Question 1

Many agricultural commodities moved successfully from one ecosystem to another in the early modern Columbian exchange.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which groups in European society benefited most from the Price Revolution?

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A)   Wage laborers
B)   Peasants
C)   Manufacturers
D)   Entrepreneurs, merchants, and large farmers
E)   AristocracyF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Oliver Cromwell rose to power in England as:

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A)   a well-known Puritan preacher.
B)   the parliamentary leader of the opposition to King Charles I.
C)   the leader of a Presbyterian alliance between the Scots and the English.
D)   the commander of the parliamentary army.
E)   the king's military commander against the parliamentary forces.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Much of the wealth derived from colonies in the Americas came from:

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A)   sugar.
B)   cotton.
C)   gold.
D)   furs.
E)   tobacco.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

The uncertainty and crises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over time produced:

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A)   weaker states in which regional differences dominated.
B)   more strongly centralized states.
C)   a new kind of governance in Europe, dominated by independent city-states.
D)   more democratic forms of government.
E)   less independence in the colonies.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The Elizabethan author of Tamburlaine was:

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A)   William Shakespeare.
B)   John Milton.
C)   Christopher Marlowe.
D)   Ben Jonson.
E)   Guy Fawkes.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

Shakespeare's plays feature all of these themes EXCEPT:

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A)   England's medieval past.
B)   the problems of identity, honor, and love.
C)   the meaning of human existence.
D)   the abuse of power.
E)   the perfection of the Catholic faith.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Alliances in the latter half of the Thirty Years' War were largely based on:

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A)   religious identity.
B)   familial and dynastic connections.
C)   current political needs.
D)   economic considerations.
E)   ethnic and linguistic identities.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

The driving cause of the inflation experienced in Europe during the last half of the sixteenth century was:

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A)   a stable food supply and growing population.
B)   a growing food supply and decreasing population.
C)   rising wages.
D)   an influx of gold on the Spanish market.
E)   an influx of silver on the Spanish market.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

To broker a truce between Catholic and Protestant factions in France during the sixteenth century,the French royal family:

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A)   promised that Protestants would be able to openly practice their faith.
B)   declared the south of France autonomous Protestant territory.
C)   invited Protestants to join New World colonies.
D)   arranged a marriage between a powerful Protestant prince and the Catholic daughter of the reigning king of France.
E)   massacred the elite of Protestant Society on St. Bartholomew's Day 1572.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

How did the events of early modern Europe impact early modern literature and art?

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Question 12

The sixteenth-century writer who portrayed lower-class people positively was:

Accepted Answer

A)   Ben Jonson.
B)   Christopher Marlowe.
C)   John Milton.
D)   William Shakespeare.
E)   Miguel de Cervantes.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Shakespeare's plays feature all of these themes EXCEPT:

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Many agricultural commodities moved successfully from one ecosystem to another in the early modern Columbian exchange.

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The driving cause of the inflation experienced in Europe during the last half of the sixteenth century was:

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Much of the wealth derived from colonies in the Americas came from:

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