Question 1

Women's participation in business was common in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  guild leadership. 
B)  operating stalls in the marketplace. 
C)  serving as weights and measures officers. 
D)  seamstresses and lacemakers. 
E)  spinning fabric. 
A)  guild leadership. 
B)  operating stalls in the marketplace. 
C)  serving as weights and measures officers. 
D)  seamstresses and lacemakers. 
E)  spinning fabric.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

Which of the following was not a reason for fragmentation within the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  political independence of the electors 
B)  over three thousand independent territories within the empire 
C)  the Protestant Reformation 
D)  dissent between the Habsburgs and Spanish 
E)  Regionalism. 
A)  political independence of the electors 
B)  over three thousand independent territories within the empire 
C)  the Protestant Reformation 
D)  dissent between the Habsburgs and Spanish 
E)  Regionalism.

Question 5

All of the following were advancements in fifteenth-century technology or technique that furthered European exploration except

Accepted Answer

A)  the cog ship. 
B)  the lateen sail. 
C)  cartography. 
D)  astrolabes. 
E)  navigational manuals. 
A)  the cog ship. 
B)  the lateen sail. 
C)  cartography. 
D)  astrolabes. 
E)  navigational manuals.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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 10

How did European exploration lead to imperialism?

Accepted Answer

As new areas of the world were discove

Question 11

A distinctive pattern in marriage of Catholics compared to Jews and Eastern Orthodox Christians was that

Accepted Answer

A)  marriage was usually set at the onset of puberty. 
B)  marriage had to be conducted according to a contract negotiated between both families and the Church. 
C)  marriage was reserved until later,when each member could afford to establish a household. 
D)  marriage was required within the community for stability. 
E)  marriages could not be ended except by death. 
A)  marriage was usually set at the onset of puberty. 
B)  marriage had to be conducted according to a contract negotiated between both families and the Church. 
C)  marriage was reserved until later,when each member could afford to establish a household. 
D)  marriage was required within the community for stability. 
E)  marriages could not be ended except by death.

Exam 13: Europe’s Age of Expansion, 1450–1550

Women's participation in business was common in all of the following except

Cities in the fifteenth century

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

Which of the following was not a reason for fragmentation within the Holy Roman Empire in the sixteenth century?

All of the following were advancements in fifteenth-century technology or technique that furthered European exploration except

The wars between Spain and France ended with which agreement?

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

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

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

How did European exploration lead to imperialism?

A distinctive pattern in marriage of Catholics compared to Jews and Eastern Orthodox Christians was that

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