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What was the Bourse in Antwerp in the sixteenth century? |
A marketplace and stock exchange, a service of merchants of all nations and all languages |
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A Spaniard of the period summarized the basic motivations underlying colonization in three words, they are: |
Gold, God, and Glory |
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Historians say Europe was still largely medieval in 1500. What is meant by this? |
RomanCatholic Church, Little national identity, Skeptical of science, Minorparticipants in large-scale commerce, Little awareness of distant lands
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The Edict of Nantes, issued by Henry IV, was designed to: |
End religious wars in France, allowed Huguenots religious freedom, Recognized Catholicism as state church |
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By 1500, Western European cities such as Paris and London were globally unique in their _____ |
Growing Political Power and Autonomy |
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By conquering the Inca and Aztec, what kingdom became the most powerful European state in the 1500s? |
The Spanish
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Eastern Europe in the 1500s was dominated by what rather than capitalism? |
Roman Catholic Chruch |
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What was the progression of Sudanic Empires (earliest to most recent in time). |
Ghana, Susa, Mali, Tuareg, Songhai |
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Luther believed that personal salvation could only be achieved by: |
Good Works and Christian faith |
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Who did Pope Leo X excommunicate in 1520 for his opposition to indulgences? |
Martin Luther |
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_______was the first country to engage in colonization |
Portugal |
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The Church of England (COE) was created largely as a result of: |
A king wanting to divorce his wife |
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Who attempted, but failed, to invade England in 1588 when his navy was destroyed by bad weather, and by fewer, faster ships on the opposing side? |
Spanish Armada |
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Who was the model of an absolutist monarch in Europe? |
King Louis XIV - France |
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Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire |
Shaped Islamic character, expanded the empire to its greatest size |
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In 1591 the dominance of Songhai ended when which country invaded? |
Morocco |
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What did King Idrus Aloma of Kanem-Bornu import from the Ottomans? |
Slaves and Horses |
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East African Swahili culture mixed: |
Bantu Settlers and Arab immigrants |
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Europeans became interested in acquiring large numbers of African slaves as they began to establish control of what region? |
North Amercia |
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Vasco da Gama led the first European expedition to: |
India |
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The slaves who took over the ship Amistad were tried for mutiny in the United States and: |
The Court found they acted in self-defense and reordered their release |
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Creation of joint stock companies |
Sir Walter Raleigh, purpose and reason for colonization in the North American Colonies. |
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John Calvin (Calvinism) rejected free will in favor of what belief? |
Predestination |
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What was the major difference between the approach to feudalism in England as opposed to Russia? |
England abolished feudalism in name, but because serfs owed taxes to the church and/or their former lords, it continued on in practice. Russia, in contrast, used feudalism and its serfs as the main no attempt to formally or informally end the practice. |
