Western Civ I - Quiz 05
According to his agreement with the Spanish crown, what rewards would Columbus receive if he found a water route to Asia?
He would be named viceroy over any territories he discovered and receive one-tenth of the material rewards of the journey.
The Mongol emperors of China
encouraged trade with Europe.
Bartolomé de Las Casas asserted that the Indians
had human rights.
Luther's reforms spread rapidly, in part because the Holy Roman Empire was
made up of hundreds of independent states.
In the fifteenth century, two rival Islamic empires dominated the Middle East: the Turkish Ottomans and the
Persian Safavids.
Why was the pope unable to grant Henry VIII of England the annulment he desired?
The pope was essentially the prisoner of Emperor Charles V.
Why did Protestants allow the dissolution of marriages in divorce?
They viewed marriage as a contract for mutual support, and married partners who failed to provide support endangered their souls and the entire community.
What was the fate of most people brought before the Inquisition and accused of witchcraft?
They were sent home with a warning and ordered to do penance.
Spanish settlement in the Americas was centered on
towns and cities.
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis ended the conflict known as the
Habsburg-Valois wars.
