Apwh Chapter 16 The Transformation Of The West

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  • 1. 
    Which of the following sequences lists some major developments of Western civilization in proper sequence?
    • A. 

      Protestant Reformation, Renaissance, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment

    • B. 

      Absolute monarchy, Renaissance, Enlightenment, Protestant Reformation

    • C. 

      Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment

    • D. 

      Absolute monarchy, Enlightenment, Protestant Reformation, Renaissance

  • 2. 
    Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is NOT accurate?
    • A. 

      The Renaissance challenged medieval intellectual values and styles.

    • B. 

      The Renaissance was largely an artistic movement that began in Italy.

    • C. 

      The Renaissance failed to develop any new ideas concerning political organization.

    • D. 

      The Renaissance was built on a more commercialized economy.

    • E. 

      The Renaissance had a southern and northern phase.

  • 3. 
    Which of the following was NOT a participant in the 15th-century Italian Renaissance?
    • A. 

      Michelangelo

    • B. 

      Leonardo da Vinci

    • C. 

      Niccolo Machiavelli

    • D. 

      Giotto

    • E. 

      Donatello

  • 4. 
    Which of the following statements concerning Italian humanism is most accurate?
    • A. 

      Humanists focused on humankind as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor.

    • B. 

      Humanists attacked Christianity as rife with superstition and witchcraft.

    • C. 

      Humanists carved out new literary styles without reference to classical or medieval models.

    • D. 

      Humanists de-emphasized the corporate and communal aspects of human society.

    • E. 

      Humanists rejected scientific explanations in favor of spiritual ones.

  • 5. 
    Johannes Gutenberg was responsible for
    • A. 

      The unification of the Holy Roman Empire in 1537.

    • B. 

      The construction of Wittenberg cathedral during the 15th century.

    • C. 

      The defeat of the Catholic forces during the Thirty Years War.

    • D. 

      The invention of movable type in the West.

    • E. 

      The split that occurred in the Catholic church in the late 1500s.

  • 6. 
    What was the European-style family pattern that emerged in the 15th century?
    • A. 

      Extended families, early marriage ages

    • B. 

      Nuclear families, early marriage ages

    • C. 

      Extended families, late marriage ages

    • D. 

      Nuclear families, late marriage ages

    • E. 

      Extended families, marriage optional

  • 7. 
    What determined the age of marriage for many people in Europe?
    • A. 

      The occupation of the husband

    • B. 

      Access to real property

    • C. 

      The approval of the church

    • D. 

      Securing license to marry from the government

    • E. 

      Local traditions

  • 8. 
    Who is generally credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation in 1517?
    • A. 

      Jean Calvin

    • B. 

      Henry VIII

    • C. 

      Ignatius Loyola

    • D. 

      Martin Luther

    • E. 

      Johann Eck

  • 9. 
    Which of the following statements most accurately describes the reason why Luther picked up widespread support among the German elite?
    • A. 

      Luther proposed moving the papacy from Rome to Germany.

    • B. 

      Luther's support for a more centralized German government under the control of the Holy Roman emperor struck a responsive chord in German nationalism.

    • C. 

      German princes who turned Protestant could increase their independence from the emperor, seize church lands, and control the church in their territories.

    • D. 

      Luther proposed that indulgences should be collected by the Holy Roman emperor instead of the pope.

    • E. 

      Luther was seen as anti-Muslim and many German princes saw a way to expand their power into eastern Europe.

  • 10. 
    What was the church established by Henry VIII in England?
    • A. 

      Lutheran

    • B. 

      Calvinism

    • C. 

      Jesuit

    • D. 

      Anglican

    • E. 

      Baptist

  • 11. 
    The theological foundation of Jean Calvin's Protestantism was
    • A. 

      The doctrine of penance.

    • B. 

      Iconodulism.

    • C. 

      Predestination.

    • D. 

      Solipsism.

    • E. 

      The sacraments.

  • 12. 
    What new religious order was associated with the Catholic Reformation?
    • A. 

      Benedictines

    • B. 

      Jesuits

    • C. 

      Calvinists

    • D. 

      Cistercians

    • E. 

      Franciscans

  • 13. 
    The Edict of Nantes, issued in France in 1598,
    • A. 

      Granted tolerance to Protestants and helped end the French civil wars of religion.

    • B. 

      Established Calvinism as the state religion of France.

    • C. 

      Decreed the abolition of Protestantism in France.

    • D. 

      Declared war against the Lutheran princes of Germany.

    • E. 

      Led to the Thirty Years War between France and Sweden.

  • 14. 
    The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to
    • A. 

      The restoration of Catholic unity.

    • B. 

      The establishment of Protestant dominance.

    • C. 

      A limited acceptance of the idea of religious pluralism.

    • D. 

      The end of the involvement of the state in religion.

    • E. 

      A monolithic Protestantism in Europe.

  • 15. 
    Inflation and commercialization in the West produced a group of people without access to producing property called the
    • A. 

      Bourgeoisie.

    • B. 

      Sans culottes.

    • C. 

      Proletariat.

    • D. 

      Provencales.

    • E. 

      Gentry.

  • 16. 
    Who used astronomical observation and mathematical calculation to disprove the Hellenistic belief that the Earth was the center of the universe?
    • A. 

      Galileo

    • B. 

      Copernicus

    • C. 

      Vesalius

    • D. 

      Francis Bacon

    • E. 

      Isaac Newton

  • 17. 
    The monarch most associated with absolute monarchy was
    • A. 

      Charles I of England.

    • B. 

      Frederick William of Prussia.

    • C. 

      William of Orange of the Netherlands.

    • D. 

      Louis XIV of France.

    • E. 

      Joseph II of Austria

  • 18. 
    Which of the following descriptions most accurately defines mercantilism?
    • A. 

      Mercantilism was a scientific theory that attempted to limit the growing dominance of merchants within society.

    • B. 

      Mercantilism held that government should promote the internal economy in order to improve tax revenues and to limit imports from other nations.

    • C. 

      Mercantilism was an economic philosophy that argued that natural laws would determine the flow of goods according to supply and demand.

    • D. 

      Mercantilism argued that the money supply should be freed from the supply of bullion and based instead on the flow of goods within regional markets.

    • E. 

      Mercantilism is the idea that all trade should be international and free of any restraints.

  • 19. 
    The aftermath of the Scientific Revolution spilled over into a new intellectual movement in the 18th century called the
    • A. 

      Renaissance.

    • B. 

      Enlightenment.

    • C. 

      Great Awakening.

    • D. 

      Risorgimento.

    • E. 

      Baroque Era.

  • 20. 
    Adam Smiths' economic theory advocated
    • A. 

      Government intervention in order to control the flow of bullion through extensive tariff systems.

    • B. 

      The use of a controlled money supply as a means of limiting inflation.

    • C. 

      That governments avoid regulation in favor of the operation of individual initiative and market forces.

    • D. 

      The institution of state-controlled guilds to fix standards of production and wages.

    • E. 

      That government should allocate labor and capital whenever they engaged in warfare.

  • 21. 
    In 1733, James Kay of England introduced
    • A. 

      Double-entry bookkeeping to western Europe.

    • B. 

      The flying shuttle to automate weaving.

    • C. 

      The steam engine.

    • D. 

      The potato to European agriculture.

    • E. 

      The cotton gin.

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