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World History 2-MidTerm Review
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Review for Mid-term exam
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1
English military innovation during the Hundred Years' War included:
fire ship
crossbow
pike
cannon and longbow
2
Who am I?
King John
King Edward
King Louis XVI
King Louis XIV
3
The term
Renaissance
means:
rise in the average standard of living
return to traditional values
resurgence of the art and culture of the 14th century
recovery of the church from economic and moral decline
4
Who am I?
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Kepler
Frederick William
5
The Portuguese explorer who first reached India was:
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Hernando Cortez
Bartholomew Dias
6
Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries largely because:
he believed they were centers of heresy
he needed the wealth they would bring
he wanted to distribute the land more freely
they were a burden on the state
7
Mercantilism was:
saw wealth a potentially infinite
a military system
insisted on a favorable balance of trade
claimed that state power was based on land armies
8
The Renaissance began in:
low countries
England
Rome
Florence
9
Copernicus's theory of a sun-centered universe:
gained wide acceptance almost immediately
suggested worlds of heaven and earth were different
suggested an enormous and possibly infinite universe
suggested the universe was small and closed
10
The philosophes were:
mainly university professors
thinkers who wanted to reform society and humanity
unwelcome in aristocratic households
generally hostile toward monarchical governments
11
According to Luther, salvation comes through:
a saintly life
goods works
strict adherence to church law
faith
12
"Enlightened monarchs" believed in all of the following except:
reform
secularism
democracy
reason
13
Which of the following was a motive for Portuguese exploration in the late 15th century?
search for sea route through North America
conversion of peoples to Islamic religion
need for more farmland
search for gold
14
The most influential books on Renaissance court life and behavior was:
Dante's Divine Comedy
Machiavelli's The Prince
Augustine's City of God
Castiglione's The Courtier
15
The nation that considered itself the international defender of Catholicism was:
France
Portugal
Spain
Italy
16
The plague was probably brought into Europe by:
Chinese soldiers
Genoese ships
English soldiers
Spanish warriors
17
Overall, Henry VIII's religious reformation in England occurred:
mostly for diplomatic reasons
for religious reasons
strictly for economic reasons
mostly for political reasons
18
The first astronomer to prove his theories through the use of mathematical equations was:
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
19
Luther tacked his Ninety-Five Theses to the door in Wittenberg as a response to:
illiteracy of the clergy
revelation he experienced telling him to start a new church
imposition of a new tax on universities
sale of indulgences and papal wealth
20
The gathering ground for many who wished to discuss the ideas of the French Enlightenment was:
the salon
the village square
the lecture hall
the palace at Versailles
21
The image is the Dome of St. Peter's in Rome. It is one of the greatest works of:
da Vinci
Donatello
Michelangelo
Brunelleschi
22
To gain control of the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese had to defeat:
France
Spain
Muslims
England
23
Cardinal Richelieu's most notable accomplishment was:
creating an alliance with the Hapsburgs
creation of a highly effective administrative system
creation of a strong financial system for France
winning the total support of the Cardinal's Guard
24
The Seven Years' War between France and Britain resulted in:
British economic stagnation
British dominance in North America and India
a stalemate
French domination in North America and India
25
The David, is an excellent example of _________ ideals in the Renaissance:
religious
secular
humanist
baroque
26
The best description of Machiavelli's
The Prince
is that it is:
a call for Italian nationalism
a description of how government should be organized
an accurate description of politics as practiced in Italy
anti-humanist
27
Who am I?
Maria Theresa
Catherine the Great
Queen Elizabeth
Marie Antoinette
28
The style of art popular in late 16th Century Europe was called:
baroque
romanesque
Elizabethan
humanist
29
Initially, the Hundred Years' War was fought over:
control of Sicily
King Edward III's claim to French crown
Aquitaine
religion
30
All of the following were results of the Hundred Years' War EXCEPT:
disruption of trade
growth of naionalism
decline of wool exports
decline of English Parliament
31
Which of the following was a writer of vernacular literature?
Dante
Jacques de Vitry
St. Thomas Aquinas
Clement VII
32
The patrons of the Renaissance were mostly:
military leaders
common people
Popes
merchants and bankers