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15.As much as 85 percent of the condemned witches were

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Protestants.
Catholics.
women.
Muslims.
men.


16.During the seventeenth century, England and the Netherlands evolved governments that claimed limited powers and recognized rights of individuals and representative institutions.

True or False

17.How did capitalism transform the economies of eastern Europe compared to those of western Europe?

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Eastern Europe became a center of financial institutions rather than a manufacturer of goods for sale.
Capitalism brought a faster collapse of the practice of serfdom than in western Europe.
Eastern Europe saw less economic development and became more a supplier of raw materials.
Both regions developed economically with great speed, but those of eastern Europe saw a greater rate of urbanization.
Eastern Europe became a center of industrialization, particularly in the manufacture of military materials and weapons.
18.The explosion of witch-hunting in the sixteenth century was heavily influenced by

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the conquest of Spain by Islamic forces.
tensions between Catholics and Protestants.
the fear caused by the prominent role that women were increasingly playing in the Catholic Church.
a dramatic increase in the practice of demonology.
the publication of Copernicus's theories.
19.Which of the following was characteristic of the French absolutist monarchy during the time of Cardinal Richelieu's service as chief minister?

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the firing of appointees who previously implemented royal policy in the provinces and the direct administration of that policy by Richelieu
the forced move of nobles into Versailles so they would be under the thumb of the king
the building up of castles and personal militaries of nobles who agreed to attack other French nobles hostile to the king
the granting of power to Calvinist nobles who agreed to support the king in all matters
the building of a bureaucracy staffed by commoners loyal to the king
20.Which of the following was a component of John Calvin's teachings that differed from or was absent from those of Martin Luther?

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that the Catholic Church should be reformed
that morality was indefinable and that people should be free to enjoy material pleasures of the world
that salvation was predestined
that individuals should have a more personal relationship with God
that God was a kind, personal presence and not a distant, awesome figure
21The architect of French absolutism was

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Cardinal Richelieu.
Louis XVIII.
John Locke.
Montesquieu.
Charles II.
22.The most important early capitalist thinker was

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Francis Bacon.
Montesquieu.
Adam Smith.
Isaac Newton.
Voltaire.
23.The most important consequence of the Peace of Westphalia was in

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ending the carnage of the Seven Years' War.
combining the Spanish and French thrones.
promoting the notion that the European nations viewed each other as sovereign and equal.
establishing an Anglo-French alliance that would last until World War I.
laying the foundation for English control of most of the world.
24.The fundamental principle of diplomacy in early modern Europe was

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the Auld Alliance.
the balance of power.
French domination.
raison d'etat.
the Anglo-French alliance.
25.The leader of England during the attempted invasion of the Spanish Armada was

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James II.
Mary I.
Elizabeth.
Henry VIII.
Charles II.
26.The mortality rate during voyages in the Middle Passage was strictly managed by slavers during the early years of the trade, but grew worse in the later centuries of the slave trade.

True or False

27.The Fulani

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eventually failed in their mission of spreading Christianity.
established the central African kingdom of Ndongo.
were the most feared of the slave raiders who haunted coastal Africa.
attempted, through military conquest, to instill a strict form of Islam in Africa.
fell victim to Swahili expansion.
28.The last country in the Americas to emancipate slaves was the United States, in 1865.

True or False

29What did the Fulani accomplish in sub-Saharan Africa?

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an intensification of the syncretic nature of Islam
a strengthening of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa
a wholescale destruction of mosques across much of western sub-Saharan Africa
a blending of Islam with Christian components
a weakening of the capacity for Islamic state-building
30.An alliance with Portugal brought wealth and foreign recognition to Kongo, as well as

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a diplomatic connection to the Spanish.
the eventual destruction of the kingdom.
an inroad into European politics.
a later alliance with the English.
the right to limit the slave trade.

Answer 1

answer number 1 women

Answer 2

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women.

True.

Eastern Europe saw less economic development and became more a supplier of raw materials.

tensions between Catholics and Protestants.

the building of a bureaucracy staffed by commoners loyal to the king.

that salvation was predestined.

Cardinal Richelieu.

Adam Smith.

promoting the notion that the European nations viewed each other as sovereign and equal.

raison d'etat.

Elizabeth.

True.

attempted, through military conquest, to instill a strict form of Islam in Africa.

False.

a strengthening of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa.

the right to limit the slave trade.

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