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24 Cards in this Set
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What made the Bank of England unique in 1694?
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It was licensed to issue its own bank notes secured by revenue from English taxes.
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A combination of Neoplatonic and Hermetic traditions was central to the work of the new scientist,
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Paracelsus.
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What was the name given to Indian cotton cloth traded in the West?
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Calicoes
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Who commanded the successful British forces during the War of the Spanish Succession?
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The duke of Marlborough
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Who tried to bridge the gap between the new science and the old religion?
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Descartes
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Changes in legal practice gave the British East India Company an identity separate from the individuals that held shares leading to
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the development of stock markets.
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Which of the following was NOT a factor in making the Dutch the first great commercial power?
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Maintenance of the largest standing army in Europe
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Which of the following statements concerning the new science is most accurate?
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The new science was a public movement made possible by the invention of the printing press.
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The Englishman who was one of the founders of the science of chemistry was
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Robert Boyle.
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Which of the following statements concerning the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church to the new science is most accurate?
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To officials of Roman Catholicism, the new science appeared to be another heresy.
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Which of the following statements concerning the English and Dutch East India Companies is NOT accurate?
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The state received all profits from their trade.
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What was the purpose of the English Navigation Acts?
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To require colonial goods to be shipped to England in English boats
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One of the key elements in the triangular trade with the Americas was
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slaves
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Who discovered the secrets of the circulatory system?
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William Harvey
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Which of the following statements concerning the Aristotelian cosmos is NOT accurate?
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The Aristotelian world view was not easily incorporated into Christian views.
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The Seven Years' War was fought in all of the following areas EXCEPT which one?
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China
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In what century was the Dutch commercial empire surpassed by the French and the English?
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Seventeenth
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Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the attitude of the states of Europe toward the new science?
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Both England and France established royal societies of learned scientists to meet together and discuss their discoveries.
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What was Johannes Kepler's contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
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The elliptical orbits of the planets
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Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the Dutch Republic?
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It had no navy.
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Who was regarded as the greatest English scientist of the age of the New Science?
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Isaac Newton
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What treaty ended the Seven Years' War?
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Peace of Paris
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What eventually brought the conflict between England and Holland to a halt?
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William of Orange's successful seizure of the British throne in 1688
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Who published the first modern set of anatomical drawings?
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Andreas Vesalius
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