TEST REVIEW - Exploration & Absolutism

Based on the map above, which of the following WAS imported to North America?

• horses

• pumpkins

• sweet potatoes

• turkeys

Which of the following descries the Colombian Exchange?

• The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the Old World to the rest of the world

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the New World to the rest of the world

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from South America to North America only

What were the actual effects of the Encomienda System in the real world?

• It caused Spanish culture and religion to spread throughout the New World.

• It helped native peoples to become happy and wealthy and share their cultures freely and equally with Europeans.

• It resulted in Indigenous peoples being basically enslaved and killed due to disease, overwork, and poor nutrition.

• It contributed to the growth of the African slave trade, causing millions of persons to be enslaved, forcibly moved across the sea, and exploited, for centuries.

What is absolutism?

• belief the no one is above the law even the king

• belief that salvation belongs to the individual

• that a king has total total, unrestricted authority

• that man's reason can unlock the workings of the universe

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

Which of the following led to the age of absolutism?

• Wars were fought for status, religion, territory, and power

• The growth of professional armies

• The rise in the power and authority of the Catholic Church

• Tremendous wealth was gained by utilizing their colonies raw materials

Who was crowned as the rulers of England in the Glorious Revolution?

• William and Mary
• James II
• Phillip and Mary
• Louis and Marie

Who was the English Civil war a struggle between?

• England and France
• Parliament (power of the people) and the monarch
• English citizens and Louis XIV
• Parliament and France

What is a constitutional monarchy?

• A government in which a king or queen are limited by the law
• A government in which the king or queen has full and absolute power 
• A government in which all citizens are allowed to vote for representives
• A government in which all citizens are allowed to vote directly on issues

Which document limited the powers of English monarchs, signed during the reign of Charles I?

• Petition of Rights
• American Bill of Rights

• 1st Amendment

• All of them