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