Unit #6 Session Quiz

Which of the Enlightenment philosophers is credited with the idea of checks and balances within government?

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

During the Mongol rule in China, what Chinese inventions were brought back home with European traders?

• silver, spices, and cotton

• steel, compass, and gunpowder

• tea and silk

• silver, spices, cotton, tea and silk

"The Last Supper" and "The Mona Lisa" are classic paintings, which of the following renaissance artists created them?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Dante

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Michelangelo

Which northern Italian city was an important trading city that was influential in spreading Renaissance ideas?

• Rome

• Venice

• Sicily

• Naples

Which person helped spark an interest in ancient classic literature, which led to the development of humanism?

• Cicero

• Dante

• Galileo

• Petrarch

Improvements in printing in Europe during the Renaissance led to which of the following?

• a decrease in the amount of people who could afford books

• a decrease in the amount of religious books printed

• an increase in learning and literacy

• a decrease in the use of the printing press

Which of the following BEST describes why Martin Luther was upset by the selling of indulgences?

• Martin Luther believed it was taking advantage of poor to sell indulgences.

• Martin Luther believed that it impossible to sell forgiveness from God.

• Martin Luther said Church taxes should go to German leaders not the Pope.

• Martin Luther believed that people could not buy forgiveness.

In which way did the European worldview change after their increased progress in cartography?

• Europeans lost interest in exploration.

• They thought the world too large to explore.

• A renewed interest in trade and exploration occurred.

• Europeans closed their doors to trading.

Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, helped established the first sea trade route with Asia by __________.

• sponsoring expeditions and founding a sailing school

• commanding ships that mapped the route

• conquering the land and starting trade centers

• inventing cartography and the astrolabe

Which term describes the trading of plants, animals, diseases, & more between Europe & the Americas during the 1400's?

• mercantilism

• bubonic plague

• Columbian Exchange

• Scientific Revolution