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1
The theme of The Prince is:
Only a Christian could be a good leader.
Only a man willing to do what it takes can be a successful leader
Only a man who listens to the people will be a successful leader.
Only Lorenzo Medici could be a good leader.
2
The Catholic Church reformed many of the offending issues in their Counter-Reformation
False
True
3
How did the Columbian Exchange impact Europe?
The vast majority of Europeans used purple corn flour for bread
Europe's population increased
Europe did not benefit greatly from the Columbian Exchange
Englishmen grew wealthy on the trade of apples
4
At its inception, the Reformation was prompted by:
Luther's ideas on predestination
Calvin's ideas on Free Will
Different interpretations of Scripture
The issue of selling indulgences by the Catholic Church
5
The economic policy of mercantilism:
Was not a successful economic policy in the 17th century.
Sought to create a favorable balance trade for the Mother Country.
Built wealth equally for both the colony and the Mother Country equally
Focused on creating wealth through exports
6
Ultimately, Spain was an example of a successful 16th-century absolute monarchy.
True
False
7
This city was conquered in 1453 by the Ottomans, and shifted trade relations in Europe.
Constantinople
Pergamon
Vienna
Rome
8
Which Enlightenment philosopher would link England's Glorious Revolution to his ideas about government?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
9
The Spanish model for exploration was:
To focus on America only.
To establish a series of trading outposts to encourage trade in spice
To promote harmony between Spain and the people it conquered
To conquer and colonization in all its territories
10
The Divine Right of Kings
primary
effect was to build sovereignty for the king.
True
False
11
Absolute monarchs needed a strong leader, a strong army, and a strong economy to survive
False
True
12
What was the central theme of the Enlightenment?
Economic Liberty
Religious Liberty
Individual Liberty
Political Liberty
13
There were no real positives under an absolute monarch.
False
True
14
Galileo made contributions to science through:
The study of the movement of planets
All of the above
The improvement of the telescope
The study of motion
15
How did Suleyman the Great build legitimacy within his Ottoman Empire?
He promoted/forced cultural diffusion through devshirme.
He was religiously tolerant
All of the above
He created a new standardized law code
16
The Thirty Years War began with:
a broken love affair
the second defenestration of Praugue
a scandal concerning a Catholic priest
the defenestration of Paris
17
Literary humanism's focus was:
To create a new and important literary stytle
To rediscover the literature of Ancient China and its values
To recover the writings of significant Popes
To rediscover the literature of Ancient Greece and Rome and its values
18
Martin Luther was concerned with political as well as religious reform.
True
False
19
This picture demonstrates what Renaissance art characteristics?
Contrapposto
Perspective
Focus on religious subjects
Individuality
20
He sailed vast treasure ships on seven trips for his emperor.
Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
21
While not an explorer himself, he created a school of navigation to promote exploration.
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
Zheng He
22
What was Machiavelli's view of human nature?
Man was evil and must be controlled
Man was fickle and could be easily swayed
Only Lorenzo Medici was good enough to be a true leader
Man was good and needed a strong leader to guide him
23
Frederick the Great's compromise with the Junkers helped to promote legitimacy with the people.
True
False
24
How did Reformation authors build legitimacy for thier ideas?
All of the above
By pointing out how the Church had abused its power.
By writing their arguments in the vernacular
Through printed essays that circulated through Europe
25
How did the Little Ice Age impact the Thirty Years War?
It increased the amount of gunpowder used
It led to many civilian deaths through starvation
It encouraged the warring parties to hurry up and finish the war
It had no impact on the war.
26
Which circumstance set the Englsih Civil War into motion?
The overreach of the king on his subjects
The need for tax revenue by the government
The idea that government should respond to the people
The speeches of Oliver Cromwell
27
Which peace treaty ended the Thirty Years War?
The Articles of Faith
The Peace of Westphalia
The Treaty of Paris
The Peace of Augsburg
28
The Catholic Church lost
all
of its authority at the end of the Middle Ages?
False
True
29
The 30 YearsWar decreased Europe's population by the millions due to atrocities committed by French and Swedish troops.
