Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Christian/northern Renaissance humanism

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-Christian/northern Renaissance humanism...

Question 2

John Calvin

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A)  advanced the doctrine of predestination. 
B)  was murdered by Lutheran police in Paris. 
C)  had to leave Germany, for protection, after he accepted Protestantism. 
D)  believed in free will. 
E)  left Geneva for Paris. 
A)  advanced the doctrine of predestination. 
B)  was murdered by Lutheran police in Paris. 
C)  had to leave Germany, for protection, after he accepted Protestantism. 
D)  believed in free will. 
E)  left Geneva for Paris.

Question 3

How did intra-Protestant and Protestant-Roman Catholic divisions influence events between the late 1500s and the end of the Glorious Revolution? Were the divisions intrinsically religious,or were religious differences in part the result of economic or social factors?

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The intra-Protestant and Protestant-Roma

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-Anabaptists

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Anabaptists were a radical religious gro

Question 5

In England,during the period of the 1640s to 1660,all of the following occurred except

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A)  Charles I was executed. 
B)  Charles I antagonized the Puritans in Parliament. 
C)  Oliver Cromwell led his New Model Army to victory over the forces of the king. 
D)  Charles II replaced his executed father on the English throne. 
E)  after the death of Charles I, Cromwell became the new king of England. 
A)  Charles I was executed. 
B)  Charles I antagonized the Puritans in Parliament. 
C)  Oliver Cromwell led his New Model Army to victory over the forces of the king. 
D)  Charles II replaced his executed father on the English throne. 
E)  after the death of Charles I, Cromwell became the new king of England.

Question 6

Puritans were all of the following except that

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A)  they were Protestant Christians. 
B)  they wanted to reform the Anglican church. 
C)  they admired the Catholic elements in the Church of England 
D)  they frequently disagreed with the Stuart kings. 
E)  much of England's gentry were Puritans. 
A)  they were Protestant Christians. 
B)  they wanted to reform the Anglican church. 
C)  they admired the Catholic elements in the Church of England 
D)  they frequently disagreed with the Stuart kings. 
E)  much of England's gentry were Puritans.

Question 7

Why did the government of France become the center of European absolutism? Why not Russia? Was it simply fate or chance,or were there other factors which could explain why the era became known as the Age of Louis XIV?

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The government of France became the cent

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-the Catholic Reformation

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The Catholic Reformation, also known as

Question 9

Where Lutheranism was established,the state played no role in supervising or overseeing the church.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-indulgences and relics

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Indulgences and relics are terms that ha

Question 11

Baroque artists sought to harmonize the

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A)  draftsmanship of abstract expressionism with romantic naturalism. 
B)  seriousness of Rocco with Graeco-Roman Neo-classicism. 
C)  ideals of Renaissance art with spiritual feelings of the religious reformations. 
D)  iconoclasm of church art with the Neo-Gothic style. 
E)  subconscious with the conscious. 
A)  draftsmanship of abstract expressionism with romantic naturalism. 
B)  seriousness of Rocco with Graeco-Roman Neo-classicism. 
C)  ideals of Renaissance art with spiritual feelings of the religious reformations. 
D)  iconoclasm of church art with the Neo-Gothic style. 
E)  subconscious with the conscious.

Question 12

The issue that drove Luther to writing his Ninety-Five Theses was the selling of indulgences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The writer who best gave expression to the sixteenth-century preoccupation with political power was

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A)  Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
B)  Niccolo Alberti 
C)  Giorgio Castiglione. 
D)  Niccolo Machiavelli. 
E)  Desiderius Erasmus. 
A)  Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
B)  Niccolo Alberti 
C)  Giorgio Castiglione. 
D)  Niccolo Machiavelli. 
E)  Desiderius Erasmus.

