Why do historians associate the mid-1500s with the beginning of the Modern Age?
a) Great cultural shifts, in particular the Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Reformation, and invention of printing, all came together at this time to give many Europeans a radically new sense of their world.
b) The monarchs of Europe united to declare an end to medieval forms of rule and military technology.
Consider This: What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime?
c) The Catholic Church declared it to be a “miracle of the modern age” that it was able to introduce itself to the New World colonies of various European nations.
Consider This: What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime?
d) Eastern European nations such as Russia, Bulgaria, and Hungary began to identify with Western European nations both politically and culturally in a way that reshaped the map of Europe into something resembling the way it looks today.
What things might cause a person in this period to consider himself or herself “modern”? See 1.1: What Was the Ancien Régime?
a) Great cultural shifts, in particular the Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Reformation, and invention of printing, all came together at this time to give many Europeans a radically new sense of their world.
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A) long-term struggle against an evil enemy B) matter of economic necessity C) short-term effort to defeat a weak foe D) relatively minor priority
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A) The secular philosophies of the day also tended to be world-denying. B) Ascetics' self-denial had been an important part of Roman culture. C) The Christian church's founders were themselves ascetics. D) German invaders of the west practiced a form of pagan asceticism. E) Classical Greek philosophy and science saw the world as worthless and meaningless.
Automobiles provided Americans with more freedom in terms of travel, as well as
A) less need to communicate by telephone. B) less reliance on gasoline and oil. C) more jobs and job opportunities. D) an additional industry to compete with foreign corporations.