Boyle’s law says that

increasing pressure on a gas reduces its volume.

The Old Regime refers to the

political and social order before the French Revolution

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in the

end of Protestant education in France

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1
This artist was the “little dyer” from Venice.
Masaccio
Titian
Donatello
Tintoretto
2
Boyle’s law says that
matter cannot be created or destroyed.
increasing pressure on a gas reduces its volume.
white light is composed of many colors.
the heart pumps blood through arteries and veins.
3
The taille, the capitation, and the vingtième were
types of taxes
forms of military service
forms of required labor
lists of grievances against the king
4
Who was condemned and burned at Constance?
Huss
Wycliffe
Knox
Zwingli
5
The leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland was
John Huss
John Calvin
John Knox
John Wycliffe
6
Oliver Cromwell took the title of
Commonwealth Ruler
Model General
King of England
Lord Protector
7
Who is known as "the Terrible"?
Peter I
Ivan IV
Louis XIV
Frederick II
8
The purpose of the Council of Constance was to
rescind the Golden Bull
end the Great Schism
end the Hundred Years’ War
execute Joan of Arc
9
What German developed movable-type printing in Europe?
Holbein
Gutenberg
Erasmus
Brueghel
10
Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Galileo
Copernicus
Mercator
Newton
11
Which painter is best remembered for his engravings and woodcarvings?
van Eyck
Dürer
Holbein
Brueghel
12
The Old Regime refers to the
old church
former king
political and social order before the French Revolution
restored French monarchy
13
The birthplace of the Renaissance was
Milan
Rome
Florence
Venice
14
The word renaissance is French for what English word?
refreshment
rebirth
revival
renewal
15
Which painter was famous for his paintings of sweet-faced Madonnas?
da Vinci
Michelangelo
Ghiberti
Raphael
16
The first great French explorer in the New World was
Cabot
Champlain
Hudson
Cartier
17
Who wrote Summa Theologiae, a book which teaches that reason and faith work together?
Abelard
Aquinas
Anselm
Bacon
18
Scurvy is caused by a lack of
protein
vitamin A
vitamin C
water
19
Who painted The Last Judgment on the Sistine Chapel wall?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Tintoretto
20
Which English king subdued the Welsh and made his son the Prince of Wales?
Richard I
Edward I
Philip II
John
21
Who wrote “To err is human, to forgive divine”?
Byron
Shelley
Pope
Shakespeare
22
Who explored the New York area for the Netherlands?
Hudson
the Duke of York
Cabot
La Salle
23
What light, fast vessel was popular among the early explorers?
frigate
schooner
caravel
longboat
24
The author of the Divine Comedy was
Bernard of Clairvaux
Dante Alighieri
Francis of Assisi
Geoffrey Chaucer
25
The Pilgrims had been granted permission to settle in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Pennsylvania Colony
Virginia Colony
Plymouth Colony
26
Which war was also called the French and Indian War?
Spanish Succession
Thirty Years' War
Seven Years' War
Austrian Succession
27
Our word bank comes from the Italian word banca, meaning
exchange
lender
money
bench
28
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in the
appointment of Colbert as minister
placement of lieutenants in the army
freedom of galley slaves
end of Protestant education in France
29
The first permanent English colony in America was
Plymouth
Montreal
Albany
Jamestown
30
Who led the British at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Cornwallis
Lord Nelson
Marlborough
Duke of Wellington
31
Who wrote a book of manners?
Erasmus
Castiglione
van Eyck
Gutenberg
32
Who won the Thirty Years' War?
France and the Protestants
the Holy Roman Empire and the Protestants
France and the Catholics
the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholics
33
Who grew up in Sicily and later defied his guardian, Innocent III?
Edward I
Philip II
Frederick II
Frederick I
34
Who was crowned Holy Roman emperor in 962?
Frederick I
Frederick II
Charlemagne
Otto I
35
Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?
Utrecht
Aix-la-Chapelle
Paris
Westphalia
36
This artist gave the subjects in his paintings a sense of movement.
Giotto
Raphael
Botticelli
Titian
37
In what year did the battle between William of Normandy and Harold take place?
476
1077
1066
1215
38
The leader of the Puritan settlers in America was
John Winthrop
Miles Standish
Thomas Jefferson
William Penn
39
What was the name of the battle fought between William of Normandy and Harold?
Bosworth Field
Culloden
Hastings
London
40
Vernacular literature developed first in the form of
plays
long narrative poems
short stories
short poetry
41
