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WorksheetsWorld History 2 Midterm
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
2.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Germany
3.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
4.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
5.
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince"
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Castiglione
c)
Shakespeare
d)
Petrarch
6.
Which of the following is a synonym best used to describe the word "secular"
a)
Worldly
b)
Religious
c)
Chivalry
d)
Rebirth
7.
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Cheaper book prices
b)
Increase in education/literacy
c)
Increase in church power
d)
Rapid spread of ideas
8.
What was one problem with the Catholic church that led to the Reformation?
a)
Priests were too nice
b)
The Pope had too much political power
c)
Martin Luther liked indulgences
d)
The printing press helped with the Crusades
9.
What are Indulgences?
a)
a first church
b)
leaders
c)
Things you can buy to get your sins forgiven
d)
A new type of prayer
10.
Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five Theses is considered by many to be a turning point in history because
a)
sale of indulgences increased.
b)
Luther became the German ruler
c)
Catholic power declined.
d)
German states became unified.
11.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
d)
An attempt to strengthen the power of the Pope
12.
This was the Church practice of selling forgiveness for sin
a)
Usury
b)
Tithe
c)
Sin Tax
d)
Indulgences
13.
This group was established to spread Catholicism around the world
a)
Huguenots
b)
Lutherans
c)
Jesuits
d)
Monks
14.
What is Predestination?
a)
studying the bible in your language helps you to understand it
b)
God has the foreknowledge of who is saved and who is condemned to hell
c)
faith + works helps achieve salvation
d)
None of these
15.
Who taught predestination?
a)
John Calvin
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Zwingli
d)
Erasmus
16.
Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted an annulment?
a)
Philip II
b)
George I
c)
Charles I
d)
Henry VIII
17.
The Inquisition was a movement by church leaders to keep people "holy" though which of these means?
a)
fasting
b)
fiery sermons
c)
torture
d)
all of the above
18.
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
19.
Spanish conquistador that defeated the Incan empire. Although the Incan King, met his demands for rooms filled with gold & silver for the King's release. The King was strangled.
a)
Cortes
b)
Pizarro
c)
Capitalism
d)
Caravel
20.
First man to led an expedition that circumnavigated the globe.
a)
Pizarro
b)
Caravel
c)
Cortes
d)
Magellan
21.
Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.
a)
Colonies
b)
Cortes
c)
Joint-stock
d)
Conquistadors
22.
An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources,such as money, for profit.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Caravel
c)
Capitalism
d)
Cortes
23.
Segment of the forced journey that captured Africans made from Africa to America throughout the 1600's; it consisted of the dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean; many slaves perished on this segment of the journey.
a)
Caravel
b)
Pizarro
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Middle Passage
24.
A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa, Cape of Good Hope, to the Indian Ocean.
a)
Vasco de Gama
b)
Cortes
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Magellan
25.
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
a)
Caravel
b)
Pizarro
c)
Colonies
d)
Cortes
26.
Occurs when a country exports/sells more goods to other countries than it imports/buys from other countries
a)
Favorable balance of trade
b)
Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Triangular Trade
27.
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Megellan
c)
Colonies
d)
Mercantilism
28.
The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Capitalism
d)
Colonization
29.
What do Buddhists believe in?
a)
Reincarnation
b)
Baptism
c)
The Five Pillars of Islam
d)
That Abraham was their founder
30.
What is the holy book of Judaism?
a)
The Vedas
b)
The Quran
c)
The Holy Bible
d)
The Torah
31.
Which religion has an annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca?
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
32.
The Ottoman Empire helped spread which religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Islam
33.
What brought Islam to West Africa?
a)
War
b)
Trade
c)
Emporers
d)
Crusades
34.
What were the 3 largest West African Empires?
a)
Songhai, Mali, and Nigeria
b)
Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
c)
Ghana, Songhai, and Bachwezi
d)
Aksum, Ghana, Mali
35.
Who was the English Civil war a struggle between?
a)
England and France
b)
Parliament (power of the people) and the monarch
c)
English citizens and Louis XIV
d)
Parliament and France
36.
Who led the Parliament during the English Civil War?
a)
Oliver Cromwell
b)
King Charles
c)
Royalists
d)
John Locke
37.
Who took the throne after King James fled to France?
a)
Charles II
b)
Parliament
c)
William and Mary of Orange
d)
James III
38.
What type of limited government did England have under William and Mary?
a)
rule of law
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Constitutional Monarchy
d)
Lord Protector
39.
What were the Cavaliers also known as?
a)
Royalists
b)
Parliament
c)
Nobles
d)
Peasants
40.
Oath made by members of the 3rd Estate after they were locked out of their meeting room; promised to make laws and reforms in the name of the French people
a)
Legislative Assembly Promise
b)
National Assembly Oath
c)
Tennis Court Promise
d)
Tennis Court Oath
41.
What did the 3rd Estate rename themselves at the beginning of the Revolution?
a)
National Convention
b)
Legislative Assembly
c)
National Assembly
d)
Legislative Convention
42.
head of the Committee of Public Safety; lead the Reign of Terror
a)
Maximilien Robespierre
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Napoleon
d)
Danton
43.
Queen of France; hated by the French people due to her spending habits and because she wasn't French
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Marie
c)
Antoinette
44.
in and effort to force Portugal to accept his blockage against Britain, Napoleon marched troops through Spain in the _______ War
a)
Spanish
b)
Peninsular
c)
Portuguese
d)
French Force
45.
Napoleon's final defeat in June of 1815
a)
Battle of Moscow
b)
Battle of Paris
c)
Battle of Trafalgar
d)
Battle of Waterloo
46.
After his initial defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of ______; his second exile was to the island of _________.
a)
St. Helena; Elba
b)
Elba; Corsica
c)
Elba; St. Helena
d)
Corsica; St. Helena
47.
This was a bloody period of the French Revolution.
a)
Battle of Waterloo
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
reign of King Louis XVI
d)
Revolutionary War
48.
This person thought a natural law for protecting rights was to separate government into three branches
a)
Diderot
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Beccaria
d)
Montesquieu
49.
Which historical event was inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers?
a)
The American Revolution
b)
WWI
c)
WWII
d)
Vietnam
50.
What are the rights you have from birth that the government should defend called?
a)
Natural Law
b)
Natural Rights
c)
State of Nature
d)
Social Contract
51.
Tsarina Catherine the Great built schools, hospitals, and promoted women's education. Historians categorize Catherine the Great as an:
a)
Enlightened Despot
b)
Bourgeoisie
c)
Capitalist
d)
Communist
52.
Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government is needed to keep order?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Hobbes
c)
Rousseau
d)
Beccaria
53.
Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Beccaria
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Locke
54.
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
55.
Who created the Scientific Method?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Kepler
c)
The Pope
d)
Francis Bacon
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