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Total questions: 103
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Class
Date
1.
How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?
a)
By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observations
b)
By reading classic literature
c)
By collecting samples of plant life
d)
By forming new government ideas
2.
According to Copernicus, the sun
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
Had many moons
3.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in an ellipses around the sun
4.
Who created the geocentric theory?
a)
Issac Newton
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
5.
Who created the heliocentric theory?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
6.
What did the geocentric theory state?
a)
The sun was at the center of the universe
b)
The earth was at the center of the universe
7.
What is the heliocentric theory?
a)
There is no sun
b)
The sun is smaller than the Earth
c)
The sun is the center of the universe
d)
The Earth in the center of the universe
8.
The Scientific Revolution was a time where
a)
people began to experiment and collect evidence about the world around them
b)
people became MORE religious
c)
The Catholic Church gained power
d)
Greek and Roman ideas were reborn
9.
What did Francis Bacon contribute to the Scientific Revolution?
a)
the geocentric theory
b)
the scientific method
c)
the heliocentric theory
d)
the law of universal gravitation
10.
Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?
a)
the heliocentric theory
b)
the scientific method
c)
the theory of scientifc rationalism
d)
the theory of universal gravitation
11.
The idea of "Checks and Balances" in government came from
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Locke
c)
Smith
d)
Rousseau
12.
Who thought that separation of power in government is the best way to protect human rights
a)
Smith
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Beccaria
13.
This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Hobbes
c)
Locke
d)
Voltaire
14.
The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher
a)
Rousseau
b)
Voltaire
c)
Locke
d)
Montesquieu
15.
How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?
a)
By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observation
b)
By reading classic literature
c)
By collecting samples of plant life
d)
By forming new government ideas
16.
Copernicus wrote this theory.
a)
the heliocentric theory
b)
the geocentric theory
c)
the mercantilism theory
d)
the scientific method theory
17.
What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?
a)
The Universal Law of Gravity
b)
Heliocentric Model
c)
Scientific Method
d)
Geocentric Theory
18.
A period of history from 1550 to 1700 when many important scientific advances were made
a)
The enlightenment
b)
The Scientific Revolution
c)
Age of Reason
d)
The English Civil War
19.
Hobbes was a philosopher who that all people were born _.
a)
Selfish
b)
Good
c)
Free
d)
All of the above
20.
_ advanced the telescope, making it magnify object up to 20 times bigger.
a)
Galileo
b)
Copernicus
c)
Kepler
d)
Newton
21.
_ created the 3 branches of government that is used in the US.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Newton
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Locke
22.
The Enlightenment is also referred to as the
a)
Age of Reason
b)
Age of Thought
c)
Age of Science
d)
Age of Politics
23.
This Enlightened thinking was for women's rights and equal education
a)
Locke
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Voltaire
24.
This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Hobbes
c)
Locke
d)
Voltaire
25.
What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?
a)
Geocentric Theory
b)
Heliocentric Model
c)
Scientific Method
d)
The Universal Law of Gravity
26.
This Enlightened thinker agreed with absolutism and had a negative view on humanity
a)
Newton
b)
Hobbes
c)
Locke
d)
Rousseau
27.
Locke believed that people were born with three natural rights. They are:
a)
Liberty, Property, and Religious freedom
b)
Life, Liberty, Freedom
c)
Life, Liberty, Property
d)
Life, Liberty, Equality
28.
Who discovered the cell by using the microscope?
a)
Harvey
b)
Descartes
c)
Boyle
d)
Hooke
29.
What does Geocentric mean?
a)
3 branches of gov.
b)
sun is center of everything/ universe
c)
doubt everything
d)
earth is the center of everything/universe
30.
What is the heliocentric theory?
a)
There is no sun
b)
The sun is smaller than the Earth
c)
The sun is the center of the universe
d)
The Earth in the center of the universe
31.
What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?
a)
Laws of Gravity
b)
Heliocentric theory
c)
Geocentric theory
d)
Scientific Method
32.
The scientific method used reason to study a topic. Who developed it?
a)
Bacon
b)
Galileo
c)
Newton
d)
Copernicus
33.
Which Italian astronomer and telescope-maker is said to have contributed more to astronomy than anybody else?
a)
Nicholas Copernicus
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Galileo Galilee
34.
Who of the following is a famous astronomer of the scientific revolution?
a)
Toussaint L’Ouverture
b)
Nicholas Copernicus
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Eli Whitney
35.
According to Copernicus, the sun
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
Had many moons
36.
The Scientific Method was created by which of the following?
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Tycho Brahe
37.
What is the heliocentric theory?
a)
There is no sun
b)
The sun is smaller than the Earth
c)
The sun is the center of the universe
d)
The Earth in the center of the universe
38.
