WorksheetsWH reformation exploration
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was traded in the Middle Passage?
a)
Raw Materials
b)
Slaves
c)
Finished Goods
2.
The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________ _________________
a)
Triangular Trade Route
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Northwest Passage
d)
Bermuda Triangle
3.
What products came out of England to supply its colonies?
a)
Timber and Furs
b)
Rum and Guns
c)
Manufactured Goods
d)
Slaves and Ships
4.
What is an economic system, where African slaves were exchanged for raw materials, money, and finished goods? Those countries/continents involved included Ivory Coast (Africa), Europe, and the Americans.
a)
Mercantalism
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Market economics
d)
Feudalism
5.
What did the English ship captains typically offer in trade for a cargo of captured African slaves?
a)
Guns and finished products
b)
Gold and Silver
c)
Sugar and Molasses
d)
Fish and timber
6.
What were the three reasons for European exploration?
a)
Game, God, Glory
b)
Glory, Fame, and God
c)
God, Glory, and Gold
d)
Gifts, Greatness, Glory
7.
What was the name of the Italian who traveled to China, lived there for almost 30 years, came back and had his story written into a book?
a)
Magellan
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Columbus
d)
Marco Polo
8.
•Where did Corn (maize) come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
9.
•Where did horses come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
10.
•Where did small pox, measles, & typhus come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
11.
•Where did Pigs & Cattle come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
12.
•Where did Christianity come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
13.
•Where did the tomato come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
14.
•Where did goats & sheep come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
15.
•Where did rice come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
16.
How did new foods effect the people of Europe?
a)
They had more food choices
b)
They did not like the new foods
c)
They had an improved diet
d)
They learned how to grow new foods
17.
The Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimated at 25 million; the population in 1608 has been at 1.7 million. This decrease in population was mainly a result of...
a)
crop failures brought on by poor weather conditions
b)
emigration of Native Americans to Europe and Africa
c)
wars between various native groups
d)
diseases introduced by the Spanish.
18.
The Age of Exploration and Discovery was a result of the
a)
Attempt to prove that the world was round
b)
Search for new trade routes to Asia
c)
Decline of Italy as a center of commerce
d)
Protestant Reformation
19.
Which three continents were part of the triangle trade?
a)
France, Africa, the Americas
b)
The Americas, Europe, Africa
c)
Australia, Antartica, Africa
d)
Africa, Europe, Middle East
20.
According to the map, what bird was sent from North America to Africa and Europe?
a)
Potato
b)
Turkey
c)
Vanilla
d)
Tobacco
21.
What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?
a)
The Globe
b)
The Mona Lisa
c)
The Paint Brush
d)
The Printing Press
22.
What are the complaints called the Martin Luther wrote against Indulgences?
a)
The 90 Thesis
b)
The 95 Theories
c)
The 95 Arguements
d)
The 95 Theses
23.
What specifically did the Catholic Church do that upset Martin Luther?
a)
They baptized babies
b)
They sold Indulgences
c)
They created Lutheranism
d)
They preached that Jesus was the only way to be saved
24.
The Reformation began in _______.
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
England
25.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform practices by the Catholic church considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
26.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
A German monk who wanted to replace the Pope.
b)
The patriarch of the Eastern Othodoz church, he wanted to split from the Catholic Church.
c)
A German monk who wrote the 95 Theses.
27.
Gutenberg invented the __________ that increased literacy rates and helped spread the ideas of the reformation
a)
Bible
b)
Telescope
c)
Mass media
d)
Printing Press
28.
movement in 1500's which split Christian Church in western Europe and led to new churches
a)
Edict of Nantes
b)
Protestant Reformation
c)
Counter Reformation
d)
Council of Trent
29.
Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted a divorce?
a)
Henry VI
b)
George I
c)
Charles I
d)
Henry VIII
30.
What book was printed on Gutenberg's printing press first?
a)
The Canterbury Tales
b)
The 95 Theses
c)
The Bible
d)
The Münich Herald newspaper
31.
Groups of people who protested the Catholic Church and helped form new Christian denominations.
a)
Revolters
b)
Protestants
c)
Reformers
d)
Performers
32.
What does writing in the vernacular mean?
a)
writing in a foreign language
b)
writing in first person voice
c)
writing in Latin
d)
writing in people's native language
33.
Which of the following men has been credited with starting the Reformation in Europe?
a)
Desiderius Erasmus
b)
Henry VIII
c)
Martin Luther
d)
John Wycliffe
34.
What were the results of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
The Catholic Church tried to overthrow the secular rulers of Europe.
b)
It ended religious unity in Europe and started a century of religious warfare and persecution.
c)
There were 2 popes, one in Italy and one in France and they excommunicated each other.
35.
What was the greatest impact of Gutenberg's printing press?
a)
Renaissance ideas spread quickly
b)
It saved paper because you could put writing on both sides
c)
It allowed for better pictures
d)
Some people had bad handwriting and this got rid of the problem of reading their books.
36.
Also known as the Grand Exchange, refers to the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries.
a)
Slave Trade
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Columbian Exchange
37.
A pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Exploration
c)
Triangular Trade
38.
Which was a major reason for the expansion of Europe during the period 1450 to 1750?
a)
Europeans wanted to exploit the resources found in the Americas
b)
Native Americans asked Europeans to provide them with new technologies
c)
European rulers were seeking a place to settle excess population
d)
Europeans sought to learn about Native American cultures
39.
a)
Competition
to find an all-water route to East Asia
b)
Desire
to discover new plants and animal species
c)
Need
for markets for European manufactured goods
d)
Search
for factory workers to fill labor shortages in Europe
40.
What is a direct result of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
people
became less religious
b)
Priests became more powerful in Germany
c)
Christianity
split into Protestants and Catholics
d)
Martin
Luther gave his I Have a Dream Speech
41.
Which Chinese innovation had the greatest impact on the Protestant Reformation?
a)
movable type printing press
b)
Mercator map projection
c)
magnetic compass
d)
triangular sail
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