Practice SOL

1. The Society of Jesus was created to spread Catholic teachings, primarily in response to the —

• Inquisition
• Renaissance
• Scientific Revolution
• Protestant Reformation

2. Which person is most associated with this time period?

• Voltaire
• Henry Bessemer
• Michelangelo
• John Huss

3. What was one effect of this act?

• The influence of the Catholic Church declined.
• The practice of Protestantism was prohibited in England.
• The Pope granted greater authority to the king.
• The colonies were subjected to the authority of the Church.

4. What was a common trade good that traveled west on the Silk Road?

• Ivory
• Gold
• Paper
• Rum

5. The Columbian Exchange is best explained as the —

• exchange of South American land between Spain and Portugal
• result of a struggle between the Spanish and the Incas
• exchange of agricultural goods between Europe and the Americas
• result of a conflict between South American colonies and Europe

6. Islam became a prominent religion in India because of —

• trade with Africa
• the rule of the Mughals
• an invasion by the Persians
• alliances with Southwest Asia

7. Which purpose motivated the building of this structure?

• To convert the native people to Christianity
• To develop trade alliances with French
• To preserve the indigenous culture of the area
• To recruit natives to work on plantations

8. Which religious group was most affected when the Edict of Nantes was revoked?

• Puritans living in England
• Jesuits living in France
• Protestants living in France
• Catholics living in England

9. Which change best completes this diagram?

• knowledge of biology grows
• navigational skills improve
• uses for fuel resources increase
• religious intolerance spreads

10. Elizabeth I supported Protestantism in England by —

• returning land belonging to the Catholic Church
• making the Anglican Church the official national church
• persecuting people who used Latin in the Catholic Church
• removing the leader of the Anglican Church