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John Jackson
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11. Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he (1 point)
was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of
human achievement.
came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in
society.
wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises.
was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
12. Christine de Pizan is best known for her (1 point)
passionate love affair with Hannibal.
works written in defense of women.
defense of the poor.
long hair.
13. Christian humanists believed that (1 point)
if people read the classics, and especially the basic works of
Christianity, they would become more pious.
by studying biology, one could assure one's salvation.
God did not intend man to know more than what was written in the
Bible.
society should return to simpler ways and not focus on gaining wealth
and material possessions.
14. _____ was the first Protestant faith. (1 point)
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Christian humanism
Lutheranism
15. The ___ movement had a profound effect on education. (1 point)
Renaissance
humanist
liberal
vernacular
16. The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses (1 point)
was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.
attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the
Protestant Reformation.
was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.
became the central text for Anglicanism.
17. What was the name of the set of principles that dominated
economic thought in the seventeenth century? (1 point)
commercial capitalism
consumerism
speculation
mercantilism
18. The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by (1 point)
destroying the crops produced by the English and the Portuguese.
persuading close growers to grow only flowers and not cloves.
limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop
the growing and trade of the spice.
undercutting their competitors by raising the price of Dutch clove.
19. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, (1 point)
put an end to the war between Portugal and Turkey.
established a line of demarcation between territories controlled by
Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
ended the violence between Portuguese and Muslim traders.
made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
20. According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on (1 point)
a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
a healthy flow of coffee coming into the nation.
conquering new territories and expanding the nation's intellectual
resources.
finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor, preferably slaves.
21. What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America? (1 point)
the Voyage of Sorrow
the Bering Crossing
the Africa-America Run
the Middle Passage
22. European rulers and merchants were determined to gain control of the islands of Southeast Asia because (1 point)
whichever nation controlled these islands controlled the trade route
between China and Europe.
they were vital to launching a military invasion of the mainland.
the spice trade there was enormously profitable.
the climate was perfect for bathing.
23. James I of England believed in the divine right of kings, which is
(1 point)
the belief that a king was granted the wisdom of God upon ascending to the throne, and therefore was faultless.
the concept that kinds were equal to God, and therefore did not have to live by the laws of the Church.
the theory that kings alone could know the mind of God, and therefore
could determine the future through divination.
the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible
only to God.
24. Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the king's forces allowed him to (1 point)
restore the French monarchy to the throne.
execute the members of Parliament that disagreed with his policies
and beliefs.
take control of England and eventually establish a military dictatorship.
return England to Catholicism and establish an entirely pro-Catholic Parliament.
25. What is absolutism? (1 point)
the practice by monarchs of undergoing daily absolution to keep states free of the burden of sin
the belief that all citizens within a state must conform to one religion
an offshoot of Islam, in which it is believed that baptism absolves all
past and future sins
a system of government in which a ruler holds total power
26. Louis XIV maintained complete authority as monarch by (1 point)
executing the pervious monarch's entire family.
maintaining a network of spies to find conspirators against him.
distracting the nobles and royal princes with court life, to keep them
out of politics.
was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of
human achievement.
came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in
society.
wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises.
was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
12. Christine de Pizan is best known for her (1 point)
passionate love affair with Hannibal.
works written in defense of women.
defense of the poor.
long hair.
13. Christian humanists believed that (1 point)
if people read the classics, and especially the basic works of
Christianity, they would become more pious.
by studying biology, one could assure one's salvation.
God did not intend man to know more than what was written in the
Bible.
society should return to simpler ways and not focus on gaining wealth
and material possessions.
14. _____ was the first Protestant faith. (1 point)
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Christian humanism
Lutheranism
15. The ___ movement had a profound effect on education. (1 point)
Renaissance
humanist
liberal
vernacular
16. The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses (1 point)
was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.
attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the
Protestant Reformation.
was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.
became the central text for Anglicanism.
17. What was the name of the set of principles that dominated
economic thought in the seventeenth century? (1 point)
commercial capitalism
consumerism
speculation
mercantilism
18. The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by (1 point)
destroying the crops produced by the English and the Portuguese.
persuading close growers to grow only flowers and not cloves.
limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop
the growing and trade of the spice.
undercutting their competitors by raising the price of Dutch clove.
19. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, (1 point)
put an end to the war between Portugal and Turkey.
established a line of demarcation between territories controlled by
Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
ended the violence between Portuguese and Muslim traders.
made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
20. According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on (1 point)
a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
a healthy flow of coffee coming into the nation.
conquering new territories and expanding the nation's intellectual
resources.
finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor, preferably slaves.
21. What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America? (1 point)
the Voyage of Sorrow
the Bering Crossing
the Africa-America Run
the Middle Passage
22. European rulers and merchants were determined to gain control of the islands of Southeast Asia because (1 point)
whichever nation controlled these islands controlled the trade route
between China and Europe.
they were vital to launching a military invasion of the mainland.
the spice trade there was enormously profitable.
the climate was perfect for bathing.
23. James I of England believed in the divine right of kings, which is
(1 point)
the belief that a king was granted the wisdom of God upon ascending to the throne, and therefore was faultless.
the concept that kinds were equal to God, and therefore did not have to live by the laws of the Church.
the theory that kings alone could know the mind of God, and therefore
could determine the future through divination.
the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible
only to God.
24. Oliver Cromwell's defeat of the king's forces allowed him to (1 point)
restore the French monarchy to the throne.
execute the members of Parliament that disagreed with his policies
and beliefs.
take control of England and eventually establish a military dictatorship.
return England to Catholicism and establish an entirely pro-Catholic Parliament.
25. What is absolutism? (1 point)
the practice by monarchs of undergoing daily absolution to keep states free of the burden of sin
the belief that all citizens within a state must conform to one religion
an offshoot of Islam, in which it is believed that baptism absolves all
past and future sins
a system of government in which a ruler holds total power
26. Louis XIV maintained complete authority as monarch by (1 point)
executing the pervious monarch's entire family.
maintaining a network of spies to find conspirators against him.
distracting the nobles and royal princes with court life, to keep them
out of politics.