AP European History
Chapter 15: The Experiences of Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500 - 1650
Über-Detailed Study Questions
ANSWER KEY

1. labor
2. two
3. communal farming
4. horse; oxen; grain
5. chimney
6. bed; straw
7. animals
8. church; brick; 16; timber; thatch
9. pitchforks
10. 25; scythes
11. berries; beans
12. welfare recipient
13. travelers’ accounts; ambassadors’ reports; language; custom; geography; material conditions
14. Muscovite boyar; English nobleman
15. brass maker
16. 3.5
17. agriculture
18. trees; soil; fresh water
19. population explosion; commodity prices
20. Black Death
21. 90
22. villages; Italy; the Low Countries
23. 100; 20; Hungary
24. laborers; soldiers
25. manor; church; rural administrative district
26. manorial rents; parish tithes; local taxes; half
27. 3; 5; one-fifth; one-half
28. hunger; cold
29. Scandinavia; Muscovy
30. stove; animal furs; hearth; woolen tunic
31. cold; damp; wood; thatch
32. dried mud; bark; animal skins
33. windows; piled leaves; straw; insulation
34. stone hearth; brick chimney
35. wooden chest
36. buried; carried away
37. table; bench; sideboard
38. tables; stools; chairs
39. cooking; eating; sleeping; squatting; kneeling; sitting
40. spinning; weaving; bench; window
41. bedsteads; straw
42. iron spits; pots; rings; clamps
43. wooden; spoons; trenchers; cup; bowl
44. knives; forks
45. dawn; dusk; summer; winter
46. a hundred; human voice; thunder
47. The Life of Lazarillo des Tormes; picaresque; beggars
48. Golden Age
49. agriculture; climate; soil
50. three-field rotation system
51. wheat; rye; barley; peas; beans; fallow
52. 80; wheat; taste; texture; white color
53. rye; barley; black bread
54. two; three; beer; gruels of grain; skimmed milk; fruit juice
55. 75
56. Mediterranean; half
57. grapes; olives; wine; grapes; grain
58. wine; olive oil; meat
59. animal husbandry; sheep; parchment; window coverings
60. wool; England; Spain
61. pigs; poultry
62. cattle; Luis de Leon; ox
63. milk; cheese; butter; Hungary; Bohemia; beasts of burden
64. manors; seigneur
65. Church; State; third; half;
66. tenure
67. coin;
68. robot; two; three; four
69. demesne
70. towns
71. plowed; manured; planted; pasture; woodlands
72. sticks; branches of trees; sheep; cows
73. six; seven; metal plows; animals
74. foals; calves; ox; horse
75. rain; drought; locusts; crows; subsistence; marriage; migration
76. cock’s crow; hour; four; seven; seven; sixteen
77. guild
78. Nuremberg, sword; thimbles; London; Paris
79. marketplace
80. endemic; quarter; charity; crime
81. Lyon; pound and a half
82. disease
83. food; iron spits; pots; metal; leather
84. barter
85. manufacturing
86. half; Ciudad Real
87. baking; brewing; cloth manufacturing
88. piecework handicrafts; metal; glassworking; brewing; baking
89. midwives
90. prostitution; brothels; bathhouses; venereal disease
91. carts; boats; building sites; water
92. servants
93. 400; 1,000; apprentices
94. food
95. their employer; misconduct; missing household items; sexual assaults
96. 25; Toledo
97. fourth; Barcelona; 35,000
98. grain; Stuttgart; meat; soup; vegetables; wine; beer; soup; vegetables; milk; bread
99. thick walls; armed guards
Isaac Bleaman - Nov. 2005