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HISTORY MIDTERM 2012
mrs scotts midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| t/f Baldassare Castiglione was a diplomat whos book The courtier gave nobles new rules for refined behavior in a humanist society. | TRUE |
| Renassiance ideas spread through trade, artists who fled political unrest in Italy, and the explosion of printed materials | TRUE |
| Slave labor declined in the Americas as a result of the Age of Exploration | FALSE |
| Colonies in the Americas were allowed to sell raw material to countries other than the home county | FALSE |
| In the saint Bathrolomews Day Massacre, the Huguenot queen of France oredered the killing of tens of thousands of French Catholics | FALSE |
| The Thirty Years' War, the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' war involved Central Europe | TRUE |
| Robery Boyle, often called the father of modern chemisty was the first chemist to define and elemnt and also decribed matter as a cluster of tiny particles | TRUE |
| eIn the 1770s the colonists were much more attatched to britain than they were to the colony in which they lived | FALSE |
| The colonist resisted the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts by boycotting English goods. | TRUE |
| In a federal system of government, all important government powers are held by the national government | FALSE |
| Which of the following is famous for creatin the statues of David and Pieta and the celing of the Sistene Chapel | Michelangelo Buonarroti |
| Which of the following statesments best describes the importance of the Italian city-states to the Ressisance | Knowledge of arts increased as nobles and merchants sought to display their new welath. |
| To represent 3-D objects onflat paper, Renaissance artists studied | Perspective |
| Humanism was inspired by interest in | Greek and Roman culture |
| William Shakesperes works aew known for | a deep understanding of human nature |
| incresing numbers of people learned to read after the mid 1400s becayse | printed matierals became more invented |
| the 95 theses were written in latin because | latin was the vernacular |
| which of the follwoing occured as a result of martin luthers stand against indulgences | the protestant reformation begins |
| the bonfire of the vanities was an actiaon that was part of | the reforms adopted by the council of trent |
| one outcome of the council of trent was that | austria and poland returned to the catholic church |
| how did the tersea of avila impact the catholic church | she inspired many would be pretestants to stay in church |
| the church's scholastic educcation gave way to the subjects known as humanities and inspired the movement known as | humanism |
| which of the following advanced the idea that "the end justifies the means" | Niccolo machiavelli |
| johannes gutenberg's invention has been descrives as revilotionary because | with easier acces to books more poeple could learn to read and more books were printed |
| how did the work of the flemish sscool differ from italian rennissance painting | flemish painters focused on the details of everyday life, while italian painters showed mythological scenes |
| desiderius erasmus's works were censored in Paris and condemed by the church because | his works fanned the flames of discontent with the church |
| what did the edict of worms decree about Martin Luther | it made hiim an outlaw and condemned his writings |
| Urich Zwingli founded a church in Switzerland that had which of these at its base | humanism |
| the council of trent | addressed curruption and argued for the role of the catholic church in salvation |
| Sailors could calculate thir location based on the postion of the sun and stars in relation to the horizan with the | astrolabe |
| the ultimate goal of the early portuguese eplorers was to | find the water route around aftrica to india |
| The ultimate goal of the early ENglish Dutch and French explorers was to | find a passage to Asia |
| the council of trent | addressed curruption and argued for the role of the catholic church in salvation |
| Sailors could calculate thir location based on the postion of the sun and stars in relation to the horizan with the | astrolabe |
| the ultimate goal of the early portuguese eplorers was to | find the water route around aftrica to india |
| The ultimate goal of the early ENglish Dutch and French explorers was to | find a passage to Asia |
| The spainish colonial economy was based on | the mining of gold and silver |
| scholars estimate how much of all food crops grown around the world today are of american orgin | 1/3 |
| Which of the following was one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas | The spanish Empire was larger than the Portuguese Empire |
| durring the rise of captalism european investors willingly took thhe risk of investing in overseas trade because | the rising demand for goods drove prices higher |
| The population of Native American in Spanish colonies dropped by more than | 90 percent |
| an increase in business activity due to colonilzstion caused which of the following | a new cloass of weatheier merchants emerged in europe. |
