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Finegan World History

Quiz - Multiple Choice

Answer all 33 questions below based on your knowledge of the topics we discussed in class.

1. To whom did the Iberians of the 1300s and 1400s primarily owe their superiority in maritime technology?
a. the Chinese
b. the Romans
c. the Visigoths
d. the French
e. the Arabs
2. What was special about the Iberian caravel in terms of its ability to travel long distances for trade and war purposes?
a. it utilized the lateen, triangular-shaped sail and other technological innovations of the time
b. slaves were used as oarsmen to power the vessel
c. it used a motorized engine
d. it was designed by Chinese immigrants
e. it combined all sorts of technologies derived from scientists in France and Germany
3. What by far was the most important of the technical innovations adopted by Iberian sailors in the 1300s and 1400s which enabled them to become the world's preeminent sailors during those centuries?
a. the compass
b. the sandglass
c. the lateen sail
d. new rudder design
e. sounding depths
4. As discussed in class, in addition to its history (the Reconquista) and technological sophistication, what was the third major component (not the Three G's) which led Iberia to the forefront of long distance travel and trade to Africa in the 1300s and 1400s?
a. Iberian zeal for adventure in the Far East
b. Iberian quest for supremacy throughout the Indian Ocean
c. the region's location/geography
d. Iberian demand for guns and alcohol
5. What were the Three G's?_______________, _______________ and ____________.
a. Gold, God and Guts
b. God, Glory, and Guns
c. Guns, Guts and Gold
d. Glory, God and Guns
e. Glory, God and Gold
6. Because of their advanced technology and experience in long distance travel and trade, sailors of which two European countries probably possessed in the late 1400s the best maps and navigational charts? __________________ and __________________.
a. Spain and Portugal
b. Spain and France
c. Portugal and Britain
d. Spain and Britain
e. Britain and France

7. The Stepping-Stone theory involved the use - by the Spanish and Portuguese - of islands in the Atlantic as, essentially, laboratories or experiment stations in preparation for what they would eventually do in the Caribbean after 1492. True False
8. Which of the following was NOT a disease transmitted to Native Americans by Europeans during the Age of Discovery?
a. Measles
b. Syphilis
c. Yellow Fever
d. Influenza
e. Small Pox
9. Most of the men who jumped on boats and headed out into the Atlantic Ocean - on their way to Africa or the Americas - during the Age of Discovery were between the ages of 15 and 55, were from the southern areas in Spain.

True

False

10. Which of the following Spanish conquistadores made four voyages (from 1492 to 1502) to the New World in the early stages of the "Discovery of the Americas"?
a. Cabeza de Vaca
b. Hernan Cortes
c. Francisco Pizarro
d. Vasco de Balboa
e. none of the above

11. In general, the Spanish were successful in conquest when facing people who were most like themselves.

True

False

12. The system of forced labor of Native Americans imposed by the Spanish was called:
a. Tenochtitlan
b. encomienda
c. mestizo
d. Montezuma

13. What were the two most important natural resources, as identified in class, extracted from the Americas by Europeans after 1492?
a. silver and sugar
b. leather and hides
c. slaves and sugar
d. silver and gold
e. chocolate and cotton

14. Hernán Cortés set out from Cuba to follow up on rumors of a wealthy civilization, somewhere to the West, in the 1510.

True

False

15. Some of the advantages that the Spaniards had against the Aztec included:
a. horses
b. guns and ammunition
c. the notion that perhaps the Spaniards were returning gods (Quetzalcoatl)
d. native allies who hated the Aztec
e. all of the above

16. The Spanish also had a communication advantage over Montezuma because Cortes' two advisers spoke languages (Maya and Spanish in particular) that the Aztec leader couldn't understand.

