Benchmark Practice 2

Which route is closest to the voyage of exploration of Bartolomeu Dias?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

Which conclusion is supported by the information and your knowledge of West Africa?

• Outside influences caused cities to decline.

• Exhaustion of resources forced cities to change.

• Trading centers promoted regional development.

• Conflicts among cities hindered cultural advancement.

Which effect did the bubonic plague have on European life during the Middle Ages?

• It caused a peasant labor shortage that disrupted feudal society.

• It encouraged many people to move to colonies across the oceans.

• It prompted the start of modern medical techniques that have cured diseases.

• It changed the structure of medieval society because it targeted the upper classes.

Which statement offers an explanation for how the Song Dynasty contributed to the change shown on the graph?

• Expanding territorial control to the Korean Peninsula increased the population of China significantly.

• Improving agricultural techniques with irrigation and more productive strains of rice increased food supplies.

• Adopting government policies that led to respect for the family and ancestors resulted in increased birthrates.

• Adopting government policies that encouraged immigration from Central Asia caused people to move to China.

Which statement completes the diagram about the Age of Discovery?

• American Indians welcomed new Christian religious practices.

• European powers offered justifications for colonization efforts.

• Catholic leaders needed religious converts in the colonies to keep its power.

• Protestant ministers believed converting American Indians offered increased spirituality.

Which statement describes a result for American Indians of the exchanges of animals shown on the map?

• It reduced their warfare.

• It made them more mobile.

• It increased their population.

• It caused a decline in hunting.

Based on the image and your knowledge of European history, which conclusion can be made about the reason this book was published?

• English missionaries sought to condemn American Indians.

• English missionaries believed American Indians could read English.

• English missionaries wanted American Indians to convert to Christianity.

• English missionaries refused to help American Indians to change religious practices.

Which statement explains the reason griots became honored in West Africa?

• Griots became leaders of local religions.

• Griots guided groups to look to the future.

• West African cultures relied on past customs.

• West African economies benefited from the sales of stories.

Which solution did most people support to combat the abuses of the Catholic Church during the Renaissance?

• to place Church leaders under arrest

• to break away from the Church’s authority

• to replace Church leaders with civil officials

• to encourage the Church to change its policies

Which sentence completes the diagram illustrating an economic development during the latter part of the Middle Ages?

• Manors become more self-sufficient.

• Merchants become more politically powerful.

• Knights become symbols of feudal-society culture.

• Manors become centers of government administration.