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WorksheetsHistory Final Review
Total questions: 128
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Class
Date
1.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Germany
2.
What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?
a)
Religion
b)
Classical culture
c)
Life (after the black death)
d)
Middle Ages
3.
The Medici Family...
a)
Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
b)
Were the most famous painters in Florence
c)
Were the family of Mona Lisa
d)
Were patrons of the arts in Florence
4.
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
5.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
6.
Which of the following is a synonym best used to describe the word "secular"
a)
Worldly
b)
Religious
c)
Chivalry
d)
Rebirth
7.
__________________ was a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
a)
Indulgence
b)
Humanism
c)
Secular
d)
Perspective
8.
A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther is a ______________________.
a)
Lutheran
b)
Jesuit
c)
Anglican
d)
Calvinism
9.
A 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority was the _________________________.
a)
Catholic Reformation
b)
Secular
c)
Reformation
d)
Renaissance
10.
Which term originally referred to a German prince who was not loyal to the pope?
a)
Jesuit
b)
Calvinist
c)
Reformist
d)
Protestant
11.
The printing press was invented by
a)
Jan van Eyck.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
Peter Bruegel the Elder.
d)
Hans Holbein the Younger.
12.
A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who
a)
relies on realism.
b)
uses only natural light.
c)
uses a verse form of writing
d)
writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.
13.
Who declared himself the head of the English Church?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
John Knox
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Emperor Charles V
14.
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
a)
Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
b)
The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
c)
Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven.
d)
Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.
15.
Which is not one of the three G's
a)
God
b)
Guns
c)
Gold
d)
Glory
16.
In 1492 the four world zones became connected and plants, animals, and people moved in all directions across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
a)
The Columbian Exchange
b)
The Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
The separation of Pangea
d)
The domestication of animals
17.
Which of the following was unintentionally exchanged during the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Chicken Pox
b)
Cattle
c)
Cotton
d)
Coffe
18.
Which of the following was intentionally exchanged during the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Sugar
b)
Smallpox
c)
Malaria
d)
Measles
19.
What pair of products from the "New World" negatively impacted the "Old World" during the Columbian Exchange?
a)
syphilis and tobacco
b)
marijuana and cocaine
c)
smallpox and malaria
20.
What two people groups were most negatively affected by the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Native Americans & Africans
b)
Africans & Europeans
c)
Asians & Europeans
d)
Asians & Native Americans
21.
Which ocean is east of North America & West of Africa?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
22.
Upon his landing in the Bahamas in 1492, this man said, "with fifty men we could subjugate [the Indians] and make them do whatever we want."
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Hernan Cortes
23.
What is a good generalization of English settlement patterns in what would become the U.S.?
a)
Settled on the east coast and moved westward
b)
Settled largely in the southwest
c)
Settlements were established near sources of fresh water
d)
Settled in various locations across the continent
24.
This explorer proved the Americas where not Asia
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ferdinand Magellan
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
25.
in Mercantilism the colony makes (1)____ which the mother country turns into (2)___
a)
(1) technologies (2) raw materials
b)
(1) raw materials (2) finished products
c)
(1) finished products (2) raw materials
d)
(1) raw materials (2) technologies
26.
Thought he could get to Asia by sailing west from Europe. Never been tried before.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
27.
The country that funded Christopher Columbus
a)
Great Britain
b)
The Netherlands
c)
Portugal
d)
Spain
28.
the term for when one group controls ALL of a resource
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Cartel
c)
Monopoly
d)
Resource
29.
in ‘the great dying’ as many as _____ of the total Native American population died from diseases brought from the Columbian Exchange
a)
5%
b)
50%
c)
75%
d)
95%
30.
finding these islands was a primary objective of explorers
a)
the Gold Islands
b)
the Sugar Islands
c)
the Ivory Islands
d)
the Spice Island
31.
What was the economic system used by Great Britain in which colonies were established in the Americas?
a)
Free enterprise
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Mixed economy
d)
Command economy
32.
Why did the Roman Catholic Church take so long to embrace the heliocentric theory?
a)
Jesus walked the Earth; therefore Earth must be the most important and at the center.
b)
Ptolemy was a famous priest who donated a lot of money to the Church.
c)
Catholic leaders did not want people questioning what was true because it may lead to people questioning the Church.
d)
They were angry at Galileo and never wanted to admit he was correct.
33.
A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society.
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Captialism
c)
Renaissance
d)
Reformation
34.
