Glencoe World History: Modern Times

Chapter 4: Toward a New World, 800–1500

Toward a New World, 800-1500

1
Food production increased in the Middle Ages for all of the following reasons EXCEPT _________
A)climate change.
B)a heavy wheeled plow with an iron plowshare.
C)the manorial system.
D)a three-field system of crop rotation.
2
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the revival of trade in Europe?
A)the emergence of a money economy
B)a regular exchange of goods between Flanders and Italy
C)the establishment of banking firms
D)the replacement of old Roman cities with new centers of trade
3
A desire for greater discipline prompted a group of monks to form the new order of __________
A)Benedictines.
B)Cistercians.
C)Franciscans.
D)Dominicans.
4
The __________ of the Catholic Church, such as baptism and marriage, were central in importance to the ordinary people of the Middle Ages.
A)missionary work
B)pilgrimage to a holy shrine
C)attacking of hersey
D)sacraments
5
The innovation of __________ when building Gothic cathedrals made the use of stained glass windows possible.
A)barrel vaults
B)pointed arches
C)flying buttresses
D)ribbed vaults
6
Merchants first brought the bubonic plague from Caffa, on the Black Sea, to _________
A)France.
B)Italy.
C)Spain.
D)Germany.
7
A dispute over __________ led to the Great Schism of the Church.
A)taxation of the clergy
B)who was the legitimate pope
C)the king’s power to appoint bishops
D)the lifestyle of the pope
8
The vast land area of the Americas contains __________
A)deserts.
B)tropical forests.
C)ice-covered lands.
D)all of the above
9
The first inhabitants of the Americas most likely were __________
A)terrace farmers.
B)growers of corn, squash, and beans.
C)hunters and gatherers following bison and caribou herds.
D)seal hunters.
10
The Maya __________
A)developed a sophisticated calendar called the Long Count.
B)consolidated their power over much of what is modern Mexico.
C)developed democratic institutions.
D)sold captured nobles and war leaders into slavery.
11
The Aztec did all of the following EXCEPT _________
A)creating a sophisticated writing system based on hieroglyphs.
B)constructing temples, other public buildings, and houses.
C)building roadways of stone.
D)establishing their capital at Tenochtitlán.
12
The __________ state was built on war, so all young men were required to serve in the army.
A)Mayan
B)Aztec
C)Toltec
D)Incan
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