Chapter 4 Comprehension Exam

Question 1

The __________ was the court created by the Catholic Church to discover, try, and punish heretics. (AKA Holy Office)

Accepted Answer

Inquisition

Question 2

What was the major difference between a serf and peasant?

Accepted Answer

Peasants were free to leave the land and serfs were bound to the land

Question 3

The worshiping of many different gods was one of the three things that were important to the average Medieval Catholic?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The Mayan civilization was best known for its advanced writing system, calendar system, and playing of sports(ball game)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What was one characteristic that the civilizations of the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas had in common?

Accepted Answer

They all believed their leaders were descendants of the gods

Question 6

How did smallpox and other epidemics effect the native civilizations in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

They wiped out entire civilizations very quickly

Question 7

Which is not a reasons discussed in class for the dramatic growth in population in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Decreased food production

Question 8

Which statement is false about Medieval cities in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Cities had plenty of space and were wide open

Question 9

________________ was the founder of the religious order, the Franciscans.

Accepted Answer

Saint Francis of Assisi

Question 10

Which was not one of the three theories (discussed in class) of how the first inhabitants of America arrived there?

Accepted Answer

Nomadic theory

Question 11

Which statement is true about the daily life of peasants during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 12

__________ are business associations associated with a particular trade or craft that evolved around the 12th century.

Accepted Answer

guilds

Question 13

Peasants legally bound to the land they worked on were called _____________________.

Accepted Answer

serfs

Question 14

Which is an example of one of the religious orders/groups that appeared in Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 15

Epidemics, outbreak of disease that spread rapidly, played a big part in the Spaniards' ability to conquer early America

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

As trade increased in medieval Europe, an economic system based on money or a ________________ began to emerge.

Accepted Answer

money economy

Question 17

Artifacts and human remains were important to historians when creating theories about the first inhabitants of Americas?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

____________ was the massive spread of the bubonic plague throughout Europe in which almost half of the population died.

Accepted Answer

The Black Death

Question 19

Theology is the study of infectious diseases like smallpox.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

__________ is the name of the land bridge believed to be used by the first inhabitants of America to reach the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Beringia

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