SSGS - WHII.4 - MC Assessment

Which was not a reason why Europeans began to explore the oceans?

• To search for glory

• To spread Christianity

• To acquire new slaves

• To find new trade routes

Look at the map. Columbus believed he was in Asia, but according to the map, he landed in —

• the Bahamas

• the Dominican Republic

• the East Indies

• Mexico

The Spanish and the Portuguese both expanded their empires into —

• West Indies

• South America

• North America

• Central America

Look at the map. During the Age of Discovery, on which continent did the Incan Empire come to an end because of European exploration?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What European nation conquered these two empires?

• Britain

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

Which was a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• There was a shortage of American Indians because many moved to Europe.

• People were enslaved and shipped to the colonies to produce cash crops.

• European colonists could not pay the wages demanded by American Indians.

• Colonists migrated to new lands, leading to a decline in available laborers.

How did the Columbian Exchange impact the indigenous economics of the Caribbean region?

• It extended the territorial claim of the Spanish.

• It led to the death of half of American Indians.

• It was destroyed by the plantation system.

• It created a shortage of labor to grow cash crops.

Which statement does not describe the Scientific Revolution?

• Expansion of scientific knowledge

• Formulation of the scientific method

• Emphasis on reason and systematic observation of nature

• Applied reason to the human world, not just the natural world

How did the scientific method help change the way people viewed the world?

• People started to value arts and humanities over scientific knowledge.

• People acquired limited scientific knowledge through the use of the scientific method.

• People began researching reasons for occurrences happening and acquired new scientific knowledge.

• People started placing their full faith in the Catholic Church, which helped them acquire scientific knowledge.

Read the list. • Heliocentric theory proposed • William Harvey • Geocentric Theory disproved Which era of World History is best described by this list?

• Enlightenment

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution