WorksheetsFast and the Curious: Exploration and Colonization
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the main idea behind mercantilism?
Colonies existed to make a profit for their mother country
Colonies were used to house prisoners from the mother country
Colonies were allowed to do whatever they wanted
Colonies were setup to help with overpopulation in the mother country
How did humanism during the Renaissance differ from earlier traditional medieval ideas?
They had an interest in the spiritual life of the people.
They were disinterested in the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
They rejected traditional Christian teachings.
They emphasized the importance of individual potential and growth.
During the Renaissance and Reformation, this way of thinking placed emphasis on reason and logic instead of faith and religion.
Humanism
rationalism
spiritualism
excommunication
What was the Catholic Church's response to Martin Luther's 95 Theses?
Excommunication
The Peace of Westphalia
The Counsel of Trent
They ignored it
The official act of expelling or excluding someone from the Christian church and, during the time of the Reformation, keeping them from entering Heaven as well.
Excommunication
Sin
Indulgences
Salvation
What pushed the Europeans to begin the Age of Exploration?
Attempt to prove that the world was round
Search for new trade routes to Asia
Decline of Italy as a center of commerce
Protestant Reformation
All of the conquered colonies or territories of a mother country.
colony
settlement
empire
conquest
Globalization brings our world together.
True
False
the state of being owned by another person
slavery
encomiendas
conquest
indentured servitude
Which group saw more positive benefits of exploration and colonization?
Europeans
Africans
Native Americans
all groups benefited easily
