Assignment

Question 1
In the eighth century, peasants began to use the two-field system of rotation, which increased the amount of cultivated land in use at any one time.
True
False

Question 2
The most important improvement in agricultural technology, the heavy wheeled plow led to greater productivity.
True
False

Question 3 Ell
Among the trades practiced by medieval villagers, brewing was the particular province of men.
True
False

Question 4
The earliest and largest commercial towns were located in southern France.
True
False

Question 5
Flemish cities grew wealthy from trade as well as manufacturing, especially textiles.
True
False

Question 6
In the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, many towns agitated for charters that created communes, which were semi-autonomous political and legal entities.
True
False

Question 7
To learn a trade, one worked as an apprentice to a master, who was usually a member of a craftsmen guild.
True
False

Question 8
In the twelfth century, English kings began to require that aristocrats pay a tax called scutage in lieu of service in royal armies.
True
False

Question 9
By the thirteenth century, knights and noblemen shared a common code of behavior known as chivalry.
True
False

Question 10
Blanche of Castile ruled in place of her son, King Louis IX, at first when he was a minor and then when he went crusading.
True
False

Question 11
All of the following were characteristic of the Central Middle Ages EXCEPT
expanding literacy.
better weather.
fewer invaders.
weaker kings.

Question 12
The expanding economy between 1000 and 1300 was the result of
redesigned oxen collars.
the use of the scratch plow.
the use of the three-field system ( a 1:2 crop yield.

Question 13
Most agricultural improvements were made by
monasteries.
peasants.
lords and ladies. kings.

Question 14
Which of the following statements did NOT apply to medieval serfdom?
They could be sold away from their families. 0 They were bound to the land.
They owed labor for a certain number of days each week.
They could keep the produce of their fields after paying manorial dues.

Question 15
The biggest threat to peasants was
childbirth.
flood.
Drought.
warfare.

Question 16
By the thirteenth century
an excess of land led to the freeing of many serfs.
manorial exploitation of peasants, free and unfree, decreased.
legal changes made it harder to escape serfdom.
legal changes made it easier to escape serfdom.

Question 17
The largest and most important medieval trade fair took place in
Burgundy.
Flanders.
Paris.
Champagne.

Question 18
Which of the following was not a common attribute of communes?
0 A mint to make coins
C An autonomous government ( A court system
Tax-collecting agencies

Question 19
Which of the following does not explain why Jews played a vital role in medieval growth?
Christian rules made it difficult for Jews to own land, so they moved to urban areas.
Jews were well-positioned as merchants because of their contacts with other Jewish communities.
Jews were not allowed to join craft guilds, so they made the market more competitive by forming their own.
Jews were not prohibited, as Christians were, from loaning money.

Question 20
Which of the following accurately describes how shops and workshops functioned within medieval society?
Most shops and workshops were also homes where the family ate, slept, and lived.
Most shops and workshops were set up apart from the home.
Shops and workshops made it difficult for women to work and care for their children at the same time.
Shops and workshops separated economic activities from household ones.

Question 21
Which of the following does NOT describe the effects of the expanding economy on the aristocracy?
Nobles and kings depended less on the services of vassals and more on mercenary troops.
Money and commerce brought new luxuries into aristocratic households.
Many nobles went into debt.
Money solidified the lord-vassal relationship.

Question 22
Medieval warfare
was not very dangerous for peasants.
consisted mostly of great battles.
consisted mostly of castle sieges.
was very dangerous for the knights themselves.

Question 23
A typical knight's duties included all of the following EXCEPT
presiding over manorial courts.
living a strictly ascetic life.
attending his lord/lady and providing counsel.
managing his lord or lady's estates.

Question 24
In what ways did courtly love signal a shift in attitudes?
It was practiced in reality, not just in literature.
It entailed a new attitude among men toward women.
It took a realistic attitude toward women rather than idealizing them.
It portrayed women as victims of violence.

Question 25
In the Central Middle Ages, women were (occasionally) permitted to do all of the following except
hold fiefs as heiresses or widows. C,
rule over men.
fight in battle.
refuse husbands chosen by their lords or ladies.