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Chapter 12: The European Empires

Multiple Choice Quiz

Multiple Choice Quiz

This activity contains 19 questions.

	Under whose direction did Portugal begin to extensively explore the coast of Africa?   Alfonso de Albuquerque Christopher Columbus Sebastain Elcano Prince Henry Ferdinand Magellan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	The reconquista   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. was a period of religious zeal and torture.

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

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

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

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

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