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Social 8 Chapter 6

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Extending a country's power over another territory, including its resources and people, is called:

(a)  

2.

What year was the Treaty of Tordesilla signed?

a)

1594

b)

1440

c)

1494

d)

1504

3.

Please select all involved in the Treaty of Tordesilla

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

The Pope

d)

Portugal

e)

The King

4.

Christopher Columbus claimed Central and South America on behalf of what country?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Spain

5.

What 2 empires did Spain destroy?

a)

Indian

b)

Incan

c)

Roman

d)

Aztec

e)

Metis

6.

What did Spain mine in Central and South America that led them to great riches?

a)

Gold

b)

Nickel

c)

Emeralds

d)

Diamonds

e)

Silver

7.

What was the missionary Bartolome de Las Casas the first to write about?

a)

Poor treatment of the Spanish by the Aztecs

b)

The teachings of the Catholic church

c)

Poor treatment of the Indigenous by the Spanish

d)

The ways of life of the Indigenous

8.

What is the name of the person who wrote about the history of the Incas and their improper treatment by the Spanish?

(a)  

9.

What were 3 things Europeans developed an appetite for during the Renaissance?

a)

Exploration

b)

Technology

c)

Slaves

d)

Knowledge

e)

Riches

10.

Who briefly became the most powerful country after conquering the people of the Americas?

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

The Netherlands

d)

Spain

e)

England

11.

What did other European countries realize was the key to gaining wealth?

a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Democracy

c)

Imperialism

d)

Assimilation

12.

Who was a true Renaissance hero and the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world?

(a)  

13.

Why was Queen Elizabeth I a true Renaissance monarch? (Choose 3)

a)

She was educated

b)

She was filthy rich

c)

She spoke Greek and Latin

d)

She threw lots of parties for the English

e)

She organized the theft of treasure from Spain

14.

When your sense of identity depends on your country's achievements it is called:

(a)  

15.

Which country established the trade of African slaves?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

England

16.

What 3 products of the Renaissance led us to the global village we have today?

a)

Humanism

b)

Navigational technologies

c)

Printing Press

d)

Television

e)

Trade