What is the step-by-step process for performing scientific research?
a)
Scientific Revolution
b)
Newton's Law of Motion
c)
Scientific Method
d)
Heliocentric Theory
35.
Which of the following did not contribute to the Enlightenment?
a)
The Reformation
b)
The Industrial Revolution
c)
The Scientific Revolution
d)
The Renaissance
36.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
The route taken by slaves to the New World.
b)
The route taken by raw materials to Europe.
c)
The route taken by refined materials to the New World.
d)
The route taken by refined materials to Africa.
37.
The impact of Mercantilism was that
a)
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
b)
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
c)
The Colony grew wealthy
d)
The Mother Country grew wealthy
38.
A country will generally make money if
a)
it imports more than it exports.
b)
it has agriculture as its only form of making money.
c)
it exports more than it imports.
d)
it has ship building as its only form of making money.
39.
All of the following are raw materials EXCEPT
a)
wool.
b)
ships.
c)
cotton.
d)
tobacco.
40.
The City of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
a)
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
b)
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
c)
Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
d)
Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity
41.
What were the Crusades?
a)
A series of wars between the Romans and Germanic Tribes
b)
A series of wars between the Muslim tribes on the Arabian Penisula
c)
A series of religious wars in the middle ages.
42.
Feudalism and manorialism played an important role in western European society during the
a)
Age of Exploration
b)
Medieval period
c)
Pax Romana
d)
Enlightenment
43.
In the European feudal system under manorialism, what is the most significant economic commodity?
a)
land
b)
livestock
c)
gold and silver
d)
spices
44.
Who was the famous explorer to visit China?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Magellan
c)
Marco polo
d)
Sir Captain Crunch
45.
Along what river did China's earliest civilizations develop?
a)
Huang He (Yellow)
b)
Indus
c)
Yangtze
d)
Nile
46.
From China, what direction is Japan?
a)
North
b)
East
c)
South
d)
West
47.
What natural barrier separates China from India?
a)
The Gobi Desert
b)
The Hindu-Kush Mountains
c)
The Himalaya Mountains
d)
The Arabian Sea
48.
According to Chinese belief, if a ruler was just and true he would get authority to rule from______.
a)
Himself
b)
His soldiers
c)
Heaven
d)
An Oracle
49.
Which major contribution of the Chinese culture is still used in government today?
a)
The Analects
b)
The Code of Politeness
c)
Checks and Balances
d)
Civil Service Exams
50.
What religion became popular in China after spreading from India?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Shinto
51.
The right of a Chinese Dynasty to rule with the blessings of the Gods is called...?
a)
The Mandate of Heaven
b)
The Dynastic Cycle
c)
The Heavenly Commandments
d)
The Oracle Bones
52.
This type of government gives all powers to the king in a nation.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Democracy
53.
The idea that a monarch gets their power from God.
a)
Absolutism
b)
Balance of Power
c)
Divine Right
d)
Sacraments
54.
Divine Right of Kings is the theory that . . .
a)
Kings are Gods and all people must worship the king
b)
Kings rule because God chose them to rule
c)
Kings should only be advised by clergy
d)
Kings should be running the churches in their kingdoms
55.
The Glorious Revolution _______
a)
Had new fighting styles
b)
Created new crops to decrease starvation
c)
Enabled Puritans to come to power in England
d)
Was an overthrow of the king that did not require fighting
56.
The doctrine of the divine right of kings established that
a)
the king had unlimited power.
b)
the king was to be honored and served divinely in every setting.
c)
God had made kings his rulers on earth, and they were answerable ultimately to him.
d)
the sovereigns were Gods and were to be worshipped by the people.
57.
Which one does not relate to the others?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Smith
c)
Rousseau
d)
Hobbes
58.
This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.
a)
Reformation
b)
Renaissance
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Scientific Revolution
59.
Adam Smith’s doctrine that maintains that the state should not intervene in economics, from his book Wealth of Nations, is called ______.
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Socialism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Imperialism
60.
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
61.
What did Thomas Hobbes believe?
a)
Humans should hurt other humans
b)
Humans were naturally cruel, selfish, and greedy
c)
Humans are all so kind and wonderful
d)
Humans should go to church every day
62.
Which one does not relate to the others?
a)
positive view of people
b)
government protect rights
c)
absolute monarchy
d)
Locke
63.
Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?
a)
John Locke
b)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Thomas Hobbes
64.
Whose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c)
John Locke
d)
Adam Smith
65.
