Advanced World History Semester Exam One Review

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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the birth of the Renaissance in Italy? A. a wealthy and powerful merchant class, B. the Protestant Reformation, C. Italy’s location on the Mediterranean, D. a renewed interest in their own Roman past

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the Protestant Reformation

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_____ was the intellectual movement that focused on worldly subjects.

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Humanism

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Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideal because he was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.

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was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.

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Whose publication of the Ninety-five Theses led to the start of the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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What belief (put forth by Calvin but not agreed to by Luther) advocated that God had determined in advance who would be saved?

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predestination

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Name the set of principles that dominated economic theory in the seventeenth century.

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mercantilism

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What was the initial reason European rulers encouraged overseas exploration? A. They wanted to find new trade routes. B. They wanted to conquer new lands. C. They wanted to spread Islam. D. They wanted to test new navigational tools.

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They wanted to test new navigational tools.

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Which explorer’s ships are credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Founded in 1607, _______ was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

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Jamestown

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What colony did English Puritans establish in the New England region of America in the 1600s?

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Massachusetts Bay Colony