WHAP Q's 2

1.

1 point

“I do not feel obliged to believe that that same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.”
The above quote from Galileo’s Letter to the Grand Dutchess Christiana reflects which of the following basic precepts [rule/principle] of the Scientific Revolution?

Diesm and capitalism

Empirical observation and reliance on human reasoning

Scholasticism and humanism

Opposition to indulgences and support for political consolidation

2.

1 point

Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European nations in the later 16th century?

The Spanish defeat of the English Armada cut England off from further advances in Europe and forced English attention to foreign conquest.

Conquered nations rose up against Spain and Portugal, requiring large forces to suppress them.

Spain and Portugal were defeated in a critical war with the Ottoman Empire.

Famine and disease disastrously reduced the population of the Iberian peninsula after 1588.

The Dutch and the British improved the design of oceanic vessels, producing faster ships than their Catholic rivals.

3.

1 point

Which of the following areas was NOT one of the early civilizations to develop?

Northeastern Africa

West Africa

Northwestern India

Northern China

Middle East

4.

1 point

The term investiture controversy refers to the

issue of whether a noble could marry a commoner.

conflict over choosing new popes.

amount of power local priests were allowed.

struggle for control over the appointment of bishops.

debate over how to invest church funds.

5.

1 point

Adam Smith's economic theory advocated

that governments avoid regulation in favor of the operation of individual initiative and market forces

the institution of state-controlled guilds to fix standards of production and wages.

government intervention in order to control the flow of bullion through extensive tariff systems.

that governments should allocate labor and capital whenever they engaged in warfare.

the use of a controlled money supply as a means of limiting inflation.

6.

1 point

“Each Steward shall make an annual statement of all our income: an account of our lands cultivated by the oxen which our ploughmen drive and of our lands which the tenants of farms ought to plough; an account of the pigs, of the rents . . .Of the food products other than meat, two-thirds shall be sent each year for our own use…and they shall tell us how much is left by a statement, as we have said above; and they shall not neglect this as in the past; because from those two-thirds, we wish to know how much remains . . .Each steward shall have in his district good workmen…”
The above quote exemplifies tenants of which economic system?

Feudalism

Mercantilism

Laissez Faire economics

Manoralism

Capitalism

7.

1 point

Which of the following is not true about the Crusades?

They were a series of religiously inspired campaigns.

Prior to the Crusades, Muslim leaders generally protected Christian pilgrims.

The pope promised atonement from sins for the Crusaders.

Economic forces such as the desire to increase trade and land hunger were contributing factors.

The Crusaders failed to capture Jerusalem.

8.

1 point

Despite major differences, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism all show interest in

life after death

polytheism

absolute hostility to the worship of religious images and spirits of nature.

strong priesthood

clearly organized church structures

9.

1 point

The major reason the Mauryan Empire collapsed was

overextension

conquest by the Mongols.

demand for resources by the administrative and military complex.

religious revolts against Buddhism led by Brahmins eager to regain their power.

the nonmaterialist part of Buddhism as espoused by Ashoka, which caused economic collapse.

10.

1 point

What region in the Americas was claimed by Portugal?

Bermuda

Brazil

Peru

Mexico

Panama

11.

1 point

Spain differed from other imperial powers in 1500s and 1600s because it was ________.

retreating from its expansionist phase

low to establish colonies

confined to one world region

motivated largely by religious zeal