Benchmark review

What city is credited with establishing the first democracy?

• Rome

• Sparta

• Athens

• Persia

What was a time of renewed interest in the arts and learning that lasted through the 16th century?

• Crusades

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Age of Exploration

What was the major goal of the Crusades?

• to trade with spice merchants in East Asia

• to find a cure for the bubonic plague

• to spread Christianity

• to recapture Palestine from the Muslims

The major linguistic and religious differences in Western Europe can be traced to which TWO historical events?

• the Renaissance and Reformation

• ancient Greece and Roman Empire

• the Roman Empire and the Reformation

• the Crusades and the Renaissance

What was a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• the first English settlement was established in Jamestown

• Native Americas were forcibly removed from their lands

• about 600,000 Africans were taken to work as slaves in America

• Foods, animals, plants, and diseases moved between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

Which country dominated a large area of land in Eastern Europe after WWII?

• France

• United States

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union

How did John Locke help to change how people thought about government?

• by arguing that citizens should vote on all proposed laws

• by arguing that rulers have the right to seize personal property

• by arguing that government should be a contract between a ruler and the people

• by arguing that citizens give the government the power to make and enforce laws.

Citrus fruit, grapes, and olives are native to what European region?

• Mediterranean

• Midnight Sun

• North Atlantic

• Northern European Plain

Which of the following helped Italy to become a united kingdom

• an increase in trade

• a rise in nationalism

• the outcome of World War II

• the collapse of the Roman Empire

Why do the Basques want to form their own country?

• because they are mostly Muslim

• because they are mostly Roman Catholics

• because they have their own economy and money

• because they have their own customs and traditions