W History End of Middle Ages

All of the following are results of the Crusades EXCEPT

• Weakening of the nobility

• Increased trade

• Growth of cities

• Christians capture Jerusalem

How did the Hundred Years War affect the people of France and England?

• It created a sense of national identity

• It encouraged cultural diversity

• It created an incentive for exploration

• It created weakened their government because it lasted so long

Why was travel safe in Asia during the Mongol Empire?

• Religious beliefs in India called for peace

• Political alliances with Europe blocked outside competition

• Economic conditions in Africa created a monopoly on trade in Asia

• Peaceful relations among Mongol leaders encouraged safe travel

Which of the following contributed to the spread of the Black Death?

• Trade between merchants in Asia and the Mediterranean Sea

• War, when soldiers carried the disease to Italy

• Religion, when pilgrims spread the disease in Jerusalem

• Spirits leaving the dead would pass it along to the living

How did the process for making paper spread from China to Italy?

• Arabs invented paper and shared it with China and Europe

• Papermaking spread across Asia along the Silk Road

• The African gold/salt trade accidentally brought paper to Europe

• Seasonal monsoons contributed to the spread of papermaking

What was the goal of the Crusades?

• to retake the holy city of Jerusalem

• to spread the gospel of Jesus to the Chinese

• to remove the Jews from Mecca

• to take part in the gold/salt trade in Africa

What new legal idea was introduced by the Magna Carta ?

• Parliament has supreme authority in England

• Laws should now benefit the wealthy merchant class

• Laws limit the power of the king

• Citizens have the right to vote

Which of the following was an ECONOMIC effect of the Plague (Black Death)?

• There was a lack of faith in religion

• Medicine was so ineffective that scientific research became popular

• The serf population was so depleted that manorialism no longer worked

• People became afraid to trade with other countries

The trade across the Sahara Desert to West Africa was primarily based on

• Gold and salt

• Ivory and silk

• animal skins and wood

• silver and coffee

Which of the following was an effect of the Mongol Empire on Russia and Asia?

• The development of a common language

• The adoption of Confucian ideas

• The expansion of Japanese traditions

• the ability to trade and travel across the entire empire