Nation-Building--England, France, & Spain (1)
 

Select the correct choice 


1In the Late Middle Ages, townspeople supported kings because kings?:
allowed townspeople to coin their own money.
fought in the Crusades.
encouraged traded and commerce.
wanted to strengthen feudalism.

2The terms burgesses, burghers, and bourgeoisie all refer to?:
the middle class.
guilds.
knights.
Church offices.

3Which of these was NOT a way in which the new monarchs of Europe gained power in the 1300s and 1400s?:
using a professional army.
raising taxes.
using educated, mostly middle class, officials.
creating new vassals and knights.

4The revolt of the barons against King John in the early 1200s resulted in the?:
Magna Carta.
Model Parliament.
First Estate.
Great Schism.

5In France, the First Estate was made up of?:
kings.
church leaders.
lords.
middle class businessmen.

6By forcing Muslims and Jews to convert to Christianity, Ferdinand and Isabella were trying to?:
bring religious unity to Spain.
limit the power of the Inquisition court.
encourage trade and commerce.
limit the power of the Cortes.

7During the Late Middle Ages, the English parliament increased its powers by?:
gaining peasant support.
fighting wars against the king.
demanding privileges in return for granting new taxes.
increasing its membership.

8By the 1300s, a growing money economy had affected life on the manor by?:
making manors more self-sufficient.
allowing peasants to pay rents in money rather than in services.
forcing feudal lords to move into towns.
improving relations between lords and townspeople.

9The Magna Carta was originally intended to defend the rights of?:
all English subjects.
the English monarch.
religious minorities in England.
the English nobility.