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WorksheetsWorld History Midterm 2020
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This
a)
That
b)
Therefore
c)
Thus
d)
It
2.
What different motivations affected European explorers of this time?
a)
God
b)
Gold
c)
Glory
d)
All of These
3.
What explorer is well known for travelling to China and serving in the court of Kublai Khan?
a)
Columbus
b)
da Gama
c)
Polo
d)
Mallegan
4.
Who was the first captain to successfully sail from Europe around the tip of Africa and reach India?
a)
Columbus
b)
da Gama
c)
Polo
d)
Mallegan
5.
The cargo brought back from the first direct sea voyage to India was worth how many times the cost of the trip?
a)
600
b)
100
c)
60
d)
5
6.
Who was the first sailor to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Columbus
b)
da Gama
c)
Polo
d)
Mallegan
7.
What does the term Renaissance mean?
a)
Ruler
b)
Rebirth
c)
Church Reform
d)
The First Reich
8.
What are the qualities of a Renaissance man?
a)
Average in All Fields
b)
Religious Leader
c)
An Expert in All Trades
d)
None of these
9.
What was the role of women in the Renaissance and the Reformation?
a)
Create Art & Be Educated
b)
Wife & Housekeeper
c)
Inspire Art & Be Educated
d)
All of These
10.
Why was education a major focus of the Reformation?
a)
Understanding the Bible
b)
Learning about disease
c)
Stop the spread of Witchcraft
d)
Becoming Clergy
11.
What term refers to the basic spirit of Renaissance society, concerned with the here and now?
a)
Secular
b)
Reformation
c)
Huguenots
d)
Heliocentric
12.
What does the term vernacular mean?
a)
Heart
b)
Native
c)
Foreign
d)
Artistic
13.
What was the Reformation?
a)
A period of Catholic Reform
b)
Creation of Break Away Church
c)
A war of Religious Kings
d)
All of These
14.
Which protestant group was associated with the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre?
a)
Huguenots
b)
Anabaptist
c)
Catholics
d)
Presbyterians
15.
What did the Pope deny Henry VIII that led to his break away from the Catholic Church?
a)
An Indulgence
b)
Divorce
c)
Land in Germany
d)
Divine Right
16.
What is the invisible warrior brought by the Europeans?
a)
A Sneaky Wizard
b)
Soldiers Dressed as Native
c)
Disease
d)
None of these
17.
Peninsulares were:
a)
People from Latin America
b)
Governor of Latin American from Spain
c)
Children of Natives and Spanish
d)
All of These
18.
Which individual led the “roundheads,” in the English Civil War and would later become a military dictator?
a)
Charles I
b)
Louis XVII
c)
Oliver Cromwell
d)
Maximillian Robespierre
19.
What was the document created by King Henry of France to establish religious tolerance?
a)
Edict of Nantes
b)
95 Theses
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Petition of Right
20.
What issues did the Thirty Years War cause to the European countries?
a)
Trade Blocked
b)
Economy Improved
c)
Death Rate Fell
d)
All of These
21.
What was the name of the document which Parliament set up rules for what Charles could and could not do?
a)
Edict of Nantes
b)
95 Theses
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Petition of Right
22.
When the people of England removed the military dictatorship and reestablished the monarchy?
a)
Devine Right of Kings
b)
The Restoration
c)
St Bart's Massacre
d)
Glorious Rev. of 1688
23.
Why did the witch trials occur in Europe during this period?
a)
Magic was real
b)
Need to Explain Mysteries
c)
She turned us to Newts
d)
All of These
24.
What was divine right?
a)
Power Came from People
b)
Power Came from God
c)
Power came from Money
d)
Power Came from Kings
25.
What made the Glorious Revolution of 1688 so glorious?
a)
Fixed the Economy
b)
No Bloodshed
c)
King Save the People
d)
Women in the Government
26.
What invention helped to spread the Scientific Revolution the most
a)
Boyles Laws
b)
Laws of Motion
c)
Printing Press
d)
Telescope
27.
________________ Theory is the belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Theocentric
d)
Terracentric
28.
What concept did Isaac Newton named and explain?
a)
Velocity
b)
Gravity
c)
Air Pressure
d)
Boiling Point
29.
Why did most scientist not understand the human body during this time period?
a)
Focused on Other Things
b)
Church forbid the study
c)
Knowledge Came from God
d)
All of These
30.
What is Enlightenment?
a)
Use of Concepts like Reason
b)
Trading new goods and foods
c)
visiting New Islands
d)
New things about Space and Earth
31.
What are of the concepts of Philosophers?
a)
efforts to achieve salvation
b)
faith in human reason
c)
traditional practices
d)
the inevitability of poverty
32.
What were salons during this time?
a)
Place to get hair did
b)
Place to discuss ideas of the day
c)
Place to clean and purify the soul
d)
None of these
33.
What is something all of the Enlightened Despots had in common?
a)
Helping their people
b)
Making money for country
c)
Religious Tolerance
d)
All of These
34.
What concept most embodies the Scientific Revolution?
a)
Scientific Method
b)
Understanding the Universe
c)
The Counter Reformation
d)
All of These
35.
What was Juan Ponce de Leon searching for when he became the first European on to journey into North American?
a)
Fountain of Youth
b)
Seven Cities of Gold
c)
A Crossing point on the Miss. River
d)
All of These
36.
What was Hernando De Soto most famous for doing prior to dying on his journey
a)
Fountain of Youth
b)
Seven Cities of Gold
c)
A Crossing point on the Miss. River
d)
All of These
37.
