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At the end today, you should be able to…
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Complete test corrections
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Describe and explain social and economic
continuities and changes from the High Middle
Ages to c. 1520
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Describe, explain, and contextualize secular writings
1Which of the following best describes the significance of this type of statue to Greek poleis during the Archaic and Classical period?
A.They were used as offerings to the
gods and as memorials for the dead
B.They effectively represented the
ultimate goal of dying for your polis
C.They emphasized the importance
of the average citizen to the polis
D.They reflected the need to yield to
supernatural forces above
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Key Concepts
2Compared to the government structure of most Greek poleis ca. 8th century BCE, governments by the 6th century BCE had changed in which of the following ways?
■Greek hoplites meant that
governments needed to be more responsive to the public
■Greeks tended to view stronger
monarchies as more desirable as political models than aristocracies
■Greeks now saw democratic
governments with all citizens voting as preferable to representative republics
■Greek militarism led to the rise of
military dictatorships throughout Greek poleis
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3The dramatic writings of
Euripides and Aristophanes were most likely the result of which of the following?
■The invasions of the Persian
Empire in the 5th century BCE
■The development of humanist
thinking
■The decisions by aristocrats to
keep the populace entertained
■The colonization efforts by Greek
poleis
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4The trend in the powers gained by plebeians, as represented on the chart, had the effects of all of the following EXCEPT
■The implementation of restrictions
on the powers of individual
patricians by the second century BCE
■The maintenance of loyalty to the
Senate over power-hungry generals in the first century BCE
■The increase of plebeian legal
rights by the third century BCE
■The ability of a plebeian merchant
elite to emerge by the first century BCE
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5Which of the following later developments would most undermine the notion of a balanced republican form of
government in Rome as shown on the chart above?
■Gracchi emulation of Greek tyrannies
spurred popular rioting and threats to civil order
■Concentration of wealth in the hands
of the patrician class after Rome’s victory in the Punic Wars
■Lower class and German mercenaries
joining together to overthrow the landowning aristocracy
■Christian calls for wealth
redistribution and a theocratic form of rule
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6Which of the following was the most direct cause of the end of the Senate’s domination of Roman
politics?
■The outcome of the civil war after
the death of Julius Caesar
■The invasion of Germanic
Ostrogoths
■The decline of patrician influence
in the wake of new racial
ideologies of Greek supremacy
■The loss of North Africa to
Phoenician forces
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Key Concepts
7The decline of population shown on the chart over the years from ca. 100 CE to 500 CE stemmed from all of the following EXCEPT
■civil wars ■disease ■invasions ■migrations
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Key Concepts
8The decrease in Roman
population led to which of the following during the early phases of the Middle Ages?
■Wage increases for peasants ■Feudalism and peasant loss of
rights
■Freemen status for peasants ■Imposition of serfdom
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9The image above most clearly shows the influence of which of the following trends in Europe during the High Middle Ages?
■The ability of noblewomen to
become military figures in defense of Christianity
■The veneration of saints,
particularly martyrs
■The increasing acceptance of
chivalry
■The rise of monarchical power
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10Images and discussion of figures like Catherine led most directly to which of the following?
■The development of chivalry
■The implementation of feast days ■The importance of Mary in the
Christian canons
■The restoration of women’s status
as spiritual leaders
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11Noble attempts to regulate
further towns like Rouen typically saw which of the following
responses during the High Middle Ages?
■The formation of communes ■The rise of peasant rebellions ■The development of chivalric
codes of honor
■Construction of castles
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Key Concepts
12Charters issued to towns similar to Henry’s grant contributed most directly to the development of
which of the following?
■The creation of manorialism ■The intensification of serfdom ■The implementation of national
armies
■The formation of the bourgeoisie
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13Commercial capitalism had the earliest impacts, by the 1200s, on what regions in Europe?
■Northern Europe and Northern
Italy
■Spain and Germany
■Eastern Europe and Northern
Europe
■The British Isles and France
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14In the 1300s, European peasants most commonly attributed events like those shown in the image
above to which of the following?
■Demonic intervention ■Astrological conjunctions ■Imbalanced humors
■Human error
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15In the fourteenth century,
common intellectual approaches to the challenges represented by the image above included which of the following?
■Self-flagellation and intense prayers ■Applications of natural laws such
as those in alchemy and astrology
■Calls for destruction of Jewish
people and the investigation and burning of witches
■Attempts to overthrow the Roman
Catholic Church
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Key Concepts
16The difficulties shown in the image above resulted in which of the following?
■The improvement of political
status for peasants
■The strengthening of the Roman
Catholic Church
■The increased questioning of
European institutions
■Decreased participation in
monastic life
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“The Renaissance”: Social
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Write down three social issues that changed from
ca. 1000 CE-ca. 1400 CE. Be prepared to discuss
reasons these changes might have occurred.
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Write down three social issues that did not change
from ca. 1000 CE-ca. 1400 CE. Be prepared to
discuss reasons these continuities might have
happened?
“The Renaissance”: Social
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What else was happening that might have affected
the social situation during the 1300s and 1400s?
How might each of these have affected
economics and/or society?
A. The rise of the Hanseatic League
B. The expansion of mining entrepreneurs
C. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe
D. The Hundred Years’ War between France and England
E. A Crusade, known as the Reconquista, driving Muslim governments out of northern Spain
F. The naval explorations of Portugal in the Southern Atlantic
G. The Bubonic Plague
H. The Pope having to act as a political leader
Concept Attainment…
NO
YES
•Astrological thought
•Alchemism
•Greco-Roman humanism
•Castiglione
•Machiavelli
•Sacraments
•Demons
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Contextualizing secularism
1. What concepts in the reading passage could be considered
“secular”?
2. This author is seen as developing secularism. In what parts
of life does he apply secularism?
3. Why would the document be written in the time and place
it was?
4. Who was intended to read this?
5. How would this doc be different if a different audience was
intended?
6. What do you think the author intended to accomplish with
Point of View: Connections
Context
• The “Big Picture”
– Example: Mr. Treppa returns home to find a fire broke out in the kitchen.
• Author’s situation
– Example: Daughter Madison, a possible person responsible for fire….
Connection to what is said
• How the context of the author affects what he or she says
– Example: Wanting to make sure
she is not blamed for the fire, Madison emphasizes that the only person cooking anything at the time of the fire was her
