Unit 7: Paper 2 — Causes and Effects of Medieval Wars (750–1500)

Topic 7.3: Effects of medieval wars Questions

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Which event marked the final expulsion of the Crusaders from the Levant?
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In which year did Crusaders capture Jerusalem and found the Crusader States?
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By 1453, at the end of the Hundred Years' War, which French territory did England still hold?
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The English defeat in the Hundred Years' War helped tip England into which conflict?
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Late in the Hundred Years' War, which lasting increase in royal power did France create to sustain the fighting?
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Which three Italian city-states grew rich by controlling Mediterranean trade during the Crusades?
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Discuss the view that the effects of a medieval war fell most heavily on ordinary people rather than on rulers.
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Compare and contrast the effects of two medieval wars on the power of the monarchy.
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To what extent were the Crusades a military failure?
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Discuss the political effects of the Hundred Years' War on the two states involved.
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The chevauchee was a military tactic used in the Hundred Years' War. What was it?
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Which French king created the first standing army of medieval France in 1445?
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Analyse the demographic effects of the Mongol conquests.
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To what extent did the Mongol conquests bring more benefit than devastation to the regions they conquered?
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Examine the political and territorial effects of the Mongol conquests.
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Examine the effects of the Mongol conquests on long-distance trade and communication.
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Discuss the view that indirect causes of death, such as famine and disease, were more destructive to medieval populations than direct violence.
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Discuss the causes of the Mongol conquests up to the 1250s.
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Examine the effects of siege warfare on urban populations in the medieval period.
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Compare and contrast the effects of the Mongol conquests and the Hundred Years' War.
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