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Midterm Review

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is one of Martin Luther’s complaints against the Catholic Church?

a)

Martin Luther wanted friars to sell indulgences

b)

Martin Luther believed that people could win salvation by faith in God only

c)

Martin Luther wrote that Church teachings should be based on what the pope says

d)

Martin Luther believed that priests could interpret the Bible

2.

Prior to the Renaissance was the _______________ period.

a)

Golden Age

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Early Modern Period

d)

Middle Ages

3.

Which of the following is a reason why the Renaissance started in Italy?

a)

Italy is nearly surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, making it easy to trade with Asia.

b)

The pope was purchasing art and sponsoring war.

c)

The pope would not allow the Roman Emperor an annulment.

d)

The Catholic Church was reacting to the Protestant Reformation

4.

_______________ was a reason that both the Northern and the Italian Renaissance started.

a)

The invention of the printing press

b)

Trade with other areas of the world

c)

Merchants becoming patrons of the art

d)

The desire to beautify cities

5.

Ignatius of Loyola wrote which of the following:

a)

Spiritual Exercises

b)

Gloriana

c)

The Prince

d)

Utopia

6.

Bloody Mary got her nickname because…

a)

She suffered a violent death

b)

She was a murderer

c)

She sentenced a lot of people to death

d)

She had bright red hair

7.

Books brought all of the following changes to Europe EXCEPT:

a)

Information is more widely available

b)

Literacy rose in Europe

c)

People took the information available for granted

d)

Laws were widely published

8.

Which of the following applies to Urlich Zwingli?

a)

He believed faith should be personal

b)

He was a priest in France

c)

He was an active participant in the English Reformation

d)

He kicked out the pope and placed himself in charge of the church

9.

Which of the following was a complaint against Catholic Church in the Protestant Reformation?

a)

The selling of indulgences

b)

They gave away too much money

c)

The Church should be a higher authority than the Bible

d)

Priests should interpret (explain) the Bible to people

10.

Martin Luther started the _______________ Reformation.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Protestant

c)

Counter

d)

English

11.

Which of the following is one of the actions the Jesuits took?

a)

They founded schools throughout Europe

b)

They translated Bibles from Latin

c)

They converted non-Christians to Catholicism

d)

All of the above

12.

Which of the following is a decision made by the Council of Trent?

a)

The Church’s interpretation of the Bible was final

b)

The Bible is the authority over Church tradition

c)

Indulgences are banned

d)

Christians need to have faith in God to gain salvation

13.

The Protestant Reformation occurred because of ________________ reasons.

a)

Political

b)

Personal

c)

Religious

d)

Superficial

14.

The Council of Trent occurred during the ______________.

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Counter-Reformation

c)

Italian Renaissance

d)

English Reformation

15.

How did Elizabeth I change the English Church?

a)

She was advised by protestants to make the Church of England more protestant

b)

She was protestant but she incorporated practices from both Protestantism and Catholicism to make the most people happy

c)

She wanted to return the English Church to Catholicism and she persecuted anyone who disagreed with her

d)

She used Parliament to remove the pope’s power and put herself as the head of the English Church

16.

What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

a)

An agreement between Spain and Italy to share the Mediterranean Sea

b)

A treaty between England and France to end the French and Indian War

c)

An imaginary line drawn by the pope to divide the Americas

d)

A trade agreement between the Africans and the Muslims

17.

What did Bartolomeu Dias contribute to Portuguese exploration?

a)

Circumnavigating the world

b)

Circling Africa to get to India

c)

Being the first to reach the tip of Africa

d)

Funding exploration and founding a navigation school

18.

Why Europeans did NOT explore prior to the 1400s?

a)

They were too busy fighting wars

b)

They did not have the ability or the interest

c)

They liked to be home

d)

They had too much disease to travel

19.

The Pilgrims and Puritans left England because:

a)

They were seeking glory

b)

They heard the Native Americans were weak and easy to conquer

c)

They wanted to find religious freedom

d)

They heard tales of gold and wanted to get wealthy

20.

Who led the expedition to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

21.

Who is involved in the Treaty of Tordesillas?

a)

Spain and Portugal

b)

Italy and France

c)

England and France

d)

France and the Dutch

22.

When I say “the Dutch,” it’s the same as saying:

a)

The French

b)

The Netherlands

c)

The Portuguese

d)

The English

23.