Scientist began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.
a)
History and faith
b)
Math and Science
c)
Math and History
d)
reason and logic
39.
What did Galileo Improve?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
the stars
c)
The Telescope
d)
cat food.
40.
Which statement represents a key idea directly associated with John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?
a)
Freedom of speech should be denied.
b)
The king's power on Earth comes from God.
c)
All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
d)
Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success.
41.
One way in which Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau are similar is that they were
a)
philosophers during the Age of Enlightenment
b)
chief ministers during the French Revolution
c)
leaders of the Italian unification movement
d)
supporters of the Counter Reformation
42.
These are kings and queens, or emperors, that reign over a kingdom or empire.
a)
legislatures
b)
parliament
c)
nobles
d)
monarchs
43.
This document was written by Thomas Jefferson.
a)
Magna Carte
b)
English Bill of Rights
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
The Rights of Man and Citizen
44.
Enlightenment thinkers were also known as :
a)
Socialists
b)
Reformers
c)
Philosophes
d)
Radicals
45.
The act of an entire population giving up certain natural rights and transferring them to someone else is also known as a...
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Social Contract
c)
Rationalism
d)
Heliocentric Theory
46.
Philosophe Matching: He supported the natural rights of life, liberty, and property
a)
Rousseu
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Hobbes
d)
Locke
47.
Philosophe Matching: This Englishman believed men were naturally wicked and evil, and the men needed a monarch to make decisions for them.
a)
Rousseau
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Hobbes
d)
Locke
48.
What were the Natural Rights, according to Locke? (select the best answer)
a)
Safety
b)
Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
c)
Property
d)
Life, Liberty, and Property
49.
This person thought a natural law for protecting rights was to separate government into three branches
a)
Diderot
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Beccaria
d)
Montesquieu
50.
The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called ___.
a)
a natural law
b)
checks and balances
c)
a social contract
d)
laissez-faire
51.
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
a)
Philosophers
b)
Democracy
c)
Social Contract
d)
Divine Right of Kings
52.
The Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?
a)
The people
b)
The elite nobles
c)
small group of rulers
d)
kings and queens
53.
What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?
a)
a passage to India by land
b)
a way to the South Pole
c)
a new trade route to India by sea
d)
a new school in Portugal
54.
How did Portugal find an all water route to Asia?
a)
Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean
b)
Sailed east around Africa
c)
Sailed north through the Baltic Sea
d)
They never found an all water route to Asia
55.
Which direction did Spain sail to try and find an all water route to Asia?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
West
d)
They only traveled by land
56.
This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?
a)
Robert La Salle
b)
Bartholomeu Diaz
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
57.
_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
58.
How did Portugal FIRST get around to Asia?
a)
They walked
b)
Sailed the Mediterranean Sea
c)
They flew
d)
Sailed east around the tip of Africa
59.
The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?
a)
Triangular Trade
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Columbian Exchange
60.
The Middle Passage was_______________?
a)
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
b)
The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
c)
Trading goods among three people.
d)
The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.
61.
Which type of colony depended on slave labor producing cash crops in order to make a profit?
a)
settler
b)
trading post
c)
plantation
62.
Why was there a demand for slaves in the New World?
a)
There weren't enough Europeans to get the work done.
b)
Some colonies needed slave labor to make a profit.
c)
Native Americans resisted enslavement and ran away.
d)
All of these are correct
63.
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.
64.
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
65.
What was the name given to the exchange of crops,ideas,diseases,and technologies between the old world and the new world?
a)
mercantilism
b)
the columbian exchange
c)
isolationism
d)
all of the above
66.
Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________ _______.
a)
Slave Ship
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Triangular Trade
67.
The Middle Passage was_______________?
a)
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
b)
The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
c)
Trading goods among three people.
d)
The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.
68.
How did the discovery and colonization of the New World lead to international trade?
a)
It strengthened the Feudal system.
b)
Colonies provided raw materials and markets to sell to.
c)
Colonies discouraged international trade.
d)
It strengthened relations with Native Americans.
69.
Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Vasco de Gama
70.
The area in red in the image is
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Jamestown
d)
Europe
71.
Which route represents the path taken by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama?
a)
a
b)
b
c)
c
d)
d
72.
"To sail around the world" =
a)
inculmintation
b)
circumnavigation
c)
push factors
d)
completion of travel
73.
Which route represents the path taken by the European explorer Christopher Columbus?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
74.
What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Portugal
75.
What would have been the MOST common European language found in the area in red?
a)
Spainish
b)
English
c)
Dutch
d)
French
76.
The area in green (dark) is home to what European language?
a)
Spainish
b)
English
c)
French
d)
Portugese
77.
