Religions and Governments

Question 1

What change occurred due to Gutenberg’s innovation?

Accepted Answer

Literacy rate rose

Question 2

What increased trans-Saharan trade after 300 C.E.?

Accepted Answer

Discovery of salt

Question 3

How did Crusades contribute to New World discovery?

Accepted Answer

Stimulated demand for goods

Question 4

Why did the Catholic Church gain power in Middle Ages?

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All of the above, Lacked education, Kings met tax demands, Provided comfort and stability

Question 5

How did Islam's spread contribute to trade?

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Hajj promoted travel, Muslims became merchants

Question 6

Why did Renaissance begin in Italy?

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Wealth from trade

Question 7

What was an effect of the Protestant Reformation?

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Decline of Catholic Church power

Question 8

Which is NOT a characteristic of world religions?

Accepted Answer

Instruct on reaching heaven

Question 9

What could promote trade?

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Safety for merchants, Laws for private property, All of the above, Standardized weights

Question 10

Why less tolerance for Hinduism?

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Many gods belief

Question 11

What did humanists study?

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Cultural achievements of Greeks

Question 12

What characterized the Renaissance?

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Importance of human potential

Question 13

What motivated far east nations to limit contact?

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Fear of diseases, Pride in culture, Keep silk process secret

Question 14

What system guides Middle Eastern nations?

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 15

How did political changes weaken feudalism?

Accepted Answer

Nobles lost power

Question 16

What was a result of European exploration?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic slave trade

Question 17

Which countries led global exploration?

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Question 18

What is westernization?

Accepted Answer

European ideas spread

Question 19

What caused other events during Age of Exploration?

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Brought food and ideas

Question 20

What does habeas corpus mean?

Accepted Answer

Court consents

Question 21

What caused the Mongol Empire’s collapse?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic plague

Question 22

What trait defines limited government?

Accepted Answer

Rights of citizens protected

Question 23

What were explorers' main goals?

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Gold, god, glory

Question 24

What is described in the quotation?

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Columbian Exchange

Question 25

What does the map suggest about the Ottoman Empire?

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Controlled largest territory

Question 26

What government form reaches consensus easily?

Accepted Answer

Autocracy

Question 27

What represents non-democratic government?

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Travel Restrictions

Question 28

What was a long-term effect of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Increased demand for goods

Question 29

What was NOT a Counter Reformation result?

Accepted Answer

Services no longer in Latin

Question 30

Which beliefs influenced Chinese social order?

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Confucianism

Question 31

Why did Portugal and Spain invest in exploration?

Accepted Answer

Bypass Muslim traders

Question 32

What change occurred in Spain, Portugal, England, France?

Accepted Answer

Kings gained power

Question 33

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Recover Holy Land

Question 34

What do Catholic and Protestant beliefs share?

Accepted Answer

Writings of Old Testament, Ideas of Christianity

Question 35

What caused the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Corruption in Catholic Church

Question 36

How did religion influence European exploration?

Accepted Answer

Bring Christianity to others

Question 37

What defines laws in direct democracy?

Accepted Answer

Voted by citizens, Written down

Question 38

Which pair represents limited government types?

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Constitutional Monarchy and Democracy

Question 39

Why was the Silk Road significant?

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World's largest trade network

Question 40

How did exploration increase cultural diffusion?

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All of the above, Began Columbian Exchange, Introduced diseases

Question 41

What do the Vedas, Bible, and Koran share?

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Guidelines for good life

Question 42

What do Zheng He's ships suggest?

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Advanced shipbuilding technology

Question 43

What characterizes the Renaissance?

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Recovery from plagues, Urban society, Value of individualism

Question 44

What role did Renaissance play in Reformation?

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New ideas led to questioning

Question 45

What happened due to the Jewish Diaspora?

Accepted Answer

Disperse across Middle East

Question 46

What role did African states play in slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Delivered slaves to coast

Question 47

How did Ottomans handle different cultures?

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Allowed separate communities

Question 48

What caused the end of feudalism?

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New foods from America, Bubonic plague

Question 49

What guides Muslims in daily life?

Accepted Answer

Shari'ah law

Question 50

What is manorialism?

Accepted Answer

Economic ties between nobles and peasants

Question 51

What do the Five Pillars and Ten Commandments have in common?

Accepted Answer

List of rules for heaven, All of the above, Guide to moral behavior, Belief in one God

Question 52

Why was Europe feudal during Middle Ages?

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Economic system needed land, Peasants needed protection

Question 53

What does secular mean?

Accepted Answer

Not religious

Question 54

What was a lasting result of European conquest in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Spanish became major language

Question 55

What was the purpose of Magna Carta?

Accepted Answer

Protect nobles' rights

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