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Western Civ Midtrem
Chapters 12-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The word "Renaissance" refers to the: | revival of interest in the culture of classical antiquity |
| During the Renaissance, the European economy: | gradually recovered from the troubles of the fourteenth century |
| Castiglione's Book of the Courtier was a guide to the: | qualities needed to be an accomplished Renaissance noble gentleman |
| The peasantry: | was gradually emancipated |
| The center of the family in Renaissance Italy was: | the father |
| All of the following statements about Isabella d'Este, "first lady of the world" are true except? | She planned the strategy for military campaigns for both her husbands |
| in The Prince, Machiavelli parted ways with the earlier political theorists by: | arguing that politics have nothing to do with morality |
| Vittorino da Feltre's school at Mantua: | placed physical education on the same level as intellectual training |
| Renaissance humanism: | encouraged historians to critically examine sources and documents |
| Reflecting his Neoplatonic philosophy, Michelangelo's: | David demonstrates the ideal beauty found in the human body and spirit |
| The work of artists in northern Europe during the early Renaissance can be characterized as: | displaying great emotional intensity, especially in regard to spiritually |
| Who was responsible for stabilizing the French monarchy and making key territorial acquisitions? | Louis XI |
| The War of the Roses was finally ended by: | the military victory of the House of Lancaster over the House of York |
| The dual reign of Ferdinand and Isabella saw the: | expulsion of all professing Jews from Spain |
| During the 14th and early 15th centuries, the Church: | failed to make meaningful reforms |
| In Thomas More's Utopia: | communal ownership of property led to efficiency and leisure |
| Indulgences: | were not addressed in Ninety-Five Theses |
| The Protestant Reformation is built upon the foundation of: | justification by faith and biblical authority |
| In the Peasants' War of the mid-1520s, Martin Luther: | called on German lords to restore order by any means necessary |
| The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 guaranteed the right of: | each German ruler to determine the faith of his subjects |
| The Anabaptist of the sixteenth century: | celebrated the Lord's Supper in the evening in private homes |
| The theology of John Calvin emphasized all of the following except the: | importance of accumulating wealth to prove one's virtue |
| Henry VIII: | refused to recognize the supremacy of the pope |
| The final decrees of the Council of Trent: | made compromises with the Protestants virtually impossible |
| The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572: | occurred at a royal wedding between a Catholic and a Protestant |
| Among the earliest and most consistent goals of Spain's King Phillip II was a: | firm determination to keep all his subjects Catholic |
| The Elizabethan religious settlement in England: | failed to consider the needs of Catholics and Puritans |
| During the reign of Elizabeth, the Puritan movement involved: | Protestants who wanted to cleanse the Anglican Church |
| The ________ ensured England would remain a Protestant country. | defeat of the Spanish Armada |
| At the end of the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation: | had spawned religious reform and violent conflicts |
| Prior to European voyages of discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: | the Polo family of Venice visited the court of Kublai Khan |
| Which of the following was not a key determining factor in explaining why Europeans embarked on voyages of discovery? | the weaknesses of European monarchies |
| By the mid-fifteenth century, the Portuguese: | established trade connections along the coast of West Africa |
| When Columbus set sail in August of 1492, he intended: | to reach Asia by sailing west |
| Perhaps the most effective part of Cortes' plan to conquer Mexico was: | creating a set of alliances with Indian groups that hated Aztec rule |
| The Spanish colonial system of encomienda made possible the: | virtual enslavement of the Native American populations |
| The triangular trade involved the exchange of manufactured goods, slaves, and raw materials and connected: | Europe, Africa, and America |
| The high mortality rate for Africans being brought to America was due in part to: | inhumane methods of transoceanic transportation |
| India eventually came under the control of the British crown because of: | the financial and administrative successes of the East India Company |
| The Qing dynasty: | was established by inhabitants of Manchuria |
| France eventually lost its North American empire to Britain because: | it spent its resources on European conflicts rather than on New France |
| According to the economic theories of mercantilism: | a nation expanded its trade and prosperity at the expense of others |
| Characteristic of Europe's economy in the eighteenth century was: | the great increase in overseas trade |
| By the end of the eighteenth century, the great European imperial power was: | Great Britain |
| Christianity was spread in the newly conquered areas primarily by: | Catholic missionaries |
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