This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?
a)
Robert La Salle
b)
Bartholomeu Diaz
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
78.
What country is credited for finding the Americas first?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
Portugal
79.
Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.
a)
Africa
b)
New Netherland
c)
Canada
d)
New Zealand
80.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what part of the Western Hemisphere?
a)
South America
b)
Central America
c)
Florida Peninsula
d)
Caribbean islands
81.
Which country would settle east of the line of demarcation according to an agreement among Europeans?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France
82.
Which country would settle west of the Line of Demarcation according to the agreement?
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France
83.
Why was the Treaty of Tordesillas, that contained the Line of Demarcation, important?
a)
It divided the lands of Africa between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
b)
It divided the land of the Americas with an imaginary line. West of the line went to Portugal while the land east of the line went to Spain.
c)
It divided the land of the "New World" with an imaginary line. The land east of the line went to Portugal, and the land west of the line went to Spain.
d)
The Line of Demarcation was an agreement gave land north of the line to Spain, while the land south of the line to Portugal.
84.
Which nation did Prince Henry help to take the lead in overseas exploration?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Portugal
d)
the Netherlands
85.
The line of demarcation or an imaginary line established a boundary for claiming new lands between which two nations and what was it called?
a)
Portugal and Spain; Treaty of Tordasillas
b)
Portugal and Spain, Treaty of Tortilla
c)
Spain and Italy; Treaty of Tortillini
d)
Spain and France; Treaty of Tortiere
86.
What is another word for "conqueror"?
a)
conclave
b)
champion
c)
victor
d)
conquistador
87.
The exchange of foods, goods, and ideas between the Old World and the New World in the 1500s is called the _________.
a)
Elizabethan Exchange
b)
Currency Exchange
c)
The Age of Discovery
d)
Colombian Exchange
88.
Which of the following identifies what Columbus named the general area where he landed on his first voyage and why he named it that?
a)
America; the word means "freedom" in Portuguese.
b)
New Spain; Columbus's voyage was paid for by Spanish royalty.
c)
West Indies; columbus thought he had landed on an island near India.
d)
Taino; the word refers to a precious Asian spice Columbus hoped to find.
89.
Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?
a)
South
b)
North
c)
East
d)
West
90.
Which two countries were the first to start exploring around the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans? These two countries were the most powerful in the nation in the late 1400's and early 1500's.
a)
Spain/France
b)
England/France
c)
France/Portugal
d)
Portugal/Spain
91.
who did Pizarro invite to a meeting then had his bodyguards killed.
a)
Aztec's ruler
b)
Inca's ruler
c)
Aztec's Gereral
d)
Inca's General
92.
Who took control of the Aztec temple in 1519?
a)
Pizarro
b)
Atahualpa
c)
Vasco Nùñez
d)
Cortez
93.
The Spanish King rewarded Pizarro by making him governor of ____.
a)
Cuba
b)
Spain
c)
Inca
d)
Peru
94.
What are plantations?
a)
Farm that used enslaved people or hired workers to grow and harvest crops
b)
Farm that used freemen to work or harvest crops
c)
Where plants grow
d)
Special types of plants
95.
What are cash crops?
a)
Pants that grow trees
b)
Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit
c)
Crops grown in small amounts to be sold for profit
d)
Selling crops one by one
96.
What is the economic idea theory that depends on a greater amount of exports than imports in order to increase a country's supply of gold and sliver?
a)
Cash crop
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Merchants
d)
Plantations
97.
Who worked mostly in plantations?
a)
Slaves
b)
Dogs
c)
Anyone
d)
No one
98.
What nations could afford exploration?
a)
Spain, Italy, France, England, the Netherlands
b)
Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands
c)
Great Britain, Germany, Portugal, Spain, France
d)
Spain, England, France, Portugal, and Britain.
99.
Which factor led to the most significant decline in the population of the Native Americans in Mexico.
a)
Disease
b)
Forces Labor
c)
Lack of food
d)
Civil War
100.
Diseases played a major role in _____________________ defeat of _________________.
a)
Cortez; Inca
b)
Cortez; Aztec
c)
Pizarro; Inca
d)
Pizarro; Maya
101.
_______________ was the King of the Aztec at the time of the Spanish invasion.
a)
Montezuma
b)
Cuauhtemoc
c)
Ezana
d)
Atahualpa
102.
What was the stage on the triangular trade route in which slaves were transported from Africa to the Colonies called?
a)
The Nightmare route
b)
The Long Voyage
c)
The Western Route
d)
The Middle Passage
103.
The Incan Emperor at the time of their defeat at the hands of Pizarro.
a)
Montezuma
b)
Atahualpa
c)
Cuauhtemoc
d)
Ezana
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