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WorksheetsSemester 2 Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 37mins
The Aztecs created floating gardens for farming called -
olmecs
chinampas
Zapotecs
Yucatans
What did the Maya, Aztec and Incas all have in common?
They established large empires.
They were conquered by the French.
They believed in polytheism
They traded with China and India.
The Maya were well known for their -
knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.
many conquests and warlike culture.
part in the Atlantic slave trade.
inability to keep written records.
This type of agriculture was practiced by the Incas.
slash and burn
chinampas
3-field rotation
terrace farming
The Aztecs were eventually conquered by __________, and the Inca were conquered by __________.
Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Balboa
Hernando Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Balboa
Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro
Where were the Maya located?
A
B
C
Where were the Aztecs located?
A
B
C
Where were the Incas located?
A
B
C
What is the Columbian Exhange?
Exchange of ideas between America and Europe
Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.
Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.
Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal
Diseases like smallpox had a negative impact on Native American populations.
True
False
The New World Is the ______________(s)
The Americas
The world after WWII
Europe, Asia, Africa.
The best song in the movie Aladdin.
What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?
Steam Engine
Compass
Astrolabe
Rudder
Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?
horses and major diseases
squash, pumpkins, and turkeys
cocoa and horses
cocoa and llamas
What was the motivation for exploration?
Write a book about it
Gold, God, Glory
Land, food, water
Position in the government
What is mercantilism?
A system where a mother country gains power by exporting more goods than they import.
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
A theory that global wars that start over money so countries should avoid it.
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
The Interhamwe were
The Rwandan word for UN troops
An insurgent group that attacked from neighboring Congo
A Hutu militia from Rwanda
The name for the police during Apartheid
Rwanda is a country located in:
Southern Africa
Eastern Africa
Central Africa
Western Africa
The Hutus and Tutsis were two groups of people that settled in present day Rwanda.
True
False
The Identification Cards were introduced by..?
The Belgians
The Germans
The Tutsis
The Hutus
The belief that Europeans should bring civilization to other people was called
Social Darwinism
White Man's Burden
Nationalism
Imperialism
The belief that strong nations should naturally conquer weak was called
Social Darwinism
White Man's Burden
Nationalism
Economics
Europeans were MOST interested in colonizing Africa in order to
Bring civilization
Take natural resources
Spread Christianity
Learn new languages
At the Berlin Conference, Europeans decided how to
remove resources from Africa
divide up Africa
give power to African kingdoms
support African rulers
Based on the chart, how did the lives of the African people change after Europeans took over?
Focus on subsistence farming led to surplus
Focus on cash crops led to famine
Too many items that were sources of food
Too few items that were imports for Africa
Europeans wanted to civilize the African people.
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
industrialization
urbanization
materialism
commercialism
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?
textiles
industrial machines
cars
household goods like cookware
Which of the following best describes industrialization?
nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances
more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas
advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves
Why was England the site of the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution?
England was the most powerful nation in the world
It wasn't; history has unfairly given England credit for the Industrial Revolution
England had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built
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
The early Industrial Revolution workers faced all these conditions EXCEPT:
miserable working conditions
dangerous working conditions
minimal pay for long hours
control over seasonal schedule
What was the most important source of power for the early Industrial Revolution?
the steam engine
animals
the windmill
the dynamo
Steam engines could be made with stronger iron when:
more trees were cut down for fuel.
coal replaced wood for fuel.
railroads carried passengers.
steamships were developed.
