World History Final Review

George III was the leader of Britain during

• The Spanish American War

• The American Revolution

• The Cold War

• World War II

All of these were inspirations for 15th Century European exploration of the Western Hemisphere EXCEPT

• the desire to conquer India and China

• The desire to spread Christianity

• to search for basic resources and land suitable for farming

• the desire to establish new trade routes to Asia

Which of these was a key idea of the Renaissance

• emphasis on the next world rather than man's place in this one

• an interest in classical civilizations of Greece and Rome

• the suppression of artistic innovation

• the equality of all mankind

Which one of theses statements BEST characterizes the central idea of the Enlightenment?

• The established political order should remain unchanged

• A person's eternal salvation is determined by faith alone.

• Log and reason are capable of solving social and political problems

• Art should reflect emotion, not the human form

Which of these was a reason the American colonies were fighting for independence in 1776?

• restrictions on colonial trade

• restrictions on slave ownership in the colonies

• failure to protect to the colonist from attacks by the French

• failure to protect the colonists from attacks by the Spanish

Historians have regarded the American Revolution as being of worldwide importance because it

• was led by people of recognized intellectual ability.

• ended European imperialism in the Western Hemisphere.

• marked the successful emergence of a new concept in government.

• was won without foreign military assistance.

Where does some of the democratic ideas in the preamble come from?

• ancient Legalist doctrine.

• the Protestant Reformation.

• the observations of Machiavelli.

• the Enlightenment.

The primary goal of the people who began the American Revolution was

• to make legally binding the concepts of equality and liberty for all in the colonies.

• to achieve the rights they felt the British had been denying them.

• to establish the world’s first democratic government.

• to establish a new economic elite in North America.

What event was happening at same time as The Age of Exploration?

• the Middle Ages

• the French Revolution

• the Renaissance

• the Industrial Revolution

John Locke's writing reflects the ideals of the Enlightenment in that

• men are created with equal rights and responsibilities under the law of nature.

• civil society is not possible when men work to protect their property.

• there is no private property, and therefore no justice or injustice.

• government must be rule by a democracy, rather than by a monarch.