Quiz prep for chapter 22 and 23

Which trading post is NOT correctly paired with a European power?

Hormuz and England

By 1750, all of the following regions were linked by trade and commerce EXCEPT

Australia

As a result of the Seven Years' War, Britain gained all the following EXCEPT

Cape Town from the Dutch

Which of the following was NOT part of Charles V's holdings?

England

What political motivation encouraged the spread of Protestantism?

Protestantism provided monarchs an opportunity to break away from the political domination of Rome.

Which individual is incorrectly paired with a scientific discovery?

Ptolemy and the moons of Jupiter

Which of the following was NOT a significant presence in the Indian Ocean by the mid-eighteenth century?

Russia

The sea route to the Indian Ocean discovered by Vasco da Gama offered European merchants

a chance to buy goods directly from Indian merchants

Portuguese sailors were able to tack against the prevailing winds by using

a combination of square and lateen sails.

The new monarchs were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

a commitment to individual liberty.

In the New World, the Columbian exchange generally resulted in the

a lack of previous exposure that would have built natural immunity.

European and Arab mariners in the fifteenth century determined latitude by measuring the angle of the sun or pole star above the horizon with

an astrolabe or cross staff

Who benefited most from the religious controversy generated by the Reformation?

centralizing monarchs, because they gained more independent authority

New institutions that supported early capitalism included all of the following EXCEPT

craft guilds.

Christopher Columbus believed that by sailing west 2,500 nautical miles he would

find a direct and profitable route to Japan

The English East India Company and the VOC were privately owned companies that enjoyed all of the following advantages EXCEPT

direct government supervision

The Spanish Inquisition relied on religious justifications to advance what political end?

discouraging the Spanish nobles from adopting Protestantism

The Dutch in Indonesia concentrated their efforts on

dominating the spice trade through the Sunda Strait

By the mid-fifteenth century, Portuguese mariners used a strategy called the volta do mar, which

enabled them to sail with westerly winds rather than force their way against trade winds.

The reforms of Peter I included all of the following EXCEPT

forming a council of nobles to advise him on how best to improve the lives of serfs

The putting-out system was profitable for all of the following groups EXCEPT the

guild members who specialized in specific elements of cloth production such as weaving or dying.

Charles V was unable to forge a united empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

he alienated the pope for failing to crush Luther.

The population of Europe grew dramatically in the seventeenth century because of

improved nutrition, with new American food crops.

Spanish forces were able to conquer the Philippines because of the

lack of a centralized, powerful state to organize resistance

The Thirty Years' War began when

the Holy Roman emperor tried to force his Bohemian subjects to return to Catholicism

Major motivations for European exploration of the world's oceans included all of the following EXCEPT

population pressures in Europe.

Louis XIV managed to control the nobles of France and their activities by

requiring the nobility to live at Versailles where he could distract them and keep an eye on them.

In response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic church

summoned a council to clarify doctrine and strengthen their spiritual commitment.

One reason for the hysterical witch hunts of the sixteenth century was that

the conflicts of the Reformation contributed to a climate of suspicion and violence.

By 1800 European exploration of the Pacific Ocean resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

the discovery of a northwest passage from Europe to Asia.

Seventeenth-century constitutional monarchies were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

the election of the monarch by the merchant class.

According to the divine-right theory of government,

the king derives his authority from God alone and is not accountable to his subjects.

Martin Luther's criticism of the Roman Catholic church was greatly aided by

the printing press.

Isaac Newton's work seemed to suggest that

the stars and planets were part of a unified system, governed by the same natural laws.

Portuguese mariners succeeded in building a trading-post empire early in the sixteenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

the superiority of the Portuguese navy over English and Dutch forces

Galileo's discoveries would not have been possible without

the telescope.

What was the principle work of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)?

to be disciplined, educated representatives of the church throughout the world