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Exploration, Absolutism, and Scientific Revolution Review

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.
a)
find a faster trade route to Asia
b)
spread Christianity
c)
colonize new territories
d)
all of the above
2.
The Age of Exploration began in which country?
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
Europe
d)
Italy
3.
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
4.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
a)
a Portuguese prince
b)
He helped start European exploration and trade.
c)
He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
d)
all of the above
5.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
6.
Who was the first explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?
a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
James Cook
c)
Prince Henry the Navigator
d)
Ferdinand Megallan
7.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, Portugal, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden 
d)
India, France, Greece
8.
I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
9.
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
a)
technology
b)
conquistador
c)
settlement
d)
circumnavigate
10.
I was looking for the Northwest Passage in 1534. On my journey, I sailed down the Saint Lawrence River. 
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
John Cabot
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Christopher Columbus
11.
Who is know for giving Canada its name?
a)
Cook
b)
Cabot
c)
Cartier
d)
Columbus
12.

Which obstacle faced by early explorers is illustrated in this woodcut map from 1545?

a)

Illnesses suffered

b)

Lack of food needed for survival

c)

Poor maps and navigational tools

d)

Inadequate supplies

13.

Which region was explored mainly by the Portuguese?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Coast of West Africa

c)

Southwest United States

d)

Eastern Canada

14.

In what ways did relations with Native Americans differ between the French and the Spanish?

a)

The Spanish viewed Native Americans as equals and sought to establish peaceful relations.

b)

The French saw Native Americans as an obstacle to overcome in settling North America.

c)

The Spanish were interested only in converting Native Americans to Roman Catholicism.

d)

The French befriended Native Americans in order to trade with them

15.

Spain introduced Christianity and brought diseases. What else did they do?

a)

Set up trading posts

b)

Create settlements along the East Coast

c)

Build forts along the Mississippi

d)

Conquered and enslaved American Indians

16.

What is the Straight of Magellan?

a)

Passage way between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean

b)

Passage way between Atlantic and Indian Ocean

c)

Passage way between America and Asia

17.
Magellan is credited with ________________ the globe.
a)
Flying
b)
Painting
c)
Mapping
d)
Circumnavigating
18.

Who conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortez

c)

Moctezuma

d)

Columbus

19.
What civilization was located in modern day Peru?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Iroquois
d)
Mayans
20.
What civilization was located in modern day Mexico?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Iroquois
21.
Who conquered the Inca? 
a)
Cortez
b)
Moctezuma
c)
Magellan 
d)
Pizarro
22.

The Columbian Exchange. was a movement of _______, between Europe, Africa, parts of Asia and the Americas.

a)

people/cultures

b)

disease

c)

animals/plants

d)

all of the above

23.
How did diseases impact the New World?
a)
They didn't
b)
They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
c)
They wiped out 50-90% of the indigenous people
d)
They helped the natives beat the Spanish
24.
What is the "Old World" ?
a)
Mostly Europe and parts of Africa and Asia
b)
The Americas 
25.
What is the "New World"? 
a)
Mostly Europe and parts of Africa and Asia
b)
The Americas
26.
Drake sailed for 
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
New World
27.
What did Drake raid and steel?
a)
gold and silver
b)
jewels
c)
Spanish ships
d)
All of the answers
28.
•Where did Corn (maize) come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
29.
•Where did horses come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
30.

•Where did small pox, measles, & typhus come from?

a)

Old World

b)

New World

31.
•Where did squash & the pumpkin come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
32.
•Where did cocoa come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
33.
•Where did potatoes & sweet potatoes come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
34.
•Where did wheat come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
35.
•Where did the tomato come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
36.
•Where did sugar come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
37.
•Where did tobacco come from?
a)
Old World
b)
New World
38.
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
39.
In this economic system, a mother country gained wealth by...
a)
allowing competition in the marketplace
b)
giving colonist political and religious freedom
c)
carefully controlling trade
d)
participating in the Great Awakening
40.
The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...
a)
Salutary or Benign Neglect
b)
Mercantilism 
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Navigation Acts
41.
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.
42.
Mercantilism is when
a)
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'
b)
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony
c)
When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens
d)
When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits
43.
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
44.
What did Africa get from the Triangular Trade?
a)
Slaves
b)
Raw Materials
c)
Sugar
d)
Manufactured Goods
45.
What did the Americas get from the Triangular trade?
a)
Sugar / Mollases
b)
Slaves
c)
Gold
d)
Guns
46.
What did Europe get from the Triangular Trade
a)
Raw Materials
b)
Guns
c)
Slaves
d)
Manufactured Goods
47.

The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

a)

Work on plantations

b)

Work on the railroad

c)

Work building houses

d)

Work building ships

48.

Choose the answer that most accurately completes the chart above.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Balance of Trade

c)

Northwest Passage

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas

49.
Which parts of the map can be identified as the origin and destination of the middle passage? 
a)
A & B
b)
B & C
c)
C & A
d)
C & B 
50.
What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor?
a)
sugar cane, cotton, tabacco
b)
sugar, cotton, wheat
c)
cotton, wheat, corn
51.
How did the Atlantic Slave Trade effect Africa's future?
a)
Africa's economy collapsed
b)
Africa's villages ceased to exist
c)
Africa's population increased
52.
Which was NOT a cause of Europe's Commercial Revolution
a)
Introduction of new products to Europe
b)
New banking methods
c)
Use of coins and paper money
d)
A reduction of population in Europe
53.
The majority of African slaves were delivered where?
a)
Florida and Georgia
b)
Brazil and the Caribbean
c)
Mexico
d)
England and France
54.

