AP World History Reading Quiz Chapter 15 – Flashcards
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What facilitated the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
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The printing press
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According to the documents in Reilly, which city did the author say his soldiers who had been to all parts of the world said, "that they had never seen a market so well laid out, so large, so orderly, and so full of people."
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Tenochtitlan
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In what way did nineteenth-century developments in the sciences depart from Enlightment principles?
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They emphasized conflict and struggle as the motors of progress
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Which of the following marked a major turning point in the relationship between China and Christian missionaries?
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The pope's claim of authority over Chinese Christians
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Which of the following is a principle or practice upheld in Sikhism?
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Equality of men and women
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What condition in Europe that was absent in China and the Islamic world contributed to the Scientific Revolution?
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The relative independence of European universities
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The early scientists in the Scientific Revolution
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confirmed Aristotle's and Ptolemy's speculations
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How did the Protestant Reformation affect women?
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The emphasis on reading the Bible for oneself stimulated education and literacy for women
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Which of the following was generally more true of Catholics than Protestants in European colonies?
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Catholics were more intent on converting native peoples
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According to the Chapter in Reilly on cities, historian Fernand Braudel believed that European citizens used all of the following organizations to govern themselves except
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king's council
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Which of the following did all Enlightment thinkers share?
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The belief in progress and reason
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Which of the following describes European reaction to the syncretic religions of African slave communities in the New World
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Suppression
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The following lines were written by the Indian poet Kabir: "I am neither in temple nor in mosque...Neither am I rites and ceremonies." Who is what is the "I"referred to these lines?
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God
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What did the New England Puritans in North America emphasize?
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Education and civic responsibilty
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Which of the following describes the reception of modern European science in China Japan, and the Ottoman Empire during the early modern era?
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selective adoption of European scientific learning
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According to information in Reilly, the author says that all are and similar to cities during this (100-1550) except
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all cities used taxation and force to attract and settle merchants within their walls
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Which of the following figures is associated with the Scientific Revolution
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Newton
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How was the Enlightenment related to the Scientific Revolution?
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The Enlightenment applied the idea of natural laws to human affairs rather than the physical universe
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Both Wang Yangmin in his view of Confucianism and Martin Luther in his view of Christianity
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argued that individuals could find their own path to virtue and salvation
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Why did the Chinese imperial court initially welcome the Jesuit missionaries
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The Jesuits' knowledge in mathematics, astronomy, technology, geography, and mapmaking was useful to the Chinese
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Which of the following was a goal of the Wahhabi movement?
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to return to the absolute monotheism of authentic Islam
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Europeans who participated in the Scientific Revolution placed value on knowledge that was based on
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the writings of classical philosphers
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why did Sikhism evolve from a peaceful religion into a militant community?
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They had to defend themselves against both Mughal and Hindu hstility
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Refer to map 15.2 in the textbook. In which country was the spread of Christianity in the early modern era not accompanied by European conquest?
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Japan
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What made Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses revolutionary?
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The idea that an individual could find salvation by faith alone
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Which of the following was reaction to the reliance on human reason during the eighteenth century in Europe?
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Romanticism
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What was the significance of the Peace of Westphalia?
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It ended a series of religious wars in West Africa between advocates of religious syncretism and defenders of a universal, orthodox Islam
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What similar feature did Andean Christianity and Mexican Christianity share?
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Both reinterpreted Christian practices within the framework of local customs
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During the early modern period, which belief system was the most resistant to the secular challenges posed by science?
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Islam
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Which of the following reflects the Enlightenment view of the innate qualities of the individual?
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thoughtful, rational, and independence
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What factor made some parts of the world move receptive to Christianity than others?
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The absence of a literate world religion