Who wrote about ABSOLUTE monarchs being the best form of government in his book "Leviathan"
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
c)
Rousseau
d)
Montesquieu
66.
During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.
a)
the church
b)
the military
c)
reason
d)
science
67.
What is the name of the turning point in History that resulted in several new inventions, factories producing things, and people moving to big cities?
a)
American Revolution
b)
Agriculture
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
William Penn
68.
What was the result of more railroads across the United States that went from east to west?
a)
Increased Communication and Trade
b)
Less Slaves in the south
c)
Factories
d)
The Erie Canal
69.
Which of the following categories did textile mills improve?
a)
Manufacturing
b)
Transportation
c)
Communication
d)
Agriculture
70.
Which of the following categories did the telegraph improve?
a)
Manufacturing
b)
Transportation
c)
Communication
d)
Agriculture
71.
What did the spinning jenny and power loom help produce?
a)
Textiles (for clothes)
b)
Steel
c)
Morse Code
d)
Finished cotton
72.
Who pioneered the assembly line in 1913?
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Henry Benz
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Ford Wrangler
73.
He invented the telephone
a)
Lady GaGa
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Alexander Graham Bell
d)
Ben Franklin
74.
Invented electric lightbulb
a)
Coach Webb
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Coach Drummond
d)
Ben Franklin
75.
What was the effect of Samuel F. B. Morse’s invention?
a)
It increased cotton production and the expansion of slavery.
b)
It allowed people to communicate more easily over long distances.
c)
It led to faster transportation and improved trade.
d)
It raised the price that Southerners could get for their cotton.
76.
What is a Laissez-Faire economy?
a)
An economy that is completely controlled by the U.S. government
b)
An economy that is partially controlled by the U.S. government
c)
A market driven economy with limited government interference
d)
An economy that is controlled by another country
77.
Which individual is given credit for the steel blast furnace and the process of mass producing steel?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Bessmer
c)
Alexander Bell
d)
Thomas Edison
78.
How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?
a)
Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.
b)
Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers
c)
Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
d)
Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
79.
Which English document gave citizens freedom of speech, limited royal power and served as a model for US documents?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
English Petition of Rights
c)
Magna Carta
d)
The Leviathan
80.
This word comes from the Greek word for faction, or party.
a)
Heresy
b)
Creed
c)
Schism
d)
Faith
81.
The efforts of Martin Luther caused this and divided the Church during the 16th Century.
a)
Great Schism
b)
Spanish Inquisition
c)
Protestant Reformation
d)
Council of Trent
82.
A major break that causes division
a)
Schism
b)
Excommunication
c)
Indulgence
d)
Creed
83.
A severe penalty that results from grave sin against Church law
a)
Excommunication
b)
Indulgence
c)
Creed
d)
Schism
84.
The means by which the Church takes away the punishment that a person would receive in Purgatory
a)
Indulgence
b)
Excommunication
c)
Schism
d)
Creed
85.
What was the name of the Church Henry VIII of England created and headed?
a)
Methodist
b)
Lutheran
c)
Anglican
d)
Presbyterian
86.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
87.
Who created the heliocentric theory?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
88.
Which scientist developed laws of motion?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
89.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
90.
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
91.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
92.
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
93.
The Clergy were part of the _______estate.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
94.
Which of the following contributed to the rising National Debt in France?
a)
The King and Queen spend money on extravagant things
b)
France was in the midst of the 100 years war with England
c)
France was in debt the newly founded USA
95.
During the ______________ happened when delegates from all three estates were locked out of the Versailles Palace. The three estates decided to have their own meeting
a)
French Revolution
b)
Tennis Court Oath
c)
Third Estate
96.
On July 14th, 1789, Peasants attacked the ________. Freeing political prisoners and seizing weapons.
a)
Palace of Versailles
b)
Paris Federal Building
c)
Bastille
97.
What was the result of King Louis XVI's trial for treason in front of the National Convention?
a)
Innocent and Exiled
b)
Guilty and Hung
c)
Innocent and restored as King
d)
Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine
98.
Why did a mob of Parisian women march on the Palace of Versailles in October 1789?
a)
They were searching for arms to prepare for war with Prussia
b)
They were protesting the rising price of bread
c)
They were trying to arrest Marie Antoinette to put her on trial
d)
King Louis XVI denied the legislation that would acknowledge the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen
99.
Period of Maximillien Robespierre's rule where up to 40,000 people were executed in France
a)
The Great Fear
b)
The Red Scare
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Coup d'etat
100.
