The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 10: The Urban Economy and the Consolidation of States

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Towns gained independence for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A)kings granted them independence to gain their loyalty.
B)the Church needed towns as seats for bishoprics.
C)towns won their rights by armed insurrection.
D)nobles wanted the wealth that free towns produced.
E)elite men in urban centers sought control of government and its offices.
2
Towns regulated the lives of their people in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A)sanitation.
B)weapons control.
C)curfews for better security at night.
D)business practices.
E)education.
3
The biggest industry in most medieval towns was
A)brewing beer.
B)making wool cloth.
C)banking.
D)making linen cloth.
E)glass-blowing.
4
The putting-out system involved
A)expelling workers who failed to produce quality goods.
B)regulation of bath houses.
C)having each step in production performed by a specialist.
D)enterprises like mines, construction, and the Venice arsenal.
E)requiring that all wool be produced by non-guild members.
5
Guilds did all of the following EXCEPT
A)promote the interests of the commercial classes.
B)foster entrepreneurial initiative by encouraging free competition.
C)set standards, and provide for members' welfare.
D)regulate the apprentice system that educated young people for craft work.
E)were among the principal donors to charities and city beautification.
6
All of the following were business innovations of the period EXCEPT
A)banks.
B)bills of exchange.
C)permanent partnerships.
D)maritime insurance.
E)single-entry bookkeeping
7
The new, larger ships in the 1300s that increased profitability of trade
A)were able to carry more cargo but had to use larger crews.
B)could carry more cargo but were less able to sail in rough weather.
C)could remain at sea longer and did not have to stay as close to the coastline.
D)were safer from attack but had to replenish their supplies more often.
E)were able to use smaller crews but were more vulnerable to attack.
8
Urban life was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
A)cramped and overcrowded quarters.
B)men tending to marry younger women.
C)dirt and disease.
D)a steady flow of immigrants.
E)few unmarried adults.
9
In issuing the first Statutes of the Realm, Edward I set a precedent for
A)approval of new members of Parliament by the king.
B)allowing Parliament to act as the highest court.
C)changing law only by legislation rather than by administrative decision.
D)raising taxes only with the consent of Parliament.
E)allowing Parliament to create and pass new taxes independently.
10
The English parliament was important because it
A)enabled the English monarchy to win its wars against France.
B)established a mechanism for English subjects to participate in government.
C)established the separation of judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government.
D)led to the early end to the monarchy and establishment of a modern republic.
E)led to despotism and revolt.
11
Philip IV (the Fair) faced the greatest obstacle to his power in
A)Pope Boniface VIII.
B)provincial representative councils.
C)Eleanor of Aquitaine.
D)his own lack of concern for rule.
E)Edward I of England.
12
Philip IV raised money in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A)confiscating the property of the Jews.
B)imprisoning foreign merchants to extort money from them.
C)taking subsidies from Edward I.
D)persecuting the Knights Templar as heretics in order to confiscate their property.
E)meeting with the estates to convince them to grant taxation.
13
The Golden Bull of 1356 had the effect of
A)solidifying the Pope's control of the selection of the German emperor.
B)confirming the Luxemburg dynasty's control of the German Empire.
C)institutionalizing the elective basis of the emperor's power.
D)enabling the Habsburg family to dominate the German Empire from then on.
E)ending the Carolingian dynasty.
14
The Mongols conquered parts of all of the following EXCEPT
A)China.
B)Persia.
C)Byzantium.
D)Russia.
E)Afghanistan.
15
Ivan I increased the power of Muscovy by all of the following EXCEPT
A)collecting tribute for the Mongols from the other Russians.
B)forcing Novgorod to submit, and annexing it and its territories.
C)encouraging the primate of Russia to make Moscow his residence.
D)extending its territory along the Moscow River and to the north.
E)courting the favor of the Mongol kahn.
16
All of the following problems beset the papacy in the thirteenth century EXCEPT
A)financial pressures induced it to adopt corrupt measures to raise money that then discredited it.
B)the Catholic cults of holy relics were attacked by crusaders influenced by Byzantine iconoclasm.
C)Clement V and his successors' residence at Avignon reduced its credibility as an independent voice.
D)the revocation of Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam signified the waxing strength of secular rulers.
E)no new orders were formed and the older ones were increasingly corrupt.
17
What theological development in the early fourteenth century encouraged the growth of parish guilds?
A)new emphasis on divinity of the sacraments
B)more tolerance of divorce
C)increased sanctity of marriage
D)emphasis on purgatory
E)an increase in emphasis on personal redemption
18
Medieval philosophers contributed to modern science in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A)demonstrating that celestial bodies must be made of the same matter as earth.
B)suggesting that the movement of the planets could be better explained by assuming the earth is in motion.
C)formulating the principal that a simple explanation is superior to a complex one.
D)devising the experimental method in which a hypothesis is subjected to empirical tests.
E)formulating proof of God's existence based on intuited principles rather than rigorous logic.
19
The author of the Divine Comedy was
A)Dante Alighieri.
B)St. Bonaventure.
C)Roger Bacon.
D)William of Ockham.
E)Thomas Aquinas.
20
What institutions set up the great European trade fairs at places like Champagne?
A)the Church
B)the Knights Templar
C)the banks
D)insurance companies
E)royal administrations
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