In questions 1–5, match the letters of the terms below with the correct statement.
A. Moluccas
B. Portuguese
C. Vasco de Gama
D. triangular trade
E. New Netherlands
1. sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India
2. the English seized it and renamed it New York
3. the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the American continents
4. known to Europeans as the Spice Islands
5. controlled the Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch
In questions 6–10, match the letter of the terms below to the correct statement.
A. Cardinal Richelieu
B. Edict of Nantes
C. Peter the Great
D. Huguenots
E. Peace of Westphalia
6. French Protestants influenced by John Calvin
7. recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France
8. officially ended the Thirty Years' War
9. Louis XIII's chief minister
10. introduced Western customs and ways of doing things to Russia
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he
a. was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement.
b. came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in society.
c. wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises.
d. was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
12. Christine de Pizan is best known for her
a. passionate love affair with Hannibal.
b. works written in defense of women.
c. defense of the poor.
d. long hair.
13. Christian humanists believed that
a. if people read the classics, and especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious.
b. by studying biology, one could assure one's salvation.
c. God did not intend man to know more than what was written in the Bible.
d.society should return to simpler ways and not focus on gaining wealth and material possessions.
14. _____ was the first Protestant faith.
a. Calvinism
b. Zoroastrianism
c. Christian humanism
d. Lutheranism
15. The ___ movement had a profound effect on education.
a. Renaissance
b. humanist
c. liberal
d. vernacular
16. The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses
a. was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.
b. attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
c. was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.
d. became the central text for Anglicanism.
17. What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
a. commercial capitalism
b. consumerism
c. speculation
d. mercantilism
18. The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by
a. destroying the crops produced by the English and the Portuguese.
b. persuading close growers to grow only flowers and not cloves.
c. limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop the growing and trade of the spice.
d. undercutting their competitors by raising the price of Dutch clove.
19. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494,
a. put an end to the war between Portugal and Turkey.
b. established a line of demarcation between territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
c. ended the violence between Portuguese and Muslim traders.
d. made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
20. According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
a. a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
b. a healthy flow of coffee coming into the nation.
c. conquering new territories and expanding the nation's intellectual resources.
d. finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor, preferably slaves.
A. Moluccas
B. Portuguese
C. Vasco de Gama
D. triangular trade
E. New Netherlands
1. sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India
2. the English seized it and renamed it New York
3. the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the American continents
4. known to Europeans as the Spice Islands
5. controlled the Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch
In questions 6–10, match the letter of the terms below to the correct statement.
A. Cardinal Richelieu
B. Edict of Nantes
C. Peter the Great
D. Huguenots
E. Peace of Westphalia
6. French Protestants influenced by John Calvin
7. recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France
8. officially ended the Thirty Years' War
9. Louis XIII's chief minister
10. introduced Western customs and ways of doing things to Russia
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he
a. was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement.
b. came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in society.
c. wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises.
d. was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
12. Christine de Pizan is best known for her
a. passionate love affair with Hannibal.
b. works written in defense of women.
c. defense of the poor.
d. long hair.
13. Christian humanists believed that
a. if people read the classics, and especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious.
b. by studying biology, one could assure one's salvation.
c. God did not intend man to know more than what was written in the Bible.
d.society should return to simpler ways and not focus on gaining wealth and material possessions.
14. _____ was the first Protestant faith.
a. Calvinism
b. Zoroastrianism
c. Christian humanism
d. Lutheranism
15. The ___ movement had a profound effect on education.
a. Renaissance
b. humanist
c. liberal
d. vernacular
16. The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses
a. was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.
b. attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
c. was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.
d. became the central text for Anglicanism.
17. What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
a. commercial capitalism
b. consumerism
c. speculation
d. mercantilism
18. The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by
a. destroying the crops produced by the English and the Portuguese.
b. persuading close growers to grow only flowers and not cloves.
c. limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop the growing and trade of the spice.
d. undercutting their competitors by raising the price of Dutch clove.
19. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494,
a. put an end to the war between Portugal and Turkey.
b. established a line of demarcation between territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
c. ended the violence between Portuguese and Muslim traders.
d. made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
20. According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
a. a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
b. a healthy flow of coffee coming into the nation.
c. conquering new territories and expanding the nation's intellectual resources.
d. finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor, preferably slaves.