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Quiz Submissions - Module 5 Quiz Anjiu Huang (username: ahuang4) Attempt 1 Written: Dec 2, 2020 6:34 PM - Dec 2, 2020 7:20 PM Submission View Your quiz has been submitted successfully. Questio... n 1 2 / 2 points The most important factor in the rise of Spain as a major European power was the: Question options: 1) end of the Hundred Years' War. 2) defeat and annexation of Muslim Granada. 3) unification of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. 4) exile of the Jews from Spain. Question 2 2 / 2 points Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the English in 1431. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 3 2 / 2 points Ottoman society was closed and intolerant. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 4 2 / 2 points During the Hundred Years' War, the English won an astounding victory at Agincourt in 1415. What helped them achieve this victory? Question options: 1) the Black Death, which first decimated the French troops 2) the support of the German emperor 3) the English longbow 4) Gunpowder Question 5 2 / 2 points The social mobility of the fourteenth century was made possible largely due to the: Question options: 1) English Peasants' Revolt. 2) beginning of the Hundred Years' War. 3) Crusades. 4) Black Death. Question 6 2 / 2 points The bacterial strain that causes the plague is: Question options: 1) Pasteurella gallinarum 2) Haemophilus ducreyi 3) Derxia gummosa 4) Yersinia pestis Question 7 0 / 2 points In the Late Middle Ages, the ability to defend castles was severely undermined by: Question options: 1) the longbow. 2) Greek Fire. 3) the rifle. 4) the canon. Question 8 2 / 2 points Unlike most contemporary European rulers, Mongol khans were: Question options: 1) tolerant of other religions. 2) deeply religious. 3) highly educated. 4) monogamous. Question 9 2 / 2 points Historians today generally use the term Renaissance to refer to: Question options: 1) a period in economic history when trade was reborn. 2) a period of intellectual rebirth after the Dark Ages, when learning had been extinguished. 3) a period in European history when the northern countries dominated the culture of the Continent. 4) a period in intellectual and cultural history, marked by a new interest in the study of classical learning. Question 10 2 / 2 points From the Arab world, Italian merchants learned about and ultimately adopted a number of commercial practices and techniques that helped them stay at the forefront of the European economy. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 11 2 / 2 points Florence was a republic, however, by 1434 real power was in the hand of the _________ family. Question options: 1) Petrarch 2) Medici 3) Lorenzo 4) Romanov Question 12 2 / 2 points The Renaissance was chronologically distinct from the late Middle Ages. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 13 2 / 2 points Benefiting from the fragmentation of the Church during the era of the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Western Schism, Italian bankers came to charge interest on loans, becoming the first Christians to defy the church's ban on: Question options: 1) usury. 2) profit. 3) trade. 4) manufacturing. Question 14 2 / 2 points The Medici made their fortune in: Question options: 1) the arts. 2) banking. 3) the silk trade. 4) government. Question 15 2 / 2 points Among Italian rulers, support for Renaissance artists was often: Question options: 1) a means of promoting Italian universities. 2) a way for ruling families to develop their own artistic skills. 3) a way of beautifying the homes of wealthy Italians. 4) a means of competition for political rivals. Question 16 2 / 2 points Much of the prosperity of northern Italy was based on the trade ties Italy maintained with: Question options: 1) South America. 2) the Middle East. 3) Russia. 4) North America. Question 17 2 / 2 points Petrarch believed that the "Dark Ages" were not the pagan past, but the Middle Ages, the time that separated him from: Question options: 1) the Trojan War. 2) the Greek and Roman ages. 3) the time of Jesus. 4) the time of the Church Fathers. Question 18 2 / 2 points Aside from his work on Biblical translations, ____________ also edited, translated, and published ancient pagan texts, like Cicero's, and the works of many pivotal religious authors, especially Saint Jerome. One of his most famous works was In Praise of Folly, a scathing critique of the Church. Question options: 1) Desiderius Erasmus 2) Petrarch 3) Martin Luther 4) Livy Question 19 2 / 2 points Dante's Divine Comedy represents: Question options: 1) the pinnacle of Latin prose. 2) a clear adoption of Christian principles and a rejection of classical learning. 3) a fusion of classical and Christian cultures. 4) the nadir of Italian vernacular writing. Question 20 2 / 2 points Leonardo da Vinci considered artists to be skilled craftsmen. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 21 2 / 2 points Italian artists of the Renaissance experimented with all of the following techniques EXCEPT: Question options: 1) brass rubbing. 2) portraiture. 3) realistic portrayals of the human body. 4) vanishing point perspective. Question 22 2 / 2 points The "Prince of the Humanists" was: Question options: 1) Constantine. 2) Petrarch. 3) Martin Luther 4) Desiderius Erasmus Question 23 2 / 2 points Niccolò Machiavelli's work suggests that he was more of a political theorist than a political realist. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 24 2 / 2 points Many of the Spanish conquistadors who invaded South and Central America had acquired their military experience from the wars against the Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 25 2 / 2 points What event prompted the Portuguese and others to find a new avenue for trade? Question options: 1) After the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453, they took over the established trade routes. 2) The collapse of Indonesia in 1433 sparked a rush to enter the spice market. 3) The Venetians ended their exclusive trade treaty with the Ottoman Turks in 1445. 4) The invention of sailing ships in the late fifteenth century encouraged more trade. Question 26 2 / 2 points In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias: Question options: 1) discovered Haiti. 2) sailed through the Straights of Gibralter. 3) rounded the southern tip of Africa. 4) sailed across the Atlantic to Florida. Question 27 2 / 2 points Few if any people believed the world was flat when Columbus began his voyage. Question options: 1) True 2) False Question 28 2 / 2 points Historians refer to the enormous exchange of plant and animal species, as well as bacteria and viruses, between the Old and New Worlds as the: Question options: 1) The Magellan Effect. 2) Marco Polo Phenomenon. 3) The Great Dying. 4) Columbian Exchange. Question 29 2 / 2 points As much as ____% of the native people of the Americas died within a few generations of Columbus's arrival. Question options: 1) 90 2) 60 3) 20 4) 50 Question 30 0 / 2 points By the mid-15th century, Portuguese explorers were venturing southward along the Atlantic coast of Africa in search of: Question options: 1) spices, salt and opium. 2) meat, iron-ore and olive oil. 3) food, gold and slaves. 4) elephants, lapis-lazuli and silk. Attempt Score: 56 / 60 - 93.33 % Overall Grade (highest attempt): 56 / 60 - 93.33 % [Show More]

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