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The fourteenth century saw an end to the Middle Ages in Western Europe. The Black Death, the Hundred Years’ War, and the decline of the Church happened concurrently and were instrumental to the rise of a new modern era in 14th century. Click and drag each event into sequential order.
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1. Pope relocates from Rome to southern France, thus beginning the Avignon Papacy.
2. Black Death outbreak begins. 3. French peasants revolt against noblemen (the Jacquerie) 4. Papacy returns to Rome, and the beginning of the "Great Schism" 5. Joan of Arc burned at Stake 6. Hundred Years' War ends |
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The death of Charles IV of France in 1328 ended the Capet line of monarchs and opened up claims to the French throne by
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the English.
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The war that began as squabbling over the throne of Charles IV is now know as
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the Hundred Years' War
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According to the text, the war was particularly effective in ending which of the following things?
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feudalism
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The relocation of the papacy from Rome to ________ is generally recognized as the beginning of the Great Schism.
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Avignon
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The act of selling church leadership positions to the highest bidder regardless of qualifications is called
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simony.
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Which of the following cities produced the "third" pope at a 1409 ecumenical council designed to heal the Great Schism?
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Pisa
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Wycliffe and his band of followers were called which of the following?
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Lollards
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Where did the Black Death originate?
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in Asia where it was spread by the Mongols
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The Renaissance was born in which of the following cities?
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Florence
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Cultural and political leadership for the early Renaissance was under the auspices of which of the following families?
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the Medici
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Which of the following events caused a climate of intellectual skepticism in middle-class men and women of the era?
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the Great Schism of the Catholic Church
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The artistic and intellectual movement to recover, edit, and study ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts is called
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Classical humanism
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The father of the new movement to recover, edit, and study ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts is generally regarded to be
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Petrarch
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Which of the following stressed the importance of Classical education and hard work in the cultivation of virtù?
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Alberti
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Which one of the following applied his vast study of ancient literature to defend free will and the unlimited potential of the individual?
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Pico della Mirandola
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Which one of the following translated the entire body of Plato's writings from Greek into Latin?
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Ficino
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Which one of the following established the then-modern educational ideal in the person of l'uomo univerale (the well-rounded individual)?
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Castiglione
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Which of these is the LEAST likely reason why the Renaissance started in Italy?
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-its cultural contacts with Byzantium
-competition between independent city-states -the ruins of antiquity → its agricultural economy |
