The Medieval World - Part 2

Question 1

Hundred Years’ War (Date)

Answer 1

A.D. 1337 - 1453

Question 2

Combatantants in the Hundred Years’ War

Answer 2

England and France

Question 3

The Plague devastates Europe (first main wave)
(Date)

Answer 3

A.D. 1347 - 1352

Question 4

Another name for the Plague

Answer 4

The Black Death

Question 5

The Renaissance (using a broad time span)
(Date)

Answer 5

A.D. 1350 - 1600

Question 6

The Great Western Schism (Date)

Answer 6

A.D. 1378 - 1417

Question 7

Movable metal type used in printing (Date [approx.])

Answer 7

c. 1440s

Question 8

“Made” the movable type printing press

Answer 8

Johann Gutenberg

Question 9

Spanish Inquisition

Answer 9

Organized under the RC monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella to combat heresy; its methods included torture, confiscation, and burning

Question 10

The Black Death

Answer 10

A combination of bubonic and pneumonic plagues

Question 11

Major European shipping port and point of entry [for the plague]

Answer 11

Sicily

Question 12

True or False: The Plague happened in one massive sweep

Answer 12

False; it was episodic

Question 13

Cause of the plague

Answer 13

A bacterium; unscientific medieval Europeans had no true idea what was causing the carnage

Question 14

The transmission of the bubonic plague

Answer 14

Fleas carried by rats

Question 15

The transmission of the pneumonic plague

Answer 15

Coughing or sneezing

Question 16

One response to the Black Death

Answer 16

Flagellants sought a purging by flogging themselves

Question 17

True or False: The Black Death may have weakened the RCC & paved the way for reformation

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Avignon Papacy

Answer 18

The Bishop of Rome (Pope) moves from Rome to Avignon, France; under the control of French kings

Question 19

RCC Developments

Answer 19

1. Patronage [certain offices in the church were reserved for the papacy to fill]
2. Pluralism [an individual might become the holder of more than one church office]
3. Absenteeism [receive income from an office but never fill it, using a clerk for the duties]

Question 20

The Great Western Schism

Answer 20

Pope Clement [VII, the Avignon pope] took up arms against Pope Urban [VI, the Roman pope] & attacked Rome. He was repulsed and fled to Avignon. There was one pope in Avignon and one in Rome.

Question 21

Solution to the Great Western Schism

Answer 21

The Conciliar Movement

Question 22

True or False: The Conciliar Movement eventually ended the RCC multi-pope dilemma

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The Councils of the Conciliar Movement

Answer 23

The Pisa Council and the Council of Constance

Question 24

The Conciliar Movement

Answer 24

The notion that a universal council, representing the entire church, had more authority than the pope

Question 25

The Pisa Council

Answer 25

The Cardinals selected a new pope [to replace both Clement and Urban]

Question 26

The problem with the Pisa Council's solution

Answer 26

The two other popes refused to accept the decision of the council, creating three popes (Roman pope, Avignon pope, Conciliar pope)

Question 27

The Council of Constance

Answer 27

2 of the competing popes [Roman and Conciliar] were deposed or resigned.

Question 28

Translated the first English Bible

Answer 28

John Wycliffe

Question 29

Prague professor charged and tried with heresy, convicted, and burned at the stake

Answer 29

John Huss

Question 30

"Winner" of the Hundred Years' War

Answer 30

France

Question 31

Combatants in the Hundred Years' War

Answer 31

England and France

Question 32

Joan of Arc

Answer 32

Burned at the stake by the English and abandoned to her state by the French king

Question 33

True or False: Joan of Arc was never canonized

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Results of the Hundred Years' War

Answer 34

Increased nationalism England and France established as clearly distinct nations

Question 35

Won the War of Roses

Answer 35

Henry Tudor

Question 36

Henry Tudor's eldest son

Answer 36

Arthur

Question 37

True or False: Arthur Tudor died

Answer 37

True

Question 38

The Spanish "Catholic Sovereigns"

Answer 38

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 39

Completed the Reconquista

Answer 39

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 40

Purpose of the Reconquista

Answer 40

A "crusade" designed to oust Muslims who had invaded Spain

Question 41

Meaning of reconquista

Answer 41

"re-conquest"

Question 42

Electors

Answer 42

In Germany; princes of the Holy Roman Empire who held the right to elect the Holy Roman Emperor (aka the German king)

Question 43

Meaning (and origin) of "Renaissance"

Answer 43

"Rebirth" (French)

Question 44

Name for the Renaissance when it moved across the Alps

Answer 44

The Northern Renaissance

Question 45

The High Renaissance

Answer 45

The time when artistic work reached a "peak" of perfection

Question 46

Aspects of the Renaissance

Answer 46

1. Humanism 2. Secularism 3. Individualism

Question 47

Humanism

Answer 47

A term with multiple dimensions; a cultural movement that emphasized rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman ideal/values

Question 48

In emphasizing secular concerns, did the Renaissance seek to fully exclude God?

Answer 48

No

Question 49

Individualism

Answer 49

A school of thought emphasizing the importance of the individual

Question 50

Where the Renaissance began

Answer 50

Northern Italy

Question 51

Patronage

Answer 51

Sponsorship

Question 52

How the arts were sponsored in the Renaissance

Answer 52

The disposable income of Italian leaders

Question 53

The heart/cultural centre of Renaissance life

Answer 53

Florence

Question 54

Another name for Florence

Answer 54

Firenze

Question 55

How Gutenberg's movable metal type worked

Answer 55

He made single letters and words out of metal which could be combined in trays to form words or sentences

Question 56

Ruled Florence (individual)

Answer 56

Cosimo de Medici

Question 57

How the de Medici family made its money

Answer 57

Banking

Question 58

Renaissance man (individual)

Answer 58

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 59

Renaissance man (meaning)

Answer 59

A multi-talented person

Question 60

Preached against papal immorality

Answer 60

Girolamo Savonarola

Question 61

Dutch scholar; the "Prince of Humanists"

Answer 61

Desiderius Erasmus

Question 62

Wrote The Prince

Answer 62

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 63

Emphasis of The Prince

Answer 63

What is effective over what is ethical

Question 64

Paints the Sistine Chapel's ceiling

Answer 64

Michelangelo Buonarotti

Question 65

Painted The School of Athens

Answer 65

Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio]

Question 66

Playwright whose works provide a study on human personality

Answer 66

William Shakespeare