Henry the Navigator helped to start Portuguese exploration by:

a)

Circumnavigating the world

b)

Funding exploration and founding a navigation school

c)

Circling Africa to get to India

d)

Being the first to reach the tip of Africa

24.

The Pilgrims and Puritans had the most successful colony because:

a)

They found the cash crops, cotton and sugar

b)

They focused on gold and found it quickly

c)

They found the cash crop, tobacco

d)

They brought their families to settle somewhere new

25.

Jamestown is:

a)

The first permanent English settlement in the Americas

b)

A colony focused on trading furs with the Native Americans

c)

The second English settlement in Plymouth, MA

d)

A colony in the Caribbean islands focused on cotton and sugar plantations

26.

The “Short Conquest” myth means that:

a)

Conquistadors are not gods

b)

The Spanish were not totally superior to the natives

c)

The Spanish Conquest was long and took centuries

d)

Regular people conquered the Americas, not an army

27.

Who conquered the Inca Empire in Peru?

a)

Hernando Cortes

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

d)

Francisco Pizarro

28.

What type of trade do the French and Dutch primarily participate in?

a)

Cash crops, specifically sugar and cotton

b)

Fur trade

c)

Cash crops, specifically tobacco

d)

Spices and silks

29.

Mercantilism is the idea that:

a)

A country’s power is dependent on its wealth

b)

One of the best ways to get gold is to exploit (use) colonies

c)

One of the best ways to get gold is to establish a favorable balance of trade with rivals

d)

All of the above

30.

The Columbian Exchange is:

a)

The idea that a country’s power is dependent on its wealth

b)

The global transfer of foods, disease, and animals during the colonization of the Americas

c)

The transfer of Africans to the Americas to serve as slaves

d)

The ability to get along well with others

31.

What is absolutism?

a)

God created the monarchy and the monarch acts as God’s representative on Earth

b)

The theory that money equals power

c)

The theory that one ruler holds all of the power

d)

The idea that scholars base their beliefs on ancient teachings and the Bible

32.

Which of the following are effects of absolutism?

a)

Rulers regulate religious worship and social gatherings

b)

Rulers maintain large armies and castles to scary potential opponents

c)

Rulers create bureaucracies made of people loyal to them

d)

All of the above

33.

Who is a believer of Divine Right?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

James I

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Oliver Cromwell

34.

Which of the following describes the OLD way of thinking about science?

a)

Scholars decided what was true or false based on ancient texts and the Bible

b)

People believed that Jupiter had four moons

c)

Aristotle believed that the moon had craters

d)

Scholars believed the sun was the center of the universe

35.

Which of the following describes the heliocentric theory?

a)

The sun revolves around the Earth

b)

The Earth revolves around the moon

c)

The Earth is the center of the universe

d)

The sun is the center of the universe

36.

What is Isaac Newton known for?

a)

He invented the microscope

b)

He invented bacon

c)

He came up with the theory of gravity

d)

He developed the first thermometer

37.

What is the Enlightenment?

a)

The movement to change the Catholic Church

b)

The period involving a cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe

c)

The period during which Europeans traveled around the world searching for new trade routes

d)

The intellectual movement that emphasized individualism and reason in the government

38.

What did women philosophers do during the Enlightenment?

a)

They believed their education should focus on becoming a good mother and wife

b)

They believed women should not read novels because they encourage wickedness

c)

They tried to improve the status of women

d)

There were no women philosophers

39.

Hobbes believed that humans were naturally ____________.

a)

Selfish

b)

Brutish

c)

Born free

d)

Self-governing

40.

What is the Glorious Revolution?

a)

The overthrow of James II and the establishment of William and Mary as monarchs of Britain

b)

A war won by the 13 American colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain

c)

An uprising in France against the monarchy which resulted in the republic of France

d)

Historical changes in thought and belief beginning with Copernicus’s Heliocentric Theory

41.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

a)

America’s Constitution

b)

America’s first attempt at a government that eventually failed

c)

The first meeting of the 13 colonies of America

d)

The name of the collective federal government

42.

How does the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?

a)

The colonists used Enlightenment ideas to justify their overthrow of the British government

b)

The colonists were not influenced by the Enlightenment

c)

King George wanted to follow Enlightenment ideas, but the colonists revolted instead

d)

The Enlightenment made fun of the Church and the Americans responded for the pope

43.

