Western Europe - Lessons 1-2

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How did the economy of Western Europe change after the Crusades?

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Increased trade created a merchant class and skilled workers formed guilds.

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Which change did NOT result from the Industrial Revolution? Options: Goods became cheaper and more plentiful., Many people left rural areas to work in the cities., New technology caused unemployment among farmworkers., The standard of living declined in western nations.

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The standard of living declined in western nations.

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Which statement does NOT describe the influence of the Enlightenment? Options: Many people began to use reason and observation in studying the world. Political thinkers concluded that government is a contract between ordinary people and a ruler. Philosophers sought ways to make society better.

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Religious leaders called for wars to regain Christian control of Jerusalem.

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Under the feudal system, land was given to you in exchange for?

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Loyalty

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Which term refers to mass murder of members of an ethnic or cultural group?

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genocide

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When did Rome's western empire fall?

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when Germanic groups invaded Western Europe from the northeast

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What year did World War I begin?

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1914

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What conflict ended when the government of the Soviet Union fell?

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Cold War

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in the Middle Ages, workers in the same trade sometimes joined a business association called...

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guild

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highest peak in the Alps

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Mount Blanc