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World History Final Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome 
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Perspective
d)
Patron
2.

Italian artist who also excelled in art, science, and had several inventions

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Johann Guttenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

3.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
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.

Humanism...

a)

emphasized the Bible

b)

leads to happier lives

c)

encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

d)

focuses on the importance of an individual

6.

What was the Inquisition?

a)

a body of highly disciplined thought developed by the Jesuits

b)

a Roman Catholic Church court revived during the Counter Reformation to try people who violated Catholic Church law and were seen as heretics

c)

the movement that encouraged people to become Protestants

d)

the study of religious beliefs, faith, and free will

7.

Henry VIII established the Church of England because

a)

he accepted the ideas of Martin Luther

b)

he opposeed the selling of indulgences

c)

he had always wanted England to become a Protestant coutnry.

d)

the pope would not allow him to divorce his wife.

8.

A heretic is

a)

Someone who challenges church teachings

b)

Someone who works for the Inquisition.

c)

Someone who sells fish

d)

A protestor

9.

Which explorer is credited with being the first person to sail around the earth?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Vasco Da Gama

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

10.
Which of the following plays was NOT written by William Shakespeare?
a)
Hamlet
b)
MacBeth
c)
Romeo & Juliet
d)
The Divine Comedy
11.

"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" to have an influence in politics

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Castiglione

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Petrarch

12.

The pope can choose to excommunicate, or cast out from the church those deemed guilty of serious offenses.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

What was one effect of the Renaissance invention of the printing press?

a)

Books become more expensive.

b)

The demand for books declined.

c)

More people learned to read.

d)

Fewer books were produced.

14.

Which statement best describes the result of the Crusades?

a)

Europeans maintained a lasting control over much of the Middle East

b)

Islamic influence dominated Europe

c)

Europeans developed tolerance of Non-Christian religions

d)

trade increased between Europe and the Middle East because there was more demand for goods and products

15.
Which Italian city-state is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance?
a)
Venice
b)
Milan
c)
Genoa
d)
Florence
16.
T or F: Protestants and Catholics are both Christians.
a)
True
b)
False
17.

What were indulgences?

a)

high-ranking positions within the Church.

b)

lists of abuses posted on church doors.

c)

forgiveness of all of their sins

18.

Many Catholics were deeply disturbed by the abuse of indulgences, because it seemed as though people

a)

could buy forgiveness for their sins.

b)

were no longer able to sin.

c)

no longer understood what sin was.

19.

How did the invention of the printing press help the Reformation?

a)

Bibles printed allowed more people to read them.

b)

People could read translations of the Bible in their language.

c)

It allowed reformers to spread their ideas.

d)

All of the Above

20.

What was the Counter Reformation?

a)

Pope's decision to go to war

b)

Protestants moving to new lands

c)

Printing Bible in other languages

d)

Catholic Church making changes to reform itself from within

21.
What were the complaints Luther made against the Church called?
a)
95 Theses
b)
95 Topic Sentences
c)
59 Theses
d)
95 Wrongs
22.
All of the following were results of the Protestant Reformation EXCEPT
a)
it broke the religious unity of Europe
b)
it increased the literacy rate
c)
it began years of religious wars
d)
it led to the death of the Catholic Church
23.
Calvinist belief that God is all-knowing and long ago determined who would be saved
a)
Predestination 
b)
Inquisition 
c)
Salvation 
d)
Act of Supremacy 
24.

What was the Protestant Reformation?

a)

an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.

b)

an attempt to reform Christianity

c)

a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.

25.
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
26.
The English philosopher who proposed the Scientific Method.
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
hypothesis
27.
Who correctly determined that the heart, not the liver, pumped blood through the body?
a)
William Harvey
b)
Galen
c)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
d)
Andreas Vesalius
28.
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
29.
What began to be questioned during the Scientific Revolution?
a)
The Church
b)
The Monarch
c)
The Government
d)
Science
30.

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

31.

What happened to Galileo because he would not renounce his beliefs?

a)

Excommunicated

b)

Charged with heresy and put on trial

c)

Put under house arrest

d)

All of these

32.
Which scientist developed the theory of planetary motion, also known as the geocentric theory?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
33.
Which scientist developed the heliocentric theory?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
34.
The name of the model of the solar system where the Earth is the center is  the _______ model.
a)
heliocentric
b)
geocentric
c)
deocentric
d)
iocentric
35.

What is the main tool for Renaissance scientists in making a hypothesis? Where you watch something to gain information

a)

deduction

b)

reason

c)

observation

d)

logic

36.

Observed the human body and dissected people then published works on its workings

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Galen

d)

Rene Descartes

37.

Flemish scientist pioneered the study of anatomy in his book " On the Fabric of the Human Body"

a)

William Harvey

b)

Andreas Vesalius

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Ignatius de Loyola

38.
What is the study of moon, stars, and other objects in space?
a)
Astronomy
b)
Phases
c)
Gravity
39.
What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)
a)
Balboa
b)
Cabot
c)
Magellan
d)
De Soto
40.

The first European sailor to sail to India was ___.

a)

Prince Henry of Portugal

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

41.

What is the main reason the Spanish and Portuguese sought a new trade route to Asia

a)

They did not like the high prices of spices charged by Italy and Muslim nations

b)

It was safer than going overland across Europe.

c)

They wanted to prove that the earth was round.

d)

They were tired of the cold European winters.

42.

A group of people who live in a colony are called

a)

racism

b)

colonists

c)

mercantalism

d)

ethnocentric

43.

Most Native Americans died during the Exploration from?

a)

They died from war.

b)

The conquistadors starved them

c)

Smallpox and other diseases

d)

Drowning in ships

44.
The transfer of finished goods, resources, and people between Africa, the Americas, and Europe is known as
a)
Triangular Trade 
b)
Crusades 
c)
The Columbian Exchange 
d)
Mercantilism
45.
What did Drake raid and steel?
a)
gold and silver
b)
jewels
c)
Spanish ships
d)
All of the answers
46.
What did the Spanish think of Drake as?
a)
a dinosaur with a laser shooting chainsaw
b)
a nice man
c)
a janitor
d)
a pirate
47.
A (n)___________________ is one who makes maps.
a)
astronomer
b)
cartographer
c)
mapmetician 
d)
physicist
48.
The art and science of map making is called:
a)
cartography
b)
mapography
c)
quilting
d)
mapology
49.
Why did European monarchs want a sea route to Asia?
a)
Muslims and Italians controlled the land routes.
b)
Harsh weather made the land routes too dangerous.
c)
Rulers of China refused to allow use of the land routes.
d)
Horses and camels were required on the land routes.
50.

What effect did the arrival of Europeans have on both the Aztec and Inca Civilizations?

a)

It led to democratic reforms in both civilizations

b)

It led to the destruction of the Aztec and Inca civilizations

c)

It led to the migration of Aztec and Inca civilizations to Europe

d)

It led to improved healthcare and education systems in both civilizations