Greeks and Romans
What was the most powerful city/state in Greece?
a. Sparta
b. Athens
c. Rome
d. Florence
b. Athens
The concept of “divine right” is the belief that
a. The people are entitled to life, liberty, and property
b. The nobles could limit the power of the king
c. The rights of the people are determined by God
d. The king gets his power from God
d. The king gets his power from God
All of the following are important contributions to the printing press EXCEPT:
a. It enabled a printer to produce hundreds of copies, all exactly alike, of a single work
b. It made books cheap enough for many people to buy them
c. It encourage people to learn how to read
d. It enabled the Catholic Church to keep its hold over the citizens through the written word.
d. It enabled the Catholic Church to keep its hold over the citizens through the written word.
The cultural movement the arose in Italy in the 1300’s was called
a. Renaissance
Which of these examples best explains the Scientific Method?
a. having faith that it will all work out
b. having tests without research
c. having an observation, hypothesis, test, record
d. having theories about the earth
c. having an observation, hypothesis, test, record
This philosopher believed that the wisest, not the richest should rule the state
a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
d. John Locke
a. Plato
By the end of the 1600’s England’s government became_____________
a. A constitutional monarchy
b. An absolute monarchy
c. A military dictatorship
d. A constitutional democracy
a. A constitutional monarchy
The Reformation was led by
a. King Louis XVI
b. Martin Luther
c. King Charles
d. King John
b. Martin Luther
The Renaissance began in
a. France
b. Italy
c. England
d. Prussia
b. Italy
Which scientist/mathematician said, "doubt everything..?" and "I think, therefore I am."
a. Isaac Newton
b. Johann Kepler
c. Galileo
d. Rene Descartes
d. Rene Descartes
All of the following are legacies of Ancient Rome EXCEPT:
a. The Republic
b. The use of reason and logic to explain the world
c. Legal and political terms: Senate
d. Legal written code
b. The use of reason and logic to explain the world
The Magna Carta is important in the study of democracy because
a. it helped start the American Revolution and lead colonist to revolt
b. it was the first time all citizens of England could vote for the King
c. it helped start the Glorious Revolution and put William and Mary on the throne
d. it was the first time the monarchy agreed to limit some of its power and put more power into the hands of the people
d. it was the first time the monarchy agreed to limit some of its power and put more power into the hands of the people
The Reformation came out a response to
a. The desire to control the Catholic Church
b. Corruption in the Catholic Church
c. The need for Christianity to develop in Germany
d. The threat of the Pope to excommunicate those who didn’t agree with his ideas
b. Corruption in the Catholic Church
The following were artists during the Renaissance EXCEPT:
a. Monet
b. Leonardo da Vinci
c. Raphael
d. Michelangelo
a. Monet
Nicolaus Copernicus observed the movements of the planets and made the-
a. Eccentric theory
b. Egocentric theory
c. Geocentric theory
d. Heliocentric theory
d. Heliocentric theory
The method of learning through questions-and-answers is known as
a. Guided Instruction Method
b. Narration Method
c. The Socratic Method
d. Lecture Method
c. The Socratic Method
How did the Magna Carta (1215) contribute to the development of the English Government?
a. It created a two-house parliament
b. It extended voting rights
c. It provided for a bill of rights
d. It limited the power of the monarch
d. It limited the power of the monarch
The Reformation was a movement that attempted to change all of the following EXCEPT?
a. The conduct of the priests
b. The selling of indulgences
c. The Pope’s ideas of Catholicism
d. The belief that church leaders had more authority than the Bible
c. The Pope’s ideas of Catholicism
Secular means:
a. Intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
b. Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
c. A period of European history, lasting from about 1300-1600, during which renewed interest in the classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world
b. Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
How did the Protestant Reformation lead to the Scientific Revolution?
a. People started to be more religious
b. People started to question tradition
c. People started to reject reason over science
d. People started to believe in feudalism
b. People started to question tradition
Ancient Rome was ruled by the noble class known as the:
a. Plebians
b. Patricians
c. Aristocracy
d. Peasants
b. Patricians
Due Process of Law
a. The body of English law that reflected customs and principles established over time rather than the will of a ruler of lawmaker
b. Administration of the law by proceeding according to established legal principles that protect individual rights
c. A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land.
d. “Great Charter” a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John in A.D. 1215
b. Administration of the law by proceeding according to established legal principles that protect individual rights
The Definition of indulgences is:
a. A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin
b. Relating to the Church of England
c. A 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian Churches that rejected the pope’s authority
d. To cancel or put an end to
a. A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin
Humanism means
a. Intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
b. Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
c. A period of European history, lasting from about 1300-1600, during which renewed interest in the classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world
a. Intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosophers was that they
a. relied heavily on the ideas of medieval thinkers
b. favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions
c. received support from the Catholic Church
c. examined natural laws governing the universe
c. examined natural laws governing the universe