True

False

17. The name of the kidnapped king of the Inca was:
a. Tonatiuh
b. Nahuatl
c. Atahualpa
d. Pizarro

18. The equation for colonialism both in the Atlantic islands and in the New World after 1492 was:
a. Dominate, Evangelize, Convert, and Rule
b. Separate, Kill, Subjugate, Explore
c. Expand, Conquer, Convert, and Kill
d. Discover, Conquer, Settle (govern), and Exploit

19. Spanish Catholic priests served an important role in the creation of the new societies in the New World.

True

False

20. Approximately, how many African slaves arrived alive into the New World from 1503 to the 1850s?
a. 14 million
b. 24 million
c. 4 million
d. 140,000

21. The areas of the New World most affected by slavery and African heritage starting in 1503 were the Caribbean and Brazil. True False

22. Generally, all of the following are characteristic of European society during the so-called "Dark Ages (ending, say, in 1492)" except:
a. rampant illiteracy
b. the "Traditional Authorities" strong control over society
c. widespread and contagious diseases
d. the rise of a strong and energetic middle class
e. a decline or regression of European civilization

23. As leaders of their communities, Catholic priests during the Dark Ages tended to emphasize in their sermons the importance of spirituality and the afterlife.

True

False

24. During the Dark Ages, as discussed in class, which three groups were in charge of establishing social norms, values, laws and morality?
a. The Middle Class, the Aristocracy and the Catholic Church
b. The Royal Families (Kings and Queens), the Aristocracy and the Middle Class
c. The Intellectual Class, the Catholic Church and the Royal Families(Kings and Queens)
d. The Catholic Church, the Aristocracy and the Royal Families(Kings and Queens)
e. The Middle Class, the Enlightened Class, and the Social Darwinists

25. Philosophers of the Renaissance period in Europe tended to advocate a shift away from spirituality and emphasized instead the importance of
a. science
b. secularism
c. humanism
d. materialism
e. all of the above

26. What coincided with the European Renaissance?
a. the birth of Jesus
b. the revival of Roman political rule in Europe
c. gradual decline in the influence of the Catholic Church
d. Martin Luther's proclamation that Catholics and Indians in the New World had strayed
from the faith

27. Which of the following is NOT a probable cause, as discussed in class, of the Christian Reformation and Luther's separatist movement.
a. The Renaissance way of thinking in general
b. Pope Paul's internal reforms to curb illiteracy in the countryside
c. nepotism
d. clerical concubinage
e. excessive wealth

28. Martin Luther was convinced, even as a young member of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine that he was a terrible sinner and that he was destined to go to hell.

True

False

29. Which two things, as identified in class, did Martin Luther focus on in his written indictment (95 Theses) of the Catholic Church in 1517.
a. the wealth of priests and their mistresses and the sinful activity of the Cardinals
b. simony and purgatory
c. righteous activity and the corruption and sins that come with Good Deeds
d. faith in Jesus alone is sufficient to gain Salvation and simony

30. Which two Renaissance figures might you associate with this statement? "Forget about the afterlife...what can we do here and now on this earth to improve our lives?"
a. Erasmus and Petrarch
b. Jesus and Muhammed
c. Darwin and Nehru
d. Rhodes and Gandhi
e. Julius and Augustus

31. As discussed in class, all of the following were ways Martin Luther sought to escape from his fate of hellfire except?
a. he engaged thoroughly in study of the scriptures
b. he went on a Pilgrimage to Rome to cleanse his soul and to find answers
c. he was a religious zealot (enthusiast)
d. he tormented his colleagues in the monastery for their lax work habits
e. he was an especially dedicated member of his monastery

32. Who was the main organizer and architect of the Counter Reformation?
a. Gandhi
b. Martin Luther
c. Pope John Paul II
d. Pope Benedict III
e. none of the above

33. The Council of Trent was a series of conferences or meetings to discuss between high members of the Catholic Church to discuss how to reform their practices and policies to better serve their parishioners (believers) and to discourage some of the corruption that had plagued Catholicism for centuries.

True

False