Which of these gained most from the crusades?
A) the papacy
B) Italian merchants
C) Byzantine emperors
D) German kings
Answer: B
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One area that became increasingly affluent and prosperous during the fourteenth century was
a. Western Europe. b. India. c. sub-Saharan Africa. d. China.
The noble class, in nomadic society,
A. based their wealth and power on extensive landholdings. B. received their position through inheritance, and couldn't lose it. C. ruled with absolute authority at all times. D. was fluid, with many opportunities for rising and falling. E. was based on divine sanction.
Although NOT practiced by the Merovingians, what was primogeniture?
A) a tradition that a kingdom would pass intact to the monarch's eldest son B) a system of feudal military organization C) the concept that subjects should accept the religion of their king D) the claim that the throne should pass to whichever heir was the strongest E) the notion that the kingdom should be passed through the female line
By 1900, legislative acts that regulated the horrors of child labor were
a. successful at ending the practice in the United States. b. passed by state legislatures in 90 percent of the states. c. supported by most industrialists in the East. d. not effectively enforced by authorities.