Western Europe Review

A trade route between Europe and Asia where items such as fabrics, medicine, and even disease were exchanged is known as

• The Renaissance

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Silk Road

• The Industrial Revolution

The person who is thought to have invented the cotton gin is

• James Hargreaves

• Betty Crocker

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

The Cold War is a period of time from the 1940s -1980s where superpowers competed for influence. The two superpowers were the USA and

• Italy

• The Soviet Union

• Japan

• Germany

The Renaissance was a period of time where education came to the forefront of people's minds. One reason for this was

• Travel became easier allowing for migration.

• The Silk Road allowed cultures to exchange ideas and beliefs.

• The Spanish introduced horses to South America.

• Gutenberg invented the printing press allowing books to be printed in mass.

A natural boundary between Spain and France is

• the Pyrenees.

• the Mediterranean.

• the Alps.

• the Volga river.

Mass murder of a people group because of their race, religion, or culture is known as

• torture.

• genocide.

• mass incarceration.

• push factors.

A country that is known for the olympics, trial by jury, and the idea of democracy is

• Italy.

• Rome.

• Greece.

• Holland.

A time period where making goods transitioned to machines is known as

• The printing press

• The Silk Road

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

Italy is located at point

• A

• B

• C

• D

Spain is located at point

• A

• B

• C

• D