Question 1

In the fifteenth century, the amount of Crown lands held by the king of France nearly doubled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The percentage of European people engaged in agriculture in the middle of the fifteenth century was approximately ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  25 percent 
B)  33 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent 
E)  90 percent 
A)  25 percent 
B)  33 percent 
C)  50 percent 
D)  75 percent 
E)  90 percent

Question 3

Henry VII's (Tudor) most important achievements were all of the following except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing his treasury by receiving tax money 
B)  establishing judicial councils that operated in a streamlined, efficient, and speedy fashion 
C)  imposing English power over Scotland and Ireland 
D)  cementing political alliances through prosperous marriages 
E)  allying with France against the Holy Roman Empire 
A)  increasing his treasury by receiving tax money 
B)  establishing judicial councils that operated in a streamlined, efficient, and speedy fashion 
C)  imposing English power over Scotland and Ireland 
D)  cementing political alliances through prosperous marriages 
E)  allying with France against the Holy Roman Empire

Question 4

How did Christianity influence European explorations and settlements in the Age of Discovery?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Christianity was used

Question 5

Bartolomé de las Casas argued against the use of indigenous "Indians" as slave labor in the New World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Why did serfdom in Western Europe disappear after the fourteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Labor was scarce. 
B)  New laws converted serfs to peasants. 
C)  The Church declared serfdom a sin. 
D)  There was a large rise in slavery to replace serfdom. 
E)  Agriculture was no longer the primary economic model in western Europe. 
A)  Labor was scarce. 
B)  New laws converted serfs to peasants. 
C)  The Church declared serfdom a sin. 
D)  There was a large rise in slavery to replace serfdom. 
E)  Agriculture was no longer the primary economic model in western Europe.

Question 7

How did Francis I unify France in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Francis I created a u

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Spanish Inquisition

Accepted Answer

Church court originally establ

Question 9

How did the commercial revolution change the type and value of the work women did?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Women's work was grad

Question 10

Cities in the fifteenth century ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  featured substantial infrastructure for waste 
B)  experienced population declines 
C)  had adequate water supplies 
D)  relied on the rich to tend to the poor 
E)  featured houses that were set apart on wide lots 
A)  featured substantial infrastructure for waste 
B)  experienced population declines 
C)  had adequate water supplies 
D)  relied on the rich to tend to the poor 
E)  featured houses that were set apart on wide lots

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Charles V

Accepted Answer

Heir of Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Moriscos

Accepted Answer

Muslims in Spain who

Question 13

The Spanish Inquisition was started in Spain in order to ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ensure the loyalty of the nobility to Ferdinand and Isabella's rule 
B)  oversee the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain 
C)  establish a tribunal to adjudicate legal cases in the provinces 
D)  examine Conversos about the legitimacy of their faith 
E)  expand exploration of the New World territories 
A)  ensure the loyalty of the nobility to Ferdinand and Isabella's rule 
B)  oversee the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain 
C)  establish a tribunal to adjudicate legal cases in the provinces 
D)  examine Conversos about the legitimacy of their faith 
E)  expand exploration of the New World territories

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon

Accepted Answer

Rulers who launched

Question 15

What did nobles find objectionable about the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon?

Accepted Answer

A)  They demanded Catholicism be the only religion in Spain. 
B)  Their marriage unified Spain as a country. 
C)  They insisted on absolute rule. 
D)  Nobility was excluded from a direct role in government. 
E)  They refused a Constitutional monarchy. 
A)  They demanded Catholicism be the only religion in Spain. 
B)  Their marriage unified Spain as a country. 
C)  They insisted on absolute rule. 
D)  Nobility was excluded from a direct role in government. 
E)  They refused a Constitutional monarchy.

Question 16

What chaplain endorsed the theory that Indians were meant to be slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda 
B)  Bartolomé de Las Casas 
C)  Vaso Núñez de Balboa 
D)  Francisco Pizarro 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda 
B)  Bartolomé de Las Casas 
C)  Vaso Núñez de Balboa 
D)  Francisco Pizarro 
E)  None of these.

Question 17

The wars between Spain and France ended with which agreement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Condordat of Worms 
B)  Treaty of Tordesillas 
C)  Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis 
D)  Peace of Ausburg 
E)  Treaty of Trent 
A)  Condordat of Worms 
B)  Treaty of Tordesillas 
C)  Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis 
D)  Peace of Ausburg 
E)  Treaty of Trent

Question 18

The first European explorers to sail to India and China were from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Portugal 
C)  Spain 
D)  England 
E)  Italy 
A)  France 
B)  Portugal 
C)  Spain 
D)  England 
E)  Italy

Question 19

The Reconquista in Spain was completed with the capture of which city?

Accepted Answer

A)  Toledo 
B)  Aragon 
C)  Granada 
D)  Seville 
E)  Barcelona 
A)  Toledo 
B)  Aragon 
C)  Granada 
D)  Seville 
E)  Barcelona

Question 20

The political life of Italy in the mid-sixteenth century was characterized by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  isolationism 
B)  domination by the Holy Roman Empire 
C)  centralization in opposition to the Habsburgs 
D)  regionalism 
E)  feudalism 
A)  isolationism 
B)  domination by the Holy Roman Empire 
C)  centralization in opposition to the Habsburgs 
D)  regionalism 
E)  feudalism

Exam 13: Europes Age of Expansion

In the fifteenth century, the amount of Crown lands held by the king of France nearly doubled.

The percentage of European people engaged in agriculture in the middle of the fifteenth century was approximately ______________.

Henry VII's (Tudor) most important achievements were all of the following except ______________.

How did Christianity influence European explorations and settlements in the Age of Discovery?

Bartolomé de las Casas argued against the use of indigenous "Indians" as slave labor in the New World.

Why did serfdom in Western Europe disappear after the fourteenth century?

How did Francis I unify France in the sixteenth century?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Spanish Inquisition

How did the commercial revolution change the type and value of the work women did?

Cities in the fifteenth century ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Charles V

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Moriscos

The Spanish Inquisition was started in Spain in order to ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon

What did nobles find objectionable about the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon?

What chaplain endorsed the theory that Indians were meant to be slaves?

The wars between Spain and France ended with which agreement?

The first European explorers to sail to India and China were from ______________.

The Reconquista in Spain was completed with the capture of which city?

The political life of Italy in the mid-sixteenth century was characterized by ______________.

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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