Strayer, Chapter 15: "Cultural Transformations"

How did the Protestant Reformation affect women?

• Women enjoyed more freedom and authority in Protestant convents.

• Women had more opportunities to assume official roles within the churches.

• Women created their own church focused on the veneration of Mary and female saints.

• The emphasis on reading the Bible for oneself stimulated education and literacy for women.

What facilitated the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

• Illuminated manuscripts

• The printing press

• The Council of Trent

• The Society of Jesus

What did the New England Puritans in North America emphasize?

• Religious tolerance

• Conversion of native peoples

• Education and civic responsibility

• Reconciliation with the Catholic Church

Which group had the greatest success in converting people outside of Europe to Christianity?

• Jesuit missionaries in China

• Spanish Catholic missionaries in the Philippines

• Puritan missionaries in New England

• Portuguese missionaries in West Africa

Which of the following was generally more true of Catholics than Protestants in European colonies?

• Catholics built more simply designed churches.

• Catholics were more intent on converting native peoples.

• Catholics were more opposed to slavery.

• Catholics encouraged literacy in the local population.

Which of the following was a goal of the Wahhabi movement?

• To return to the absolute monotheism of authentic Islam

• To promote religious blending and syncretism in Islam

• To encourage religious tolerance

• To expand the rights of women under Islamic law

Which of the following is a principle or practice upheld in Sikhism?

• Seclusion of women

• Universalism of Islam

• Equality of men and women

• Respect of caste distinctions

What condition in Europe that was absent in China and the Islamic world contributed to the Scientific Revolution?

• The relative independence of European universities

• The superiority of the libraries in Western Europe

• Europe’s leadership in the fields of mathematics and medicine after 1000 C.E.

• The merging of the study of the natural order with philosophy and theology

Which of the following describes European reaction to the syncretic religions of African slave communities in the New World?

• Tolerance

• Acceptance

• Conversion

• Suppression

Both Wang Yangmin in his view of Confucianism and Martin Luther in his view of Christianity

• attacked local customs as idolatry and sought to purify their respective traditions.

• invoked divine will to justify the power and privileges of the elite.

• argued that individuals could find their own path to virtue and salvation.

• fought for religious tolerance and social justice for the poor and oppressed.