Deck 5: The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and England

Question 1

Toward the end of Elizabeth I's reign,army ranks were filled by

A)mercenaries.
B)impressment.
C)nobles who had lost their positions.
D)young boys who had been captured.
E)draft lotteries.

Answer 1

impressment.

Question 2

In 1492,Castilian forces captured Granada,a city in the last part of the Iberian Peninsula still held by

A)the pope.
B)the Moors.
C)Portugal.
D)France.
E)Ferdinand of Aragon.

Answer 2

the Moors.

Question 3

Following his death,Henry VIII's children inherited the English throne in what order?

A)Mary I,Elizabeth I,Edward VI
B)Edward VI,Jane I,Mary I,Elizabeth I
C)Elizabeth I,Mary I,Jane I
D)Edward VI,Mary I,Elizabeth I
E)Edward VI,Elizabeth I,Mary Stuart

Answer 3

Edward VI,Mary I,Elizabeth I

Question 4

William Shakespeare was a part owner and actor in which acting company?

A)the Admiral's Men
B)the Lord Chamberlain's Men
C)Prince Henry's Men
D)the Queen's Men
E)the Blackfriar's Men

Question 5

The practice of enclosure in England led to the loss of

A)rights for landowners in the countryside.
B)the rights of villagers to use common lands.
C)private ownership of land.
D)the Church's ability to own land in England.
E)the landowning class.

Question 6

The two cities that emerged as the banking and trading centers of Europe in the seventeenth century were

A)Paris and Berlin.
B)London and Madrid.
C)London and Paris.
D)Amsterdam and London.
E)Amsterdam and Madrid.

Question 7

Henry VIII broke with the Roman Church and replaced it with the Church of England over

A)his desire to be elected Holy Roman Emperor.
B)his conversion to Protestantism.
C)his desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon.
D)the pope's insistence in naming a foreigner as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
E)the pope's failure to recognize Henry as the king of Ireland.

Question 8

Mary I of England became known as Bloody Mary due to her

A)commitment of troops to the Thirty Years' War.
B)role in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
C)command that all prisoners of war should be executed.
D)increased call for all English Protestants to be persecuted.
E)brutal execution of her sister,Elizabeth Tudor.

Question 9

The death of which monarch meant that it was very unlikely that England would ever become part of the Spanish Empire?

A)Henry VIII
B)Joanna
C)Mary Stuart
D)Mary Tudor
E)Charles V

Question 10

What was the original purpose of the Spanish Inquisition?

A)to enforce the conversion of Islamic Moors and Jews
B)to find Protestants within Spain
C)to expel all Jews from Portugal
D)to force all native Portuguese speakers to learn and use Spanish
E)to execute any noble who questioned the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand

Question 11

Who were two of the members of the Holy League,which was initiated by the pope in 1571?

A)France and Germany
B)England and Malta
C)the Netherlands and France
D)Venice and Spain
E)Switzerland and Denmark

Question 12

The term "primogeniture" refers to

A)full inheritance of all land by the eldest son.
B)full inheritance of all land by the youngest son.
C)land split between all male heirs.
D)land spilt between all heirs.
E)all land given to the Church at the time of death.

Question 13

The Cortes within some Spanish principalities

A)made it easy for the Castilian monarchy to achieve its goals.
B)ensured that Castilian monarchs were elected on a routine basis.
C)enjoyed traditional rights that allowed them to make it difficult for monarchs to impose their will.
D)ensured that the Castilian monarchs had standing armies available to them.
E)ensured that Castilian monarchs were able to impose their will on Portugal and Aragon.

Question 14

The fall of Constantinople and the continuing religious wars in Europe facilitated

A)Ottoman expansion into Europe.
B)Ottoman expansion into Russia.
C)the alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Venice to take back Cyprus.
D)the blockade of the Aegean Sea.
E)the continued expansion of Protestants into the old Byzantine Empire.

Question 15

The Star Chamber,which was formed by Henry VII of England,was

A)a committee that evaluated scientific discoveries.
B)one of the highest courts in the land.
C)a court presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
D)the room where the English Parliament met regularly.
E)the main meeting room for the admirals of the English military.

Question 16

In 1598,the first poor law was established.What statement best describes the sentiment behind the poor laws?

A)The poor should be arrested and forced to work for no pay.
B)The poor should be resettled in the New World.
C)The poor should receive assistance from the community.
D)The poor should be forced to join the army.
E)The poor should be transported to the New World and forced to work for seven years.

Question 17

Puritanism was the English version of continental

A)Calvinism.
B)Catholicism.
C)Lutheranism.
D)Hussitism.
E)Anabaptistism.

Question 18

What was the basis of the Castilian export economy in the sixteenth century?

A)gold
B)books
C)wool
D)agriculture
E)cotton

Question 19

The Dutch reclamation of land refers to the practice of

A)taking land from Dutch nobles and giving it to peasants to farm.
B)taking land that was previously owned by the Spanish.
C)reclaiming land from the sea.
D)reclaiming land that the French had confiscated.
E)distributing land evenly amongst all landowners.

Question 20

Who did the duke of Northumberland declare monarch after Edward VI's death?

A)Elizabeth I
B)Lady Jane Grey
C)Mary Stuart
D)John Dudley
E)Thomas Wolsey

Question 21

What was the first English colony to succeed in the New World?

A)Roanoke,Virginia
B)Salem,Massachusetts
C)Boston,Massachusetts
D)Jamestown,Virginia
E)Savannah,Georgia

Question 22

The Virginia Company and the Massachusetts Company were formed to

A)establish and settle English colonies in the New World,with the intent of developing trade.
B)provide armies to invade the English colonies of the New World.
C)provide workers to extract gold and silver from the English colonies in the New World.
D)keep people from permanently settling in the new English colonies.
E)make peace with the native population before setting up colonies in the New World.

Question 23

The spreading of the Spanish Empire throughout parts of Europe and the New World ultimately resulted in Spain

A)establishing control over all of Europe.
B)overextending its resources and losing power and influence.
C)being able to enter into alliances with Italy.
D)losing the ability to control its empire in the New World,but keeping control of all European holdings.
E)impressing the Ottoman Empire and sharing control of the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 24

The "price revolution" refers to

A)the establishment of promissory notes throughout Europe.
B)the establishment of different currencies throughout Europe.
C)a sharp rise in inflation during the sixteenth century.
D)a flattening of prices for luxury goods in the late sixteenth century.
E)the promise of increased investment in the New World.

Question 25

How did Elizabeth I act to counter religious divisions and stabilize the Church of England?

Question 26

The story of Don Quixote is a story of

A)Spain's national decline.
B)Spain's conquest of the New World.
C)Spain's annexation of Portugal.
D)Spain's experience in the Thirty Years' War.
E)Spain's regret over the Spanish Inquisition.

Question 27

What were the economic and religious reasons for the Dutch revolt against the Spanish?