Question

8. Which of the following best summarizes cultural achievements of Spain’s golden century? (1 point)

Answer 1

1. D.  absolute monarchy
2. B. religious differences
3. D. Enlightenment
4. C. England
5. B. to provide citizens with more rights
6. C. He was a brilliant military general.
7. C. to extend royal authority throughout France
8. A. the publishing of Cervantes’s Don Quixote, the first modern novel...
9. B. silver and gold from Spain’s colonies in the Americas
10. A. He brought nobles under his control.
11. C. Frederick II took Silesia.
12. C. She embarked on a program of reform of government, law...
13. B. by the reigning monarch
14. A. by curbing the power of the nobles, D. by limiting the power of the Church
15. C. Charles I was executed.
16. D. Its struggles with Charles I led to the English Civil War.
17. B. natural laws
18. B. Freely elected governments should impose only minimal limits on...
19. C. The president is elected, and the Congress is elected.
20. C. Rousseau’s social contract
21. A. the right to a trial by jury, B. freedom of religion, F. freedom of the press
22. B. The American Revolution offered precedents for Latin American revolutionaries., D. The U.S. Constitution served as a model for the French Constitution of 1791.
23. A. It eliminated feudal class privileges.
24. C. The Declaration asserted the Enlightenment principle that...
25. A. rising bread prices
26. B. Slavery was abolished in France’s colonies.
27. C. His military victories greatly activated French national pride and won...
28. A. Many Europeans saw Napoleon and his armies as foreign...
29. B. The American Revolution occurred in a colony, while the French Revolution took place in an absolute monarchy., D. The American Revolution prohibited a state-supported church, while the French Revolution kept the state-supported Catholic Church.
30. D. Napoleon’s armies backed liberal reforms in the lands they conquered.

Answer 2

The statement that best summarizes cultural achievements of Spain's golden century is option A. the publishing of Cervantes's "Don Quixote", the first modern novel, and the paintings of El Greco. The Soanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro), is a period of flourishing in arts and literature that coincided witth the rise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty.