WHB Review 1

Which prompted European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

• Desire to spread Christianity
• intellectual curiosity

  
  

• Search for mythical creatures

Which two Native American empires were conquered by the Spanish?

• Maya Empire
• Cherokee Nation
• Aztec Empire, Inca Empire

Which best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• A trade agreement between European nations.
• An agricultural revolution in Asia.
• A significant exchange of goods, ideas, and populations between the New World and the Old World.

People from which European nation first shipped enslaved Africans to the New World?

• Portugal
• Spain
• France
• England

Which was not a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

• Desire for church reform
• Corruption within the clergy
• Council of Trent

  
  

Which demonstrates the philosophy of absolutism under King Louis XIV?

• King Louis XIV believed in shared power with the nobility.
• construction of Versailles

  
  

• The divine right of kings is a key principle of democracy.

Which characteristic of English government originated during the Glorious Revolution?

• Divine right of kings
• constitutional monarchy

  
  

• Absolute monarchy

Which was not an accomplishment of Galileo Galilei?

• Developing the concept of inertia
• Discovering the moons of Jupiter
• writing the Principia Mathematica

  
  

Which statement summarizes a belief held by John Locke?

• Government should control all property ownership.
• All humans have natural rights.

  
  

• People are born with no rights at all.

Which was a lasting impact of the U.S. Constitution?

• Creation of a monarchy in the U.S.
• It established a written plan for government reflecting the will of the people.

  
  

• Abolition of state governments