How did religion shape political conflicts in seventeenth-century Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Religious differences between Catholics and Protestants in central Europe ignited the Thirty Years’ War.
b. Religious differences between Catholics and Huguenots embroiled France in civil war for much of the sixteenth century.
c. In England, the Puritan members of Parliament opposed the Catholic king, Charles I.
d. Spain led numerous crusades against Muslims and Protestants.
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Although British mercantilism was applied to the sugar produced in their Caribbean colonies, it generally failed because
a. of serious competition from Spanish sugar producers. b. of interference from the French navy in the trade routes. c. producers of sugar made greater profits by selling their sugar to the Dutch. d. worldwide sugar prices were unstable. e. New England merchants traded directly with sugar planters in the area.
The Byzantine loss at Manzikert led eastern Christians to ask their western brethren for help
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the late 1850s, Abraham Lincoln argued that slavery should be
A) protected in the slave states and in all territories B) allowed to continue in the slave states, but prohibited in all territories C) gradually abolished everywhere, with a definite timetable and compensation for the owners D) regarded as a necessary evil in the West
In terms of marriage, Arab men were allowed
a. only one wife b. to marry only women who had never been married before c. to marry men as well as women d. to marry two wives e. to have many wives