Question 1

What changes occurred in medicine during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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Question 2

The colonization of the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands helped prepare the Portuguese and Castilian explorers for further overseas expansion.

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 B)False

Question 3

What drove the European colonization of North America?

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Question 4

Within the Columbian Exchange, the turkey was the most notable introduction from the New World to the Old World.

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A) True 
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Question 5

During the seventeenth century, the English East India Company successfully challenged the Dutch East India Company (the VOC) and became the dominant European player in Asian trade.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What was the Columbian Exchange?

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Question 7

Why was the introduction of smallpox so catastrophic for Indigenous populations?

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Question 8

What role did the Jesuits play in European exploration and expansion?

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Question 9

Since Europeans had no commodities that Asians wanted, Europeans had to buy Asian luxury goods with gold and silver.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In his famous work, Pensées, Blaise Pascal attempted to convince people that science and faith could not be reconciled.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The two primary motivations behind European voyages of exploration were ________ and ________.

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A)  gold; slaves 
B)  religion; profit 
C)  curiosity; the Crusades 
D)  imperialism; spices 
E)  land; beaver pelts

Question 12

What sorts of misconceptions hinder our understanding of the Scientific Revolution?

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Question 13

What factors drove Copernicus to place the sun at the centre of the universe and propose a heliocentric universe?

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Question 14

Tycho Brahe's years of astronomical observation were inspired by the appearance of a new supernova and comet, as well as a desire to cast more accurate horoscopes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

With some exceptions, Portugal's overseas possessions were part of a "trading-post empire."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

According to Greek medical authorities, good health was dependent on ________.

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A)  diet and exercise 
B)  the body's chemical structure 
C)  cleanliness and the absence of germs 
D)  the balance of bodily humours 
E)  purity of blood and bile

Question 17

In sailing west on the Atlantic, Christopher Columbus was hoping to find ________.

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A)  proof that the earth was round 
B)  Prester John 
C)  a westward route to Asia 
D)  further territory for Ferdinand and Isabella 
E)  the New World

Question 18

By the time of his third voyage in 1502, Columbus acknowledged that he had not reached Asia.

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 B)False

Question 19

How did Europeans attempt to justify their seizure of Indigenous peoples' land?

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Question 20

What were Johannes Kepler's three laws of planetary motion?

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Exam 5: Discovering New Worlds

What changes occurred in medicine during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

The colonization of the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands helped prepare the Portuguese and Castilian explorers for further overseas expansion.

What drove the European colonization of North America?

Within the Columbian Exchange, the turkey was the most notable introduction from the New World to the Old World.

During the seventeenth century, the English East India Company successfully challenged the Dutch East India Company (the VOC) and became the dominant European player in Asian trade.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Why was the introduction of smallpox so catastrophic for Indigenous populations?

What role did the Jesuits play in European exploration and expansion?

Since Europeans had no commodities that Asians wanted, Europeans had to buy Asian luxury goods with gold and silver.

In his famous work, Pensées, Blaise Pascal attempted to convince people that science and faith could not be reconciled.

The two primary motivations behind European voyages of exploration were and .

What sorts of misconceptions hinder our understanding of the Scientific Revolution?

What factors drove Copernicus to place the sun at the centre of the universe and propose a heliocentric universe?

Tycho Brahe's years of astronomical observation were inspired by the appearance of a new supernova and comet, as well as a desire to cast more accurate horoscopes.

With some exceptions, Portugal's overseas possessions were part of a "trading-post empire."

According to Greek medical authorities, good health was dependent on ________.

In sailing west on the Atlantic, Christopher Columbus was hoping to find ________.

By the time of his third voyage in 1502, Columbus acknowledged that he had not reached Asia.

How did Europeans attempt to justify their seizure of Indigenous peoples' land?

What were Johannes Kepler's three laws of planetary motion?