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Chapter 16 Quiz
AP World History
1. Forgiveness of past sins, an indulgence,
might be given for any of the following
reasons except
A) performing a pious act.
B) giving a donation to the church.
C) becoming a monk.
D) saying a particular prayer.
E) making a pilgrimage.
2. Martin Luther insisted that the only way
to salvation was through
A) relying on “good works.”
B) faith in Jesus Christ.
C) loyalty to the Vatican.
D) paying money to the church.
E) none of these.
3. The movement that began with the
rejection of the pope's authority was the
A) Protestant Reformation.
B) Catholic Reformation.
C) Orthodox Reformation.
D) Peasant Movement.
E) Babylonian Captivity.
4. To promote his ideas, Luther used
A) peasant armies.
B) indulgences.
C) troubadours to sing of his greatness.
D) tournaments, festivals, and games.
E) the printing press.
5. John Calvin preached that salvation was
granted by
A) predestination
B) good works.
C) sobriety.
D) good thoughts.
E) the pope.
6. Calvinism went further than Lutheranism
in
A) encouraging political rebellion.
B) empowering ordained clergy.
C) simplifying religious rituals.
D) building extravagant churches.
E) insisting on loyalty to the Vatican.
7. In light of the challenges to the Catholic Church,
many reforms were enacted, such as
A) mandating poverty for the Catholic
institution.
B) instituting dietary restrictions to symbolize
purity.
C) reforming the education of the clergy.
D) allowing priests and nuns to marry.
E) using the vernacular during mass.
8. Ignatius of Loyola founded the
A) Dominicans.
B) Inquisition.
C) Council of Trent.
D) Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).
E) Franciscans.
9. The Protestant challenge to the church and its
supporters was intense and emotional, resulting
in
A) a compromise representing theological
common ground.
B) bitter “wars of religion.”
C) the election of Pope Leo X.
D) European monarchs begging the pope for
forgiveness.
E) all of these.
10. Europeans viewed the natural world
through two beliefs systems:
A) folklore, including magic, and Christian
and Judaic teachings.
B) science and ancestor worship.
C) conflict dualism and Greek mythology.
D) militarism and socialism.
E) pacifism and egalitarianism.
11. Europeans believed that when natural
disasters like earthquakes occurred, the
cause was
A) plate tectonics.
B) supernatural forces.
C) an imbalance of humors in the body.
D) that they were illusions.
E) an unvirtuous ruler.
12. Women, especially widows, were often
accused of being witches because it was
believed that
A) all women were evil.
B) witches usually killed their husbands.
C) women who lived without male authority
were susceptible to evil.
D) black cats preferred the company of women.
E) men were incapable of evil.
13. The Scientific Revolution demonstrated
that the workings of the universe could be
explained by
A) the will of God.
B) the temperatures in the hemisphere.
C) natural causes.
D) the alignment of the planets.
E) prayer and divine revelation.
14. The astronomer who discovered spots
on the sun and mountains on the moon
was
A) Tycho Brahe.
B) Johannes Kepler.
C) Isaac Newton.
D) Galileo Galilei.
E) Nicholas Copernicus.
15. The scientist who asserted that
mathematical laws governed the universe
was
A) Isaac Newton.
B) Boethius.
C) Virgil.
D) John Harvey.
E) Henry the Navigator.
16. Bourgeoisie means
A) wealthy urban class.
B) lower middle class.
C) nobility.
D) clergy.
E) royalty.
17. The Dutch East and West Indies Company gained financial
supremacy in all Europe by
A) establishing a monopoly on products from the Indies.
B) forming themselves as a joint-stock company.
C) reducing the risk of overseas cargo trade by attracting many
investors, thus spreading out the financial burden.
D) allowing trade of stocks in the market in Amsterdam.
E) doing all of these.
18. One of the painters who exemplified the
Renaissance in northern Europe was
A) Machiavelli.
B) Renoir.
C) Matisse.
D) Bruegel.
E) Beethoven.
19. The Enlightenment in Europe was
A) a uniform philosophical movement directed by the
Royal Society.
B) derived from Aristotelian scientific thought.
C) the study of alchemy to make light on demand.
D) a blending of intellectual schools of thought from
many diverse areas with the idea of improving the
human condition.
E) based in Chinese and Amerindian naturalism.
20. What new crops helped the rural poor of
Europe avoid starvation?
A) Manioc and peas
B) Cassava and rice
C) Blueberries and cranberries
D) Potatoes and corn
E) Wheat and millet
21. As the iron industry expanded, the consumption of fuel
caused
A) a reduction in the use of iron and copper.
B) less destruction of forest woodlands because iron
was used instead of wood.
C) deforestation.
D) the rise of a wealthy class of timber industrialists.
E) little to no change in the consumption of resources.
22. The Holy Roman Empire was ruled by
the
A) Bourbons.
B) Huguenots.
C) Burgundians.
D) Habsburgs.
E) Romanovs.
23. In 1555, by the Peace of Augsburg, Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V allowed German
princes to choose
A) Catholicism or Calvinism.
B) Catholicism or Lutheranism.
C) Calvinism or Lutheranism.
D) a new emperor.
E) Islam or Christianity.
24. Charles V failed to unify all of Europe, but Spain,
France, and England successfully unified their states by
A) limiting the power of the church and the nobility.
B) instituting mercantile economic policies.
C) building castles with large fortifications.
D) marrying their daughters to princes from other
kingdoms.
E) using Ottoman mercenaries.
25. To ensure that his subjects did not resist royal
authority, King Philip II of Spain
A) used the Spanish Inquisition to suppress opposition.
B) exiled dissidents to the American colonies.
C) forced the conversion of all Spanish Jews to
Christianity.
D) sentenced all Protestants to life imprisonment.
E) assigned a “secret” police force to spy on all citizens.
26. The Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685 by
Louis XIV, eliminating
A) all Protestant clergy from France.
B) religious freedom for French Protestants.
C) Catholicism in France.
D) the threat to the English Channel by the
Turks.
E) the Spanish Armada.
27. King Henry VIII of England severed his bond with the
Catholic Church when
A) Martin Luther visited England.
B) there was a public outcry against Catholic doctrine.
C) the election of 1532 placed Protestants in public
offices.
D) the pope refused to grant him a papal annulment of
his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
E) public demonstrations in Ireland turned violent.
28. The Glorious Revolution and the English Civil War both started
when
A) the war between Irish Catholics and Protestants ended.
B) the monarch refused to share power with the Parliament.
C) the Catholic monarchy was restored to Spain.
D) the Protestant heir to the throne, Mary, and her husband,
William of Orange, were married.
E) war broke out between Sweden and England over control of
the North Sea.
29. English political philosopher John Locke asserted that if
the monarch
A) was elected by the people, he could rule forever.
B) fed the people, the people should be loyal.
C) abused his or her power, the people had a duty to
rebel.
D) ruled absolutely without controls, harmony would
ensue.
E) ruled with morality, society would be moral as well.
30. How did European rulers pay their large war expenses?
A) By enforcing high taxes on Jews and Muslims
B) By making alliances with the rising commercial elites
and protecting markets overseas
C) By warring with countries with large treasuries
D) By stealing the art treasures of the lands they
conquered
E) All of these