History - World history assignment

10/19/23, 12:57 PM Quiz: Midterm Exam

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Examine the Northern European painting (Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533) and the Southern European painting (Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St Peter, 1600), and use them to discuss the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter- Reformation. Include at least three important points in your short essay.

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10/19/23, 12:57 PM Quiz: Midterm Exam

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First, explain the meaning of the term Columbian Exchange, and then describe the impact of two specific items that transferred between the New World and the Old World.

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Which was NOT a known consequence of the Little Ice Age?

War and other types of conflict increased due to competition for scarce resources.

Forced confinement and wintry landscapes inspired the creation of new works of art and literature.

Stark conditions aggravated the instability in China that ultimately brought about the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Coastal communities suffered the most due to their inability to leverage trade to diversify foods and supplement their diets.

Isolated inland communities suffered the most due to their inability to leverage trade to diversify foods and supplement their diets.

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Which statement is NOT true?

A major element of the scientific revolution was the proliferation of tools that greatly enhanced researchers’ ability to observe the world around them.

According to Enlightenment thinking, humans were inherently good but susceptible to degrees of corruption due to flawed institutions.

Christianity remained a foundational belief system to Enlightenment thinkers, an extension of the scientific revolution.

A virtuous society, to revolutionary figures of the 18th century, would be founded on rational, well-ordered, representative government.

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