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Isaac Newton explained the
What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
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What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
Christian devotion
art and learning
good health after the plague
chivalry and tournaments
2
Isaac Newton explained the
a. law of universal gravitation.
d. function of blood vessels.
c. chemical composition of matter.
b. anatomy of the human body.
3
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
b. militarism
a. nationalism
c. imperialism
d. patriotism
4
What were Europeans' main motives for making voyages of exploration?
to grow wealthy and spread Christianity
to break the Portuguese monopoly on trade
to gain extra land for a growing population
to test their new technology
5
What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime?
d. all of the above
a. He set up government-run public schools.
b. He set up a comprehensive system of laws.
c. He established a fairer tax code.
6
What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?
The Bible
Utopia
Romeo and Juliet
The Prince
7
The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by
Nicolaus Copernicus.
Galileo Galilei.
Isaac Newton.
Francis Bacon.
8
What were the Fourteen Points?
c. the constitution of the League of Nations
a. parts of the "war guilt" clause
b. a plan for the postwar world
d. the terms of surrender offered to Germany
9
What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?
c. total war
b. world war
a. industrial war
d. uncontrolled war
10
What is the most probable link between militarism and imperialism?
As a country's military expands, the country wants colonies to make troops.
As a country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them.
As the military expands, a country seeks colonies to prevent coups at home.
As a country's colonies grow, the military stages training exercises there.
11
What were soviets under Russia's provisional government?
c. revolutionary leaders
a. labor unions
d. plans for redistributing land
b. local councils
12
By the end of the 1600s, what had England's system of government become?
d. a constitutional democracy
c. a constitutional monarchy
b. a military dictatorship
a. an absolute monarchy
13
What is a totalitarian state?
a state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
a state in which the people have a direct say in their government
a state in which the working class has the greatest voice in government
a state in which the government controls every aspect of life
14
What was trench warfare intended to accomplish?
c. to force enemy soldiers to pass through a "no man's land"
d. all of the above
a. to protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines
b. to trap enemy soldiers in mud pits on the front lines
15
What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
Germany's policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning
U.S. Navy's warning of the type of warfare the Central Powers could expect
Germany's decision to focus its resources on the waters surrounding Europe
Britain's policy to sink any ship in German waters without warning
16
Who declared himself the head of the English Church?
Emperor Charles V
John Knox
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
17
What event in 1937 halted the Chinese civil war?
d. Chinese peasants aligned themselves with the Communists.
b. Chinese Communists began a 6,000 mile journey.
c. The Japanese launched an all-out invasion of China.
a. The Nationalists succeeded in wiping out the Communists.
18
What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe before WW1?
d. the Balkan Peninsula
c. Austria-Hungary
a. the Middle-East
b. Alsace-Lorraine
19
About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?
c. 50
a. 1
d. 97
b. 15
20
Jean Jacques Rousseau outlined his ideas on democracy in
c. Starry Messenger.
b. The Social Contract.
a. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
d. On the Spirit of Laws.
21
Which of the following was a result of the agricultural revolution?
c. Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods.
d. all of the above
b. Enclosures became landmarks of wealthy landowners.
a. Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to cities.
22
How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?
It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.
It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.
Said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.
23
Which of the following was a result of the Scientific Revolution?
assumption that the human body was similar to the anatomy of other animals
belief that the earth was an unmoving object at the center of the universe
reliance on ancient authorities to explain the physical world
improvements in medicine and scientific instruments
24
Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?
b. the Committee of Public Safety
d. the king's Swiss guard
a. the Second Coalition
c. the National Assembly
25
What concept was the belief in "divine right" used to support?
c. separation of church and state
b. freedom of religion
a. absolute rule
d. waging war for religious purposes
26
Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?
d. all of the above
b. a more secular outlook
a. a belief in progress
c. a faith in science
27
What aspect of the U.S. Constitution did Montesquieu influence?
d. representatives
b. the branches of government
a. public elections
c. the Bill of Rights
28
Francis Bacon helped to develop the
d. barometer.
b. law of the pendulum
a. microscope
c. scientific method.
29
Who were the Bolsheviks?
d. followers of Rasputin
a. soldiers in the White Army
c. members of the Duma, Russia's parliament
b. radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
30
What was the Industrial Revolution?
increased output of machine-made goods that began during the 18th-century
increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
increased purchase of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
increased use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 7 days a week
31
Who was the important Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?
Girolamo Savonarola
Pope Paul III
Katarina Zell
Ignatius of Loyola
32
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
Clergy sold pardons that released people from penalties for their sins.
Charles V told his people that buying indulgences the way to heaven
Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.
33
In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?
He used perspective in all of his drawings and paintings.
He painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions.
He lived in Italy during the 1500s.
He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
34
What happened in Paris on July 14, 1789?
c. A mob stormed a prison called the Bastille looking for gunpowder.
b. French women marched all the way to Versailles.
d. All of the above
a. Robespierre was executed by guillotine.
35
Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created before WW1 to prepare for a two-front war?
a. Attack France first, then Russia.
c. Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.
b. Attack Russia first, then France.
d. Ally with Russia to fight France.
