Reference no: EM133305100

Question 1

The Dutch Republic traded diamonds and other luxury items with England in a system known as "mercantilism." The money lenders were especially esteemed in this system.

True

False

Question 2

The British did not want to become involved in the slave trade themselves because they felt it was morally reprehensible, so they paid other countries to oversee their plantation in the new world.

True

False

Question 3

Women's contributions to science were respected by some during the Scientific Revolution; however, many men often held on to the false idea that women were intellectually inferior to men.

True

False

Question 4

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was horrific, as Catholics murdered a large number of French Huguenot Protestants; however, one good thing was that it led to the end of the Catholic-Protestant conflict because there were not many Huguenot survivors who still wanted to fight.

True

False

Question 5

The northern Italian city-states were eventually defeated by the Ottoman Turks because they relied too much on gunpowder instead of traditional weapons and were too busy with trade to take war with the Ottomans seriously.

True

False

Question 6

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that began when Catholic clerics questioned certain actions of the Catholic Church and aspects of Catholic Church dogma.

True

False

Question 7

The Anglo-Saxons were savage tribes from southern France who invaded Scotland and established a 300-year kingdom there after defeating the Picts and Celts.

True

False

Question 8

In the Renaissance of of northern Italy, the rich were more than willing to "spread the wealth" and help their poorer neighbors because they had a strong belief in equality.

True

False

Question 9

The Turkic dynasties, such as the Seljuk dynasty, was eventually overcome and defeated by what people?

the Mongols

the Persians

the Vikings

the Christian crusaders

Question 10

Which people came to rule the former Roman province of Gaul in early medieval Europe?

the Franks

the Georges

the Anglo-Saxons

the Swiss Germans