1. B. European nations benefited from a combination of existing technologies and their own innovations to aid exploration.
2. A. The Catholic Church saw new astronomical ideas as heresy because they contradicted the literal word of the bible.
3. B. Portugal become Europe’s first maritime empire.
4. C. Common farmers did the hardest agricultural work but received little of the economic profits.
5. B. Catholic persecutions of protestants and Jews resulted in the voluntary and forced migrations of various religious groups to the Americas.
1. Which statement best describes the relationship between technology and European exxploration?
A. Europeans refused to use technologies originating from Asia and Southwest Asia because they believed they were inferior to European designs.
B. European nations benefited from a combination of existing technologies and their own innovations to aid exploration.
C. European technological advances were slow and often prone to failure during long voyages.
D. Europeans developed new technologies, such as the astrolabe and magnetic compass, to permit long-distance travel.
2. Which statement best explains the Roman Catholic Church’s primary reaction to the ideas developed by Galileo and other scientists of the scientific revolution?
A. The catholic church saw new astronomical ideas as heresy because they contradicted the literal word of the bible.
B. The Catholic Church saw the scientific method as a threat to their political power in Europe
C. The Catholic Church blamed Protestants for heretical ideas and sought to eradicate them.
D. The Catholic Church saw the scientific revolution as insignificant and not a threat to their teachings
3. Which of the following is an effect of Portugal developing the carevel?
A. The Roman Catholic Church eradicated Islam from the Iberian peninsula
B. Portugal become Europe’s first maritime empire
C. Portugal took control of the Silk Road
D. The trade of enslaved Africans decreased
4. Which of these statements best summarizes the statuss of common farmers during different eras of history?
A. Common farmers were mostly enslaved laborers who worked on property owned by wealthy landowners
B. Common farmers generally became wealthy as they developed and controlled new methods of agriculture
C. Common farmers did the hardest agricultural work but received little of the econmic profits
D. Common farmers increased their personal ownership of land as new advances in agriculture took place.
5. How did the Counter-Reformation in Europe most impact the settlement of European colonies in the Americas?
A. The Catholic Church created special settlements in the Americas for non-Catholics who were being perseuted by various European monarchs.
B. Catholic persecutions of protestants and Jews resulted in the voluntary and forced migrations of various religious groups to the Americas.
C. Catholic monarchs in France and Spain financed special voyages to the Americas to give non-Catholic Protestaants and Jews opportunities to freely practive their religions without persecution.
D. Catholic persecutions of Protestants in England led to the great Puritan Migration to the New England during the 1600s
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6. Why is Ibn Battuta’a book, A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wondeers of the Cities and the Marvels of Traveling, so important to historians?
A. It explains battle tactics
B. It reveals secrets of his faith
C. It gives insight into the world of Islam
D. It describes places in Africa
7. How did the Treaty of Granada aaffect the Mudejars living in Spain?
A. They were expelled from Spain althogether
B. They were forced to wear specific symbols on their clothing
C. They were required to fight in the Spanish army
D. They were allowed to worship freely as Muslims
8. How did the search for maritime trade routes to Asia affect the growth of European empires?
A. Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices
B. The cost of getting spices from Asia made some countries decide that global expansion was not worthwhile
C. The countries with the most land space in Europe were the most successful at building empires
D. It had little impact on the growth of European empires because trade was not very profitable
9. In what types of businesses did European intellectual communities begin to develop in early modern European cities?
A. Coffeehouses
B. Trading outposts
C. Churches
D. Government institutions
10. How did the Reconquista lead to the age of exploration?
A. It made Italy strong enough to push beyond Europe
B. It started a crusade against the Ottoman Empire
C. It made Spain strong enough to push outward from Europe after centuries of war.
D. It motivated France to try to get ahead of Spain and Portugal in exploration
A. It explains battle tactics
B. It reveals secrets of his faith
C. It gives insight into the world of Islam
D. It describes places in Africa
7. How did the Treaty of Granada aaffect the Mudejars living in Spain?
A. They were expelled from Spain althogether
B. They were forced to wear specific symbols on their clothing
C. They were required to fight in the Spanish army
D. They were allowed to worship freely as Muslims
8. How did the search for maritime trade routes to Asia affect the growth of European empires?
A. Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices
B. The cost of getting spices from Asia made some countries decide that global expansion was not worthwhile
C. The countries with the most land space in Europe were the most successful at building empires
D. It had little impact on the growth of European empires because trade was not very profitable
9. In what types of businesses did European intellectual communities begin to develop in early modern European cities?
A. Coffeehouses
B. Trading outposts
C. Churches
D. Government institutions
10. How did the Reconquista lead to the age of exploration?
A. It made Italy strong enough to push beyond Europe
B. It started a crusade against the Ottoman Empire
C. It made Spain strong enough to push outward from Europe after centuries of war.
D. It motivated France to try to get ahead of Spain and Portugal in exploration
6. C. It gives insight into the world of Islam.
7. D. They were allowed to worship freely as Muslims.
8. A. Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices.
9. A. Coffeehouses.
10. C. It made Spain strong enough to push outward from Europe after centuries of war.
7. D. They were allowed to worship freely as Muslims.
8. A. Several European nations began building overseas empires so they could access valuable trade goods such as spices.
9. A. Coffeehouses.
10. C. It made Spain strong enough to push outward from Europe after centuries of war.
11. How did the Spanish treatment of Indigenous people inprove over time?
A. The king reformed the encomienda system and the Dominicans changed how they spread Christianity in Central America.
B. The Spanish increased the number of missionaries in the Americas
C. Spanish settlers with encomiendas began to treat th Indigenous people better because they though it was the right thing to do.
D. The Spanish became more convined that they could treat the Indigenous people any way they wanted.
A. The king reformed the encomienda system and the Dominicans changed how they spread Christianity in Central America.
B. The Spanish increased the number of missionaries in the Americas
C. Spanish settlers with encomiendas began to treat th Indigenous people better because they though it was the right thing to do.
D. The Spanish became more convined that they could treat the Indigenous people any way they wanted.
A. The king reformed the encomienda system and the Dominicans changed how they spread Christianity in Central America.