The Hundred Years' War and the Black Death

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Which event made the arrival of the plague more severe? Options: a famine, a hurricane, a long war, a new tax

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a famine

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How did the Black Death lead to the end of feudalism?

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Serfs who survived the plague demanded payment for their work

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What was one cause of the Hundred Years' War?

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Feudal ties caused English nobles to owe loyalty to the French king.

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What was one effect of this weapon technology on the Hundred Years' War?

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The English were able to defeat a much larger French force at Agincourt.

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What does this image reveal about Joan of Arc?

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She was an important military leader

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Which line from the passage supports the conclusion that the English won the battle? Options: "There fell a great rain and a clipse [lightning] with a terrible thunder, and before the rain there came flying over both battles a great number of crows for fear of the tempest [storm] coming.", "When the Genoways [Italian crossbowmen working for France] were assembled together and began to approach, they made a great leap and cry to abash [destroy] the Englishmen. . . .", "... but they stood still and stirred not for all that: then the Genoways again the second time made another leap and a fell cry, and stepped forward a little, and the Englishmen removed not one foot. . . .", "When the Genoways felt the arrows..., many of them cast down their cross-bows and did cut their strings and returned discomfited [embarrassed]."

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"When the Genoways felt the arrows..., many of them cast down their cross-bows and did cut their strings and returned discomfited [embarrassed]."

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Who was Joan of Arc in the context of the Hundred Years' War?

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A heroic figure who played a major role in ending the war

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Which event made the arrival of the plague more severe? a famine, a hurricane, a long war, a new tax

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a famine

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How did the population of England change between 1300 and 1400?

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It decreased

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What is one reason plague doctors dressed in this way?

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They believed the disease was carried by bad smells