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HIS 225  MODULE 2 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING
1.	The term _________ originally comes from a Latin word meaning "head."
a.    Vires
b.    Chattel
c.    Capit
d.    Property
Hint: p. 558
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2F:Explain the 17th century crisis and rebuilding
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2.	What is the Law of Inertia?
a.    A law that supports rest, which is the natural state of objects.
b.    A law that supports rest, which is not the natural state of objects.
c.    Sporadic motion unless intercepted by an external object.
d.    All of the choices apply.
Hint: p. 528
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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3.	Public sphere is:
a.    an idealized intellectual space where people came together to discuss the economy, politics, and social issues that emerged in Europe during the Enlightenment.
b.    public space for Jewish communities to discuss social and religious issues.
c.    public space to globally support and improve European and American standing.
d.    public space for socialization during the seventeenth century.
Hint: p. 538
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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4.	From 1501 to 1866, ________ was the largest importer of African slaves.
a.    British Caribbean
b.    French Caribbean
c.    North America
d.    Brazil
Hint: p. 576
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2D:Contrast what constitutes a typical and atypical slave sense of self
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5.	Enclosure refers to:
a.	   a controversial process of fencing off common land to create privately owned fields that 
increased agricultural production, but reduced poor farmers' access to land.
b.	   a controversial process of fencing off common land to create privately owned fields that 
increased agricultural production to combine wealthy land owners' crops with poor farmer's 
production of crops.
c.    a land enclosure for protection from theft.
d.    a process to increase poor farmer's access to land.
Hint: p. 545
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2F:Explain the 17th century crisis and rebuilding
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6.	Haskalah is defined as:
a.    a Russian and Muslim activist for peace.
b.    an eighteenth century Enlightenment movement that emerged in Europe and led by Moses Mendelssohn.
c.    a group of Prussian activists for equal rights.
d.    Christian and Muslim Enlightenment in the eighteen the century.
Hint: p. 544
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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7.	The philosophical belief that man is endowed with reason for a purpose and that rational speculation could provide a path to the truths of creation is fundamentally based of which of the following?
a.    The Laws of Creation
b.    Cartesian dualism
c.    Universal Laws
d.    Enlightenment
Hint: p. 525
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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8.	The pursuit of self-interest in a competitive market that would be sufficient to improve the living conditions of citizens can be defined as _________.
a.    capitalism
b.    liberalism
c.    economic liberalism
d.    natural liberty
Hint: p. 536
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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9.	In 1648, the __________ ended the Thirty Years' War.
a.    Peace of Westphalia
b.    Peace of Augsburg
c.    Peace of Vienna
d.    Peace of Habsburg
Hint: p. 494
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2E:Define the Thirty Years’ War and explain the Peace of Westphalia
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10.	Natural philosophy is defined by:
a.    ideals introduced by Thomas Becket.
b.    philosophy based on the ideals of Rousseau and Diderot.
c.    fourth-century ideals put forth by Innocent III.
d.    an early, modern term for the study of the universe.
Hint: p. 526
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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11.	In Paris from 1740 to 1789, a number of talented, wealthy women presided over regular social gatherings named after their elegant private drawing rooms, which were called:
a.    chambers.
b.    powder rooms.
c.    salons.
d.    le chambre pour-moi.
Hint: p. 533
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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12.	Which one of the following dates is the era of the transatlantic slave trade?
a.    ca. 1500-1900
b.    1300-1800
c.    ca.1340-1600
d.    1450-1650
Hint: p. 525
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2D:Contrast what constitutes a typical and atypical slave sense of self
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13.	Oba was:
a.    the title of an African prince in Benin.
b.    an African spiritual leader.
c.    the title of an African king in Benin.
d.    the title for a spiritual guard of the city of Benin.
Hint: p. 558
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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14.	Swahili is a term used for the people:
a.    of the westward inland part of Africa.
b.    living along the East African coast and on nearby islands.
c.    of nearby islands and the West Coast of Africa.
d.    of the North African coast.
Hint: p. 557
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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15.	Imported from the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and served as the medium of exchange for goods between Europe and North Africa.
a.    Potlach
b.    Shells
c.    Warpum
d.    Barter
Hint: p. 547
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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16.	________ was a group of influential intellectuals in France who proudly proclaimed that they were bringing the light of knowledge to their ignorant fellow creatures.
a.    New Age Intellectuals
b.    The French Camerata
c.    The French Brotherhood
d.    The Philosophers
Hint: p. 525
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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17.	The Copernican hypothesis:
a.    is based on the notion that the sun - not the earth - was the center of the universe.
b.    is based on the earth - not the sun - was the center of the universe.
c.    proposed that objects move in an irregular pattern.
d.    was supported by the Catholic Church and Galileo.
Hint: p. 528
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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18.	Denis Diderot (1713-1784) devoted his career to which of the following?
a.    Philosophy and literature
b.    Law and the church
c.    Philosophy and law
d.    Philosophy and the church
Hint: p. 536
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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19.	Empiricism is a theory of:
a.    inductive reasoning that calls for acquiring evidence through observation and speculation.
b.    inductive reasoning that calls for acquiring evidence through observation and subjective thought.
c.    inductive reasoning that calls for acquiring evidence through observation and experimentation.
d.    inductive reasoning that calls for acquiring evidence through observation and experimentation.
Hint: p. 530
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2A:Examine the shift toward a modern worldview
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20.	__________ refers to eighteenth-century monarchs adopting the Enlightenment ideals of rationalism, tolerance, and progress without renouncing their own absolute authority.
a.    Enlightenment ideals
b.    Enlightened absolutism
c.    Enlightenment Monarchism
d.    Absolutism
Hint: p. 540
SLO2:Examine the effects of New World perspectives in societies from 1500 to 1800.
LO2B:Assess the impact of worldviews on ideas about society and human relations
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