Question 1

The first true book produced from movable type was Marco Polo's Travels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following was not a result of the development of printing in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Research and learning increased. 
B)  Standard textbooks were developed. 
C)  More people began to read. 
D)  Chinese influence over European affairs rose sharply because of their invention of paper. 
E)  It played a major role in the Protestant Reformation. 
A)  Research and learning increased. 
B)  Standard textbooks were developed. 
C)  More people began to read. 
D)  Chinese influence over European affairs rose sharply because of their invention of paper. 
E)  It played a major role in the Protestant Reformation.

Question 3

During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,the landholding nobles faced declining real incomes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-James I,Charles I,and divine right

Accepted Answer

James I and Charles I were monarchs of E

Question 5

Luther's reforms included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  clerical celibacy. 
B)  a national church in Germany. 
C)  new religious services, including Bible reading and preaching. 
D)  a married Protestant clergy. 
E)  salvation by faith. 
A)  clerical celibacy. 
B)  a national church in Germany. 
C)  new religious services, including Bible reading and preaching. 
D)  a married Protestant clergy. 
E)  salvation by faith.

Question 6

Was European Christianity in serious decline in the early 1500s? How did the ideas and actions of the Protestant Reformation change its nature and status?

Accepted Answer

In the early 1500s, European Christianit

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Saint Petersburg

Accepted Answer

Saint Petersburg, also known as Petrogra

Question 8

All of the following were true about the witchcraft craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries except

Accepted Answer

A)  it was exclusively a big-city phenomenon. 
B)  most of those accused of being witches were female. 
C)  the hysteria surrounding the accusations of witchcraft led to many witch trials. 
D)  the unsettling nature of the times served to feed the frenzy over witchcraft allegations. 
E)  the witchcraft hysteria was declining by the mid-1600s. 
A)  it was exclusively a big-city phenomenon. 
B)  most of those accused of being witches were female. 
C)  the hysteria surrounding the accusations of witchcraft led to many witch trials. 
D)  the unsettling nature of the times served to feed the frenzy over witchcraft allegations. 
E)  the witchcraft hysteria was declining by the mid-1600s.

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-the Romanovs and Peter the Great

Accepted Answer

The Romanovs were a royal dynasty that r

Question 10

As a result of the Glorious Revolution in England,

Accepted Answer

A)  the Irish gained a number of rights (petition, jury trial, etc.). 
B)  William and Mary were deposed, and James II became the English ruler. 
C)  Parliament enshrined divine-right absolutism in England. 
D)  Parliament became a major participant in the running of the English government. 
E)  Oliver Cromwell was driven into exile. 
A)  the Irish gained a number of rights (petition, jury trial, etc.). 
B)  William and Mary were deposed, and James II became the English ruler. 
C)  Parliament enshrined divine-right absolutism in England. 
D)  Parliament became a major participant in the running of the English government. 
E)  Oliver Cromwell was driven into exile.

Question 11

The major advocate of predestination was Martin Luther.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII was the King of England from

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare was an English playw

Question 14

In the fifteenth century,the Italians-especially the Venetians-in their commercial empires were only rivaled by

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  the Hanseatic League 
C)  the Holy Roman Empire 
D)  the Byzantine Empire. 
E)  Spain. 
A)  England. 
B)  the Hanseatic League 
C)  the Holy Roman Empire 
D)  the Byzantine Empire. 
E)  Spain.

Question 15

The third estates included

Accepted Answer

A)  priests and monks. 
B)  kings and emperors. 
C)  knights and squires. 
D)  peasants, merchants, and artisans. 
E)  b and c 
A)  priests and monks. 
B)  kings and emperors. 
C)  knights and squires. 
D)  peasants, merchants, and artisans. 
E)  b and c

Question 16

"The economic and social changes that occurred during the fifteenth and early sixteenth century inevitably led to the Protestant Reformation." Discuss.Can it also be said that the economic and political turmoil that characterized this period also led to significant artistic and literary accomplishments?

Accepted Answer

The economic and social changes during t

Question 17

The individual who "laid the egg that Luther hatched" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Machiavelli. 
B)  Erasmus. 
C)  Gutenberg. 
D)  Calvin. 
E)  England's Henry VIII. 
A)  Machiavelli. 
B)  Erasmus. 
C)  Gutenberg. 
D)  Calvin. 
E)  England's Henry VIII.

Question 18

Peasants made up the overwhelming mass of the third estate except in

Accepted Answer

A)  England and Scotland. 
B)  Aragon and Castille. 
C)  Normandy and Aquitaine. 
D)  Bavaria and the Balkans. 
E)  Flanders and northern Italy. 
A)  England and Scotland. 
B)  Aragon and Castille. 
C)  Normandy and Aquitaine. 
D)  Bavaria and the Balkans. 
E)  Flanders and northern Italy.

Question 19

Discuss,using examples,the impact of political,economic,and other non-religious factors as causes of the sixteenth-century religious reformations.

Accepted Answer

The sixteenth-century religious reformat

Question 20

The golden age of English literature is represented by

Accepted Answer

A)  Milton. 
B)  Donne 
C)  Marlowe. 
D)  Shakespeare. 
E)  Rowling. 
A)  Milton. 
B)  Donne 
C)  Marlowe. 
D)  Shakespeare. 
E)  Rowling.

Exam 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The first true book produced from movable type was Marco Polo's Travels.

Which of the following was not a result of the development of printing in Europe?

During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,the landholding nobles faced declining real incomes.

Identify the following terms. -James I,Charles I,and divine right

Luther's reforms included all of the following except

Was European Christianity in serious decline in the early 1500s? How did the ideas and actions of the Protestant Reformation change its nature and status?

Identify the following terms. -Saint Petersburg

All of the following were true about the witchcraft craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries except

Identify the following terms. -the Romanovs and Peter the Great

As a result of the Glorious Revolution in England,

The major advocate of predestination was Martin Luther.

Identify the following terms. -Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy

Identify the following terms. -William Shakespeare

In the fifteenth century,the Italians-especially the Venetians-in their commercial empires were only rivaled by

The third estates included

The individual who "laid the egg that Luther hatched" was

Peasants made up the overwhelming mass of the third estate except in

Discuss,using examples,the impact of political,economic,and other non-religious factors as causes of the sixteenth-century religious reformations.

The golden age of English literature is represented by

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism Revolution and Dictatorship: Asia the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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