1)

"not such were they as in the east, where an issue of blood from the nose was a manifest sign of inevitable death; but in men and women alike it first betrayed itself by the emergence of certain tumors in the groin or the armpits, some of which grew as large as a common apple, others as an egg, some more, some less, which the common folk called gavoccioli. from the two said parts of the body this deadly gavocciolo soon began to propagate and their appearance in many cases on the arm or the thigh or elsewhere, now few and large, then minute and numerous."
- a quote about the "black death" from giovanni boccaccio, an italian living in europe in the 1300s
which of these is not true of the spread of the bubonic plague described in boccaccio's quote?
a) trade and travel decreased in the 1400s in europe because so many people were scared of contracting this deadly disease.
b) many europeans believed that the spread of the bubonic plague was caused because of god's wrath on the sins of mankind.
c) the rule of the mongols to spread the bubonic plague by make travel along the silk roads safer and more effective.
d) the plague killed millions as merchants unwittingly brought it with them from european town to european town as they traveled.

2)
following the period of the crusades
a) christian invaders adopted muslim scientific learning and military techniques.
b) christian invaders destroyed most evidence of muslim intellectual achievements.
c) muslim defenders repeatedly lost major portions of their empire to the christians.
d) muslim defenders adopted christian military practices in order to defeat their foes.

3)
during the middle ages, which group was generally responsible for the preservation of learning and ancient literature?
a) nobles and kings
b) priests and monks
c) doctors and lawyers
d) traders and businessmen

4)
one indirect consequence of the crusades was that
a) trade routes declined dramatically due to the prolonged fighting and bloodshed.
b) europeans cut off all trade with asia and began to trade exclusively with the continent of africa.
c) muslim merchants began to focus on overland trade with china on roads that had not been used for hundreds of years.
d) trade increased as europeans were exposed to new asian goods and technologies through interactions with the muslim world.

5)
the map above most clearly reflects which of these developments of the time period?
a) the movement of peoples caused environmental and linguistic effects.
b) there was continued diffusion of crops and pathogens, including epidemic disease.
c) improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade.
d) cross-cultural exchanges were fostered by the intensification of existing, or the creation of new, networks of trade and communication.