POP Quiz 01/03/24

Which of the following answers might the author of this excerpt most agree with?

• A daughter should obey her father until marriage. At which time, she must then follow the instructions of her husband and later her son.

• Women should be raised to value education and other virtues over maintaining traditional gender roles.

• A woman's primary responsibility must be to entertain as opposed to any other profession.

• Men would be better suited to perform the roles often expected of woman during this time period.

Based on the information presented in the passage, how is IL Cortegiano an example of Renaissance Humanism?

• The passage advocates the potential of individuals to succeed beyond what is expected by traditional beliefs.

• The passage mentions the works of Plato who suggested women had more rights than men did in ancient Greece.

• The passage connects Greek philosophy with Christian doctrine.

• The passage places little to no value on the skills or abilities of women.

What other civilization had similar visions regarding the role of women which contrasted with traditional beliefs concerning gender roles?

• The Song Dynasty

• The Islamic Safavid Gunpowder Empire

• Feudal Europe

• The Mongol Empire

According to the author, the preconditions he described which lead to the eventual devastation of major urban areas in Europe by plague can be most attributed to

• international trade with Asian nomads.

• a serious lack of immunities to similar diseases.

• the decline of farming practices in urban areas.

• unclean areas that needed proper sanitation care and maintenance.

Providing each answer is accurate, which step implemented in Europe most contributed to limiting the spread of infectious diseases?

• Quarantining ships and crew for a total of 40 days believing this to be sufficient time for any diseases held within to subside.

• Eradicating Jewish communities throughout Germany and Spain believing they to be a direct contribution to the spread of the illness.

• Consuming ointments and applying spices to the clothes and body to ward off any toxic "bad" air and prevent its inhalation.

• Studying the celestial positioning of the planets and star combined with the acknowledgment of regional seismic activity.

Which of the following effects would occur as a result of the Black Death c. 1346 – 1353?

• The remaining survivors would be enslaved by ruling colonial guards in order to mass produce goods for the prevailing monarchies.

• The surviving peasants would later revolt against any existing feudal laws demanding better wages and improved standards of living.

• The next generation would seek to re-establish former medieval traditions as a means to maintain cultural continuity.

• People would leave urban areas and establish rural societies which soon became self-sustained through strict adherence to a loyalty based heiracrchy.

Caraval ships such as the one depicted were primarily salient to growing Mercantile European States in the 15th and 16th century as they

• enabled Arabic control over the Pacific ocean to bloom.

• strengthened diplomatic ties and cooperation across Europe and Asia.

• facilitated the spread of goods, firearms, and large numbers of humans over long distances.

• reignited Chinese exploration of the Indian Ocean.

Smaller, poorer countries could finance colonial exploration through

• wealthy individual investors, such as factory owners.

• Pirates and Norwegian nomadic tribes.

• Chinese bureacrats.

• joint-stock companies, which reduced the cost and risk of such endeavors.

Which of the following answers most correctly describes an important aspect of Mercantilism?

• Mother Countries would try to gain an equal amount of wealth as their colonial holdings.

• More goods should be exported than imported by the mother country ensuring a better profit margin.

• Trade routes with Asia would be strengthened by providing Chinese bureacrats with tributes.

• Colonies would be allowed to trade with one another ensuring independence from Mother countries.

The inclusion of Buddhist and Shamanist traditions to the Mongolian celebration of the Lunar New Year supports the argument...

• Mongolians did not usually adopt other forms of culture to avoid mixing with their traditional beliefs and celebrations.

• Mongolians were willing to alter their religious beliefs in order to encourage pagans to convert.

• Most Asian traditions stem from Mongolian culture due to conquest.

• Mongolians were willing to incorporate different cultural traditions into their own.