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Worksheet time: 27mins
The Mesoamerican group that had sites stretching from southern Guatemala to Mexico and was best known for its temples, calendar, and ballgame was the
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Naza
Which group created a great empire centered in what's now Mexico City?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Nazca
The famous Aztec capital that was located on an island connected to the mainland by causeways was
Detroit.
Tenochtitlan.
Buenos Aires.
Tikal.
What is the general term for the group of people who conquered the Aztecs in the 1500s?
Cabreras
Conquistadores
Los Angeles
Cruzado
What did the Aztecs do to make the gods happy and make the universe work smoothly?
They sacrificed chihuahuas.
They sacrificed llamas.
They sacrificed humans.
They burned incense.
In what geographic region of South America were the people called the Inca located?
Southern Argentina
The Amazon rainforest
The Galapagos Islands
The Andes Mountains in Peru.
The famous Inca religious center was called _____________, and the famous Inca capital was called _________.
Machu Picchu, Cuzco
Tikal, Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza, Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan, Bogota
During the Age of Exploration, Europeans focused on exploring
Asia.
Africa.
Australia.
the Americas.
The country that conducted major voyages of exploration before other European powers was
Switzerland.
Germany.
Portugal.
Italy.
Which of the following is an area the Portuguese explored before venturing to the 'New World'?
The east coast of Africa along the Indian Ocean
The west coast of Africa along the Atlantic Ocean
South Asia
Southeast Asia
All other answers are correct.
What was Christopher Columbus searching for when he sailed westward for Spain?
New routes to the Atlantic coast of Africa.
New routes to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa.
New routes to Australia.
New routes to Asia (the East Indies).
Islands in the Caribbean are called the West Indies because Christopher Columbus mistakenly thought he was in Asia every time he sailed to the Americas.
True
False
All of the following are areas the Spanish gained control of in the Americas during the Age of Exploration, except?
Most of South America
Mesoamerica (Central America and Mexico)
The area that is now the southwestern U.S.
Canada
The Spanish controlled the longest continuously settled city in the U.S. called
Los Angeles.
San Antonio.
St. Augustine.
New York.
The French gained control of all of the following areas in the Americas, except
Florida
the Louisiana Territory
Canada (Quebec)
Haiti
Which U.S. President doubled the size of the U.S. by purchasing the Louisiana Territory in 1803?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Donald Trump
Andrew Johnson
The term 'manifest destiny' refers to
The belief that Jesus Is only human.
The belief that men and women can achieve great things in this life.
The belief that God willed the U.S. to expand across the Bering Strait into Russia.
The belief that God willed the U.S. to expand from the east all the way to the west coast.
What state that you go to school in did the U.S. take control of from the Spanish as a result of an 1819 treaty?
California
Alaska
Utah
Florida
The Mexican army brutally massacred the brave defenders of the _____________ in 1836 inspiring Texans to fight hard during the Texas Revolution of 1835 - 1836.
San Juan Mission
Alamo Mission
Rio Grande River
El Paso Mission
The U.S. gained most of the Southwest of the current U.S. as a result of the
Spanish-American War (1898)
French and Indian War (1756 - 1763)
Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848)
American Revolution (1776 - 1783)
What large territory did the U.S. purchase from Russia in 1867.
Alaska
Rhode Island
Florida
Montana
What intellectual movement began in France in the 1700s and inspired the American and French Revolutions?
The Romantic Movement
The Baroque Movement
The Conservative Movement
The Enlightenment
The three main principles underlying the Enlightenment include all of the following, except
The 'best men' in society should dominate society and government.
Reason is the chief source of truth and wisdom.
What is natural is good.
Reason should be used to bring about progress in society, government, and the economy.
The general term for the set of beliefs that argues for freedom in all aspects of society, government, and the economy is
Communism.
liberalism.
conservativism.
authoritarianism.
The general term for the set of beliefs that argues for freedom in all aspects of society, government, and the economy is
Dictatorship.
Communism.
Liberalism.
Authoritarianism.
What economic system did Adam Smith explain in his 1776 work On the Wealth of Nations?
Communism
Anarchism
Socialism
Free market capitalism
The U.S.' first weak constitution was called the
Articles of Confederation.
Bill of Rights.
Magna Carta.
Declaration of Independence.
All of the following were important to the success of the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, except
George Washington.
Benjamin Franklin.
Henry Ford.
James Madison.
Why did states agree to ratify the U.S. Constitution even though there was a lot of controversy surrounding it?
The Federalists promised to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
The Federalists promised to eliminate the president's power to serve as commander-in-chief.
The Federalists promised to add an amendment to the Constitution that established an income tax.
The Federalists promised to ban slavery.
How many people died in the U.S. Civil War?
4,000
28,000
80,400
620,000
Which famous Union Admiral was important to the North’s victory during the Civil War? He is famous for his victory during the Battle of Mobile Bay when he said, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Admiral Farragut
Admiral Rogers
Admiral Perry
Admiral Zheng He
The French Revolution (1789 - 1799) was more radical than the American Revolution because it sought to totally rework society and government and because of the extreme violence associated with its Reign of Terror (1793 - 1794).
True
False
The French general who hijacked the French Revolution in 1799, made himself emperor, and tried to take over Europe but ultimately failed because his forces got stuck in Russia during the winter was
George Patton.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Georges Clemenceau.
Henri Petain.
What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna (1815)?
To restore monarchs to power and create a balance of power in Europe that would prevent future widescale wars.
To create an alliance that would stop Napoleon Bonaparte.
To create a huge European state that could dominate the world.
To promote the oil trade in Europe.
Most Latin American nations became independent during the early
1200s.
1300s.
1500s.
1800s.
Latin America's most famous revolutionary leaders at the time when most Spanish-American colonies gained their independence were
Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.
Emiliano Zapata and Lazaro Cardenas.
Juan Peron and Fulgencio Battista.
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin.
