Nation-Building--England, France, & Spain (1)
Select the correct choice
1
In 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.
2
The terms burgesses, burghers, and bourgeoisie all refer to?:
the middle class.
guilds.
knights.
Church offices.
3
Which 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.
4
The revolt of the barons against King John in the early 1200s resulted in the?:
Magna Carta.
Model Parliament.
First Estate.
Great Schism.
5
In France, the First Estate was made up of?:
kings.
church leaders.
lords.
middle class businessmen.
6
By 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
.
7
During 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.
8
By 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.
9
The Magna Carta was originally intended to defend the rights of?:
all English subjects.
the English monarch.
religious minorities in England.
the English nobility.