Chapter 1: AP Euro

The Black Death refers to ________. 

• the famine that occurred from 1315 to 1317
• a virulent plague that struck fourteenth-century Europe
• a disease transmitted through African slaves
• the collapse of the European economy in the fourteenth century

The Black Death ________.

• is thought by most scholars to have been a form of smallpox
• followed the trade routes into Europe from England
• was preceded by years of famine that weakened the populace
• was preceded by a gradual decline in population

Generally speaking, the Black Death moved ________through Europe.

• slowly
• north and west
• from north to south
• from rural to urban areas

The Black Death found its way into Europe via ________.

• North Africa
• Italy
• Spain
• Scandinavia

The plague barely touched areas away from major trade routes such as ________.

• Constantinople
• Italy
• France
• Russia

Which of the following was thought by contemporaries to have caused the Black Death?

• the pope
• the Jewish community
• bacteria
• poor hygiene

The Statute of Laborers ________.

• limited wages to pre-plague levels
• guaranteed a minimum wage for artisans
• barred laborers from moving from one city to another
• governed working conditions in early factories

The French peasant uprising of 1358 is known as the ________.

• Western rising
• Ciompi
• Jacquerie
• Taille

The Hundred Years’ War took place primarily in _______.

• France
• Britain
• Germany
• Italy

The Hundred Years’ War was fought between ________.

• France & Russia
• England & Netherlands
• Germany & England
• England & France