Western civ test 1 multiple choice
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Treaty of Tordesillas... | divided the non-European world between Portugal and Spain. |
| Newton's universal law of gravity... | offered an explanation for all the motion in the universe. |
| The "Leviathan" of which Thomas Hobbes wrote was a... | state with power enough to keep order. |
| The overall effect of the Scientific Revolution on the querelles des femmes was to... | justify the continuation of male dominance in the field. |
| Francis Bacon was important to the Scientific Revolution because of his emphasis on... | experimentation and inductive reasoning. |
| Galileo held that planets were... | composed of material much like that of earth. |
| Peter's primary foreign policy goal was to... | open a Russian warm-water port accessible to Europe. |
| The cultural reforms of Peter the Great... | permitted Russian women many new freedoms. |
| Spanish exploration of and expansion into the New World is best exemplified by... | Hernan Cortes' conquest of the Aztec Empire. |
| One result of the 17th century crises in Europe was... | a trend toward absolutism, as exemplified by Louis XIV. |
| The universal theories proposed by Copernicus... | explained the appearance of the sun's rotation with a theory of earthly rotation. |
| Which of the following artist was NOT part of the Baroque period? | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| As a means of supporting exploration and making substantial profits, the Dutch East India Company... | is an example of a joint stock company. |
| During his travels to the East, Marco Polo... | served in the court of the Mongol ruler Kublai Kahn. |
| The transfer of crops and livestock from the Americas to Europe and visa versa is known as ... | the Columbian Exchange. |
| As a minister of France during the reign of Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the crown by... | all of the above. |
| England rejected the idea of the Devine Right Monarchy in 1688 by a political event known as... | the Glorious Revolution. |
| The Dutch artist of the Baroque period was a master of the use of light and realism. | Rembrandt van Rijn |
| The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was the Spaniard... | Vasco Nunez de Balboa. |
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