Final Review - Pt. 1

Which prompted European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

• intellectual curiosity

• the promise of trade with Asia

• desire for economic gain

• Search for a land route to China

• The "mad scramble for Africa"

Which best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• the division of the New World between Spain and Portugal

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

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

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

Which was not a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

(There are two correct choices!)

• sale of indulgences

• Council of Trent

• corruption in the church

• Thirty Years' War

Which characteristic of the English government originated during the Glorious Revolution?

• republican rule

• the Commonwealth

• Parliament

• constitutional monarchy

Which was not an accomplishment of Galileo Galilei?

There are multiple choices, find all three!

• creating a powerful telescope

• writing the Principia Mathematica

• discovering moons orbiting Jupiter

• discovering elliptical orbits

• producing a precise astronomical calendar

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

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

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

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

• It established the world’s first republican government.

Which characteristic allowed the Industrial Revolution to begin in England?

There are two choices

• strong banking system

• mostly urban population

• large population of landowners

• many available laborers

Which describes a human cost of industrialization?

There are multiple choices

• increased child labor

• weakened democracy

• factory injuries

• overcrowded cities

• increased religious discrimination

Which best describes an accomplishment of the woman suffrage movement?

• Women were admitted to universities in Europe by 1890.

• Women gained the right to join the military in most Western nations.

• Women gained the right to vote in Western nations.

• Women gained equal pay for equal work with men.

Which was not used to justify European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

• the philosophy of Karl Marx

• social Darwinism

• a new wave of nationalism

• a belief in European superiority