test review for history

During the period of the Crusades, warfare between the Christians and Muslims lasted nearly

200 years

The period of the Crusades lasted nearly:

200 years

Complete the sentence. The Muslim religion originated in

Arabia

During the medieval period, what church was accepted as the main church of western Europe?

Catholic

In the years before the Renaissance, interest in learning was chiefly found among the common people.

False

Mercantilism would favor a balance of imports over exports.

False

Most English people belonged to the Church of England, a Catholic Church.

False

Around 1440, the printing press was invented by

Gutenberg

The printing press was invented by:

Gutenberg

The Renaissance began in what country?

Italy

Which fact below was not a complaint about the Catholic Church?

Its clergy were well-educated.

Prior to the Renaissance, what language were most books written in?

Latin

What European explorer traveled the Far East and returned with tales of great riches and trade?

Marco Polo

In 1517, what former monk wrote the Ninety-Five Theses and broke away from the Catholic Church?

Martin Luther

The Crusades were a series of religious wars fought between the Christians and the _____.

Muslims

The colony established by Roger Williams in which religious freedom for all was permitted was:

Rhode Island

The Muslims conquered North Africa and then moved on to what European country?

Spain

Select the statements that are true of the Crusades.

They brought about the breakdown of the medieval way of life. They created a demand for Eastern goods. They failed to rescue the Holy Land permanently from the Muslims.

As learning and trade progressed, the medieval structure began to break down.

True

Because the Crusades opened travel to the East and brought back new goods, trade to western Europe grew.

True

Because the Crusades opened travel to the Near East and brought back new goods, trade to western Europe grew.

True

Exploration and voyages were financed by kings, merchants, and bankers who hoped to become wealthy.

True

The Mayflower Compact was the first written attempt at self-government in the New World.

True

The revival of trade developed a new class of society made up of merchants and artisans called the bourgeoisie

True

The serfs were not able to own the land they farmed.

True

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was:

a model for constitutions in the colonies

A colony run by a governor who was directly responsible to the crown was called:

a royal colony

The Mayflower Compact was:

an agreement to obey all laws made by the Pilgrim government

What new social class emerged as a result of the Crusades?

bourgeoisie

Before the Renaissance, learning was reserved for the:

clergy

Which group was primarily responsible for taking care of the people's spirituality on the manor?

clergy

During the medieval period, the Catholic Church:

helped unite the people of Europe under a common cause

The nobles:

managed the manor

An economic system that favored exporting over importing and measured a country's wealth in terms of how much gold and silver it possessed was known as what?

mercantilism

Which of the following was the most important invention during the Renaissance?

printing press

Prior to the Crusades, medieval society consisted of what three classes?

serfs clergy nobles

Which of the following does not apply to the medieval manor?

serfs owning a portion of the land

The clergy took care of the serfs':

spiritual life

What religious war was the result of the determination of the European Christians to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims?

the Crusades

Commercial centers grew wealthy because of

trade

The people of England were satisfied with Elizabeth I as queen; she was disinterested in colonization, and focused efforts on commerce and exploration.

true

Which statements characterize the Renaissance?

was hurried along by the invention of the printing press began because of the rediscovery of learning saw the invention of scientific instruments that brought about the age of exploration

New political structures grew as kings relied less on the nobility and more on:

wealth and mercenaries