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The Dalamil Chronicle traces the history of the...?
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Bohemian people
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The period between 1351 to 1322 is best described as...?
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A time of scarcity and starvation
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The first symptom of the bubonic plague was...?
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A boil the size of a nut or apple in the arm pit, groin or neck.
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The Black Death made its last appearance in...?
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Merseilles in 1721
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During the Hundred Years' War, the English kings were supported by some French barons because...
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Wanted to stop the French monarchy's centralizing efforts.
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The English victory at the Battle of Crecy resulted from...?
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The effective use of longbows
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The English Statute of Laborers of 1351...?
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attempted to freeze salaries and wages pre 1347 levels.
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Who did not compose important works in their vernacular...?
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Thomas Aquinas
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Villion's Grand Testament is distinguished from the works of Dante and Chaucer by its...?
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Use of the language of poor and criminal
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According to the text, conquerors in which frontier zone made the most extensive attempt to...
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Ireland
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From 1309 to 1376, the popes lived in...?
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Avignon
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The direct cause of the Hundred Years' War between England and France was...?
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King Philip's of France seizure of Aquitaine
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The immediate cause of the English peasant rebellion of 1381 was...?
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The reimposition of the head tax.
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English oppression in Ireland was exemplified by the...?
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Statue of Kilkenny.
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The first artistic and literary manifestation of the Italian Renaissance appeared in...?
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Florence
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The Italian popolo...?
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Desired government offices and equality of taxation
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By 1300, most of the Italian city-states were ruled by either signori or...?
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Oligarchies
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In which century did the mechanical clock become commonplace in European cities...?
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14th
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Italian balance-of-power diplomacy...?
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Was designed to prevent a single Italian state from dominating the peninsula.
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The subjugation of the Italian peninsula by outside invaders was...?
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The result of Italians failure to coordinate a common defense.
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The French invasion of Italy at the end of the 15th century was predicted by...?
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Savanorola
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Italian humanists stressed the...?
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Study of the classics for what they could reveal about human nature.
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Castiglione's manual of gentlemanly conduct...?
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suggested that gentlemen cultivate their ablilties in a variety of fields, athelics to music...
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Rich individuals, such as Lorenzo de Medici, sponsored artists and works of art...?
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To glorify themselves and their families.
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_____'s On the Dignity of Man argued that there are no limits on what humans can achieve.
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Pico della Mirandola
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According to Machiavelli, the sole test of "good" government was whether it...?
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was effective.
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____'s Decameron embodied the new secular spirit.
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Boccaccio
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According to the Dutch humanist Erasmus, the key to reform was...?
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education
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In early 16th century, critics of the church did not attack...?
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Academic pursuit of the clergy
-They did however attack absenteeism, the problems...
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The Brethen of the Common Life represent...?
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An example of pre-Reformation reform movements within the Church
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Martin Luther wrote in his letter entitled "Ninety Five Thesis" to Archbishop Albert in response...
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A new campaign by the church to sell indulgences.
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The Twelve Articles were...?
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Grievances of the Swabian peasants.
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In 1521, Charles the V ordered Luther to appear before the...?
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Diet of Worms
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Luther's ideas about Roman exploitation of Germany...?
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Found audience primarily among the peasantry which would eventually lead to revolts.
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John Knox was influential in the Reformation in...?
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Scotland
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As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the people of Germany...?
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Became either Luther or Catholic, depending on the preference of their prince.
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The Protestant Reformation in Germany...?
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Compunded problems that had existed since the Middle Ages that fragmented Germany.
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Calvin's reform movement...?
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Was thoroughly integrated into the government of Geneva
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Ulrich Zwingli did not attack...?
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The doctrine of the Trinity
-He did attack the Mass, clerical celibracy, monasticism,...
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The Index was...?
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A catalog of forbidden books.
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European over seas expansion was not facilitated by what innovation...?
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Galley.
Overseas expansion was facilitated by the astrolabe, mounting of cannon on...
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Prince Henry of Portugal is significant for his...?
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Support of exploration
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The treaty of Cateau -Cambresis is between France _____ was signed in 1559.
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Spain
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The European kingdom that took the lead in overseas exploration was...?
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Portugal
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At the end of the 16th century, the commercial capital of the European world was...?
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Amsterdam
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The primary motivation for European explorers was...?
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material profit
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The Concordat of Bologna between France and ____ helps to explain why France did not become...
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the palpacy
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The Peace of Westphalia was signed in...?
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October 1648
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_____ published the Edict of Nantes in 1598.
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Henry IV
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In order to pay for the Habsburg-Valois wars, French monarchs...?
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Sold public offices
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The 7 northern provinces of the Netherlands formed the ___ and in 1581 declared their independence...
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Union of Utrecht
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The Edict of Nantes...?
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Provided conditions for the peaceful coexistence for Calvinism and Catholicism in France.
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The Thirty Years War began in...?
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Bohemia
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Alexander Farnese's strategy against the rebellious Low Countries cities was...?
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Patient siege.
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The fourth, _____ phase of the Thirty's Years' War began in 1635.
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French
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The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588...?
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prevented Philip II from reuniting western Europe under Catholic rule.
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The caravel was...?
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A 3-massed sailing vessel developed in Portugal.
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The introduction of slavery to the Americas was conditioned most by the production of...?
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Sugar
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Michel de Montaigne invented the...?
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Essay
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The period ___ saw the witch-hunting on a unprecedented scale.
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1560-1660
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The agricultural revolution was first manifested in...?
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England
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The most prevalent system of land usage in Europe from the mid-17th century onward was known...
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crop rotation
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The term spinster referred to...?
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A widowed or unmarried woman who spun cloth for a living.
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The Navigation Acts were a form of economic warfare that initally targeted the...?
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Dutch
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_____ were the offspring of Spanish men and Indian women.
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Mestizos
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The decisive round in the colonial conflict between England and France was the...?
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Seven Years War
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According to Adam Smith, government should not be involved in...?
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regulation of trade
-He did believe government should limit itself to providing a court system,...
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Who did not contribute to the destruction of the Aristotelian view of the universe?
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Bernard de Fontenelle
-Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, and Copernicus did contribute to the...
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Copernicus's theory of the universe...?
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Postulated a sun-centered view of the universe
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According to _____'s theory of inertia, rest is not the natural state of objects.
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Galileo
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The key feature of Newton's system was the law of...?
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Universal gravitation
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The 2 men generally given credit for creating the modern scientific method were Francis Bacon...
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Rene Descartes
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