Western Civ Chapters 13 and 14 – Flashcards

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As a young monk, Luther:
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was fearful that he could never do enough good deeds to deserve salvation.
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Luther's doctrine of "justification by faith" meant that:
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humans are only made worthy of salvation by their faith in God.
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Although Luther's disputes with the Church generally dealt with matters of doctrine, he also had disputes with the papacy itself over:
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he lifestyles of the popes themselves.
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Lutheranism was attractive to many princes in Germany because:
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they believed that economic production in their territories would increase due to the Protestant work ethic.
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After 1534, Anabaptists were greatly feared by secular authorities in Europe because they:
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were associated with extremist groups that threatened the social order.
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The most definitive statement of Protestant Theology can be found in:
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Calvin' s Institutes of the Christian Religion.
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With respect to salvation, Calvin argued:
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God alone chose who was saved and who was damned and one's fate could not be changed.
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After 1525, Protestantism was "domesticated" by becoming more politically conservative and by focusing on:
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the patriarchal family as the central institution of reformed life.
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Prior to founding the Society of Jesus, Ignatius Loyola was:
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a mercenary soldier
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Loyola' s Spiritual Exercises offers an interesting contrast to Luther' s writings because in Loyola' s work:
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Christians can master their will and work toward their salvation.
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True/False: The term Reformation is a misleading one for the religious movement begun by Luther.
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False
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True/False: Luther wrote in his On Temporal Authority that all rulers must be obeyed, even tyrants.
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True
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True/False: In Calvinism, the Eucharist rather than the sermon was the center of worship.
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False
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True/False:In Calvinist Geneva, inns were the only places citizens were allowed to eat or drink without saying grace or to stay up after nine o'clock in the evening.
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False
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True/False: Luther believed every Christian should be able to read the Bible in his or her language.
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True
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True/False: Protestants believed that people were naturally good.
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False
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True/False: Luther allegedly believed that nunneries should be closed because they were places where illicit sexual behavior was inevitable.
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False
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True/False:At the Council of Trent, Church prelates confirmed that the Bible was the only source of Christian truth.
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True
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True/False: The Index of Prohibited Books included works by the Catholic humanist Erasmus.
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True
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True/False: Although most Christian humanists remained Catholic, humanist thought fell out of favor with most Catholic thinkers during the Catholic Reformation.
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True
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True/False: The German Princes believed in Lutheranism because they felt a new faith would give them more control over relgious policies.
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True
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True/False: Luther's 95 Theses gives the most definitive statement of Protestant theology.
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False
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True/False: Protestants belived people were naturally bad.
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True
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True/False: In Calvinism the sermon was the centerpiece of the religious service.
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True
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True/False: Martin Luther believed the Pope was teh highest form of authority over the scriptures.
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False
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Much of the wealth derived from colonies in the Americas came from:
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sugar
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Which groups in European society benefited most from the Price Revolution?
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merchants and large farmers
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European monarchs were forced to raise taxes precipitously in the sixteenth century because taxes collected in an inflationary period yielded less actual wealth and because:
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the cost of waging war was becoming increasingly expensive.
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The truce between the Catholics and Protestants brokered by the marriage of Henry of Narvarre into the French royal family was broken because:
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there was an organized slaughter of protestant aristocratic wedding guest on the morning of the wedding
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The primary goal of Cardinal Richelieu's government was to:
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increase and centralize royal power over France
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Charles I's death sent shockwaves through Europe because:
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it was the first time a reigning king had been killed by his subjects
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The agreement by which Charles II became king of England:
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strengthened the power of Parliament
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Jean Bodin's Six books of the Commonwealth was the first fully developed statement of:
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absolutist soverignty
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The Elizabethan author of Doctor Faustus was:
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Christopher Marlowe
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Baroque style is known for its:
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elaborate and highly detailed style
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True/False: Many agricultural commodities moved successfully from one ecosystem to another in the early modern Columbian exchange.
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False
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True/False: Encomiendas were large tracts of land entrusted to elite of Spanish descent in the colonies of New Spain
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True
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True/False: The "price revolution" was driven by a huge influx of silver from the New World and a declining population in Europe.
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True
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True/False: Once the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands became independent, they became wholly Lutheran.
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False
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True/False: Intermarriage between natives and Africans was quite common in the New World, as were Native/English marriages, though African/English marriages were banned.
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False
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True/False: As a result of the actions of its king during the Thirty Years' War, Sweden became one of Europe's great powers.
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False
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True/False: During the English Civil War, the parliamentary forces consisted mainly of small landholders and artisans, while the nobility supported the king.
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True
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True/False: Roughly half of those accused of witchcraft in the early seventeenth century were men.
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False
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True/False: The work of Jean Bodin and Thomas Hobbes are early examples of the discipline of political science.
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True
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True/False: Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt were painters with similar styles who explored the topics of man's wretchedness and greatness to the fullest.
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False
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True/False: Most of the wealth derived from the colonies in the Americas came from Tobacco.
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False
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True/False: The primary goal of Cardinal Richelieu was to increase and cetralize royal power over France
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True
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True/False: Intermarriage between English Colonist and Native People was uncommon.
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True
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True/False: Calvinism became the religion of the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands when they became independent.
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True
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True/False: The Author of Doctor Fausius was William Shakespeare.
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False
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