Which of the following statements concerning medieval serfs is NOT accurate?
a. Serfs received protection from their lords from roving brigands and warring nobles.
b. Serfs were bound to the land and could not leave without the lords' permission.
c. Dismal conditions frequently led to open rebellion by the serfs against their lord.
d. Serfs could pay a fine to marry someone of their choice if their lord had selected an alternate partner.
e. Serfs worked in their lord's land and paid their lord a variety of dues.
c
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What did the world learn about the Atlantic Passage from memoirs and ships' logs?
A. Cargo was shipped in filthy conditions. B. Sailors were treated with respect and good pay. C. The work of sailors was unrelenting and brutally hard. D. The process of moving Africans to the Americas was horrific and inhumane. E. The Atlantic Passage was a largely corrupt trading endeavor where captains try to cheat their buyers at every chance.
Women, as wives and daughters, often derive significant compensatory benefits from relationships with the men in their families. This is called:
a. voluntary subordination. b. sexist accommodation. c. patriarchal reversal. d. trading power for patronage.
What were the twin causes of corruption in Europe?
a. manufacturing and overpopulation b. free trade and open marketplace c. controlling prices and restricting trade d. overpopulation and urbanization
The map "The War of 1812" depicts the British tactic in America of a(n)
A) naval blockade of the American coast. B) amphibious attack on Boston. C) major offensive by Native Americans from west of the Mississippi. D) coordinated attack on the Mississippi River Valley from Canada and New Orleans.