World History Semester 1 Review

A monarch that believed in the Divine Right of Kings believed that they were put in their throne by?

• The common man

• The rich and powerful

• The church

• God

Voltaire, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Montesquieu are all important figures during what important time period of scientific discovery and political theory?

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Imperial Era

• Enlightenment

This social contract came about as the result of the Tennis Court Oath in 1789

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Wealth of Nations

What was the Napoleonic Code?

• A secret password to get into his clubhouse

• A collection of paintings in Versailles

• A collection of civil laws

• A collection of historical documents

Mona Lisa was painted by this man.

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Da Vinci

• Raphael

The second leg of triangular trade that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas was known as

• the Northwest Passage

• circumnavigation

• the Middle Passage

• Thermopylae

Why did England's Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?

• He was converted to Protestantism by Martin Luther’s teachings.

• He was angry that the pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

• He was hurt that the pope refused to baptize his son, Edward.

• He was offended by the formation of the Jesuit order.

In the Spanish colonies, power was concentrated in the hands of the

• peninsulares.

• conquistadors.

• creoles.

• mestizos.

The purpose of the Council of Trent was to

• fight Protestantism by rooting out heresy.

• spread the Catholic faith to distant lands.

• translate the Bible into the vernacular.

• direct the reform of the Catholic Church.

Which of the following best explains why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?

• They wanted to find new trade routes.

• They wanted to conquer new lands.

• They wanted to spread Islam.

• They wanted to test new navigational tools.