Question 1

One of the significant characteristics of Russia, which differed dramatically from the West, was Ivan III's use of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  permanent legalized serfdom 
B)  an aggressive tax campaign that exhausted the financial resources of his subjects 
C)  tying peasants to the land to force landlords to stay where they were rather than move to the frontier 
D)  creating a standing army in exchange for land after twenty-five years of service 
E)  creating a permanent military servitor class 
A)  permanent legalized serfdom 
B)  an aggressive tax campaign that exhausted the financial resources of his subjects 
C)  tying peasants to the land to force landlords to stay where they were rather than move to the frontier 
D)  creating a standing army in exchange for land after twenty-five years of service 
E)  creating a permanent military servitor class

Question 2

The only woman in the fifteenth century who ruled as a monarch was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Queen Elizabeth of England 
B)  Queen Catherine de Medici of France 
C)  Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland 
D)  Queen Isabella of Spain 
E)  Empress Henrietta of the Holy Roman Empire 
A)  Queen Elizabeth of England 
B)  Queen Catherine de Medici of France 
C)  Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland 
D)  Queen Isabella of Spain 
E)  Empress Henrietta of the Holy Roman Empire

Question 3

The five major states in Italy were held together by political centralization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the fifteenth century, the Habsburg lands grew because of successful marriages. In France, the crown territory grew because of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  diplomacy 
B)  imperial conquest 
C)  the deaths of long-term landed nobility 
D)  centralization and unification by enforcing one dialect of French 
E)  exponential financial growth 
A)  diplomacy 
B)  imperial conquest 
C)  the deaths of long-term landed nobility 
D)  centralization and unification by enforcing one dialect of French 
E)  exponential financial growth

Question 5

Whose exploration took him across the isthmus of Panama?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hernán Cortés 
B)  Francisco Pizarro 
C)  Vasco de Gama 
D)  Vaso Núñez de Balboa 
E)  Ferdinand Magellan 
A)  Hernán Cortés 
B)  Francisco Pizarro 
C)  Vasco de Gama 
D)  Vaso Núñez de Balboa 
E)  Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

Charles I of Spain was also Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When Charles V abdicated in 1556, he divided his territories between his son and his brother. His brother Ferdinand received territory in which area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain 
B)  The Netherlands 
C)  Italy 
D)  Austria 
E)  The Americas 
A)  Spain 
B)  The Netherlands 
C)  Italy 
D)  Austria 
E)  The Americas

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Ivan III The Great

Accepted Answer

Grand prince of Moscow who con

Question 9

The founder of the Portuguese empire in Asia was Alfonso de Albuquerque.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The membership of guilds ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  was reserved for the most prestigious workers in a city 
B)  was only open to journeymen 
C)  was generally democratic 
D)  was never open to women 
E)  was a secret 
A)  was reserved for the most prestigious workers in a city 
B)  was only open to journeymen 
C)  was generally democratic 
D)  was never open to women 
E)  was a secret

Question 11

Discuss the impact of technology and ideas on world exploration.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. As Europeans began to

Question 12

The continual cause of war for France in the sixteenth century was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  competition with England for territory in the Americas 
B)  the unsatisfactory resolution of French and English disputes between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of Gold 
C)  Spain's interference in Italy 
D)  the encirclement of France by the Habsburgs of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire 
E)  French support of Protestantism against England and the Habsburgs 
A)  competition with England for territory in the Americas 
B)  the unsatisfactory resolution of French and English disputes between Henry VIII and Francis I at the Field of Gold 
C)  Spain's interference in Italy 
D)  the encirclement of France by the Habsburgs of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire 
E)  French support of Protestantism against England and the Habsburgs

Question 13

All of the following were Portuguese except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vasco de Gama 
B)  Henry the Navigator 
C)  Bartholomew Diaz 
D)  Ferdinand Magellan 
E)  Hernán Cortés 
A)  Vasco de Gama 
B)  Henry the Navigator 
C)  Bartholomew Diaz 
D)  Ferdinand Magellan 
E)  Hernán Cortés

Question 14

Because of the large volume of trade moving through Antwerp, what industry developed to support this?

Accepted Answer

A)  Banking 
B)  Money-lending 
C)  Bookkeeping 
D)  Insurance 
E)  The stock market 
A)  Banking 
B)  Money-lending 
C)  Bookkeeping 
D)  Insurance 
E)  The stock market

Question 15

Which of the following was not one of the four categories of men's work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agriculture and food production 
B)  Construction 
C)  Manufacturing of cloth and leather 
D)  Religious avocations 
E)  Skilled craft labor organized into guilds 
A)  Agriculture and food production 
B)  Construction 
C)  Manufacturing of cloth and leather 
D)  Religious avocations 
E)  Skilled craft labor organized into guilds

Question 16

To finance his military expenditures in the sixteenth century, Charles V relied on all of the following forms of income except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  taxes 
B)  New World gold and silver 
C)  tithes from the church 
D)  selling crown lands 
E)  annuities 
A)  taxes 
B)  New World gold and silver 
C)  tithes from the church 
D)  selling crown lands 
E)  annuities

Question 17

Portuguese trading outposts were successful in all of the following areas except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Goa 
B)  Brazil 
C)  Malacca 
D)  China 
E)  Peru 
A)  Goa 
B)  Brazil 
C)  Malacca 
D)  China 
E)  Peru

Question 18

Who was the most powerful European ruler in the first half of the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ferdinand 
B)  Philip 
C)  Charles V 
D)  Francis I 
E)  Henry II 
A)  Ferdinand 
B)  Philip 
C)  Charles V 
D)  Francis I 
E)  Henry II

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Henry VII (Tudor)

Accepted Answer

First Tudor king of

Question 20

Through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, France and Italy fought for control of Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Europes Age of Expansion

One of the significant characteristics of Russia, which differed dramatically from the West, was Ivan III's use of ______________.

The only woman in the fifteenth century who ruled as a monarch was ______________.

The five major states in Italy were held together by political centralization.

In the fifteenth century, the Habsburg lands grew because of successful marriages. In France, the crown territory grew because of ______________.

Whose exploration took him across the isthmus of Panama?

Charles I of Spain was also Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.

When Charles V abdicated in 1556, he divided his territories between his son and his brother. His brother Ferdinand received territory in which area?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Ivan III The Great

The founder of the Portuguese empire in Asia was Alfonso de Albuquerque.

The membership of guilds ______________.

Discuss the impact of technology and ideas on world exploration.

The continual cause of war for France in the sixteenth century was ______________.

All of the following were Portuguese except ______________.

Because of the large volume of trade moving through Antwerp, what industry developed to support this?

Which of the following was not one of the four categories of men's work?

To finance his military expenditures in the sixteenth century, Charles V relied on all of the following forms of income except ______________.

Portuguese trading outposts were successful in all of the following areas except ______________.

Who was the most powerful European ruler in the first half of the sixteenth century?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Henry VII (Tudor)

Through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, France and Italy fought for control of Spain.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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