Junko Midterm Part 3 (#101-150)

102. The dissolution of the English monasteries A) resulted from Henry VIII's desire to confiscate their wealth. B) resulted in a more equitable distribution of land. C) deeply disturbed the English upper classes. D) was the result of rebellious activities by the monks. E) was reversed by Elizabeth I.

A

135. Alexander Farnese's strategy against the rebellious cities of the Low Countries was A) patient siege. B) political terrorism. C) diplomatic negotiation. D) pitched battles. E) buying off wealthy burghers.

A

104. The Reformation in England was primarily the result of A) the dynastic and romantic concerns of Henry VIII. B) the missionary activity of the Lollards. C) the terrible conditions then existing in the English churches. D) efforts by Luther and his followers. E) Elizabeth I's conversion to Presbyterianism.

A

110. The Quakers trace their origins, in part, to A) the Anabaptists. B) Lutheranism. C) Calvinism. D) Zwinglism. E) Lollardism.

A

111. The Tridentine decree Tametsi stipulated that A) for a marriage to be valid, it had to be witnessed by a priest. B) each diocese had to establish a seminary. C) bishops had to live in their own dioceses. D) the sale of indulgences was illegal. E) no church offices would be sold.

A

115. A new religious order for women that emerged in the sixteenth century was the A) Ursuline Order. B) Society of Jesus. C) Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. D) Colloquy of Marburg. E) Evangelines.

A

117. Before the Portuguese gained control of the spice trade in the Indian Ocean, the trade had been controlled by the A) Muslims. B) Venetians. C) Spanish. D) Byzantines. E) Ming Chinese.

A

118. The European kingdom that took the lead in overseas exploration was A) Portugal. B) Spain. C) France. D) England. E) the Netherlands.

A

121. The primary motivation for European explorers was A) material profit. B) population pressure. C) crusading zeal. D) Renaissance curiosity. E) fear of the Black Death.

A

124. Women in Southeast Asia A) enjoyed relatively high autonomy. B) had less personal freedom than Chinese women. C) were kept out of public view. D) were considered equal to men. E) were considered bad luck.

A

131. Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 underscores the links between ________ and the Muslim world during this period. A) West Africa B) India C) the Balkans D) Egypt E) Venice

A

134. Portugal's participation in European expansion was given critical support by Prince A) Henry. B) Mark. C) Juan. D) Philip. E) Fedinand.

A

139. The most significant changes brought about by the Columbian voyages were A) biosocial in nature. B) political in nature. C) economic in nature D) social in nature. E) All of these are correct.

A

140. The Portuguese brought the first African slaves to A) Brazil. B) Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Lesser Antilles. C) Mexico. D) Genoa, Venice, and Modena. E) Actually, the Spanish were the only people to import slaves to work on plantations.

A

143. The importation of African slaves to the Americas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was most closely tied to the cultivation of A) sugar. B) rice. C) wheat. D) cotton. E) indigo.

A

148. Shakespeare's history plays, such as Richard II, A) exalt the English nation. B) glorify the classical ideal. C) were usually set in Italy. D) were very unpopular at the time. E) were probably authored by Christopher Marlowe.

A

150. Juan de Pareja was an A) painter. B) sculptor. C) playwright. D) physician. E) astronomer.

A

103. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, between ____________ people were executed for witchcraft in Europe. A) 300,000 and 400,000 B) 40,000 and 60,000 C) 5,000 and 15,000 D) 700 and 1,000 E) 500,000 and 750,000

B

109. __________'s Institutes of the Christian Religion laid out the core elements of his theology. A) Luther B) Calvin C) Zwingli D) Knox E) Servetus

B

116. The victory of the Ottomans over the Hungarians on the plain of __________ led to a great advance of Protestantism in Hungary. A) Budapest B) Mohács C) Suleiman D) the Danube E) Cracow

B

125. The ___________ emperors opened China to trade with the West. A) Han B) Mongol C) Qing D) Song E) Tang

B

127. Buddhism originated in A) China. B) India. C) Korea. D) Japan. E) Vietnam.

B

130. When Charles V abdicated, his son Philip received all of the following except A) the kingdom of Sicily. B) Austria. C) the Low Countries. D) Spain. E) Milan.

B

141. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the non-European world between A) Portugal and Venice. B) Spain and Portugal. C) Spain and France. D) Spain, Portugal, and the Catholic Church. E) France, Portugal, and England.

B

144. Montaigne is credited with inventing the A) canticle. B) essay. C) pamphlet. D) sonnet. E) symphony.

B

146. The European attitude toward blacks derived from Christian theological speculation and A) African attacks on European traders and missionaries. B) Arab ideas about Africans. C) Renaissance racism. D) Greco-Roman attitudes about Africans. E) English racism against the Irish.

B

106. The Pilgrimage of Grace attested to A) the continued strength of Catholicism in southern Europe. B) the popularity of John Calvin. C) popular opposition, in northern England, to Henry VIII's reformation. D) popular support of Luther in his conflict with the pope. E) the piety of Teresa of Avila.

