What was the most surprising feature of the Jesuits?
A) They often supported ideas that were counter to the defense of Catholicism.
B) They were avid protectors of the Church and often burned heretics.
C) They were extraordinarily flexible in their methods of Catholicism, and preaching, even embracing humanist principles in their quest for knowledge and defense of the Church.
D) They held fast to traditional beliefs and still found supporters with their persuasive speech.
E) They often debated through civil discourse the merits of Catholicism over Protestantism.
C
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Which of the following statements most accurately explains the impact that the fourth period of the Thirty Years' War—the Swedish-French period—had on Germany?
A. During the Swedish-French period of the war, Germans gained great wealth from looting the nations of France, Sweden, and Spain. B. During the fourth period of the war, French, Swedish, and Spanish soldiers looted all of Germany, killing an estimated one-third of its population. C. During the Swedish-French period of the war, the Germans were largely left alone while the battles waged in France and the Netherlands. D. During the fourth period of the war, the Germans lost mostly material wealth from looters, but few people were killed.
The items the Spanish exported from the lands they conquered in the Americas included all of the following EXCEPT
A) silver and gold. B) horses. C) pearls. D) dyes such as indigo. E) cacao.
The ideology of Jean Jaurès’ socialism was based on orthodox Marxist doctrine
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In his first voyage in 1492, Christopher Columbus
A. mistook Cuba for Japan. B. crossed the Atlantic Ocean in six weeks. C. sailed along the coast of what is present-day Virginia. D. was forced to put down a mutiny on the Santa Maria. E. was briefly captured by natives he encountered.