrained in 1215 by the signing of

A) the Diet of Worms.
B) the Magna Carta.
C) the Domesday Book.
D) the Treaty of Crecy.

Question 8

______________ of Germany inherited the Holy Roman empire from his father, but his lack of interest in ruling it led to the development of the Diet.

Question 9

_______________ was the longest war in Western history.

Question 10

The bubonic plague arrived in Europe in

A) 1066.
B) 1289.
C) 1347.
D) 1492.

Question 11

The plague was transmitted by flies.

Question 12

Which nomadic force came from the East in the 12th century?

A) the Mongols
B) the Turks
C) the Chinese
D) the Mamluks

Question 13

_____________ conquered Persia in 1219.

Question 14

Which Mongol emperor had the last Abbasid caliph trampled to death?

A) Genghis Khan
B) Hulagu
C) Tamerland
D) Kublai Khan

Question 15

The Mongols developed multiple innovations in government.

Question 16

The Mamluks defeated the Mongols at _____________.

Question 17

The Ottomans conquered Constantinople in

A) 1347.
B) 1400.
C) 1532.
D) 1453.

Question 18

The famous Islamic poet Rumi preached _______ ideas.

A) Sunni.
B) Shi'a.
C) Jewish.
D) Sufi

Question 19

The Ottomans kidnapped Greek Christian boys to fill out the ranks of their rulers' personal bodyguard, the _______.

Question 20

After the conquest of Constantinople, the Ottomans made it their capital and renamed it _______.

A) Ankara.
B) Istanbul.
C) Antioch.
D) Baghdad.