Multiple Choice Quiz
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1
In characterizing the period from 1450 to 1750 in the West, which of the following statements is not accurate?
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2
Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is true?
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3
Which of the following was associated with the Italian Renaissance?
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4
Which of the following accounts in part for the decline of the Italian Renaissance?
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5
What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?
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6
Who was responsible for the invention of movable type in the West?
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7
the 16th century, at what age did most Europeans marry?
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8
Which of the following was not associated with the founding of a Protestant church in the 16th century?
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9
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of popular support for Luther's religious reform movement?
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10
The center of the Protestant movement begun by Jean Calvin was located in
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11
The civil wars of religion in France were ended in 1598 with the declaration of toleration of Protestantism in the
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12
Which of the following was not a result of the Thirty Years' War?
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13
Which of the following was characteristic of the commercial revolution of the 16th century?
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14
Commodities that many European peasants and artisans around 1600 ordinarily owned included
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15
Who was the author of the scientific treatise, Principia Mathematica?
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16
Louis XIV of France was associated with the style of government called
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17
Which of the following states stood apart from the trend toward absolute monarchy in the 17th century and retained a parliamentary regime?
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18
What monarch was associated with the establishment of enlightened despotism in Prussia in the middle of the 18th century?
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19
What Enlightenment social scientist advocated that government avoid regulation of the economy in favor of individual initiative and market forces?
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20
What crop was introduced to Europe in the 17th century and substantially improved the food supply?
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Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.
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