The Second Estate was composed of
a)
Church leaders
b)
Peasants
c)
Nobility
d)
none of the above
101.
Who led revolutions in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru?
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Toussaint-Louverture
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Jose De San Martin
102.
What was Significant about the revolution in Haiti?
a)
It was the longest in history
b)
It was the only time a French colony revolted
c)
it was the only successful slave revolt
d)
the revolt was led by Louis XVIS son
103.
Who was the Prussian Prime Minister who united Germany?
a)
Otto von Bismarck
b)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
c)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Jose De San Martin
104.
Who led the revolutions in Southern Italy and was a master of guerrilla warfare?
a)
Otto von Bismarck
b)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
c)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
d)
Jose De San Mart6in
105.
Who led enslaved Africans in Rebellion in Haiti?
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Toussaint-Louverture
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Jose De San Martin
106.
Who led enslaved Africans in Rebellion in Haiti?
a)
Father Miguel Hidalgo
b)
Toussaint-Louverture
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Jose De San Martin
107.
Father Miguel Hidalgo led a revolt in this country?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Republic of Colombia
c)
Cambodia
d)
Mexico
108.
In the mid-1800's __________ united their small, independent states to become two new countries.
a)
Austria and Prussia
b)
Denmark and France
c)
Italy and Germany
d)
Piedmont and Sicily
109.
Nationalism is....
a)
The belief that one should be loyal to the ruler of a country.
b)
The belief that one should be loyal to the country, not the ruler.
c)
The process of uniting separate areas into one country.
d)
The process of gaining new colonies.
110.
Who was one of the first people to work toward a united Italy?
a)
Mazzini
b)
William I
c)
Bismarck
d)
Nicholas II
111.
The concept of Urbanization is MOST closely related to...
a)
The Scramble For Africa
b)
The Industrial Revolution
c)
Nationalism
d)
Spheres of Influence
112.
Under socialism...
a)
Government has lots of influence over private business
b)
Private property and organized religion are eliminated
113.
Under communism...
a)
Government has lots of influence over private business
b)
Private property and organized religion are eliminated
114.
Goods made by "cottage industries" are...
a)
hand-made one at a time
b)
machine-made and mass produced in a factory
c)
created in a laboratory
d)
grown on a farm
115.
To incorporate into an existing political unit, such as a city or country
a)
Annex
b)
Protectorate
c)
Direct rule
d)
Viceroys
116.
A person of mixed European and Native American descent
a)
Caudillo
b)
Mestizo
c)
Peninsulares
d)
Creoles
117.
A person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a spanish official who resided temporarily in Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe
a)
Peninsulares
b)
Creoles
c)
Caudillo
d)
Mestizo
118.
A person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently
a)
Peninsulares
b)
Mestizo
c)
Caudillo
d)
Creoles
119.
Which word is defined as: Using less food and supplies on the homefront so soldiers on the front line can have more resources
a)
Ratios
b)
Portions
c)
Rationing
d)
Reduction
120.
Which word is defined as: Hatred towards and discrimination against Jews
a)
Anti-Semitism
b)
Anti-Patriotism
c)
Anti-Slavery
d)
Pro-Semitism
121.
This was a collection of Hitler's beliefs about Jews and the future of Germany.
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Civil Disobedience
c)
May 4th Movement
d)
Kristallnacht
122.
How did Hitler take control of Germany?
a)
He was elected
b)
Through a coup d'tat at a beer hall in Munich
c)
He inherited power from his father
d)
He assassinated Otto von Bismarck
123.
14 points
a)
Wilsons plan for peace
b)
Message from germany
c)
lots of casualties
d)
European war laws
124.
The partnership formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800s (before the war) was called the
a)
Triple Entente
b)
Triple Alliance
c)
Eastern Block
d)
Central Powers
125.
Which event sparked World War I?
a)
the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine
b)
Russia’s quest for a warm water port
c)
assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
d)
sinking of the Lusitania
126.
In which city did the assassination take place?
a)
Paris
b)
Sarajevo
c)
Moscow
d)
Vienna
127.
Which country was likely responsible for providing the weapons used in the assassination?
a)
Serbia
b)
Austria
c)
Hungary
d)
Moldova
128.
Which of the following happened BEFORE the assassination?
a)
Another car was damaged by an exploding grenade.
b)
The assassins accidentally shot someone else.
c)
The Austrian king was assassinated.
d)
The assassin died from tuberculosis.
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