C

108. In religious affairs, Elizabeth I of England followed a policy that A) supported the efforts of the Puritans. B) emphasized personal and public religious conformity. C) was a middle course between Catholic and Protestant extremes. D) favored Catholics over Protestants. E) imported Scottish Presbyterianism into England.

C

126. The Chinese emperor sent Admiral ______________ on seven voyages to the West between 1405 and 1433. A) Mie Lao B) Han Xi C) Zheng He D) Li Tao E) Dong Tso

C

128. In the fifteenth century, the _____________ controlled Egypt. A) Ottomans B) Mongols C) Mamelukes D) Venitians E) Normans

C

129. Most of the gold that reached Europe in the fifteenth century came from A) China. B) East Africa. C) West Africa. D) India. E) Southeast Asia.

C

149. The Authorized Version of the Bible reflected the efforts of the Anglicans and Puritans to A) stamp out Catholicism. B) unite their churches. C) encourage the laity to read the Bible. D) identify themselves with the English throne. E) spread the gospel to Africa.

C

107. The Catholic Reformation, begun before 1517, A) sought to reform the liturgy of the Catholic Church. B) sought to restore the conciliar movement. C) sought to initiate institutional reform. D) sought to stimulate a new spiritual fervor. E) was ineffectual.

D

114. The overriding goal of the Catholic religious orders established in the sixteenth century was A) institutional reform. B) reconciliation with Protestantism. C) to combat heresy and Protestantism. D) to uplift the spiritual condition of both clergy and laity. E) conversion of Asians and Africans.

D

119. At the end of the sixteenth century, the financial capital of the European world was A) Lisbon. B) Madrid. C) London. D) Amsterdam. E) Seville.

D

122. The group of people who benefited the most from large price increases in the sixteenth century was the A) Spanish bureaucracy. B) nobility. C) urban working class. D) middle class. E) upper-level clergy.

D

132. In the fifteenth century, two rival Islamic empires dominated the Middle East, the Turkish Ottomans and the A) Egyptian Ptolomies. B) Mongol Khans. C) Egyptian Mameluks. D) Persian Safavids. E) Syrian Umayyads.

D

136. By 1500, ___________ controlled the flow of African gold to Europe. A) England B) Spain C) France D) Portugal E) Venice

D

137. In 1497, _____________ sailed around Africa and across the Arabian Sea to Calicut in India. A) Francisco Pizarro B) Christopher Columbus C) Ferdinand Magellan D) Vasco da Gama E) Vasco Nunez de Balboa

D

145. The caravel was A) the palace of the Spanish king. B) the Catholic festival occurring just before Lent. C) an instrument to measure the elevation of stars or the sun above the horizon. D) a three-masted sailing vessel developed in Portugal. E) a new type of light and mobile field cannon first used by the French in the Thirty Years' War.

D

100. According to the text, the Calvinist doctrine of predestination led to a A) mood of fatalism among Calvin's followers. B) withdrawal from the world of business and politics. C) mass exodus from the city of Geneva. D) fashion for astrology. E) confidence among Calvinists in their own salvation.

E

101. Anabaptists generally favored all of the following except A) opening the ministry to women. B) religious tolerance. C) self-governing congregations. D) pacifism. E) abolition of baptism.

E

105. Luther and Zwingli disagreed on which of the following issues? A) Priestly celibacy B) The authority of Scripture C) Indulgences D) Monasticism E) The Eucharist

E

112. France supported the Protestant princes of Germany in order to A) spread Protestantism. B) prevent English influence from increasing in Germany. C) contain Protestantism east of the Rhine. D) facilitate the Turkish attack on the Habsburgs. E) prevent Charles V from increasing his power.

E

113. _________ factors proved decisive in shaping the course of the Reformation in eastern Europe. A) Religious B) Political C) Economic D) Social E) Ethnic

E

120. In the seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company A) established outposts in New York (New Amsterdam) and elsewhere in the Americas. B) handled the shipment of gold and silver bullion from Spanish America to Spain. C) took over the Philippines from Spain. D) established bases in the Caribbean. E) took over much of the East Indies from Portugal.

E

123. The port city of _____________ on the South China Sea played a key role in the fifteenth century Indian Ocean trade. A) Hai-Phong B) Dafun C) Java D) Mombasa E) Malacca

E

133. The __________ was used to determine the altitude of the sun and other celestial bodies. A) magnetic compass B) solar protractor C) aliethieometer D) Pythagorian scale E) astrolabe

E

138. At the time of his death, Columbus believed the islands he found were: A) settled by a civilization of vast wealth and sophistication. B) the site of the garden of Eden. C) part of a new continent. D) isolated from any other land mass. E) off the coast of Asia.

E

142. Magellan is best known for A) his conquest of Hispanola. B) being the first European to reach India. C) rounding the Cape of Good Hope. D) being the first European to sail the Pacific. E) circumnavigating the globe.

E

147. Michel de Montaigne invented the A) one-act play. B) history play. C) sonnet. D) sonata. E) essay.

E