World History Final Exam Review

What did the Maya, Aztec, and Inca Empires have in common?

• Democratic government and federalism in government

• Centralized government and a monarchy type of government

• manufacturing economies and desert geography

• No religious beliefs and a republic form of government

One outcome of the Protestant Reformation was

• the Catholic Church dissolving

• the church split into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism

• Napoleon took over as the leader of the Catholic Church

• the creation of new protestant denominations

Dirty, Full of Illness, Cramped, Heart-breaking: these words and phrases could be used to describe

• the trip enslaved persons took during the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Santa's journey delivering toys

• the trip of Columbus back to the Old World

• Portugal explorers going to their trading posts

Challenges to how people see the universe, the beginning of observing the universe, using experimentation, and reasoning are effects of the

• Columbian Exchange

• Scientific Revolution

• Pre-Historic Era

• Roman Empire

Two effects of the American Revolution were (choose 2 answers)

• France was inspired to have a revolution

• The United States was created

• England became more controlling of the Americas

• America became a dictatorship

A government influenced by the Enlightenment would believe in

• high taxes for low income families

• strict rules and an official religion

• freedom for the people

• having an absolute monarchy

The rise of humanism, an increase in the creation of art, and the questioning of the church are characteristics of this time period

• American Revolution

• Renaissance

• Greek Era

• Middle Ages

Who came up with the idea of separation of powers (3 branches of government)?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Blackstone

• Voltaire

During the Renaissance, Machiavelli wrote a book, The Prince. This book says

• Rulers are justified in taking any measures necessary to strengthen their state

• Rulers should allow free elections and rule based on the will of the people

• Absolute monarchies should not exist

• The emphasis of government should be on individuals

One characteristics of the Renaissance was

• very little artwork was created

• the merchant class were patrons of the arts (paid for the art)

• people became more religious

• it began in the Americas