Thomas Cranmer’s book of Bible readings and prayers is known as the
Forty-Two Articles.
Shorter Catechism.
Thirty-Nine Articles.
Book of Common Prayer.
42
Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?
Pope
Defoe
Molière
Swift
43
The first man to round the southern tip of Africa was
Cortés
da Gama
Magellan
Dias
44
What is the act of depriving an individual of the sacraments and church fellowship?
crusade
interdict
simony
excommunication
45
What Italian journeyed four years to get to China?
Marco Polo
Bartolomeu Dias
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
46
The papacy began to decline under
Martin V
Clement V
Innocent III
Boniface VIII
47
The Thirty-Nine Articles were
a revision of the Forty-Two Articles.
a statement of Protestant faith.
all the above.
written under Elizabeth I.
48
To what island was Napoleon banished for the last time?
Sardinia
St. Helena
Elba
Corsica
49
What does the term Anabaptist mean?
“never baptize”
“against baptism”
“without baptism”
“baptize again”
50
The Holy Roman Empire was founded by
Frederick I
Frederick II
Otto the Great
Henry the Fowler
51
Which event symbolized the downfall of the Old Regime?
the beginning of the Reign of Terror
the convening of the Legislative Assembly
the signing of the Tennis Court Oath
the storming of the Bastille
52
The taille was
a tax in France
a Spanish warrior
a Portuguese weapon
the German constitution
53
What great work did Diderot edit?
The Spirit of Laws
Encyclopédie
Two Treatises of Government
The Social Contract
54
Who established the use of chemicals to treat disease?
Harvey
Lavoisier
Jenner
Paracelsus
55
This French writer wrote many comedies.
Pope
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Molière
56
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
Coronado
de Soto
Cartier
las Casas
57
Who lost his throne in 1688?
James II
Charles II
William III
James I
58
The selling of church offices is called
inquisition
excommunication
simony
interdict
59
Who was the Father of New France and the founder of Quebec?
Marquette
La Salle
Cartier
Champlain
60
What government entity directed the Reign of Terror?
National Assembly
Committee of Public Safety
Directory
Estates-General
61
In what year did the revocation of the Edict of Nantes take place?
1618
1685
1598
1648
62
Who discovered that the heart alone pumps blood?
Harvey
Leeuwenhoek
Paracelsus
Jenner
63
Which verse did Luther use to claim “the just shall live by faith”?
John 3:16
Ephesians 6:1
Romans 1:17
Hebrews 13:17
64
What monastic orders were known as the “begging” orders?
Cistercian and Franciscan orders
military orders
Cluniac and Dominican orders
mendicant orders
65
Which North American Indians built huge mounds for their dead?
Northeast
West Coast
Southeast
Plains
66
After the death of Queen Anne, which family ruled England?
Stuart
Hanover
Habsburg
Tudor
67
Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
Pope
Swift
Molière
Defoe
68
The official language of the Roman Catholic Church was
Latin
Hebrew
Greek
English
69
Henry VIII was called “Defender of the Faith” because he
attacked Luther’s teachings.
broke away from the Protestant Church.
praised Luther’s teachings.
broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
70
Which Greek geographer emphasized the geocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Kepler
Copernicus
Newton
71
What were Wycliffe’s followers called?
Huguenots
Protestants
Lollards
Hussites
72
Who wrote a satire on chivalry?
Erasmus
Cervantes
More
Petrarch
73
On July 4, 1776, which document was adopted by the colonists?
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
74
What established the principle that the king’s power is limited?
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Domesday Book
Magna Carta
Parliament
75
The Reformation began as a religious movement
in need of religious art from the Roman Catholic Church.
of respect for the Roman Catholic Church.
of protest against corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.
of reform in the Roman Catholic Church.
76
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was the
massacre of Catholics in France
massacre of an estimated twenty thousand Huguenots
result of the Edict of Nantes
slaying of the de Medici family by the Bourbons
77
What does guerillas literally mean?
“large primates”
“angry rebels”
“ugly Frenchmen”
“little wars”
78
Eventually monastery schools were replaced by
cathedral schools
universities
manor schools
town schools
79
Which English poet wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Bernard of Clairvaux
Francis of Assisi
Dante Alighieri
Geoffrey Chaucer
80
Robert Walpole is considered the first what in British history?
duke of York
king
knight
prime minister

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