Global 1 Final Review #3

Which statement about the bubonic plague in the 14th century is most accurate?

• Improved sanitation systems eliminated the threat of the plague.

• Advances in medicine halted the spread of the plague.

• Trade between Europe and Asia stopped just before the plague began.

• The death toll from the plague led to labor shortages.

Portugal’s attempt to participate directly in the global spice trade was a factor leading to the

• Age of Exploration

• formation of the Hanseatic League

• Berlin Conference

• creation of the Council of Trent

The Renaissance in western Europe was a period noted for

• armed conflict over control of the Holy Land

• the rise of feudalism in the Mediterranean region

• a shift from a spiritual focus to a more humanistic one

• the mass movement of peoples from urban to rural areas

The heliocentric model of the universe developed by Copernicus and Galileo was considered heresy during their lives because it

• linked astronomy to the teachings of Muhammad

• supported the world view of the ancient Greeks

• challenged the secular power of absolute monarchs

• conflicted with the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church

A major reason the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states was their

• military success against the Seljuk Turks

• location on the Mediterranean Sea

• access to goods from the Americas

• dependence on the teachings of the Catholic Church

The divine right theory believed in by several European monarchs is most similar to the concept of

• humanism during the Enlightenment

• the Mandate of Heaven in imperial China

• civil disobedience promoted by Mohandas Gandhi

• the White Man’s Burden

Which action led most directly to divisions in Christianity in western Europe?

• Pope Urban II calling for the Crusades

• King John signing the Magna Carta

• Martin Luther posting the Ninety-five Theses

• German cities establishing the Hanseatic League

A basic cause of the Age of Exploration was

• Europe's growing demand for goods from Asia

• the need to find room for the surplus population

• the desire to return to feudalism

• the attempt to prove the Earth was round

A key feature of European Renaissance culture was

• an outlook emphasizing classicism, secularism, and individualism

• a reliance on the Pope and his knights to maintain political stability

• a shift in production from the domestic system to the factory system

• a way of thinking stressing humility and Christian faith

One way in which the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are similar is that each

• challenged the heliocentric theory of the universe

• based his work on Enlightenment principles of social contract

• practiced observation and experimentation in his work

• supported the work of the Inquisition