9th Final Exam Review #6: Exploration, Enlightenment, French Rev

An idea of the Scientific Revolution that went against the teachings of the Catholic Church was the heliocentric system. This meant that the __________ was at the center of the universe.

• Earth

• moon

• sun

• planet Jupiter

Explorers preferred to use the caravel because it

• was a lightweight, fast moving ship

• had numerous muskets on board

The Spanish conquistadors were outnumbered but still able to conquer the Aztecs because

• the Spanish had new technology like cannons

• the Spanish used tanks to storm the causeways into Tenochtitlan

Based on these images, the Spanish conquistadors found that the early Latin American civilizations

• modeled themselves after European societies

• were strongly influenced by Renaissance humanism

• adopted architectural designs from the Roman Empire

• Used advanced technology to build complex structures

One effect of Christopher Columbus' voyages was the exchange of new food between the Americas and Europe/Africa/Asia. This was called

• the Mesoamerican Exchange

• the Columbian Exchange

The purpose of this chart is to show that the Native American population _____________ after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.

• increased

• decreased

• remained the same

Bartolome de Las Casas worked to protect Native Americans from overwork and disease in the Spanish colonies by recommending that _______________ be used as labor instead.

• European indentured servants

• African slaves

The historical circumstance for the expansion of the Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade is

• the Americas and European countries wanted to use them as labor

• African slaves were freed from enslavement and returned to their homelands

The Enlightenment ideas of separation of powers, described in the excerpt, was meant to prevent

• a Communist dictatorship

• a democratic government

• an absolute monarch

Based on these pie charts, the Third Estate of France suffered before the French Revolution because they

• could not find anyone to buy their crops

• paid the most money in taxes