WH EOY Topic 4 & 5

The Renaissance began in Italy. Which of the following WAS NOT as reason for the emergence of the Renaissance in Italy before elsewhere?

• Italian cities were strong and prospered during the medieval period

• Italy remained a center of trade throughout the medieval period

• Italians were, in general, superior artists, architects, and sculptors

• Italians remained wealthy and were patrons of the arts and artists

How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?

• It revived the scientific thinking of ancient Greece & Rome.

• It undermined the authority of the Church.

• It encouraged people to use reason to solve problems.

• It proved the existence of natural rights.

What was the major impact of the invention of the movable-type printing press?

• Rapid expansion of education

• political and religious movements and conflicts

• more people could read and write

• A & C

• A, B, & C

The primary cause of the Protestant Reformation was...

• the corruption of the clergy and the worldliness of the Roman Catholic Church.

• a movement of intellectual capital towards a more humanistic perspective.

• the emergence of a reform movement within the Catholic church itself.

• an increase in demands for changed to church orthodoxy, including divorce and marriage for priests and nuns.

To facilitate the wishes of King Henry the 8th, the English Parliament created an act which created the Church of England and allowed Henry a new wife.

• The Act of Defiance

• The Act of Annulment

• The Act of Supremacy

• The Act of Anglicans

Created during the Renaissance’s Scientific Revolution, this was a revolutionary new step-by-step process of discovery where scientists collected and accurately measured data. To explain the data, scientists used reasoning to propose a logical hypothesis, or possible explanation and then tested the hypothesis with further observation or experimentation.

• The scientific process

• The method of scientific induction

• The scientific method

• The process of scientific deduction

For the Church and power elite of Western Europe, what was the danger of accepting the new scientific claims made by Renaissance Scientists?

• Solidified the idea of Divine Right of Kings and monarchical rule

• Directly challenged Papal Supremacy and control

• Questioned the entirety of European knowledge

• Supported the current power structure of feudalism

What was one main reason why slave trading greatly expanded beginning around 1500s?

• Africans gave up trying to resist capture by European slave traders.

• Europeans started depending on slaves for free labor in new colonies.

• Europeans needed more slaves in their countries to manage the arrival of new colonial goods.

• Arab merchants expanded the slave trade into South and East Asia.

Why was there such a high death rate during the Middle Passage?

• Slaves were branded and separated from their families.

• Slaves died of diseases and mistreatment.

• Many ships were sunk by pirates and privateers.

• The captains of slave ships committed genocide.

According to mercantilists, what was the purpose of colonies?

• to export manufactured goods to parent countries.

• To import luxuries from parent countries at discounted prices.

• To provide inexpensive resources and raw materials to parent countries

• to reduce competition and tariffs