WH B Semester Review

Which prompted European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

• desire for economic gain

• the “mad scramble” for Africa

• search for a land route to China

• Muslim invasion of Spain

Which two Native American empires were conquered by the Spanish?

• Zapotec and Nazca

• Maya and Olmec

• Olmec and Toltec

• Aztec and Inca

Which best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• the movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World

• the division of the New World between Spain and Portugal

• the development of trade routes between the New World and European nations

• the influx of colonists who arrived in the New World from Europe

People from which European nation first shipped enslaved Africans to the New World?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• The Netherlands

Which was not a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

• sale of indulgences

• Council of Trent

• worldliness and greed among church officials

• corruption in the church

Which demonstrates the philosophy of absolutism under King Louis XIV?

• persecution of European Jews

• convening of the Inquisition

• construction of Versailles

• meeting of the Estates-General

Which characteristic of English government originated during the Glorious Revolution?

• the Commonwealth

• constitutional monarchy

• republican rule

• Parliament

Which was not an accomplishment of Galileo Galilei?

• creating a powerful telescope

• confirming that the earth revolves around the sun

• discovering elliptical orbits

• discovering moons orbiting Jupiter

Which statement summarizes a belief held by John Locke?

• Government powers should be separated to protect the people.

• Governments are needed to control weak human nature.

• All humans have natural rights.

• Humans can perfect themselves through reason.

Which was a lasting impact of the U.S. Constitution?

• It promised freedom and equality to all people in the new United States.

• It established a written plan for government reflecting the will of the people.

• It established the world’s first republican government.

• It proclaimed the United States as a country independent from Great Britain.