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Chapter 10 WesternCi
Study questions
Question | Answer |
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Towns gained independence for all of the following reasons EXCEPT | the Church needed towns as seats for bishoprics |
Towns required the lives of their people in all of the following ways EXCEPT | Education |
The biggest industry in most medieval towns was | making wool cloth |
The putting-out system involved | having each step in production performed by a specialist |
Guilds did all of the following EXCEPT | foster entrepreneurial initiative by encouraging free competition |
All of the following were business innovations of the period EXCEPT | single-entry bookkeeping |
The new, larger ships in the 1300s that increased profitability of trade | could remain at sea longer and did not have to stay as close to the coastline |
Urban life was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT | few unmarried adults |
In issuing the first Statutes of the Realm, Edward I set a precedent for | changing law only by legislation rather than by administrative decision |
The English parliament was important because it | established a mechanism for English subjects to participate in governement |
Philip IV (the Fair) faced the greatest obstacle to his power in | Edward I of England |
Philip IV raised money in all of the following ways EXCEPT | taking subsidies from Edward I |
The Golden Bull of 1356 had the effect of | institutionalizing the elective basis of the emperor's power |
The Mongols conquered parts of all of the following EXCEPT | Byzantium |
Ivan I increased the power of Muscovy by all of the following EXCEPT | forcing Novgorod to submit, and annexing it and its territories |
All of the following problems beset the papacy in the thirteenth century EXCEPT | the Catholic cults of holy relics were attacked by crusaders influenced by Byzantine iconorciasm |
What theological development in the early fourteenth century encouraged the growth of parish guilds? | emphasis on purgatory |
Medieval philosophers contributed to modern science in all of the following ways EXCEPT | demonstrating that celestial bodies must be made of the same matter as eart |
The author of the Divine Comedy was | Dante Alighieri |
What institutions set up the great European trade fairs at the places like Champagne? | the banks |