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1
Martin Luther's criticism of the Roman Catholic Church was greatly aided by
A)the printing press.
B)the enthusiastic support of clergy in the Catholic Church.
C)local newspapers.
D)active guilds and artisans.
E)all of the above
2
As a result of Martin Luther's preaching
A)German princes recommitted themselves to Catholicism.
B)The Roman Catholic Church adopted most of his reforms.
C)A number of German cities began to pass laws requiring that religious services follow Protestant doctrine.
D)German princes began to engage in good works.
E)all of the above
3
What political motivations encouraged the spread of Protestantism?
A)Protestantism provided people an opportunity to overthrow monarchies.
B)Protestantism encouraged people to claim their individual rights.
C)Protestantism encouraged militarism in European nations.
D)Protestantism provided monarchs and princes an opportunity to enhance their independence.
E)all of the above
4
In response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church
A)launched a military campaign against the German states.
B)abandoned its monasteries in Germany.
C)abandoned the practice of selling indulgences.
D)summoned a council to clarify doctrine and strengthen the church's spiritual commitment.
E)all of the above
5
What was the principal focus of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)?
A)to expose witches and heretics
B)to expand the boundaries of the reformed Catholic Church
C)to be soldiers for Jesus in the battle against the Protestants
D)to direct the Court of the Inquisition on behalf of the pope
E)to raise money for the Church by selling indulgences
6
One reason for the hysterical witch-hunts of the sixteenth century was that
A)the conflicts of the Reformation contributed to a climate of suspicion and violence.
B)unusual natural phenomena suggested supernatural causes.
C)desperate people turned to magic to try and improve their lives.
D)new texts claimed scientific evidence of witchcraft.
E)all of the above
7
The Thirty Years' War began when
A)The pope tried to force his subjects to return to the Catholic Church.
B)Elizabeth I attempted to force Protestantism on Spain.
C)Charles V attempted to imprison Martin Luther.
D)The Holy Roman Emperor tried to force his Bohemian subjects to return to Catholicism.
E)Louis XIV invaded the Low Countries.
8
Who benefited most from the religious controversy generated by the Reformation?
A)Buddhist missionaries, because they won many converts fed up with Christian bickering
B)the peasants, because they were able to leave the estates and move in to the cities
C)centralizing monarchs, because they gained more independent authority
D)the Catholic Church, because it gained more committed supporters
E)the Islamic empires, because Europe was divided and weakened
9
Which of the following did Charles V not bestow on his son, Philip II?
A)territory in the Americas
B)England
C)the Netherlands (the Low Countries)
D)territory in Italy
E)Spain
10
Charles V was unable to forge a united empire for all of the following reasons except
A)The Lutheran challenge sapped much of his attention.
B)French kings undermined his efforts and allied themselves with his enemies.
C)princes took advantage of religious controversy to assert their independence.
D)The Ottoman conquest of Vienna in the 1520s.
E)English invasions.
11
Martin Luther argued that salvation could only come through good works.
A)True
B)False
12
John Calvin's Geneva enforced strict moral codes.
A)True
B)False
13
Calvinism took root in Italy, Spain, and Austria.
A)True
B)False
14
The English Reformation originated in a conflict between Henry VIII and the pope.
A)True
B)False
15
The witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth century tended to target wealthy, upper-class women.
A)True
B)False
16
The absolutist monarchs were characterized by all of the following except
A)enlarged administrative staffs.
B)standing professional armies.
C)increased state revenues through taxes.
D)enhanced power at the expense of the nobles.
E)a commitment to individual liberty.
17
The Spanish Inquisition relied on religious justifications to advance what political ends?
A)increasing the revenues for the Spanish crown
B)raising a vast army for Spain
C)discouraging the Spanish nobles from adopting Protestantism
D)crushing a suspected Muslim rebellion
E)none of the above
18
Seventeenth-century constitutional monarchies are characterized by
A)secret police organizations.
B)repression.
C)A system of shared authority.
D)recognition of individual rights.
E)the election of the monarch by the merchant class.
19
According to the divine-right theory of government,
A)power and authority are based on a contract between the sovereign and his citizens.
B)the king derives his authority from God alone and is not accountable to his subjects.
C)the king has a divine mandate to serve his people well; if he violates that trust then he can be overthrown.
D)the people and the state exist only to enrich the sovereign.
E)God is the real sovereign and the Church represents His authority in earthly matters.
20
Louis XIV managed to control the nobles of France and their activities by
A)crushing the most powerful nobles in a civil war early in his reign.
B)heavily taxing the nobles' estates so they could no longer fund private armies.
C)requiring the nobility to live at Versailles where he could distract them and keep an eye on them.
D)appointing hundreds of new nobles from the merchant class, who were loyal to him.
E)all of the above
21
The reforms of Peter I included all of the following except:
A)overhauling the government bureaucracy.
B)forcing his subjects to adopt western European fashions.
C)forming a council of nobles to advise him on how best to improve the lives of serfs.
D)building the city of St. Petersburg to serve as a base of naval operations.
E)providing extensive training and modern weapons to soldiers.
22
The Peace of Westphalia, which ended of the Thirty Years' War, ensured that
A)Europe would confront centuries of further religious war.
B)Lutheranism would be destroyed.
C)each nation was permitted to direct its own internal affairs.
D)the Papacy would be compensated for seized property.
E)all of the above
23
The population of Europe grew dramatically in the seventeenth century because of
A)improved nutrition as a result of the introduction of new American food crops.
B)new agricultural technology, which increased output.
C)the development of the first immunizations for plague.
D)improved public health and sanitation.
E)all of the above
24
New institutions that supported early capitalism included all of the following except
A)banks and lending institutions.
B)craft guilds.
C)stock exchanges.
D)joint-stock companies.
E)insurance companies.
25
The putting-out system
A)was developed by craft guilds.
B)was based on a Chinese system.
C)was an early effort to organize industrial production.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
26
Henry VIII enhanced the wealth of the state by seizing church property.
A)True
B)False
27
Cardinal Richelieu vigorously opposed monarchical efforts to consolidate royal power.
A)True
B)False
28
The challenge posed by Yemelian Pugachev's rebellion in 1773-1774 cooled Catherine the Great's commitment to reform.
A)True
B)False
29
Isaac Newton discovered that the sun was the center of the universe.
A)True
B)False
30
Voltaire frequently turned his caustic wit against the Catholic Church.
A)True
B)False





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