Unit 5 1450 - 1750

Question 1

Who is the Renaissance artist known as the German Leonardo?

Accepted Answer

Albrecht Durer

Question 2

Which of the following is a result of the printing revolution?

Accepted Answer

increased literacy

Question 3

Which of the following was a characteristic of Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

perspective and shading

Question 4

What was the idea that Calvinist believed that was different from other Protestant religions?

Accepted Answer

predestination

Question 5

According to Martin Luther, how are you saved?

Accepted Answer

Faith

Question 6

Who claimed "I am the state," and built the palace of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 7

Who invented the printing press in Europe in 1455?

Accepted Answer

Johann Guttenberg

Question 8

What is the economic system where countries try to gain as much gold and silver as they can?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 9

The Ming Dynasty funded 6 voyages around the Indian Ocean.. who was the commander?

Accepted Answer

Zheng He

Question 10

What was the main issue Martin Luther had with the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The selling of indulgences

Question 11

When Monarchs believed that God created the Monarchy and that they served as God's rep on Earth

Accepted Answer

Divine Right

Question 12

What two scientists are credited to proposing the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

Descartes and Bacon

Question 13

This Chinese Dynasty returned to Isolationism after the voyages of Zheng He

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 14

This traded good came from Peru, but enriched Spain AND China's economy (World Economy)

Accepted Answer

Silver

Question 15

The system of Feudalism implemented in the Americas was called the ...

Accepted Answer

Encomienda System

Question 16

The English Civil War was a disagreement over what?

Accepted Answer

Monarchs trying to implement Absolute power over parliament

Question 17

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the horn of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 18

Who was the Tudor Queen who brought Protestantism and peace to England?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 19

What was the number one good to come out of Brazil and the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Sugar

Question 20

What is Humanism?

Accepted Answer

A focus on secular rather then religious

Question 21

About how many Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas as slave labor?

Accepted Answer

10 million

Question 22

This Emperor battled Martin Luther, and controlled the Holy Roman Empire AND Spain.

Accepted Answer

Charles V

Question 23

Where did the European Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 24

In the 1600's, Indian Ocean trade was not dominated by countries... rather...

Accepted Answer

Companies like the East India Trading company

Question 25

What group of people started schools and sent missionaries to stop the spread of Protestantism?

Accepted Answer

Jesuits

Question 26

What word means "common language," or "everyday language?'

Accepted Answer

Vernacular

Question 27

Who created the laws of motion and the principles of gravity?

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 28

Tension over the Reformation lead to persecution of this group of people...

Accepted Answer

Witches

Question 29

The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires were all governed by what religion?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 30

When a Monarch has complete and total control over the government and the lives in society..

Accepted Answer

Absolutism

Question 31

This astronomer proposed the Heliocentric theory.

Accepted Answer

Nicolas Copernicus

Question 32

This scientist/astronomer invented a better telescope and used it to discover sun spots

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 33

What American civilization did Hernando Cortes encounter in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs

Question 34

Why did Henry VIII leave the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

He wanted a divorce

Question 35

The exchange of plants animals diseases and humans between the Americas and Eurasia is called..

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

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