WH Q1 Benchmark

Which of the following WAS NOT a direct result of the printing press?

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   People could read books in their own language

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   Ideas spread much faster than before

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  Literacy rates increased

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  Literacy rates decreased

Which of the following was part of the Catholic Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation?

• The Renaissance

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  The 95 Theses

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  Council of Trent

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  Sending Da Vinci to fight

This is another name for the movement of moving from the rural to urban areas.

• Urbanization

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  stagnation

• colonization

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  immigration

Which of the following best describes how llife during the Industrial Revolution changed in this basic way?

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  People migrated from villages to work on large farms.

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  People learned to use machines to make their own clothes

• People began selling their goods instead of trading them.

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   People migrated from rural areas to cities.

How was Africa affected by the European expasion of the slave trade during the 1600-1700s?

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  African states competed to dominate the slave trade.

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  African states began to trade European slaves.

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  African states united to oppose the slave trade.

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  African states became too weak to resist the slave trade

Which 3 major reasons that led Europeans to explore the Americas?

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  Territorial claim and colonial expansion, Spread of religious beliefs to new populations, Study weather patterns of the sea

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  Territorial claim and colonial expansion, Spread of religious views to protestant populations, Development of trade routes for economic profit

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  Development of trade routes for economic profit, Territorial claim and colonial expansion, Spread of religious beliefs to new populations

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  To study the Weather patterns of the Sea and Development of trade routes, exchange literature

All of the following are reasons that Great Britain industrialized first except...

• Natural resources such as coal and iron

• a strong parliamentary democracy.

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  A strong navy to protect shipping lanes

• Renaissance thinkers

Martin Luther's 95 Theses were ....

• His criticisms of the Catholic Church

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  His ideas to bring Hinduism to Europe.

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  Criticisms of the Eastern Orthodox Church 

• His book that describes the things you have to do as a priest

After contact with Europeans in the 1500s millions of Native Americans died because ....

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  They were quite elderly and died of natural causes.

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  Europeans brought new diseases with them, wiping out many Native Americas.

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  Due to issues of climate change, they experienced great droughts leading them to starvation. 

• They killed themselves to prevent takeover

Which of the following best describes Humanism….

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  Leads to happier lives

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  emphasized the Bible

• Encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

• focuses on the potential a person can achieve