History test

Crusades were said to have gone on in all of the following except

Which was the last area of Spain to be conquered from the Moors?

After 1492 the Spanish Inquisition focused on persecuting

Which of the following helped unite Spain after 1492?

Which of the following proved to be the exception to the trend of centralization?

Florence was to the Italian Renaissance what

Italian humanism gave rise to

Charles V was one of a long line of Austrian rulers of the Holy Roman Empire (1452– 1806) from which family?

All of the following were from Florence EXCEPT

Peasants comprised approximately _______ of the population of Renaissance Europe.

The major obstacle preventing the growth of monarchies in southeastern Europe was

More often than not, which group or person wielded the most political power in Poland?

The typical family in 16th-century western Europe

The Medici family was best known for

Sandro Botticelli’s two most famous works, The Birth of Venus and La Primavera,

In the mid-16th century, Charles V’s empire included all of the following territories EXCEPT

Portugal and Spain were able to attain overseas colonies because of

All of the following were middle-class professions in the 16th century EXCEPT

The parallel transfer of people, cultures, animals , food, and disease between Europe, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere as a result of the Spanish colonization of the New World is known as the

Which of the following best describes the political and economic environments of much of 15th-century Italy?

Louis XIV supported all of the following EXCEPT

Colbert’s contributions to the economy of France included all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is the correct order of the Stuart dynasty?

William of Orange ascended to the throne from which country?

What was Cardinal Richelieu’s chief goal?

What was the result of Louis XIV’s persecution of Huguenots?

Who was the leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War?

Many English Protestants feared that James II would

William and Mary were required to accept the _______ before taking the throne.

Which of the following groups of people would have most likely lived at Versailles?

“I may well presume, most Holy Father that certain people, as soon as they hear that in this book about the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres I ascribe movement to the earthly globe, will cry out that, holding such views, I should at once be hissed off the stage.” This passage was written by

The scientist responsible for developing calculus and the theory of gravity was

What major impact did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment?

John Locke is most famous for advancing the concept of

What impact did the view of Thomas Hobbes have on the development of political theory in the 17th and 18th centuries?

One common concern of both Maria Theresa and Joseph II was

Joseph’s “Germanization” of the Austrian Empire led to

Why did Frederick the Great of Prussia only abolish serfdom on crown lands and not the lands held by the Junkers?

All of the following are reasons why enlightened reform was limited in Prussia EXCEPT

What two major events limited the scope of Catherine’s reforms in Russia?

After 1653 Cromwell transformed England into a

Roundheads and Cavaliers fought each other during the mid-17th century in

Which of the following French kings is acknowledged as the embodiment of an absolute monarch?

In the first half of the 17th century, the hub of the business world in Europe was located in

Which of the following became a British possession as a result of the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession?

All of the following were leaders of the British Parliament’s revolt against Charles I EXCEPT

Which of the following was successful at establishing absolute monarchy in the 17th century?

In which pair listed below did the institution of Parliament succeed in confirming the right to share power with the monarch?

The partitions of Poland 1772– 1795

Nobles were most numerous during the 18th century in