Download Chp 23 Quiz A 1. The Ptolemaic view of the universe was based on

Chp 23 Quiz A
1. The Ptolemaic view of the universe was based on
A) the idea that the earth rest on the back of a giant
turtle.
B) a motionless earth surrounded by nine hollow
spheres.
C) a heliocentric structure.
D) the unifying principle of gravity.
E) the observations of Galileo.
2. The most important consequence of the Peace of
Westphalia was
A) laying the foundation for English control of Europe.
B) the unification of the Spanish and French thrones.
C) the establishment of a system of sovereign and
equal European states.
D) an end to major warfare in early modern Europe.
E) establishing an Anglo-French alliance that would last
until World War I.
3. All of the following were part of Peter the Great’s
policy of westernization EXCEPT
A) political liberalization and democratic reforms.
B) creation of a modern military.
C) sending Russians to Europe for education.
D) encouraging men to shave beard and adopt western
dress.
E) the construction of a new seaport on the Baltic Sea.
4. The first great philosophical proponent of free
market capitalism was
A) Voltaire.
B) John Locke.
C) Montesquieu.
D) Adam Smith.
E) Cardinal Richelieu.
5. Henry VIII’s reformation in England
A) borrowed ideas from the Anabaptists.
B) was inspired by John Calvin’s theocracy in Geneva.
C) ignored Luther and sought accommodation within
the Catholic Church.
D) made much more profound changes than Luther’s
reformation.
E) was much more politically motivated than Luther’s
reformation.
Chp 23 Quiz B
1. The theory of universal gravity was developed by
A) Francis Bacon.
B) Denis Diderot.
C) Nicolaus Copernicus.
D) Galileo Galilei.
E) Isaac Newton.
2. All of the following were policies pursued by Louis XIV
EXCEPT
A) the maintenance of a huge standing army.
B) an attempt to make the nobles an active part of the
government.
C) recruitment of the middle class as state officials.
D) the creation of the palace at Versailles.
E) economic development.
3. Which of the following states developed
constitutional states in the seventeenth century?
A) England and France
B) Spain and the Netherlands
C) Russia and Italy
D) the Netherlands and France
E) England and the Netherlands
4. The religious struggle in Europe between Catholics
and Protestants resulted in
A) an eventual total Catholic victory.
B) a Protestant victory.
C) cultural fragmentation into a largely Protestant
north and a Catholic south.
D) a compromise which limited the power of kings.
E) the consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire under
papal authority.
5. The first great philosophical proponent of free
market capitalism was
A) Voltaire.
B) John Locke.
C) Montesquieu.
D) Adam Smith.
E) Cardinal Richelieu.