Challenges in Late Medieval Times

Question 1

How did the Great Famine affect life expectancy for Europeans during the 1300s?

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It made life expectancy much shorter.

Question 2

How did the Hundred Years’ War affect standing armies?

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It increased their power.

Question 3

What was one cause of the Hundred Years’ War?

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King Edward III claimed the French throne.

Question 4

What was one effect of the Hundred Years’ War?

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the destruction of French towns and farms

Question 5

What is one similarity between the famine and plague of the 1300s?

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Both lowered the population of Europe.

Question 6

By the end of the Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc had been

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executed for heresy.

Question 7

The graph shows the death rate of the pneumonic plague in Europe during the 1300s.

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about 9 in 10

Question 8

How did trade contribute to the spread of the plague in the 1300s?

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Trading vessels from China brought the plague to Sicily, where it spread across Europe.

Question 9

Peasants gained power during the Hundred Years’ War by

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fighting in the English army.

Question 10

What directly led to a population decrease in Europe?

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famines

Challenges in Late Medieval Times Answers