Western Civilization module 14 – Flashcards
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During the revolt of the Netherlands, the Protestant forces of William of Orange
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received assistance from fellow protestants in France, England, and Germany.
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One of the factors that contributed to the long-term hostilities between England and Spain was
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the fact that Spain secretly supported the Irish rebellion against England that began in 1565.
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Most french Protestants were
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calvinists
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A main cause of immigration from England to its colonies was
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a desire for more religious freedom.
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Both Protestants and Catholics supported the increasingly powerful governments of their time by
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participating in an early modern "witch craze."
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Early modern crises of religious and political authority led many scholars and authors to
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explore the problem of uncertainty rationally
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European contact with the Americas ultimately resulted in a decline of the pre-Columbian population there of
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90%
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Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War were primarily made up of
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Small landholders and tradespeople
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The primary goal of Cardinal Richelieu's government was
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to increase and centralize royal power over France.
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The social and political crises of the English Civil War
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swelled the ranks of unfree labor in the British colonies in America
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Economic stagnation in most of Europe after 1600 was caused by
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a slowly growing population and a slowing influx of silver from the Americas.
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The main theme of Montaigne's Essays was
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a searching skepticism about all human knowledge.
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What forced Charles I to summon a new parliament, after he had ruled without one for eleven years?
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an invasion force from Scotland
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Using the Portuguese "fort and factory" model of colonial expansion, __________ became the most prosperous commercial empire of the seventeenth century.
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the Dutch republic
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The Thirty Years' War is best described as
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a tax dispute between England and Spain
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In economic terms, the early colonization of the Americas had the most profound impact on
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the spanish
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The uncertainties caused by European colonization in the Americas and religious and political warfare at home all resulted in
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more centralized forms of government
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Peter Paul Rubens stressed the _________ of the Baroque style.
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extravagance
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From an international perspective, the Peace of Westphalia (1648) marked
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the emergence of France as the dominant power in Europe.
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More than any other commodity, the slave trade was driven by the European appetite for
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sugar
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The primary problem caused by the Price Revolution of the late sixteenth century was
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inflation
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Montaigne's essays, Shakespeare's plays and Rembrandt's portraits all explore
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the search for the meaning of human existence
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The relatively few number of (usually male) settlers to Spanish territories in the Americas resulted in
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Spanish cultural assimilation to indigenous customs
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Much of the literature and art from 1550-1660 sought to
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establish some certainty in a rapidly changing world.
