AP World History Ch. 17 Flashcards

548136704	In characterizing the period from 1450 to 1750 in the West, which of the following statements is NOT accurate?	What was once an agricultural society had become a predominantly manufacturing economy.	0
548136705	Which of the following sequences lists the major developments of Western civilization in proper sequence?	Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, absolute monarchy, Enlightenment	1
548136706	Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is NOT accurate?	The Renaissance failed to develop any new ideas concerning political organization.	2
548136707	Which of the following accounts in part for the decline of the Italian Renaissance circa 1500?	French and Spanish monarch invaded the peninsula, cutting down on political independence.	3
548136708	What was one of the primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?	Northern humanists focused more on religion than their Italian counterparts.	4
548136709	Johannes Gutenberg was responsible for	the invention of the movable type in the West.	5
548136710	What was the European style family pattern that emerged in the 15th century?	Nuclear families, late marriage ages	6
548136711	Who is generally credited with initiating the Protestant Reformation in 1517?	Martin Luther	7
548136712	Which of the following was NOT a religious proposition advanced by Martin Luther?	Priests should practice celibacy.	8
548136713	which of the following statements most accurately describes the reason why Luther picked up widespread support among the German elite?	German princes who turned Protestant could increase their independence from the emperor, seize church lands and control the church in their territories.	9
548136714	What was the church established by Henry VIII in England?	Anglican	10
548136715	The theological foundation of Jean Calvin's Protestantism was	predestination	11
548136716	Areas successfully defended by the Catholic reformation:	Poland, Southern Europe, Hungary and Iberia	12
548136717	The Edict of Nantes, issued in France in 1598,	granted tolerance to Protestants and helped end the French civil wars of religion.	13
548136718	Results of the Thirty Years War:	Reduced German prosperity and power for a full century; the treaty that ended the war granted political independence to the Protestant Netherlands; population of the German territories was reduced by almost 60%; and the war established the principle of territorial toleration.	14
548136719	The religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation led generally to	a limited acceptance of the idea of religious pluralism.	15
548136720	Inflation and commercialization in the West produced a group of people without access to producing property called the	proletariat	16
548136721	Which of the following was a Western response to the commercial revolution of the 16th century that was proletarian in outlook?	a wave of popular protests resulting in uprisings caused by social tensions	17
548136722	Who use astronomical observation and mathematical calculation to disprove the Hellenistic belief that the Earth was the center of the universe?	Copernicus	18
548136723	How did the Western view of science compare with that of other civilizations?	The West was not alone in developing crucial scientific data, but its thinkers were the only ones to see science in broader philosophical terms as central to intellectual life.	19
548136724	What were typical of 16th century absolute monarchies?	a professionalized army; the cessation of parliamentary government; a growing bureaucracy; and constant warfare among monarchs.	20
548136725	The monarch most associated with absolute monarchy was	Louis XIV of France	21
548136726	Which state stood apart from the trend toward absolute monarchy in the 17th century and retained a parliamentary regime?	Britain	22
548136727	The aftermath of the Scientific Revolution spilled over into a new intellectual movement in the 18th century called the	Enlightenment	23
548136728	Which of the following was NOT a basic principle of the Enlightenment?	If people were not controlled, general social decline was inevitable.	24
548136729	How did agriculture change in the late 17th century?	New technology and better stock breeding methods resulted in higher productivity	25
548136730	Which of the following statements most accurately describes the nature of manufacturing in the later 18th century?	The 18th century witnessed a rapid spread of household production of textiles and metal products, mostly by rural workers who alternated manufacturing with some agriculture.	26
548136731	In what ways did the commercial revolution of the 16th century change the social structure of the West?	The merchants became more wealthy and proletariat's became poor and went into poverty and moved into the cities.	27