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The extraordinary movement of peoples, plants, animals, goods, cultures,
and diseases in the sixteenth century is called the
Ans: Columbian Exchange
The population of early North American colonies grew because
Ans: indentured servants came over in large numbers to work in the colonies
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Much of the wealth derived from colonies in the Americas came from
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Ans: sugar
forms NOT used to resist slave owners in the sixteenth century
Ans: underground railroads
forms used to resist slave owners in the sixteenth century
Ans: infanticides, suicides, revolts
The driving cause of the inflation experienced in Europe during the last half
of the sixteenth century was
Ans: an influx of silver on the Spanish market
European monarchs were forced to raise taxes precipitously in the sixteenth
century because taxes collected in an inflationary period yielded less actual
wealth and because
Ans: the cost of waging war was becoming increasingly expensive
recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France but allowed
Protestants certain rights
Ans: The Edict of Nantes
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The Dutch revolt was sparked by
Ans: Philip II attempting to tighten his control of the Dutch cities
England challenged Spanish supremacy in the Atlantic by
Ans: attacking Spanish ships that were sailing from their colonies to Spain
Alliances in the latter half of the Thirty Years' War were largely based on
Ans: current political needs
The primary goal of Cardinal Richelieu's government was to
Ans: increase and centralize royal power over France
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Charles I's death sent shockwaves through Europe because
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Ans: it was the first time a reigning king had been legally tried and executed for
treason by his subjects
The English Civil War affected English colonies in the New World by
Ans: allowing them a large degree of independence
The confusion caused by the discovery and European colonization in the
New World was expressed in Europe by all of these
Ans: the increasing prevalence of the idea that no political or religious system was
flawless, the witch craze, the production of plays that raised questions about
relative morality like Shakespeare's The Tempest
In the theory of absolutism found in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, the goal
of the sovereign state is to
Ans: preserve people's lives
The uncertainty and crises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over
time produced
Ans: more strongly centralized states
"Science" entails all of the following
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Ans: a system of inquiry
a community of practitioners
a body of knowledge
"Science" DOESN'T entail
Ans: an adoption of a secular rather than religious worldview
Although logic and geometry had played a role in the medieval worldview,
_________ would assume a much more central role in the "New Science."
Ans: Mathematics
The dispersal of ancient texts by the humanists of the late Renaissance that
served to encourage study and debate was facilitated by
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Ans: the widespread use of the printing press
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Throughout the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on
cosmology were _________ and _________.
Ans: Aristotle; Ptolemy
Nicholas Copernicus hesitated to publish his De Revolutionibusbecause
Ans: the implications of his theory of heliocentricity greatly troubled him
Which of the following best describes Johannes Kepler's intellectual
foundations?
Ans: Mysticism, astrology, and mathematics
Many Roman Catholic churchmen viewed the "New Science," especially as
typified by Copernican theory:
Ans: as a direct threat to Church doctrine.
In 1616, Galileo Galilei was warned to stop promulgating Copernican
ideas, when the Catholic Church
Ans: placed Copernicus's work on the Index of Prohibited Books
One result of Galileo's trial was that
HY-102 EXAM 1 | 131 QUESTIONS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!/NEWEST
UPDATE A+
The extraordinary movement of peoples, plants, animals, goods, cultures,
and diseases in the sixteenth century is called the
Ans: Columbian Exchange
The population of early North American colonies grew because
Ans: indentured servants came over in large numbers to work in the colonies
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Much of the wealth derived from colonies in the Americas came from
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: sugar
forms NOT used to resist slave owners in the sixteenth century
Ans: underground railroads
forms used to resist slave owners in the sixteenth century
Ans: infanticides, suicides, revolts
The driving cause of the inflation experienced in Europe during the last half
of the sixteenth century was
Ans: an influx of silver on the Spanish market
European monarchs were forced to raise taxes precipitously in the sixteenth
century because taxes collected in an inflationary period yielded less actual
wealth and because
Ans: the cost of waging war was becoming increasingly expensive
recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France but allowed
Protestants certain rights
Ans: The Edict of Nantes
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The Dutch revolt was sparked by
Ans: Philip II attempting to tighten his control of the Dutch cities
England challenged Spanish supremacy in the Atlantic by
Ans: attacking Spanish ships that were sailing from their colonies to Spain
Alliances in the latter half of the Thirty Years' War were largely based on
Ans: current political needs
The primary goal of Cardinal Richelieu's government was to
Ans: increase and centralize royal power over France
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Charles I's death sent shockwaves through Europe because
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Ans: it was the first time a reigning king had been legally tried and executed for
treason by his subjects
The English Civil War affected English colonies in the New World by
Ans: allowing them a large degree of independence
The confusion caused by the discovery and European colonization in the
New World was expressed in Europe by all of these
Ans: the increasing prevalence of the idea that no political or religious system was
flawless, the witch craze, the production of plays that raised questions about
relative morality like Shakespeare's The Tempest
In the theory of absolutism found in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, the goal
of the sovereign state is to
Ans: preserve people's lives
The uncertainty and crises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over
time produced
Ans: more strongly centralized states
"Science" entails all of the following
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Ans: a system of inquiry
a community of practitioners
a body of knowledge
"Science" DOESN'T entail
Ans: an adoption of a secular rather than religious worldview
Although logic and geometry had played a role in the medieval worldview,
_________ would assume a much more central role in the "New Science."
Ans: Mathematics
The dispersal of ancient texts by the humanists of the late Renaissance that
served to encourage study and debate was facilitated by
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Ans: the widespread use of the printing press
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Throughout the Middle Ages, the most important classical authorities on
cosmology were _________ and _________.
Ans: Aristotle; Ptolemy
Nicholas Copernicus hesitated to publish his De Revolutionibusbecause
Ans: the implications of his theory of heliocentricity greatly troubled him
Which of the following best describes Johannes Kepler's intellectual
foundations?
Ans: Mysticism, astrology, and mathematics
Many Roman Catholic churchmen viewed the "New Science," especially as
typified by Copernican theory:
Ans: as a direct threat to Church doctrine.
In 1616, Galileo Galilei was warned to stop promulgating Copernican
ideas, when the Catholic Church
Ans: placed Copernicus's work on the Index of Prohibited Books
One result of Galileo's trial was that
