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Semester 2 Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Aztecs created floating gardens for farming called -

a)

olmecs

b)

chinampas

c)

Zapotecs

d)

Yucatans

2.

What did the Maya, Aztec and Incas all have in common?

a)

They established large empires.

b)

They were conquered by the French.

c)

They believed in polytheism

d)

They traded with China and India.

3.

The Maya were well known for their -

a)

knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

b)

many conquests and warlike culture.

c)

part in the Atlantic slave trade.

d)

inability to keep written records.

4.

This type of agriculture was practiced by the Incas.

a)

slash and burn

b)

chinampas

c)

3-field rotation

d)

terrace farming

5.

The Aztecs were eventually conquered by __________, and the Inca were conquered by __________.

a)

Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Balboa

b)

Hernando Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Balboa

d)

Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro

6.

Where were the Maya located?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

7.

Where were the Aztecs located?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

8.

Where were the Incas located?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

10.

Diseases like smallpox had a negative impact on Native American populations.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

12.

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Rudder

13.

Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?

a)

horses and major diseases

b)

squash, pumpkins, and turkeys

c)

cocoa and horses

d)

cocoa and llamas

14.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
15.

What was the motivation for exploration?

a)

Write a book about it

b)

Gold, God, Glory

c)

Land, food, water

d)

Position in the government

16.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother country gains power by exporting more goods than they import.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

A theory that global wars that start over money so countries should avoid it.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

17.

The Interhamwe were

a)

The Rwandan word for UN troops

b)

An insurgent group that attacked from neighboring Congo

c)

A Hutu militia from Rwanda

d)

The name for the police during Apartheid

18.

Rwanda is a country located in:

a)

Southern Africa

b)

Eastern Africa

c)

Central Africa

d)

Western Africa

19.

The Hutus and Tutsis were two groups of people that settled in present day Rwanda.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Identification Cards were introduced by..?

a)

The Belgians

b)

The Germans

c)

The Tutsis

d)

The Hutus

21.

The belief that Europeans should bring civilization to other people was called

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

White Man's Burden

c)

Nationalism

d)

Imperialism

22.

The belief that strong nations should naturally conquer weak was called

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

White Man's Burden

c)

Nationalism

d)

Economics

23.

Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to

a)

Bring civilization

b)

Take natural resources

c)

Spread Christianity

d)

Learn new languages

24.

At the Berlin Conference, Europeans decided how to

a)

remove resources from Africa

b)

divide up Africa

c)

give power to African kingdoms

d)

support African rulers

25.

Based on the chart, how did the lives of the African people change after Europeans took over?

a)

Focus on subsistence farming led to surplus

b)

Focus on cash crops led to famine

c)

Too many items that were sources of food

d)

Too few items that were imports for Africa

26.
European imperialism of Africa, from 1880-World War I, is known as
a)
Spheres of Influence
b)
Scramble for Africa
c)
World War I
d)
French Revolution
27.
This king of Belgium conquered the Congo region utilizing harsh tactics. 
a)
Leopold II
b)
Henry Stanley
c)
Dr. Livingstone
d)
Cecil Rhodes 
28.
What does the word "civilize" mean in this sentence?
Europeans wanted to civilize the African people.
a)
To  help.
b)
To give food and clothes to.
c)
To send them to school so they could get good jobs.
d)
To educate the Africans on European way of life.
29.
What helped Europeans get to Africa?
a)
The creation of the steam engine.
b)
Cars.
c)
Good wind.
d)
Africans picked them up in uber and drove them there.
30.
Economic motives for imperialism include _________.
a)
a desire to spread Christianity
b)
a need for military bases around the world
c)
a need for raw materials to be used in factories
d)
a desire to gain glory
31.

The process of an area growing larger, with an increase in population, production of goods and services, and availability of a variety of options to fulfill one's wants and needs is called

a)

industrialization

b)

urbanization

c)

materialism

d)

commercialism

32.

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?

a)

textiles

b)

industrial machines

c)

cars

d)

household goods like cookware

33.

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

a)

nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

b)

smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

c)

more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

d)

advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves

34.

Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

England was the most powerful nation in the world

b)

It wasn't; history has unfairly given England credit for the Industrial Revolution

c)

England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built

d)

England was centrally located to many areas like France, Germany, Spain, and Ireland, giving them an advantage to bring in resources and talent from many places

35.

The early Industrial Revolution workers faced all these conditions EXCEPT:

a)

miserable working conditions

b)

dangerous working conditions

c)

minimal pay for long hours

d)

control over seasonal schedule

36.

What was the most important source of power for the early Industrial Revolution?

a)

the steam engine

b)

animals

c)

the windmill

d)

the dynamo

37.

Steam engines could be made with stronger iron when:

a)

more trees were cut down for fuel.

b)

coal replaced wood for fuel.

c)

railroads carried passengers.

d)

steamships were developed.