Question 1

Martin Luther's views on religious practice led him to advocate all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  publication of the Bible in translation. 
B)  laypeople reading and studying the Bible without recourse to a priest. 
C)  open revolt by German peasants inspired by his works. 
D)  respect for hierarchy of bishops in a reformed Protestant church. 
A)  publication of the Bible in translation. 
B)  laypeople reading and studying the Bible without recourse to a priest. 
C)  open revolt by German peasants inspired by his works. 
D)  respect for hierarchy of bishops in a reformed Protestant church.

Question 2

How did the relationship between Western science and the Islamic and East Asian world change during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

During the sixteenth and seventeenth cen

Question 3

Compare the role of syncretism in the conversions of new peoples to Christianity,Buddhism,and Islam.

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Syncretism played a significant role in

Question 4

Most often,the first Muslims to spread Islam into new areas of Africa were

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A)  warriors. 
B)  missionaries. 
C)  monks. 
D)  merchants. 
A)  warriors. 
B)  missionaries. 
C)  monks. 
D)  merchants.

Question 5

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas,the practice of human sacrifice was evidence of the

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A)  barbarity of the Native American peoples. 
B)  wicked nature and savagery of Native Americans, which gave the Spanish the right to enslave them. 
C)  misplaced piety of the Native Americans who practiced it. 
D)  lengths that some would go to accuse Native Americans of things that they never did. 
A)  barbarity of the Native American peoples. 
B)  wicked nature and savagery of Native Americans, which gave the Spanish the right to enslave them. 
C)  misplaced piety of the Native Americans who practiced it. 
D)  lengths that some would go to accuse Native Americans of things that they never did.

Question 6

In his early descriptions of Native Americans,Christopher Columbus says that

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A)  they lacked business skills and could easily be corrupted. 
B)  they were fierce warriors. 
C)  they were too weak to be useful as slaves. 
D)  they had complex societies. 
A)  they lacked business skills and could easily be corrupted. 
B)  they were fierce warriors. 
C)  they were too weak to be useful as slaves. 
D)  they had complex societies.

Question 7

The major contribution of the French philosopher René Descartes was in the realm of

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A)  astronomy. 
B)  chemistry. 
C)  epistemology. 
D)  physics. 
A)  astronomy. 
B)  chemistry. 
C)  epistemology. 
D)  physics.

Question 8

Which of the following types of magic are correctly matched with their scientific relation?

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A)  mathematics and cabbalism 
B)  pansophy and physics 
C)  astronomy and philology 
D)  alchemy and astrology 
A)  mathematics and cabbalism 
B)  pansophy and physics 
C)  astronomy and philology 
D)  alchemy and astrology

Question 9

The work by Nicolaus Copernicus that reclassified the earth as one of the planets was

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A)  famous during his own lifetime. 
B)  banned by the church immediately after its publication. 
C)  immediately accepted as true by most astronomers. 
D)  further developed by Johannes Kepler. 
A)  famous during his own lifetime. 
B)  banned by the church immediately after its publication. 
C)  immediately accepted as true by most astronomers. 
D)  further developed by Johannes Kepler.

Question 10

The religious reforms of Zhu Hong and Han Shan were aimed at

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A)  making Christianity accessible to Asians. 
B)  creating a new religion with elements of eastern and western practice. 
C)  presenting Buddhism as a religion that people could practice at home. 
D)  making Islam the majority religion of the Chinese colony in the Philippines. 
A)  making Christianity accessible to Asians. 
B)  creating a new religion with elements of eastern and western practice. 
C)  presenting Buddhism as a religion that people could practice at home. 
D)  making Islam the majority religion of the Chinese colony in the Philippines.

Question 11

Once Jesuit missionaries demonstrated Western technology in astronomy at the Chinese Imperial Observatory,the imperial court

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A)  was unimpressed with their technology, but then worked to steal it. 
B)  asked the Jesuits to teach their astronomers. 
C)  handed the observatory over to the Jesuits. 
D)  systematically reformed their calendar themselves. 
A)  was unimpressed with their technology, but then worked to steal it. 
B)  asked the Jesuits to teach their astronomers. 
C)  handed the observatory over to the Jesuits. 
D)  systematically reformed their calendar themselves.

Question 12

How was Western science received in the East? What Western ideas were most welcome in the East,and which were not? How were the Jesuits agents of cultural exchange in Asia?

Accepted Answer

Western science was received with a mix

Question 13

Most of the Christian missionary projects of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries were run by Roman Catholic religious orders because of

Accepted Answer

A)  a complete lack of interest by Protestants. 
B)  war in Europe. 
C)  the greater appeal that Catholicism had around the world. 
D)  manpower and wealth. 
A)  a complete lack of interest by Protestants. 
B)  war in Europe. 
C)  the greater appeal that Catholicism had around the world. 
D)  manpower and wealth.

Question 14

What factors allowed Europe to begin moving ahead of the rest of the world in scientific knowledge by the end of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

There were several factors that allowed

Exam 18: Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Martin Luther's views on religious practice led him to advocate all of the following EXCEPT:

How did the relationship between Western science and the Islamic and East Asian world change during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Compare the role of syncretism in the conversions of new peoples to Christianity,Buddhism,and Islam.

Most often,the first Muslims to spread Islam into new areas of Africa were

According to Bartolomé de Las Casas,the practice of human sacrifice was evidence of the

In his early descriptions of Native Americans,Christopher Columbus says that

The major contribution of the French philosopher René Descartes was in the realm of

Which of the following types of magic are correctly matched with their scientific relation?

The work by Nicolaus Copernicus that reclassified the earth as one of the planets was

The religious reforms of Zhu Hong and Han Shan were aimed at

Once Jesuit missionaries demonstrated Western technology in astronomy at the Chinese Imperial Observatory,the imperial court

How was Western science received in the East? What Western ideas were most welcome in the East,and which were not? How were the Jesuits agents of cultural exchange in Asia?

Most of the Christian missionary projects of the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries were run by Roman Catholic religious orders because of

What factors allowed Europe to begin moving ahead of the rest of the world in scientific knowledge by the end of the seventeenth century?

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