| The economy of New France was based on | fish and fur trading |
| the spanish used captive africans as | workers on carribean sugar plantations |
| Which of the following best describes the food exchange Europe and the Americas | Europeans brought wheat sugar and sheep to the americas and took rice wheat and turkeys to europe |
| mercantilists would advocate that a nation do which of the following | sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries |
| scholars estimate how much of all food crops grown around the world today are of american orgin | 1/3 |
| some native americans helped cortes because | the aztecs were unpopular with those they had conquered |
| durring the rise of captalism european investors willingly took thhe risk of investing in overseas trade because | the rising demand for goods drove prices higher |
| which of the following was a conquistador | Franciso Pizarro |
| an increase in business activity due to colonilzstion caused which of the following | a new cloass of weatheier merchants emerged in europe. |
| planters in the Americas began to use Aftrican slaves for labor beceause | disease had killed millions of native americans |
| the spanish used captive africans as | workers on carribean sugar plantations |
| how did the renaissance contribute to the age of eploration | by awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in europe |
| mercantilists would advocate that a nation do which of the following | sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries |
| what was an effect of the columbian exchange | the exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later |
| some native americans helped cortes because | the aztecs were unpopular with those they had conquered |
| french sttlers in canada were mainly | traders |
| which of the following was a conquistador | Franciso Pizarro |
| when charles became holy roman emporor as charles V | his terriotory grew to include parts of Italy Austria and various German states |
| planters in the Americas began to use Aftrican slaves for labor beceause | disease had killed millions of native americans |
| Who argues that women had the right to an education | Juana ine de la cruz |
| how did the renaissance contribute to the age of eploration | by awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in europe |
| king phillip decided to invade england in oreder to | stop the seadogs and return england to the catholic church |
| what was an effect of the columbian exchange | the exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later |
| charles V gave up his thrones in 1556 because he | was frustrated by failure in Europe |
| french sttlers in canada were mainly | traders |
| when charles became holy roman emporor as charles V | his terriotory grew to include parts of Italy Austria and various German states |
| Who argues that women had the right to an education | Juana ine de la cruz |
| king phillip decided to invade england in oreder to | stop the seadogs and return england to the catholic church |
| charles V gave up his thrones in 1556 because he | was frustrated by failure in Europe |
| which of the following was a challenge to the Frech monarchy's philosophy of "one king one aw one religon" | the huguenot |
| Henery IV was able to claime the throne of Frnace because he | converted to catholicsm |
| louis XIVs greatest ambition was to | convert england to catholicism |
| what caused the war of the spanish succession | the ascension of huguenot to the French throne |
| who is the sun king | Louis XIV |
| what caused the english civil war | divison of the acts of Supermacy |
| which of the follwoing writers decribed life in nataure as "solitary,poornasty,brutish,and short"? | tohmas hobbes |
| the ascension of william and mary to the throne of england became known as the | glourious reolution |
| who was the first czar of rusia | Ivan IV |
| the goal of peter I was to | transform Russia into a mordern state |
| the thirty years war was sparked by | the holy roman emperoprs attempt to shut down two protenstand churches |
| what caused the war of Austrian succesion | the rivalry between the haspsburgs and the hohenzollerns |
| ansolute monarchs argued that their power mus not be challenged because | they ruled by devine right |
| why did people in the netherlands revolt against spain | because of religious differences |
| the edict of nantes was a remarkable document because | people were nolonger forced to follow the monarchs religion |
| one goal of louis XIII was to | limit the power of nobles and huguenot |
| which of the following monarchs is historys best examle of an absolute monarch | louis XIV |
| why were william and marry corwned king and queen on england | to prevent catholic monarch from occupuying the thrown |
| which of the following is a cause of the thirty years war | throwing the holy roman emperors representatives out of a window |
| the new way of thinking that emerged in the mid 1500s is called | the scientific reveloution |
| until the scienctfic revelotion, the traditonal authorites were | navigators and explorers |
| which of the following posed theories that brought him into dirrect confilish with the church | Galileo |