What is the Third Estate?

a)

The estate made up of rich nobles who owned 20% of the land in France

b)

The high class estate made up of clergy

c)

About 97% of the French population made up of the bourgeoisie, workers, and peasants

d)

The estate that owned 10% of the land in France

44.

What is the Bastille?

a)

A wave of senseless panic that rolled through France

b)

The group made up of Third Estate delegates who took the Tennis Court Oath

c)

The first deliberate act of revolution because it ends the absolute monarchy

d)

A French prison that rioters marched on in search of gunpowder

45.

What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

a)

The companion to the Declaration of Independence

b)

A list of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

c)

America’s first attempt at government

d)

A document written by the National Assembly influenced by the Declaration of Independence

46.

People who are mixed between Spanish and Native American Indians are known as _________.

a)

Mestizos

b)

Creoles

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Enslaved people

47.

Which of the following led most of the revolutions in Latin America?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Creoles

c)

Peninsulares

d)

Enslaved people

48.

Which was the first black colony to free itself from European control?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Brazil

c)

Haiti

d)

Mexico

49.

Which was the first black colony to free itself from European control?

a)

Venezuela

b)

Brazil

c)

Haiti

d)

Mexico

50.

What is the conservative political philosophy?

a)

Wealthy property owners who want to protect traditional values

b)

Middle-class business leaders

c)

People who want more power in Parliament, but only for landowners

d)

Those who want drastic change to democracy

51.

What is nationalism?

a)

City building and the movement of people to cities

b)

The belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to the ruler, but to the nation

c)

A social or economic system built on manufacturing industries

d)

A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy and military force

52.

Which of the following are bonds people need to share to create a nation-state?

a)

Culture and territory

b)

Language and history

c)

Religion and nationality

d)

All of the Above

53.

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

a)

Britain

b)

United States

c)

Belgium

d)

Germany

54.

How does life change after the Industrial Revolution long term?

a)

City sanitation is awful

b)

The middle class gets much smaller

c)

The standard of living increases; people get healthier

d)

People work long, grueling hours for little pay

55.

What was the strategy of corporations like Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel Company?

a)

Pay their workers fair wages

b)

Have their workers work hours that they decide

c)

They sought to control every aspect of their own industries to make larger profits

d)

Improving the workplace and promoting rights for women and children

56.

Which is an impact of industrialism?

a)

It decreases competition

b)

People get more and more unhealthy

c)

It takes away opportunities for education

d)

It revolutionizes daily life including health and life expectancy

57.

An economic system in which the factors of production (land, labor, and capital) are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make a profit is the definition of ________________.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Communism

d)

Imperialism

58.

Which of the following is a feature of socialism?

a)

Private ownership of industry

b)

Government ownership of industry

c)

Freedom of competition

d)

No government needed

59.

Karl Marx came up with what economic system?

a)

Industrialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

60.

Why did workers form unions?

a)

To maintain stability and social order

b)

To fight for better working conditions

c)

To privatize ownership of industry

d)

So they could refuse to work

61.

What is it called when workers refuse to work?

a)

Union

b)

Reciprocity

c)

Communism

d)

Strike

62.

During the Industrial Revolution, women were paid ____ what men made.

a)

1/2

b)

1/3

c)

1/4

d)

3 times

63.

The United States abolished slavery following the __________.

a)

American Revolution

b)

Civil War

c)

French Revolution

d)

First World War

64.

What is imperialism?

a)

The belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to the ruler, but to the nation

b)

Efforts to promote or intervene in social, political, or economic reform

c)

A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy and military force

d)

The increase of manufacturing and mass-production of goods

65.

Which is a motive for imperialism?

a)

Europeans believed they were better than other peoples because of Social Darwinism

b)

Women made 1/3 of what men made when working in factories

c)

It reduced the local warfare in Africa

d)

Europeans had superior management methods

66.

A colony ran by local rulers with limited self-rule designed to develop future leaders describes which type of imperial control?

a)

Direct control

b)

Indirect control

67.

Who is Charles Darwin?

a)

A social scientist who believed human actions were unconscious reactions

b)

The person who discovered and named radioactivity

c)

The surgeon that began sterilizing his surgical unit and had a 85% survival rate

d)

A scientist who came up with the Theory of Evolution and “survival of the fittest”

68.

Who is Henry Ford?

a)

The inventor of the first car

b)

The man who made cars affordable

c)

The inventor of the first airplane which only flew for 59 seconds

d)

The man who created electricity