Global Unit 7: Test

Question 1

Divine Right

Answer 1

Belief that an absolute monarch’s ability to rule comes from God

Question 2

Counter Reformation

Answer 2

A reaction to a revolt and its reforms in which rulers try to counteract the reforms

Question 3

Niccolo Machiavelli

Answer 3

Believed it was better to be hated than loved as a ruler

Question 4

Johannes Gutenberg

Answer 4

Printing press

Question 5

King Henry VIII

Answer 5

Became the ruler of the church through creating his own in England

Question 6

Hennig Brand

Answer 6

Phosphorous

Question 7

Four characteristics of Renaissance

Answer 7

• Humanism
• Greek and Roman Influence
• Secular achievement
• Individual achievement

Question 8

What happened at the Council of Trent? How did the Catholic Church respond to the Counter-Reformation?

Answer 8

The Catholic Church reaffirmed doctrines; Jesuit order

Question 9

Changes from the Scientific Revolution

Answer 9

• More books
• Religion distanced from science
• Individual achievement recognized

Question 10

King Louis XIV

Answer 10

France; death of grandfather / banishing of Protestant faith

Question 11

Peter the Great

Answer 11

Russia; Took power from half-sister Sophia / Created Russia’s first naval base / improved Russian education

Question 12

Ivan the Terrible

Answer 12

Russia; Created a centrally controlled government / defeated the Mongol Empire

Question 13

Catherine the Great

Answer 13

Russia; Peter the Great died / increased women’s rights

Question 14

Frederick the Great

Answer 14

Prussia; Conquest / military might