What was Coronado searching for in the New World?
a)
Fountain of Youth
b)
Seven Cities of Gold
c)
A Crossing point on the Miss. River
d)
All of These
38.
What colony is the first British permanent settlement in the New World (1607)?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Plymouth
d)
Providence
39.
What city was founded by the Dutch and is currently Named New York City?
a)
New Deutschland
b)
New Amsterdam
c)
New Netherland
d)
New France
40.
In which trade industry were the French involved along the Mississippi river?
a)
Fur and Pelts
b)
Fruits and Berries
c)
Opium and Marijuana
d)
Tobacco and Cotton
41.
Who brought tobacco to Jamestown colony?
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
Pocahontas
d)
King James
42.
How did the Pilgrims of Plymouth survive the first winter in the New World?
a)
A period of Global Warming
b)
Local Natives Helped Them
c)
John Smith from Jamestown
d)
They built Viking Structures
43.
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because it
a)
brought France into the war as an American ally.
b)
ended General Burgoyne's career.
c)
liberated Georgia from British control.
d)
forced the British to leave Canada.
44.
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called
a)
Separatists
b)
Patriots
c)
Loyalists
d)
Sons of Liberty
45.
What was the name given to Americans who supported independence?
a)
Tories
b)
Patriots
c)
Separatists
d)
Loyalists
46.
In which battle did Washington cross the Delaware River and ambush the British?
a)
Battle of Princeton
b)
Battle of Trenton
c)
Battle of Saratoga
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
47.
Victory in this battle led to the surrender of General Cornwallis, and ended the American Revolution creating American independence.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Lexington
d)
Battle of Yorktown
48.
What was a Hessian?
a)
German soldier fighting for the British
b)
French soldier fighting for the Patriots
c)
Spanish soldier fighting for the Patriots
d)
African American soldier fighting for the British
49.
What is the historical significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill?
a)
Patriot win that sealed an alliance with France
b)
Battle proved the war would not be an easy win for the British
c)
Last major battle of the war
d)
Turning point of the war
50.
Who was the patriot famous for his midnight ride to warn the colonial militia of the approach of British troops?
a)
Paul Revere
b)
Benedict Arnold
c)
George Washington
d)
Benjamin Franklin
51.
Where are most of the factories built during this time?
a)
In Center of Cities
b)
Near Coal Mines
c)
By Water
d)
Everywhere
52.
The Works are Charles Dickens are seen as:
a)
Realism
b)
Romantic
c)
A view of Low & Middle Classes
d)
All of the Above
53.
The man who came up with the idea of Overpopulation and Lack of food production was?
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Thomas Malthus
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Eli Whitney
54.
Romanticism Literature and the Enlightened Movement said __________ was most important.
a)
Community
b)
Family
c)
Love
d)
Individual
55.
What happened to Production during this time period?
a)
Fast and Expensive
b)
Slow and Cheap
c)
Slow and Expensive
d)
Fast and Cheap
56.
Who invented the steam engine?
a)
Henry Bessemer
b)
Walter Steam Engine
c)
James Watt
d)
Eli Whitney
57.
Adam Smith is famous for writing which of the following books?
a)
Communist Manifesto
b)
Wealth of Nations
c)
Divergent
d)
Origin of the Species
58.
Who used a Coup d’Etat to overthrow the French government in 1799?
a)
Napoleon
b)
Otto Von Bismarck
c)
Maximillian Robespierre
d)
George Washington
59.
What estate made up 97% of the population and consisted of more than 26 million people?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
60.
What famous French thinker influenced the American Constitution?
a)
Voltaire
b)
De Gouges
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Jon Paul
61.
Desim is the belief in God & ________________.
a)
Mathematics
b)
Imagination
c)
Reason
d)
Miracles
62.
What Great American Thinker was known for understand electricity and dirty jokes?
a)
Thomas Payne
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
63.
What British thinker believed Women’s Education Not Second to Men?
a)
Thomas Payne
b)
William Blackstone
c)
Mary Wallstonecraft
d)
John Locke
64.
What did Thomas Hobbes believe about all men?
a)
Wicked & Selfish
b)
Caring & Courageous
c)
Perfect & Sharing
d)
None of the Above
65.
Which radical revolutionary presided over the Reign of Terror?
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Eugene Delacroix
c)
Maximilien Robespierre
d)
Louis XIV
66.
French King who was executed during the Revolution
a)
Napoleon
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Klemens von Metternich
d)
Maximillien Robespierre
67.
With what event of the French Revolution is this device most closely associated?
a)
the calling of the Estates General
b)
the Tennis Court Oath
c)
the storming of the Bastille
d)
the Reign of Terror
68.
The Russians used the _______ when Napoleon was invading Russia.
a)
concordat
b)
scorched-earth policy
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
coup d'etat
69.
Where was Napoleon's final defeat?
a)
Spain
b)
Waterloo
c)
Austerlitz
d)
Moscow
70.
State-run public schools established by Napoleon:
a)
Lycees
b)
Concordats
c)
Guillotines
d)
Sans-cullotes
71.
Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the
a)
monarchy
b)
clergy
c)
nobles
d)
commoners
72.
After his initial defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of ______; his second exile was to the island of _________.
a)
St. Helena; Elba
b)
Elba; Corsica
c)
Elba; St. Helena
d)
Corsica; St. Helena
73.
Who was in the Second Estate?
a)
middle class
b)
peasants
c)
clergy
d)
nobility
74.
What is a Coup d’État?
a)
seizure of power
b)
a gathering of naval ships for battle
c)
when the economic declines
d)
when the leader becomes a dictator
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