Question 14

Among the major elements underlying the social crises of the 1600s was

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A)  that the Mediterranean area entered a steep economic decline as silver imports from Spanish colonies declined. 
B)  a "little ice age" occurred in the latter half of the 1200s, cutting food production and leading to famine. 
C)  a sharp European population increase after 1635 cut per-capita food availability by one-half. 
D)  increased gold imports from Africa, which led to serious economic inflation. 
E)  the onset of the White Death, a variant of the bubonic plague. 
A)  that the Mediterranean area entered a steep economic decline as silver imports from Spanish colonies declined. 
B)  a "little ice age" occurred in the latter half of the 1200s, cutting food production and leading to famine. 
C)  a sharp European population increase after 1635 cut per-capita food availability by one-half. 
D)  increased gold imports from Africa, which led to serious economic inflation. 
E)  the onset of the White Death, a variant of the bubonic plague.

Question 15

Which of the following is not an accurate reference to Anabaptist ideas and practices?

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A)  They believed in adult baptism. 
B)  They were a radical group of religious reformers. 
C)  They considered all believers to be equal. 
D)  They saw government as a direct partner with religion in society. 
E)  Other Protestants and Catholics agreed on their persecution. 
A)  They believed in adult baptism. 
B)  They were a radical group of religious reformers. 
C)  They considered all believers to be equal. 
D)  They saw government as a direct partner with religion in society. 
E)  Other Protestants and Catholics agreed on their persecution.

Question 16

The Council of Trent took the position that

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A)  confession was now optional for women and ended for men. 
B)  the interpretation of Scripture was an open question to be individually determined. 
C)  faith and good works were required for salvation. 
D)  there was no longer any validity for indulgences. 
E)  the Bible should be made available in the vernacular. 
A)  confession was now optional for women and ended for men. 
B)  the interpretation of Scripture was an open question to be individually determined. 
C)  faith and good works were required for salvation. 
D)  there was no longer any validity for indulgences. 
E)  the Bible should be made available in the vernacular.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Hanseatic League

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The Hanseatic League was a commercial an

Question 18

The pope who began the reformation of the papacy was

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A)  Paul III. 
B)  Leo X. 
C)  Clement VII. 
D)  John XXIII. 
E)  Julius II. 
A)  Paul III. 
B)  Leo X. 
C)  Clement VII. 
D)  John XXIII. 
E)  Julius II.

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-the Austrian Habsburgs

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The Austrian Habsburgs refer to the memb

Question 20

The traditional example of seventeenth-century absolutism has been the rule of

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A)  Louis XVI. 
B)  James III. 
C)  Louis XIV. 
D)  Charles II. 
E)  Ivan IV. 
A)  Louis XVI. 
B)  James III. 
C)  Louis XIV. 
D)  Charles II. 
E)  Ivan IV.

Exam 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

Identify the following terms. -Christian/northern Renaissance humanism

John Calvin

How did intra-Protestant and Protestant-Roman Catholic divisions influence events between the late 1500s and the end of the Glorious Revolution? Were the divisions intrinsically religious,or were religious differences in part the result of economic or social factors?

Identify the following terms. -Anabaptists

In England,during the period of the 1640s to 1660,all of the following occurred except

Puritans were all of the following except that

Why did the government of France become the center of European absolutism? Why not Russia? Was it simply fate or chance,or were there other factors which could explain why the era became known as the Age of Louis XIV?

Identify the following terms. -the Catholic Reformation

Where Lutheranism was established,the state played no role in supervising or overseeing the church.

Identify the following terms. -indulgences and relics

Baroque artists sought to harmonize the

The issue that drove Luther to writing his Ninety-Five Theses was the selling of indulgences.

The writer who best gave expression to the sixteenth-century preoccupation with political power was

Among the major elements underlying the social crises of the 1600s was

Which of the following is not an accurate reference to Anabaptist ideas and practices?

The Council of Trent took the position that

Identify the following terms. -Hanseatic League

The pope who began the reformation of the papacy was

Identify the following terms. -the Austrian Habsburgs

The traditional example of seventeenth-century absolutism has been the rule of

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