AMH2010 EXAM 1 - 2024 Noblemen in A.D. 1450 possessed all of the following except A) special privileges B) the control of large estates and hundreds of peasants C) their own legislative institutions with which they could challenge royal authority D) the ability to change church doctrine - ANSWER D) The ability to change church doctrine The Muslims, who had invaded Spain around A.D. 700, controlled its southern region until the late 1400s, when they were expelled in the ____________________________. A) Crusades B) Spanish Revolution C) reconquista D) Reformation E) enclosure - ANSWER C) Reconquista The first Europeans to engage in African slavery by trading, transporting, and selling humans into bondage were the ____________________________. A) Dutch B) English C) Portuguese D) Germans - ANSWER C) Portugese Martin Luther argued all of the following except A) people could be saved only by grace. B) clergymen should not serve as mediators between God and the people C) the Bible should be printed in common languages. D) people had the duty to rebel against unjust rulers. - ANSWER D) People had the duty to rebel against unjust rulers Kings began to create more centralized states A) in order to prevent revolution by peasants. B) through capital acquired in overseas expansion. C) by undermining the power of the nobility. D) in an effort to thwart the growing power of the popes. - ANSWER C) By undermining the power of the nobility King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sanctioned Columbus's voyage for all of the following reasons except A) the reconquista was successfully completed. B) Portugal controlled the eastern approaches to Asia. C) they wanted to spread Christianity among the people of Asia. D) To expand scientific knowledge. - ANSWER D) To expand scientific knowledge Queen Elizabeth of England supported the Dutch in the rebellion against Spain because A) she supported political revolution of all kinds. B) she wanted to control Dutch trade. C) as a defender of Protestantism, she sided with Dutch Protestants against Catholic Spain. D) she wanted to conquer Holland. - ANSWER C) as a defender of Protestantism, she sided with the dutch protestants against the Catholic Spain Which of the following groups did not benefit from the major inflation known as the Price Revolution that hit England in the mid-1500s? A) the nobility B) the landed gentry C) yeomen farmers D) wool merchants - ANSWER A) the nobility The Protestant Reformation began when the German monk ____________________________ nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg. A) John Calvin B) Martin Luther C) John Knox D) James Bradford E) John Wesley - ANSWER B) Martin Luther
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