Why is the period from the 1500s and the 1700s called the Commercial Revolution?

a)

The European economy underwent great changes in basic economic practices.

b)

Traders began using advertising to convince people to buy goods.

c)

Peasants revolted and demanded factory work instead of farming.

d)

Improvements in ships allowed traders to travel great distances.

55.
Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Westernization
c)
Balance of Power
d)
Trickle down economics
56.
The idea that a monarch gets their power from God.
a)
Absolutism
b)
Balance of Power
c)
Divine Right Theory
d)
Sacraments
57.
Who built St. Petersburg to establish a warm water port for his country?
a)
Frederick the Great
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Ivan the Terrible
58.
This absolute monarch weakened his nobles by forcing them to live with him at the Palace of Versailles were he centralized his power.
a)
Phillip II
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Ivan the Terrible
59.
This type of government gives all powers to the king in a nation.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Democracy
60.
Extreme spending on his estate and wars led to debt for this monarch's country and they lost power in Europe.
a)
Phillip II
b)
Louis XIV
c)
James II
d)
Frederick the Great
61.
Who was nicknamed the Sun King?
a)
Frederick the Great
b)
James I
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Henry IV
62.
Louis XIV built this as a symbol of his power and wealth?
a)
Arc De Triumph
b)
Palace of Versailles
c)
Eiffel Tower
d)
El Escorial 
63.
Ivan the Terrible was the first to take what title of Russian rulers? 
a)
Tsar/Czar
b)
King
c)
Emperor
d)
Caesar
64.

In what year did England defeat the Spanish Armada?

a)

1535

b)

1588

c)

1648

d)

1688

65.
During the Age of Absolutism, several European monarchs intensified the power of their authority by emphasizing their divine right to rule and
a)
centralizing their power
b)
expanding their territories
c)
increasing the size of their navies
d)
continuing to support the feudal system
66.

The main aim of the Spanish Armada was to achieve what?

a)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make England a Catholic country once again.

b)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make England Protestant

c)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and replace with Mary, Queen of Scots

d)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make Philip the King of England

67.

What was the result of the attack of the Spanish Armada?

a)

England defeated Spain

b)

Spain defeated England

c)

A draw

68.
A king or queen who holds ALL power within their state / country.
a)
Dictator
b)
Absolute Monarch
c)
Super Monarch
d)
Tyrant
69.
True or false: Building Versailles was very expensive.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
The most popular religion in Russia is Roman Catholicism?
a)
True
b)
False
71.

Who inspired Peter the Great?

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Ivan the Terrible

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Phillip II

72.

Who continued Peter the Great's policies of expansion and modernization?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Vladimir Lenin

73.

Colonies in which part of the world were smaller and isolated at trading ports along the coast?

a)

Brazilian colonies

b)

Caribbean colonies

c)

Canadian colonies

d)

Asian colonies

74.

Which 2 countries divided the New World in half with the Treaty of Tordesillas

a)

England and France

b)

Spain and Portugal

c)

Spain and France

d)

Mexico and England

75.
Which answer correctly sequences the groups in New Spain's colonial society from most to least powerful?
a)
peninsulares, Africans, and Indians, creoles, mestizos
b)
Africans and Indians, mestizos, creoles, peninsulares
c)
peninsulares, Africans and Indians, mestizos, creoles
d)
peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Africans and Indians
76.
Kepler pioneered the develop of . . .
a)
the laws of gravity
b)
the human circulatory system
c)
The study of Calculus
d)
The study of planetary motion
77.
Who originally developed the Heliocentric theory of the universe?
a)
Kepler
b)
Copernicus
c)
Newton
d)
Ptolemy
78.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
79.

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

80.
Bacon, Galileo, & Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation & ________.
a)
observation
b)
guessing
c)
research
d)
what your friends say
81.
Which scientist developed laws of motion?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
82.
The English philosopher who proposed the Scientific Method.
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
hypothesis
83.
What was the result of the Scientific Revolution? 
a)
advancements in the theories and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
b)
Advancements made in science and math
c)
Supports previous thought processes and studies
d)
Expanded on beliefs in faith
84.
What did William Harvey do?
a)
Created the laws of gravity
b)
Found cells in organisms
c)
Circulation of blood through the body and the heart pumps the blood. 
d)
Founded the telescope
85.
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
86.
What did Galileo improve?
a)
the astrolabe
b)
the stars
c)
the telescope
d)
the microscope
87.
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 
88.
Who was the Baroque composer responsible for the fugue? 
a)
Bach
b)
Mozart
c)
Beethoven
d)
Delacroix
89.
Which classical composer is known for operas? 
a)
Mozart
b)
Bach
c)
Beethoven
d)
Delacroix
90.
Who painted this piece of art? 
a)
Delacroix
b)
Durer
c)
Cervantes
d)
Dickens
91.
Who developed the small pox vaccine? 
a)
Jenner
b)
Pasteur
c)
Harvey
d)
Newton
92.
All of the following were improvements in European life directly related to the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT:
a)
paved roads
b)
faster ship transportation
c)
increased knowledge 
d)
invention of printing press
93.
Which European Empire is shaded in this image? 
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
Holy Roman Em
94.
Which European Empire is shaded on the map? 
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Holy Roman Empire
d)
Prussia
95.

Who wrote the first modern novel, Don Quixote?

a)

Dickens

b)

Hugo

c)

Cervantes

d)

Shakespeare

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