World History

CHAPTER 15 The Latin West, 1200–1500 The period from 1200 to 1500 is better known as Europe’s [A] later Middle Ages. [B] Last Age. [C] Golden Age. [D] Renaissance. [E] Age of Reason. Western Europeans of the later Middle Ages referred to themselves as [A] Europeans. [B] Westerners. [C] “Old Worlders.” [D] Franks. [E] Latins. In the Latin West during the later Middle Ages approximately [A] nine out of ten people were rural. [B] five out of ten people were rural. [C] three out of ten people were rural. [D] one out of ten people was rural. [E] one out of twenty people was rural. In return for the use of their lord’s land, serfs [A] were required to send their children to the religious schools. [B] served half the year as knights. [C] paid money for rent. [D] worked as bureaucrats for the monarch. [E] had to give the lord a share of the harvest and perform services. In Europe’s later Middle Ages women were considered to be [A] superior to men. [B] equal to men. [C] suited only to be servants. [D] essential contributors to spiritual practice. [_E] inferior to men._ The three-field system was [A] the traditional three-part contest performed by knights. [B] an agricultural method. [C] the technology used in Medieval optics. [D] the legal system. [E] the political relationship between king, lord, and serf. The average life expectancy for a European of this period was [A] twenty to twenty-five years. [B] twenty-five to thirty years. [C] thirty to thirty-five years. [D] thirty-five to forty years. [E] over forty years. By the time it subsided, the Black Death killed [A] one out of three Western Europeans. [B] one out of five Western Europeans. [C] one out of ten Western Europeans. [D] one out of twenty Western Europeans. [E] a negligible number of Western Europeans Which of the following was not a social result of the Black Death epidemic? [A] a demand by