Chapter 3: The Hundred Years' War and the Black Death

Which event made the arrival of the plague more severe?

• a famine

• a hurricane

• a long war

• a new tax

Based on the map, where did the plague begin?

• northern Europe

• western Europe

• Africa

• Asia

What is one reason plague doctors dressed this way?

• They believed the disease was carried by bad smells.

• They thought germs entered through the skin.

• They had few methods of sanitation.

• They wanted to avoid touching rats.

How did the Black Death lead to the end of feudalism?

• The size of the most towns and cities decreased.

• Lords increased the size and value of their estates.

• Kings released their vassals from their pledges of loyalty.

• Serfs who survived the plague demanded payment for their work.

What was one cause of the Hundred Years' War?

• Demand for Arabic texts increased competition between universities.

• There were questions about the legitimate heir to the English throne.

• Feudal ties caused English nobles to owe loyalty to the French king.

• France and England competed for control over the Holy Land.

What was one effect of this weapon technology on the Hundred Years' War?

• The English were able to defeat a much larger French force at Agincourt.

• The French were able to surround King Henry V's forces at Calais.

• The French were able to reinstate the dauphin on the throne.

• The English were able to capture the city of Orléans.

What does this image reveal about Joan of Arc?

• She became the leader of Orléans.

• She was an important military leader.

• She came from a poor peasant family.

• She followed the guidance of the pope.

What was one way Henry V shaped the culture of the Middle Ages?

• He encouraged the use of English in official documents and literature.

• He encouraged trade between England and the Muslim Turks.

• He became the leader of a movement to end vassalage.

• He became the king of both England and France.

What were the effects of the Hundred Years' War? Select the two correct answers.

• It led to lower taxes between nations.

• It reduced the size of the middle class in Europe.

• It left the French king in control of almost all of France.

• It resulted in increased nationalism in France and England.

Which line from the passage supports the conclusion that the English won the battle?

• “There fell a great rain and a clipse [lightning] with a terrible thunder, and before the rain there came flying over both battles a great number of crows for fear of the tempest [storm] coming.”

• “When the Genoways [Italian crossbowmen working for France] were assembled together and began to approach, they made a great leap and cry to abash [destroy] the Englishmen. . . .”

• “. . . but they stood still and stirred not for all that: then the Genoways again the second time made another leap and a fell cry, and stepped forward a little, and the Englishmen removed not one foot. . . .”

• “When the Genoways felt the arrows . . . , many of them cast down their cross-bows and did cut their strings and returned discomfited [embarrassed].”