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WorksheetsWH&G II Practice SOL (Midterm)
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Maximillian Robespierre's reign in France during the Revolution was characterized by...
Increased taxes
Mass executions
A period of peace
A period marked by warfare
Why did King Louis XIV of France build the massive new royal palace at Versailles?
He forced the nobles to live there, thereby maintaining control over them.
Forced the nobles to be educated there
Enslaved the nobles
To prevent the nobles from mistreating the peasants
Which of the following was a result of the Enlightenment?
It stifled (slowed down) scientific and technological progress
It led to an increase in absolute monarchies
It led to increased religious intolerance
It fueled democratic revolutions around the world.
Which of the following events is associated with the French Revolution?
The Reign of Terror
The Battle of Yorktown
The Watergate Scandal
The Boston Tea Party
Which of the following was an invention or innovation developed during the Enlightenment?
All-weather roads that improved year-round transportation and trade.
Improvements in ship design that lowered the cost of transportation.
New thoughts about the use and purpose of political power and what an ideal government looked like.
The Guillotine
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Jethro Tull
What does the heliocentric theory state is at the center of the universe?
The Earth
Jupiter
Heaven
The Sun
Which of these events came first?
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte taking power in France
The Mexican Revolution
Who was the father of modern physics, as well as the creator of calculus and the discoverer of gravity.
William Harvey
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
This astronomer confirmed the Heliocentric Model of the Universe by observing the moons of Jupiter through his telescope.
Galileo Galilei
Issac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
This astronomer discovered the Heliocentric Model of the Universe by tracking "heavenly bodies" in the night sky and applying math to their paths.
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
This astronomer refined the Heliocentric Model of the Universe by discovering that the planets did not orbit the sun in circular patterns, but instead in elliptical patterns.
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
This was the highest Latin American class, becoming viceroys & other government positions:
creoles
Mestizos
Mulattoes
Peninsulares
This Latin American class was ethnically similar to another, but were lower status due to birthplace:
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
Mulattoes
This man led the slave rebellions in Haiti:
Jose de San Martin
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint L'Overture
Napoleon Bonaparte
This document which granted natural rights to French citizens was inspired by its counterpart, the American Constitution:
The French Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Tennis Court Oath
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
This country gained its independence peacefully, after the Portuguese king relocated there for a time:
Brazil
Venezuela
Argentina
Haiti
This "country" was the idea of Simon Bolivar, his conception of a United States of South America:
Bolivia
Latin America
Gran Colombia
The Federated States of South America
This proclamation declared that the United States would protect Latin America from further European colonization:
Gettysburg Address
The Roosevelt Corollary
The Monroe Doctrine
The Quincy Doctrine
Restored monarchies in Europe redrew the political map of Europe and balanced power throughout Europe at this conference/meeting:
The Yalta Conference
The Landstat
The Paris Peace Conference
The Congress of Vienna
This ideology is the cultural identity of a group of people based on a common language, religion, and shared national symbols. This ideology was born when the French and American people decided that they were new "nations".
Militarism
Nationalism
Liberalism
Conservatism
A political ideology originally based on Enlightenment principles, holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint and that basic rights for all people should be protected by the government.
Liberalism
Militarism
Nationalism
Conservatism
A political ideology based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion.
Militarism
Nationalism
Conservatism
Liberalism
This ideology was spurred by Napoleon, and it is a belief in the extension of a nation's power over other lands through military and economic force.
Imperialism
Conservatism
Communism
Capitalism
This two-part system balanced power in Europe in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and established a system to mediate disputes:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Concert of Europe
The League of Nations
The United Nations
This was a goal of the Congress of Vienna:
Balance the powers of European nations and prevent future wars
Restore Napoleon as Emperor of France
Crush France completely so it could not raise an army again
Create one government for all of Europe
This event led to the downfall of Napoleon's Grand Armee:
The Hundred Days
The Battle Trafalgar
The Congress of Vienna
The Invasion of Russia in Winter
This battle ended Napoleon's second bid for continental domination after he escaped the island of Elba, marking his final defeat. (It was fought in modern day Belgium)
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of the Marne
During the Catholic Counter-Reformation, this committee examined Church doctrines:
Council of Nicaea
Council of Trent
Edict of Nantes
Peace of Augsburg
These early reformers were executed for speaking out against the corruption of the Church by being burnt at the stake.
