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Chapter 12: The European Empires

Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice Quiz

This activity contains 19 questions.

	Ptolemy held the view that the earth was a   cube. cylinder. sphere. flat plane. rhomboid.

	Which of the following was not a cause of the European explorations?   Magyar invasions of eastern Europe Ottoman expansion that threatened traditional trade routes to the east European demand for gold European demand for eastern spices technological advances that made longer sea voyages possible

	The Portuguese discovery of Brazil was the result of   a treaty agreement with Henry VII of England. the insistence of the Spanish. deliberate Portuguese policy. an expedition to Africa being blown off course. inside information.

	At the turn of the sixteenth century, Portugal   enjoyed one of the largest trade empires in the world. became involved in a costly war with the Ottoman Empire. joined with England and Spain to ensure European domination of the east. incurred heavy debt to France during long war in Egypt. overextended its supply lines and fell out of the race for colonization.

	The Treaty of Tordesillas settled claims to the New World between what two countries?   France and Portugal England and Spain Spain and Portugal France and Italy Spain and France

	Which of the following was not a goal of Spanish colonization?   to grow rich to provide Spain with a stronger agricultural base to extend sovereignty over new dominions to convert natives to Christianity to profit from overseas ventures

	Which of the following was not a state forming the eastern boundary of Europe?   Denmark Safavid Empire Mongol khanates Muscovy and Kiev Ottoman Empire

	By the end of the fifteenth century, Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary   were liberated under the Justinian Code. were all part of the Holy Roman Empire. were absorbed into the Ottoman Empire. were all ruled by the Jagiellons. were independent principalities.

	Which of the following was not a factor limiting the formation of centralized states?   transportation and communication the power of the Church to undermine secular encroachment into its spiritual domain general unwillingness to resort to violence or diplomacy fortified towns that precluded easy assimilation assemblies that represented the propertied classes, especially in matters of taxation

	What military technological advance aided in the creation of more centralized states?   heavy armor the bludgeon gunpowder the longbow the long-range catapult

	Which of the following was not a factor in the rise of Muscovy?   the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire the fall of Constantinople Ivan III's assassination support of the Orthodox church absence of competitors for the throne in Muscovy

	Ivan IV the Terrible tried to eliminate the   ministerials. military service class. Old Believers. religious right. boyars.

	What two problems did Henry VII of England attempt to resolve?   religious reform and the creation of a navy fiscal reform and religious reform religious reform and control of the aristocracy dietary and health reform fiscal reform and control of the aristocracy

	Henry VIII temporarily solved the financial needs of the English monarchy by   crushing the aristocracy and taking their estates. taking a loan from his French neighbors. strictly regulating foreign trade. confiscating all estates belonging to the Church. imposing new parliamentary taxes.

	The reconquista   was a period of religious zeal and torture. served to unite Spanish people against the English and French. was a device created to unite Spain and Portugal. represented minimal change in the attitudes of Spanish people. played an important role in creating national identity in Spain.

	Charles V, grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella, became heir to Spain as well as   the province of Livonia. Portugal the Spanish possessions in northern Africa. the vast Habsburg estates in the Holy Roman Empire. England and France.

	What part of his empire did Charles V consider the most important, calling it "the head of all the rest"?   Castile Tasmania Burgundy Aragon Austria

	Who of the following was not one of the primary rivals in sixteenth-century European power politics?   Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary Eric the Lame of Salisbury Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain Francis I of France Henry VIII of England

	The wars between the Valois dynasty of France and the Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain were fought   in downtown Paris. on the seas. on the borders of France and the Holy Roman Empire. on the borders of France and Spain. in Italy.

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