History 120 Exam 1 questions and
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D. (Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end) - correct answer ✔✔ How
did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?
A. Central Europe Emerged as an Economic Powerhouse
B. Religious toleration was adopted throughout France and the Holy Roman Empire
C. German Lands were finally unified under the German Emperor
D. Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end
C. (The power of the ruler was absolute and its exercise prevented disorder and civil war) -
correct answer ✔✔ The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that_____.
A. Mankind is inherently good and requires no formal government
B. A constitutional monarchy was possible only in England.
C. The power of the ruler was absolute and its exercise prevented disorder and civil war.
D. Kings ruled by divine right
,C. (St. Petersburg) - correct answer ✔✔ After his victory over Sweden in 1709 at Poltava, Peter
the Great built a new, Western-style city on the Baltic called __________.
A. Moscow
B. Leningrad
C. St. Petersburg
D. Narva
C. (Military Dictatorship) - correct answer ✔✔ Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate was ultimately a
_________.
A. Popular Democracy
B. Constitutional Monarchy
C. Military Dictatorship
D. Parliamentary Government
A. (Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products desired by other civilizations)
- correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following characterizes the role of Europe in the system of
world trade prior to the voyage of Columbus?
A. Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products desired by other civilizations.
,B. Europe was the major western node of the trading system that produced high-quality textiles
and metalwork desired by others.
C. Europe served as the most important market for products because it produced few goods.
D. Europe provided the banking and financial services that sustained the world trading system.
A. (Off the coast of Asia) - correct answer ✔✔ At the time of his death, Columbus believed the
islands he found were _______.
A. Off the coast of Asia
B. Settled by a civilization of vast wealth and sophistication
C. Part of new continent
D. Isolated from any other land mass
A. (It forced Europeans to search for alternate trade routes to China, bypassing the overland
routes now controlled by the Ottoman Empire) - correct answer ✔✔ How did the Turks'
expansion of the Ottoman Empire and their conquest of the Byzantine Empire and its capital
Constantinople in 1453 influence European exploration?
A. It forced Europeans to search for alternate trade routes to China, bypassing the overland
routes now controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
B. It opened new trade routes to China over Central Asia
, C. It enhanced the trade routes with China and East Asia through the Middle East
D. It enhanced the influence of the Italian city-states of Venice and Genoa in the Eastern
Mediterranean.
A. (The dynastic, political, and romantic concerns of Henry VIII) - correct answer ✔✔ The
Reformation in England was primarily the result of _______.
A. The dynastic, political, and romantic concerns of Henry VIII.
B. Efforts by Luther and his followers
C. The terrible conditions then existing in the English churches
D. The missionary activity of the Lollards
C. (Granted French Huguenots the right to worship in 150 towns) - correct answer ✔✔ The Edict
of Nantes ______.
A. Ordered all French Huguenots to convert to Catholicism or leave France
B. Required all Catholic priests in France to swear an oath of loyalty to the king
C. Granted French Huguenots the right to worship in 150 towns
answers graded A+
D. (Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end) - correct answer ✔✔ How
did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?
A. Central Europe Emerged as an Economic Powerhouse
B. Religious toleration was adopted throughout France and the Holy Roman Empire
C. German Lands were finally unified under the German Emperor
D. Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end
C. (The power of the ruler was absolute and its exercise prevented disorder and civil war) -
correct answer ✔✔ The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that_____.
A. Mankind is inherently good and requires no formal government
B. A constitutional monarchy was possible only in England.
C. The power of the ruler was absolute and its exercise prevented disorder and civil war.
D. Kings ruled by divine right
,C. (St. Petersburg) - correct answer ✔✔ After his victory over Sweden in 1709 at Poltava, Peter
the Great built a new, Western-style city on the Baltic called __________.
A. Moscow
B. Leningrad
C. St. Petersburg
D. Narva
C. (Military Dictatorship) - correct answer ✔✔ Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate was ultimately a
_________.
A. Popular Democracy
B. Constitutional Monarchy
C. Military Dictatorship
D. Parliamentary Government
A. (Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products desired by other civilizations)
- correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following characterizes the role of Europe in the system of
world trade prior to the voyage of Columbus?
A. Europe was a minor trading power that produced few products desired by other civilizations.
,B. Europe was the major western node of the trading system that produced high-quality textiles
and metalwork desired by others.
C. Europe served as the most important market for products because it produced few goods.
D. Europe provided the banking and financial services that sustained the world trading system.
A. (Off the coast of Asia) - correct answer ✔✔ At the time of his death, Columbus believed the
islands he found were _______.
A. Off the coast of Asia
B. Settled by a civilization of vast wealth and sophistication
C. Part of new continent
D. Isolated from any other land mass
A. (It forced Europeans to search for alternate trade routes to China, bypassing the overland
routes now controlled by the Ottoman Empire) - correct answer ✔✔ How did the Turks'
expansion of the Ottoman Empire and their conquest of the Byzantine Empire and its capital
Constantinople in 1453 influence European exploration?
A. It forced Europeans to search for alternate trade routes to China, bypassing the overland
routes now controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
B. It opened new trade routes to China over Central Asia
, C. It enhanced the trade routes with China and East Asia through the Middle East
D. It enhanced the influence of the Italian city-states of Venice and Genoa in the Eastern
Mediterranean.
A. (The dynastic, political, and romantic concerns of Henry VIII) - correct answer ✔✔ The
Reformation in England was primarily the result of _______.
A. The dynastic, political, and romantic concerns of Henry VIII.
B. Efforts by Luther and his followers
C. The terrible conditions then existing in the English churches
D. The missionary activity of the Lollards
C. (Granted French Huguenots the right to worship in 150 towns) - correct answer ✔✔ The Edict
of Nantes ______.
A. Ordered all French Huguenots to convert to Catholicism or leave France
B. Required all Catholic priests in France to swear an oath of loyalty to the king
C. Granted French Huguenots the right to worship in 150 towns