Jahn Hus & John Wycliffe
Bonnie & Clyde
Martin Luther and John Calvin
John Smith and Charles Wesleyan
This reformer and protester stated that salvation was through "sola fide" or faith alone:
John Calvin
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Martin Luther
This reformer stated that God already knew whether you were saved or damned (predestination):
John Calvin
Adam Smith
Jan Hus
Martin Luther
This Catholic group sought out the roots of corruption and heresy in the Church via torture and killings:
Calvanists
The Anglicans
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
The Spanish Inquisition
Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation by:
posting 95 theses about the heresy of indulgences on a church door
leading an army against the Holy Roman Empire
leading the Spanish Inquisition and executing herectics
actively preaching about the corruption of popes
These letters pardoned those who purchased them from the punishment of sin:
Letters of recommendation
Letters of usury
Letters of indulgence
Letters of debt
This monarch broke with the Catholic Church due to his desire for a male heir and a divorce:
King Louis XIV
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
King Henry IV
This monarch bolstered the Anglican Church through tolerance and defeated the Spanish Armada:
King Louis XIV
Queen Elizabeth I
King Henry VIII
King Henry IV
This book was the first printed using Johannes Gutenberg's new movable-type printing press:
The Praise of Folly
The Bible
The Prince
The 95 Theses
This country's royalty disliked the power of the pope, and switched to Protestantism:
England
Spain
Italy
Portugal
The Peace of Augsburg, Edict of Nantes, and Queen Elizabeth I were all examples of:
Heresy
Corruption
Religious tolerance
Religious intolerance
An impact of the Protestant Reformation upon Europe was:
a decrease in charity giving and community
increase in education through literacy
increase in the political power of monarchies
All of the above
The Bible was translated into this language:
English
German
French
All of the above
Why is Catholicism the main form of Christianity in Central and South America?
English colonists spread it there
Jesuit Missionaries and Spanish Conquistadors spread it there.
They did not like Martin Luther
The Spanish Inquisition
This Portuguese prince built schools of navigation after seeing the wealth of Muslim Africa, the Middle East and Asia:
Prince Henry
Prince Pedro II
Prince João VI
Prince Harrod
This Portuguese navigator was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa:
Jacques Cartier
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Francis Drake
This Spanish navigator was the first to sail around South America's Cape Horn, and his crew circumnavigated the globe:
Jacques Cartier
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Francis Drake
This French navigator sought the legendary Northwest Passage, but instead found Canada and colonized it for France:
Jacques Cartier
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Francis Drake
This Italian navigator sailed west in search of the East Indies, but instead "discovered" the Americas:
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
This Spanish conquistador destroyed the Aztec Empire by allying with their surrounding enemies:
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
This Spanish conquistador destroyed the Incan Empire by capturing their emperor:
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
Which of the following is a raw material that was carried from the Americas to Europe.
Horses
Cattle
Sugar (cane)
Disease
Which of the following was introduced to the Americas from Europe during the Columbian Exchange?
Tobacco
Potatoes
Corn
Horses and Pigs
This was the part of the Triangular Trade Network, where slaves were sent from Africa to the Americas:
The Northwest Passage
The Middle Passage
The Southwest Passage
The Western Passage
What was the main cause of death for the Native American populations upon encountering Europeans?
Diseases
Old Age
War with the Europeans
Starvation from the Europeans robbing them of food and resources.
Which country left a legacy of dictatorial rule as well as a rigid class system in Latin America?
England
Spain
Italy
Germany
What two products were mainly traded in the Ottoman Empire?
Tea and Silk
Coffee and Ceramics
Gold and Silver
Gems and Spices
What religion was a unifying force in the Ottoman Empire?
Christianity
Catholocism
Hinduism
Islam
This was the new name for Constantinople, given to it by its Ottoman conquerors -
Istanbul
Konya
Byzantium
Aleppo
This system of foreign enclaves kept European merchants and traders in check within China.
Shanghai System
Beijing system
Hong Kong System
Canton System
The Japanese response to foreign merchants and missionaries was to -
sell them port cities
Isolate the country from foreigners
crucify them for heresy
assimilate them into Japanese society
The Ottoman Empire became such a large empire so quickly due to their use of -
entire army of horseback archers
firearms and canons
mercantilism
most well trained soldiers
What products did European merchants desire from China?
Tea, silk, and porcelain
Peanuts and corn
Sugar and spices
Coffee
Which of these was a feature of the Commercial Revolution?
Insurance
Joint Stock Companies
Banking and new money systems
All of the above
This monarch westernized Russia after traveling incognito through Europe as a craftsman:
Charles II
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
James I
This philosopher believed people were evil, and that government protected us from ourselves:
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher believed that people were good, and that government protected our rights:
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher thought laws were natural, & governments should split power between branches:
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher believed that people joined into a contract with the general will of society:
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
This philosopher was anti-Catholic, and accused monarchies of religious intolerance:
Voltaire
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
This document, penned by Thomas Jefferson, was influenced by Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau:
US Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independance
US Constitution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The assault on this Parisian landmark is seen as the beginning of the French Revolution:
The Bastille
The Palace of Versailles
The Estates General
The Saint-Louis Tennis Courts
Which of the following empires was most negatively affected by the "Age of European Discovery?"
Ottoman Empire
Mughal Empire
Aztec Empire
Songhai Empire
During the 1600s and 1700s, the European policy of mercantilism led to increased...
concern over invading armies from Asia
study of ancient knowledge in Latin texts
competition for markets and resources in the Americas
interest in spreading the beliefs of Christianity
Which word best describes the ideas of the Enlightenment?
Traditional
Secular
Economic
Religious
What distinguishes developed nations from developing nations?
Foreign diplomacy
International tourism
Economics status
Climate zone
