HIS 106 - Chapter 17 MC Quiz

The following sequence of religious events is correct

1) Beginning of Luther's Reformation 2) French War of Religion 3) Thirty Years' War 4) "Glorious Revolution" in England

The following sequence of scientific events is correct

1) First formulation of the heliocentric system 2) Discovery of the elliptical paths of planets 3) Newton's unification of physics and astronomy 4) First steam engine

The English Civil War (1642-1651) resulted in

A short-lived theocracy

The "Newtonian synthesis" was

A unification of the fields of physics and astronomy

The Counter Reformation was

An effort to reform Catholicism, also known as the Catholic Reformation

All of the following is true of the period called "The Renaissance," EXCEPT

Byzantine, or Eastern Orthodox, Christianity became more influential in Western Europe, weakening the Roman papacy and leaving it vulnerable to Protestant incursions

In 1750, the most highly populated countries in Europe were

France and Russia

All of the following are true of the development of "New Science" and the Enlightenment EXCEPT

From 1450 until after 1750, the ideas of the Enlightenment and New Science were the major force shaping policies of the rulers of Western Europe

The Byzantine cultural revival

Had very little impact on Western Humanism because the Ottoman effectively cut Byzantium away from contact with Europe

The following statement is true of John Calvin

He believed that all humans were predestined for heaven or hell before their birth

All of the following is true of Peter the Great of Russia EXCEPT

He often rewarded western technical experts by giving them estates and serfs in the Balkans

The ruler with the longest reign in France was

Henry XIV

All of the following statements are true of Martin Luther EXCEPT

His written communications to Church officials were usually in German vernacular

All of the following is true of the technology used in developing scientific instruments EXCEPT

It established a hierarchy of production, with engineers at the top and theoretical scientists a bit below

All of the following are true of the "Defenestration of Prague" EXCEPT

It was a Catholic protest against Catholics being excluded from office in Bohemia

Europeans' exposure to ancient Greek authors outside the Aristotelian tradition (such as Archimedes)

Led to the realization that relationships between the movement of astronomical bodies could be expressed (and therefore determined) mathematically

All of the following are true of either Thomas Hobbes and John Locke EXCEPT

Locke believed that most human knowledge is innate, that is, instinctive and arising entirely from human physical inheritance

England differed from other states of Europe (such as Prussia, France, Spain, and Austria, for instance) in all of the following EXCEPT

Parliament had no interest in creating or maintaining a centralized bank, believing that it would exert too powerful an influence on laissez faire economics

All of the following are true of Calvinism in France EXCEPT

Peasants, overtaxed and oppressed, made up the largest segment of French Protestants

During a time of religious strife and intolerance, the primary reason for war between France and Spain were

Political and dynastic; a struggle to control land and resources

All of the following persons and/or institutions determinedly worked to popularize science EXCEPT

Protestant churches and Sunday schools

"Intendants" were

Representatives of the French crown to keep an eye on provincial office holders

All of the following are true of Maria Cunitz, one of the most remarkable scientific thinkers of the seventeenth century, EXCEPT

She was a nun who lived and studied among the Cistercian monks

All of the problems below began disturbing Roman Catholic laypeople and some clergy from the later 15th century onward, EXCEPT

The Church's high taxation of peasants

All of the following were the result of the Peace of Westphalia EXCEPT

The Protestants gained considerable territory in northern Germany

Select one of the following which did not have an impact on the political patterns of the age

The drive to gain recognition for the contributions of women

All of the following are true of either Sir Francis Bacon or René Descartes EXCEPT

The methods of Bacon and Descartes are obviously incompatible; all attempts to fuse them into any workable methodology have failed

By 1750, the armies in larger European countries were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

The pikemen were still the most effective protection for musketeers

All of the following are true of Galileo Galilei, EXCEPT

Using mathematics, he was able to prove that Archimedes was wrong in his theory of descending bodies

In the fifteenth century, the emerging fiscal-military units of Europe were characterized by

Vigorous competition with each other