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WorksheetsPeriod 4: 1450-1750
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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1.
Which person most clearly expressed ideas that were consistent with Hobbes' political philosophy?
a)
A) Louis XIV, who said, “L’etat, c’est moi,” or “The state, it is I.”
b)
A) William and Mary, who signed the English Bill of Rights
2.
Which person most clearly expressed ideas that were consistent with Locke’s political philosophy?
a)
A) Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence
b)
A) James I, who wrote The True Law of Free Monarchy
3.
Locke’s political philosophy is best demonstrated in a modern government in which citizens -
a)
A) Can keep or replace elected representatives in regular elections
b)
A) Have little chance to influence decisions by their government
4.
Context one should know about the Atlantic Slave Trade is -
a)
A) African kingdoms participated in the slave trade
b)
A) Europeans forced the slave trade on unwilling African kingdoms
5.
Why would Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) use Cossacks to expand the Russian empire into Siberia?
a)
A) They had a tradition of being fierce warriors
b)
A) They lived near Muslims and therefore could negotiate with Siberian Muslims
6.
The conflict between the Cossacks and Catherine the Great known as the Pugachev Rebellion was most similar to
a)
A) The conflicts in Japan during the Heian period because it was a fight over the centralization of power in the government.
b)
The Mongol conquest because it was a fight over control of wealth
7.
The system of using Indian labor described in the passage was most similar to the system of labor used -
a)
in ancient Egypt to build the pyramids
b)
in the early capitalism in Western Europe
8.
What impact did the products of mines have on Spain and the rest of the world?
a)
It resulted in inflation and a worldwide devaluation of silver.
b)
It allowed many South Americans to move to Europe.
9.
Iran and Turkey are often political rivals. This rivalry has been suggested on historical conflicts over -
a)
how to practice Islam correctly
b)
democracy and political fanaticism
10.
The picture shows women in a silk workshop during China’s Qing Dynasty. How would such jobs most likely have affected the status and rights of women at that time?
a)
Women had low status and few rights, so the work would have allowed them to take on the status of wage earners.
b)
Women had low status and few rights, and the work kept them oppressed because they received no wages.
11.
What was one cause of the rise of silk workshops in China during the Qing Dynasty?
a)
Increased demand for silk in Europe as a result of new sea trade routes between Europe and China
b)
Improved security along the prosperous Silk Roads after the decline of the Yuan Dynasty
12.
Between 1500 and 1800, Europeans were primarily interested in tropical colonies in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the Caribbean because:
a)
a) Large profits could be made from products like sugar, coffee, and pepper
b)
c) These colonies had strategic military importance
13.
Which of the following was the most important factor enabling the Spanish to defeat the Aztec Empire?
a)
The Spanish formed military alliances with other indigenous peoples enemies of the Aztecs.
b)
b) The Spanish understood Aztec culture to create effective propaganda that weakened Aztec resistance.
14.
Which of the following are states that dominated the Mediterranean trade during the sixteenth century?
a)
Italian city-states and the Ottoman Empire
b)
Spain and Portugal
15.
The success of the European powers in penetrating the Asian trading system by 1600 can best be explained by the -
a)
opening of rich silver mines in Peru and Mexico
b)
high demand for European agricultural produce in China and India
16.
During the eighteenth century, which of the following reigned, but did not rule?
a)
The Japanese emperor
b)
The Russian Tsar
17.
Which of the following contributed most to the emergence of Russia as an expanding Eurasian power in the period between 1450 and 1750?
a)
Its absorption of traditions and technology from the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe
b)
Its success in creating alliances with European powers to expel Turkish invaders from the south.
18.
All of the following were characteristics of Western Europe in the 1400s and 1500s except:
a)
the continued strength of the Roman Catholic Church
b)
the decline of the feudal system
c)
an increasingly urban population
d)
the
development of improved weaponry
development of improved weaponry
19.
Which statement most accurately describes Peter the Great’s approach to reforming Russia?
a)
He used his modernization efforts to tighten his control over the country.
b)
He adopted some aspects of western European political organization, such as political parties.
20.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the differences between the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Americas?
a)
Portuguese Brazil was more dependent on agriculture for its economic base than was Spanish America.
b)
The Catholic Church had more influence over developments in Spanish America than in Brazil.
c)
Portugal exercised direct governmental control over Brazil, whereas Spain put little structure in place to govern its colonies.
d)
Spanish America, unlike Brazil, developed a multiracial society.
21.
Triangular trade referred to the network connecting:
a)
The west coast of Africa, North America, and western Europe
b)
China, the Middle East, and the southern European coast of the Mediterranean
22.
All of the following were long-term causes of the Protestant Reformation except:
a)
religious wars in Europe
b)
the political power of the papacy
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