MWH Semester 1 Final 2024

Why was Johann Gutenberg's printing press significant?

• It allowed monarchs to communicate laws to their subjects.
• it made bibles less expensive and led to a revival of religious devotion.
• It enabled religious writers to reinterpret medieval works.
• It made books less expensive and encouraged the spread of ideas.

What was it about the Reformation that led to the Enlightenment?

• Social classes became less defined during the Reformation.
• The Muslims attracted more followers during the Reformation.
• People questioned beliefs and authority during the Reformation.
• The Catholic Church became more powerful during the Reformation.

Which statement characterizes the impact of English contact with Native American populations?

• Most Native American tribes converted to Christianity during the colonial period.
• European diseases killed more Native Americans than warfare with English settlers.
• Most Native Americans tribes adopted English customs by the end of the colonial period.
• Superior English weaponry convinced Native Americans to leave English settlements alone.

Which event exposed Europeans to advances in science and mathematics, eventually leading to the Scientific Revolution?

• The Crusades
• The Inquisition
• The Religious Wars
• The Age of Discovery

Which of the following characteristics of American government reflects enlightened thought of Voltaire?

• Federalism
• Bill of Rights
• Republicanism
• checks and balances

Choose the characteristics of Capitalism

• Society has no class distinctions, wealth is distributed equally among all the citizens
• Laws should protect the rights of workers, businesses are privately owned by individuals, competition determines the price of a product, businesses should not be regulated by the government
• government owns the means of production

Choose the characteristics of Socialism

• Society has no class distinctions, wealth is distributed equally among all the citizens
• Laws should protect the rights of workers, businesses are privately owned by individuals, competition determines the price of a product, businesses should not be regulated by the government
• government owns the means of production

Choose the THREE causes to the Renaissance

• translations of classic texts from Latin

• End of Foreign Invasion

• stabliized international politics

• increased emphasis on religion

• increased international commerce/trade

Select the THREE causes of African Slavery 

• creation of plantation agriculture

• need for an inexpensive labor force

• destruction of African tribal societies

• lack of Native American immunity to European diseases.

• racially mixed populations

Select the FOUR effects of African Slavery 

• lack of Native American immunity to European diseases.

• racially mixed populations

• introduction of different cultural influences

• destruction of African tribal societies

• creation of negative racial opinions