What Does Map 7-2, Germany and Italy in the Middle

question 52

Multiple Choice

What does Map 7-2, Germany and Italy in the Middle Ages, show about the political climate of the Hohenstaufen Empire?

• A) The many small states and territories in Germany and Italy made them very hard to control.
• B) England was the only country properly situated to create an empire.
• C) Italy was unified in fact, even if not in name.
• D) Germany displayed a cohesiveness that did not exist elsewhere.

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