Lead Measure 2/24

What was the economic impact of the Magna Carta?

• It increased the king's control

• It limited the king's ability to tax the citizens.

• It required the king to recognize all peasants as real people

• It required the king to listen to Taylor Swift.

How did the type of currency change during the Song Dynasty?

• Gold coins were introduced for the first time.

• There was no currency, only promises

• Paper currency was used for the first time and replaced the heavy copper coins.

• Barter system was reintroduced.

How did the Crusades affect Europe economically?

• It led to a decrease in Europeans.

• They closed all trade routes.

• They brought more trade routes and an increase in European wealth.

• They caused a decline in agricultural production.

What was the connection between international trade and the spread of the plague?

• The plague spread through farms only.

• The plague spread from central Asia by the trade networks that connected China, India, and the Middle East to Europe.

• The plague was only seen in sea animals

• The plague was contained within Asia and did not reach Europe.

How was the manor system beneficial to the medieval economy?

• It encouraged urbanization.

• It created an economy controlled by the king.

• Manors shaped medieval life into mostly self-sufficient rural communities ruled by lords.

• It led to the decline of agriculture.

What features in feudalism existed in both Japan and Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Both systems were influenced by Christianity.

• Landowners promised to protect peasants for a share of their crops, and had a small army of warriors.

• Both systems used capital punishment

• Both systems abolished the use of warriors.

How did the arrival of Confucianism in Japan change the status of women?

• Women gained more rights

• Women were expected to obey their fathers and husbands, losing their previous status.

• Women were allowed rule as Empresses

• Women were expected to work the fields and pick the crops

How did the Black Death help to end the manor system in Medieval Europe?

• It strengthened the economy.

• It had no impact on the system

• It led to an increase in population.

• It disrupted the social order and empowered surviving peasants, intensifying conflict between lords and serfs.

How did Chinese philosophies spread through the known world and influence later cultures?

• Through trade routes, missionaries, cultural exchange, and government influence.

• Because they imprisoned people and made them convert

• Through isolation and self-containment.

• Through the exclusive use of written texts.

Scapegoat

• A person who leads a group to success.

• People who are blamed for a problem they did not cause.

• A person who solves all the worlds problems.

• A person who is head of a church or religious society