Midterm Quiz Fall 2020

The Northern Renaissance predated and influenced the Italian Renaissance

In writing a context paragraph, you should only discuss history leading up to the topic of your thesis.

Throughout the time period of 1450-1648, the way of life for MOST Europeans remained generally consistent.

Although there was a increase in standard of living for some during 1400-1600s, this wasn't the case for all

You could bring up mercantilism in an essay on both New Monarchs and Absolutism

What made the Prussian nobility most different from the rest of Europe by the mid 1700s

The goal of the Catholic/Counter Reformation was to compromise with the Protestants

The idea of the "Balance of Power" only came about during the Wars of Louis XIV

A complexity point may be earned for simply mentioning an example of deep historical thinking.

If you were going to discuss the development Renaissance humanism, you would likely want to use _____as an example.

As far as politics/economics were concerned, England was most similar to ____ during the early modern period.

Discussing the end Ottoman expansion would be most useful in an essay on

The Italian Renaissance movement aimed to avoid religious discussion in comparison to the Northern Renaissance

The "Quarrels de Femme" was limited to the time of Castiglione and the Italian Renaissance

The Witchcraft craze saw victimization of more women than men most likely due to

Contextualization can be effectively executed in one sentence

You can get two points on your LEQ for simply mentioning illustrative examples that are related to the prompt

The military revolution is a contested issue among historians

To find ideas for evidence to support your LEQ thesis, you would most likely want to reference

What would be the best topic for contextualizing for monarchs of the 1400s-1600s?

In discussing the military revolution, you could discuss the combat of the Eighty Years War as an example

Northern Renaissance painters generally wished to avoid any Italian influence.

A line of reasoning in the thesis most clearly helps to determine any LEQ's

From 1450-1648, most Europeans derived their livelihood from agriculture

When contrasting baroque and High Renaissance art, scholars would most likely discuss...

In bringing up Northern Renaissance as an intellectual movement, your most key KC/Illustrative example would be

In the LEQ, you will get the point if you simply use the comparison reasoning skill somewhere in the essay at least once

In discussing the differences between social classes you could also bring up gender roles.

The LEQ evidence is all about being general so we know that you understand big ideas.

You can write a thesis statement in one sentence

Which of the following early modern states was unlike the rest (politically) during the Age of Absolutism?

The development of the Reformation saw a massive surge of rights and freedoms for most European women.

The period from 1450-1648 saw some Europeans join what we now call the middle class through their economic exploits

By 1648, all European towns, despite religion, celebrated Saint Days and Carnival

As our LEQ prompts will not ask you specifically about the Age of Exploration, try to avoid any related evidence.

The most dominant states at the time of the military revolution included all of the following except

Which of the following Protestant branches had the closest similarities to the Catholic Church upon its inception?

The Wars of Louis XIV and the Great Northern War were most similar in that

Naturalism was seen in both southern and Northern European art during the early modern period.

Which theme would best contextualize discussing characteristics art of the Italian Renaissance and after?

Absolutism can be said to trace its origins to the centralization seen during the time of the New Monarchs

In a comparison LEQ prompt, you must also clearly use the skill of causation to get the first analysis/reasoning point

Which of the following would be an example of the land owning class benefiting from economic growth during Period 1-2

It can be said that Luther's Reformation avoided political issues altogether

Civic humanism would most likely be linked to the illustrative examples of

Politically, England was most different from other major western European states during the 1600s in that

A complex understanding point is typically earned in using one simple phrase within your analysis.

The idea of "universal" Christendom continued into the 1700s

Religious Wars continued well into the 1700s in early Modern Europe

In an LEQ, the thesis may appear in all except one of the following