| who argued that people had a right to overthrow a governmentthat does not protect their natural rights? | Locke |
| who wrote "man is born free but everywhere is in chains"? | Rousseau |
| how did hobbes and rousseau differ | rousseau believed people were naturally good; hobbes did not |
| american colonists objected to the stamp act because | they objected to taxes levied by the britch parliament without represantations |
| durring the boston tea party the sons of liberty dumbed tea into the boston harbor to | protest the tax on tea |
| what is the scientfic method steps | step one; identify problem step two; ask a question step three; preform expirments to test the hypthosesis step four; recorn the results step five; analyze the results and form a conclusion that either proves or disproves hypothesis |
| what led scientists to study the natural world more closly in the mid 1500s | exploration |
| which of the following scientists invested in the first period table | antione-laurent lavoisier |
| tyco brahe believed | then sun revolved around the earth but the other known planets revolved around the sun |
| which of the following proposed the geocentric thory | aristotle |
| which of the followin published a book supporting the heliocentric thory | copernicus |
| what new approach allowed scholars to gain new scientific knowledge | the scientic method |
| who wrote that without government peoples lives were solitary poor nasty brutish and short | montesquieu |
| which of the following was written by denis didernot in oreder to promote knowledge | the encyclopidia |
| why did the french and indain war lead to increased taxes on britans american colonies | because removing the french benefited the colonists, britans decided to make the colonies pay part of the cost |
| what slogan best expressed the outrage of colonial leaders in response to the stamp act | no taxiation without representation |
| who wrote the first draft of the decleartion of independence | thomas jefferson |
| why did delegates meet at a costitunial convention in 1787 | to draft a bill of rights |
| the bill of rights was added to the constitution because | some people argues the constittion didnt protext the rights of some citizens |
| what even caused the great fear | the fall of bastille |
| why did the legislative assemblt declare war against austria | austrains had issed a decleration warning against harming the french monarchs |
| why did king lous XVI call a meeting of the estates general to be held in spring 1789 | to get apporval for new taxes on the 3rd esate |
| which of the following revolutionary leaders came to oppose the violent excesses of the revoltion | george jacques danton |
| why was the revolutionary tribunal created | to elimaniate people who thretened the revelotion from within |
| euroopeans outside of freance reacted to the excution of louis XVI with | horror |
| which of the following legislative bodies ended the monarchy and orickauned france a republic | the national convention |
| which of the following is the correct sequence of legislative bodies that goverened france durring the revelotion from first to last | national assemble legislative assembly national convention directory |
| many peasents came to oppose the revelotion because | they opposed the reveltions anticlerical moves and the draft |
| the french people welcomed napolean because | he promised oreder after the chaos of the revoltion |
| why did napoleon sell the lousiana terriotry to the united states | his failure to take back saint domingue led him to abandon his dream of empire in the americas |
| what cause napoleon to pull his troops from spain | the gurrilla war raged by spanish people |
| portugal regused to comply with the continental system because | it depened on its trade with great britan |
| throughout the napoleonic wars france's greates enemy was | great britan |
| after napoleons exile france became a | monarchy |
| which of the following leaders most helped to defuse the liveral ideas of the french revoltion | prince klemens von etternich |
| which of the following did great britan recive as a result of their fight against france | overseas colonies |
| part of the legacy of the french revelution is that | it has inspired people to fight for the rights in other parts of the world |
| which of the following was one of the causes of the french revoltion | the influence of enlightment ideas |
| which of the following was one of the firsts acts of the nationalconvention | a deleartion of war against england |
| which poltical faction was the most radical | the montagnards |
| he rign of terror resulted in | increased foreign oppostion to the french revoltuion |
| which legislative body was in place when napoleon seized power | the directory |
| the contetional system restricted | trade with great britan |
| which european campaign was a disaster for napoleon | the russian capaign |
| the congress of veinna | streghthend nations surronding france |
| the rights outlined in the decleration of the rights of man and of the citizen did not extend to | the workers |
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