Thirty Years' War Quiz Questions
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- 1.The primary motive for European exploration during the Renaissance was
- A.
Social, to relieve the population pressure on Europe
- B.
Religious, to spread the Gospel
- C.
Economic, the desire for precious metals and new areas for trade
- D.
Military, to provide new bases for the army
- 2.The religious crusading motive for exploration was strongest in
- A.
Spain and Portugal.
- B.
Florence and Venice.
- C.
The Byzantine Empire.
- D.
England and France.
- 3.Prince Henry the Navigator
- A.
Began to explore the west African coast.
- B.
Was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope
- C.
Discovered the Spice lslands
- D.
Discovered the island of Madagascar.
- 4.Portugal became the early leader in European expansion largely through
- A.
Direct trade policies with China
- B.
Defeating Muslim opposition in establishin trade opportunities with India
- C.
Spending its wealth on ships and manpower
- D.
Winning the race of exploration to the New World
- 5.The first known circumnavigation of the earth was by
- A.
Amerigo Vespucci
- B.
Ferninand Magellan
- C.
John Cabot
- D.
Christopher Columbus
- 6.The Treaty of Tordesillas divided
- A.
The Spice Islands between Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
- B.
South Africa between the English and the Dutch
- C.
The New World between Spain and Portugal
- D.
The North Atlantic between England and France
- 7.Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the number of African slaves shipped to the New World es estimated at
- A.
One million
- B.
Two million
- C.
Ten million
- D.
Twenty-five million
- 8.The African slave trade
- A.
Had little impact upon the number of wars in Africa
- B.
Reduced the number of wars in Africa because all the African states united against the European slavers
- C.
Increased the number of wars in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves
- D.
Died out with the discovery of the South Asian Spice Island
- 9.Mercantilism includes all of the following ideas except
- A.
Economic activity was war carried on by peaceful means.
- B.
The prosperity of a nation depended upon its gold and silver reserves.
- C.
Colonies were not desirable because they consumed too many natural resources.
- D.
Government should stimulate trade through high tariffs and subsidizing industry
- 10.The event that sparked the Thirty Years' War was
- A.
A Protestant noble rebellion against the Catholic ruler Ferdinand in Bohemia
- B.
The invasion of France by Frederick IV
- C.
The Spanish conquest of the Netherlands and subsequent local enforcement of the bloody Inquisition
- D.
The overthrow of Spanish rule in the new world by roving bands of Dutch pirates
- 11.The Thirty Years' War
- A.
Was largely confined to agreed upon battlefields
- B.
Witnessed the devastation of much of the German countryside
- C.
Was fought according to chivalric codes.
- D.
Was fought mainly in Italy
- 12.The "military revolution," or changes in the science and practice of warfare between 1550 and 1650, saw armies
- A.
Become more disciplined but less flexible.
- B.
Align in unites of blocks rather than lines
- C.
Abandon the use of cavalry
- D.
Change from mercenaries to more reliable conscripts for manpower
- 13.Absolutism means
- A.
The real power in any state must be religious and exercised by churchmen.
- B.
Ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a sking who rules by divine right
- C.
Subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state.
- D.
No matter how humle, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics
- 14.As Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was most successful in politics,
- A.
Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle revellion.
- B.
Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy.
- C.
Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury
- D.
Emerging victorious in the Fronde revolts of the nobility.
- 15.The economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances
- A.
Were noted for their innovation and originality
- B.
Used new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants
- C.
Were based on the economic theory of mercantilism that stressed government regulation of economic affairs to benefit the state
- D.
Gave Louis the large surplus in the treasury needed to carry out his wars
- 16.After 1648, the "Holy Roman Empire"
- A.
Became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees.
- B.
Was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states
- C.
Became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.
- D.
Continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope.
- 17.Russian society in the seventeenth century
- A.
Witnessed the reign of ivan the Terrible
- B.
Witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church
- C.
Was characterized by a highly oppressive system of serfdom
- D.
Saw the rise of the merchant class to power
- 18.John Locke was responsible for
- A.
Synthesizing the previous doctrines on international law.
- B.
The idea of society as being in a constant state of war
- C.
Advocating political democracy for the entire populace
- D.
Two Treatises of Government, which emphasized the social contract between the people and government
- 19.To Martin Luther, the question of "How can I be saved" was answered through
- A.
The doctrine of justification by grace through faith alone
- B.
Doing good works for one's universal brotherhood
- C.
A strict devotion to monastic order, as with his own Augustian order
- D.
The sacramental system
- 20.The event that eventually led to Luther's break with the church was
- A.
The Council of Pisa's declaration that maintained the necessity of Purgatory for salvation
- B.
The increase of Papal taxes on the German peasantry
- C.
Widespread sale of indulgences by preaching monks
- D.
The declaration that the German clergy must pay taxes
- 21.Concerning the sacraments of the Catholic Church, Luther:
- A.
Accepted all seven
- B.
Rejected all of them except baptism and communion, or the Lord's Supper
- C.
Claimed marriage as the only true sacrament
- D.
Eliminated extreme unction
- 22.The Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation opposed by Luther holds that
- A.
Clerics could move freely from one church office to another anywhere in Europe
- B.
Angels freely visit the earth
- C.
The devil could take any form or shape he or she pleased
- D.
At communion the bread and wine are miraculously turned into the body and blood of Jesus
- 23.Zwingli's interpretation of the Lord's Supper differed from Luther's in that
- A.
Luther held to the Catholic belief in transubstantiation
- B.
Luther said that the ceremony was totally symbolic.
- C.
Zwingli said the ceremony was only symbolic and that no real transformation in the bread and wine occurred
- D.
Zwingli held to the belief called consubstantiation
- 24.The Anabaptists
- A.
Were radical and militant under Menno Simons in Zurich
- B.
Were not regarded as a political threat as they preached separation between church and state
- C.
Were founded by Conrad Grebel, beginning as an elitist movement
- D.
Considered all believers to be equal as priests spreading the spirit of early Christianity.
- 25.The Reformation in England under Henry VIII
- A.
Was triggered by Henry's desire to annul his marriage
- B.
Witnessed the complete transformation of Catholic doctrine
- C.
Nearly ended with Thomas Cromwell's mishandling of the treasury
- D.
Led to Parliament's leadership over the Church of England
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