Which of the following was not typical of the commercial revolution of the 16th century?

Significant reduction in prices encouraging consumer spending

Which of the following statements concerning Italian humanism is most accurate?

Humanists saw humans as the center of intellectual & artistic endeavor

Which of the following was NOT a Western response to the commercial revolution of the 16th century?

A more caring attitude toward the problems of the poor

Adam Smith's economic theory advocated

that governments should avoid regulation in favor of market forces

What most accurately describes a change in popular opinion because of the Protestant Reformation?

Protestants & Catholics saw the family as positive, not a product of lust

What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?

Northern humanists focused more on religion than their Italian counterparts

Which of the following reasons suggests why common people supported the Lutheran Reformation?

Luther sanctioned money-making and earthly pursuits more than Catholics

Which of the following statements concerning mid-18th Century Western society is most accurate?

The Enlightenment stopped churches from being a force to be reckoned with

How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?

The West was not alone in making science, but they made it into philosophy

The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to

a limited acceptance of the idea of religious pluralism

What most accurately summarizes the view of Deists?

While there may be a God, its role is only to set natural laws in motion

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1
Which of the following was not typical of the commercial revolution of the 16th century?
Stimulation of manufacturing
Substantial imports of American bullion
Significant reduction in prices encouraging consumer spending
Formation of great trading companies
2
Inflation and commercialization in the West produced a group of people without access to producing property called the
bourgeoisie
sans culottes
Provenςales
proletariat
3
Which of the following statements concerning Italian humanism is most accurate?
Humanists saw humans as the center of intellectual & artistic endeavor
Humanists emphasized the corporate and communal aspects of human society
Humanists attacked Christianity as rife with superstition and witchcraft
Humanists made literary styles without referencing classical/medieval style
4
Which of the following was NOT a Western response to the commercial revolution of the 16th century?
A more caring attitude toward the problems of the poor
Greater belief in personal achievement and demystification of nature
A wave of popular protest
A more elaborate family life including greater material with
5
Who used astronomical observation and mathematical calculation to disprove the belief that the Earth was the universe?
Francis Bacon
Copernicus
Galileo
Vesalius
6
Adam Smith's economic theory advocated
the institution of state-controlled guilds to fix standards of production
that governments should avoid regulation in favor of market forces
the use of a controlled money supply as a means of limiting inflation
government intervention in order to control the flow of gold with tariffs
7
The average Western European peasant or artisan owned about how many times more "things" than Southeastern Europeans?
eight times
five times
ten times
three times
8
What most accurately describes a change in popular opinion because of the Protestant Reformation?
Protestant churches were more closely connected to cities and daily life
Religious change tended to discourage the growth of literacy
Protestants & Catholics saw the family as positive, not a product of lust
Protestants were more likely to credit miracles to nature
9
What was Isaac Newton's work published in 1687 that drew various theories together into a framework of natural laws?
Principia Mathematica
Analogica Pedagogica
Ars Mystica
Analects
10
What country fell back from European power following the religious wars?
Austria
Spain
Russia
France
11
What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?
The Northern Renaissance occurred 100 years earlier than the Italian one
There were no major literary figures in the Northern Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance did not make use of classical languages
Northern humanists focused more on religion than their Italian counterparts
12
The monarch most associated with absolute monarchy was
William of Orange of the Netherlands
Frederick William of Prussia
Louis XIV of France
Charles I of England
13
Which of the following reasons suggests why common people supported the Lutheran Reformation?
Luther advocated redistribution of land and property in Germany
Luther's reforms meant that indulgences would become cheaper for the poor
Luther sanctioned money-making and earthly pursuits more than Catholics
Luther advocated the overthrow of the authority of the German princes
14
What country did Louis XIV rule?
Holy Roman Empire
France
Austria
Spain
15
Which of the following statements concerning mid-18th Century Western society is most accurate?
The Enlightenment stopped churches from being a force to be reckoned with
The spread of domestic manufacturing destroyed traditional habits in Europe
Economic changes combined to make a rapidly growing population in the West
Radical changes in government resulted in the creation of new politics
16
The theological foundation of Jean Calvin's Protestantism was
predestination
iconodulism
the doctrine of penance
solipsism
17
What new religious order was associated with the Catholic Reformation?
Benedictines
Calvinists
Cistercians
Jesuits
18
Who initiated the Protestant Reformation in 1517?
Henry VIII
Ignatius Loyola
Jean Calvin
Martin Luther
19
What monarch is associated with the establishment of enlightened despotism in Prussia in the middle of the 18th century?
Frederick the Great
Maria Teresa
Joseph II
William III
20
The aftermath of the Scientific Revolution spilled over into a new intellectual movement in the 18th Century
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Risorgimento
Great Awakening
21
How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?
Islam was ahead of the West in terms of science, despite the Sci. Rev.
In China, science was based on practical, empirical evidence
Western civilization was unique in developing science and technology
The West was not alone in making science, but they made it into philosophy
22
The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to
The establishment of Protestant dominance
the end of involvement of the state in religion
a limited acceptance of the idea of religious pluralism
The restoration of Catholic unity
23
What most accurately summarizes the view of Deists?
While there may be a God, its role is only to set natural laws in motion
The authority of the church is paramount, and all political power is divine
The church has failed Western society, and needs to be replaced
God is found in all elements of nature
24
Which of the following states bucked the trend toward absolute monarch in the 17th Century and kept a parliament?
France
Austria-Hungary
Spain
Britain

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