True
False
30
Which event hurt the authority of the Medieval Church?
The behavior of priests during the Black Death
All of the above
The Writings of Nostradamus
The First Crusade
31
During the period of absolutism, the Church still had sway over the people.
True
False
32
He was called the "Most Catholic" king and led an ill-fated armada to attack England.
Louis XIV
Philip II
Henry VIII
Charles VI
33
The Columbian Exchange:
Did not involve Africa
Took Spain's focus off of South America.
Improved the nutrition of the indigenous people
Produced positive and negative effects on world population
34
Which Reformer created a pure theocracy in Geneva?
French Huguenots
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
Jean Calvin
35
The Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires were collectively known as:
The Gunpowder Empires
The Muslim Empire
The Indo-European Empires
The Middle Eastern Empires
36
Humanism is:
A belief that man was not worthy of doing great things for God
The belief that man had strayed too far from God .
A belief focused on man's potential to do great works.
The belief that man should strive for moral perfection.
37
Who was the militant Ignatius Loyola?
The leader of the Jacobins
A loyal basketball fan
The Counter-Reformation Pope
The leader of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
38
How did humanism impact the ideas of sovereignty and legitimacy?
It brought new questions about who should rule
It introduced Machiavelli and his views to the world
It encouraged thought on the form of government & how man should be ruled
It raised questions about how someone should rule
39
The central issue in the Thirty Years War was to break the Catholic Church's power over individual governments.
True
False
40
The scientist Sir Isaac Newton did not influence the Enlightenment.
False
True
41
How did the Stuart kings of England loose legitimacy with the people?
They promoted Catholicism
They promoted absolutism
All of the above
They ignored English civil liberties
42
Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote during the English Civil War?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
43
Which phase came first in the Thirty Years War?
Swedish
French
Bohemian
Danish
44
The Thirty Years War was an extension of the Peasant's Revolt in Germany.
True
False
45
The British were not extending the full rights of Englishmen to the American colonists.
True
False
46
Charles II's
greatest
flaw was:
Left too many legitimate heirs and caused another civil war
Instituted too many taxes
Desired to return to absolutism
Did not focus on English political traditions
47
Spain's Encomienda System:
Was warmly received by the indigenous people
Was merely feudalism transplanted to the New World
Enslaved the indigenous people
Was treated the indigenous well
48
None of the German princes were willing to defy Charles V and hide Luther from the Pope
False
True
49
Cromwell's Protectorate was critized for:
The imposition of Puritanical laws
Not following English political traditions
Ultimately becoming a monarchal system
Being too Catholic
50
The Taj Mahal was built during which empre?
The Mughals
The Safavids
The Byzantine
The Ottomans
51
In the Northern Renaissance, Erasmus wrote:
About the supremacy of love
Argued that false pride leads to a fall
Only critiques about the Church and those who abused power
About a variety of subjects from the perspective of a man who sees flaws
52
Machiavelli's Prince should strive to be:
A good person.
Everything to everyone.
Loved by all
if not loved, then feared by all.
53
The pursuit of a Renaissance man was to:
Retrieve the old, Roman past and replace the Medieval with it.
The paint or sculpt gloriously
To do as many things brilliantly as you could and glorify God in each.
To become a brilliant scholar and major in one thing
54
Spain's treatment of the indigenous was more like Thomas Hobbes'
Leviathan,
than Machiavelli's
The Prince
.
True
False
55
John Calvin wrote:
The Institutes of Christian Religion
Sola Scriptura
The Articles of Faith
The 95 Thesis
56
Thomas Jefferson used this philosopher's ideas to frame the central theme of the Declaration of Independence.
Voltaire
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieue
Fontenelle
57
The Peasant Revolt in Germany was:
Supported by Calvin
Supported by Luther
Denounced by Luther
A complete success
58
The Anglican Church in England was fully Protestant.
False
True
59
Prior to the Renaissance, politics were dominated by:
matriarchal systems
Trade guilds
Religious institutions
Disease control
60
Spain established legitimacy in the New World through:
Its belief that God was on their side
Its conquistadores
Establishing the Encomienda System
Its fair policies towards the conquered.
