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In the early fourteenth century, the Catholic church

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Moved to Avignon

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In the eleventh century, the Byzantine emperor, Basil II, blinded fourteen thousand soldiers of the

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Bulgars

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The divine beauty of the statue David is a reflection of the Neoplatonism of

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Michaelangelo

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In 1054 the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church excommunicated each other, leading to a split in Christendom which continues to the present.

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TRUE

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The phrase l'uomo universale means that one should

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Capable of achievements in many areas

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Which of the following was not a fourteenth century explanation of the causes for the Black Death?

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Practice of Flagellation

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An Italian intellectual who hunted down ancient manuscripts and emphasized classical Latin was

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Petrarch

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Mortality rates associated with the Black Death in 14th century Europe have been estimated at

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50-60%

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The Mongols

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Facilitated the spread of the plague with the creation of its silk road

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As a result of the black plague

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There was an increase in Anti-semitism Social unrest increased

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By the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French gained victory because of

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Cannons and gunpowder

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In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, the major state of the former Byzantine Empire was the

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Latin Empire of Constantinople

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The Great Schism

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Saw two different individuals claiming to be the pope

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The most serious threat to Justinian's rule came from the

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The blues and the greens

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The painter famous for his Madonnas

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Raphael

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The early fourteenth century was troubled by

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The "litle" ice age

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Justinian's most lasting accomplishment was

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the Corpus Iuris Civilis.

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The Italian Renaissance was

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A,b,c

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The art of Leonardo da Vinci is characterized by an idealization of nature

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True

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The Portuguese leaders who first landed at Calicut and seized the port of Malacca were, respectively,

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Vasco da Gama and Afonso de Albuquerque

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By the early 1400s a growing percentage of the asian spice trade was being transported

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Muslim ships

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All of the following were part of the columbian exchange except

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Potatoes and corn were introduced into the Americas from Europe

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The first European nation to gain control of Southeast Asia's spice trade was the Netherland

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False

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Dutch Colonial efforts were

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Highly successful in Southeast Asia, and particularly on the island of Java

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Foreign trade in Southeast Asia was

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Mainly involved in the export of raw materials

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An influential cargo brought back to Portugal from the West African coastal voyages in 1441 was

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Slaves

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Portuguese control of the spice trade was ended by

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The establishment of the British and Dutch East India Companies

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Already at the beginning of the 16th century, Spanish rulers allowed the intermarriage between Spaniards and the native population in the Americas.

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True

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Christopher Columbus

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Believed that Asia was larger and closer to Europe by water, than people then thought.

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After its founding in the 12th century, the city of ____ became a great center of learning and trade in the Niger River region.

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Timbuktu

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The VOC

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Had ten times more capital than the British West India Company

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Southeast Asia, by the 1700s

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Saw islamic influence spread from the Malay Peninsula to the northern coasts of Sumatra and Java

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Which of the following was the most important reason for the massive growth of the African slave trade in the sixteenth century

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Intense labor needs created by the development of sugar growing in the New World

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Europeans embarked on expansionist voyages for all of the following reasons except

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Fear that Islam would occupy the rest of the world if Christendom did not

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Developments that helped Europeans expand their influence on the oceans included all except

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The construction of gigantic ships, even larger than those employed by the Ming's Zhenghe

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The Dutch and Portuguese

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were bitter trade rivals in Southeast Asia until the Dutch won out

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Ties between religion and kingship in Southeast Asia

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Included Buddhist kings, Javanese kings, Vietnamese emperors, and Islamic sultans

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As a result of the publications of Bartolome de Las Casas

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The spanish governmentwas more attentive to the needs of the native populations

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The mortality rate among American Indians due to disease introduced by Europeans is estimated to have been of the same magnitude as that among Europeans after the introduction of the Black Death

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True

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Which of the following are correct statements about life in Protestant Europe in the 1500s and 1600s

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Ministers were allowed to get married and have families

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An importnat reason why Henry VIII broke with the Roman church was because

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He could not get Rome's permission to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon

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The theologies of Luther and Calvin differed with respect to which concept/position

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Predestination

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Queen Elizabeth I

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Successfully survived the Spanish Armada

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The 16th and 17th centuries were when most European witch trials were conducted

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True

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After the Council of Trent, the catholic church had a clear body of doctrine under the supremacy of the pope

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True

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The first russian ruler who took the title of tsar

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Ivan IV

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Edict of Nantes

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Legitimized Calvinist worship and permitted Calvinists to engage in politics in France

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Among major elements underlying the social crisis of the 1600s was

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That the Mediterranean area entered a steep economic decline as silver imports form spanish colonies declined

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As a result of the Glorious Revolution, England became

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Constitutional Monarchy

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Among the complaints of religious Europeans around 1500 was

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The belief that the clergy were too interested in financial matters and disinterested in religion

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Machiavelli's emphasis that the ends justify the means had been expressed earlier by

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India's Kautilya

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The traditional example of seventeenth century absolutism has been the rule of

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Louis XIV

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Puritans were all of the following except that

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They admired the Catholic elements in the Church of England

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The Baroque painting style was especially evident in the works of

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Peter Paul Rubens

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Arranged marriages were unique to Europe during early modern times

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False

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The writer who best gave expression to the sixteenth century preoccupation with political power was

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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After Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was annulled by the Archbishop of Canterbury

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Parliament finalized England's religious break with Rome by passing the Act of Supremacy, making Henry the head of the Anglican Church

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The artistic movement that dominated the Western artistic world during the seventeenth century was known as Neo-Classical inspired by the legacy of Greece and Rome.

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False

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All of the following would characterize the Jesuit order except

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It arranged a theological compromise with the Protestants.

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