Flagellants
a. was the term used to describe the aristocratic opponents of rebelling serfs.
b. were Jews who beat themselves in an effort to avoid harsher abuse by Christians.
c. were a new order of friars which were established in France by Joan of Arc.
d. were Christian fanatics who physically scourged themselves during the Black Death.
e. were hereditary slaves in fifteenth-century Italy.
d
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The Bourbon reforms resulted in ________ in the Americas
A) more direct Spanish control B) the decline of the profitability of Spanish colonies C) looser economic controls D) greater oppression for Indians
Acadians were
A) ?French soldiers who fought for the British in the Seven Years' War. B) ?native peoples from Nova Scotia. C) ?French Americans who were removed forcibly by the British from Nova Scotia when they refused to swear loyalty to the British. D) ?British settlers in Nova Scotia who traded with local native groups. E) ?None of these are correct.
Which of the following offers evidence of the influence of European culture on the American colonies?
a) Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to the Enlightenment b) Tishcohan’s sermons during the Great Awakening c) Jonathan Edwards’s defense of the middle ground d) El Popé’s leadership during the Seven Years’ War
What made Columbus state that the earth was not round but had the shape of a pear?
a. He believed the ocean tilted upward. b. His compass measurements were incorrect. c. He agreed with the conclusions of Ptolemy. d. He disagreed with the conclusions of Ptolemy. e. He relied on earlier Roman and Greek maps.