Early Modern Period

What was a major cause of the Protestant Reformation?

• Sale of Indulgences

• The Pope was too lenient

• Religious Tolerance

• The Crusades

Which of the following is an example of a leader using isolationism?

• The Mughal Emperor writing letters to the Spanish King

• A king financially supporting Indian Ocean trade networks

• China building a wall to decrease interaction with foreigners

• The Ottoman Empire sending representatives to other countries

One thing the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires have in common is that they were all

• Christian Gunpowder Empires

• Islamic Gunpowder Empires

• Religiously tolerant

• isolationist Gunpowder Empires

Unlike Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperors like Akbar the Great and Shah Jahan had wives of every religion and believed in being ___________.

• religiously tolerant

• isolationist

• absolutist

• Christian leaders

All of the following were used by early modern leaders to gain and maintain power EXCEPT:

• theater state

• religion

• centralizing power

• ending slavery

One method of centralizing power is to _______.

• close borders to foreigners

• decrease the power of the nobility

• give local leaders more control

• let church leaders make most decisions

All of the following are examples of centralizing power EXCEPT:

• Ivan the Terrible taking land from his nobles (boyars)

• The Tokugawa Shogunate forcing the daimyo to surrender weapons

• Louis XIV forcing nobles to live at his palace called Versailles

• Allowing local leaders to vote on national policies

European Exploration was made possible and encouraged by (choose all that apply)

• improved navigational technology (largely from Asia)

• funding from political leaders

• an increased interest in the sciences

• the Ottoman practice of devshirme

• a desire to spread religion

The exchange of biological materials and ideas across the Atlantic Ocean after 1492 is called

• The Triangle Trade

• history.

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Big Bang Theory

What demographic changes were a result of the Columbian Exchange (choose all that apply)

• increased population in the Americas

• decreased population in the Americas

• increased population in Afro-Eurasia

• decreased population in Afro-Eurasia