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Q3 W History 4.5 Weeks Exam

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was one effect of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas during the colonial era?

a)

A improvement in industrial practices

b)

B introduction of the African slave trade

c)

C creation of a confederacy of native americans

2.

Use the information in the chart to answer the question. ? • Conquistador granted control over a specific number of Native Americans to serve as a labor force

• Conquistador charged with protecting the Native Americans from warring tribes and instructing the Native Americans in the Christian faith

• Conquistador extracts tribute from Native Americans in the form of labor, gold, or other resources

• Native Americans often suffer hard labor, harsh punishments, and death

Which of these would be the best title of this chart?

a)

F Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

b)

G Indentured Servitude

c)

H Encomienda System

d)

J Salutary Neglect

3.

Which event was undertaken to address the goals on this list? Reasons for European Expansion

• To seek trade routes • To spread religious faith • To increase political and economic influence

a)

the voyage of Christopher Columbus

b)

B the launching of the First Crusade

c)

C the travels of Marco Polo

d)

D the Spanish reconquest of Granada

4.

The map shows how some nations competed for resources through which process?

a)

F establishing colonies

b)

G seizing technology

c)

H reducing taxes

5.

Use the list below to answer the question. 1. Much of Central America was controlled by the Aztec Empire.

2. ?

3. Population declined in the Aztec Empire due to disease.

Which statement best completes this list?

a)

Competing tribes invaded for natural resources.

b)

European countries began to colonize the Americas.

c)

Cash crops were destroyed due to natural disasters.

6.

Which statement explains an effect of European colonization on the Inca Empire?

a)

Inca leaders were forced to submit to Spanish authority.

b)

Inca people were expelled from Spanish territory.

c)

Inca people demanded more democratic government.

d)

Inca leaders retained hereditary control over farmlands.

7.

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

3Cortés, by his interpreter Marina, tendered his respects; Montezuma welcomed him to the city. Cortés then placed around the neck of the king a chain of colored crystal, and was about to embrace him, but this Montezuma’s aides prevented as shocking to their ideas of the sacredness of the emperor’s person.

—from The Aztecs, Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, 1905

The excerpt describes a meeting between

a)

A representatives of distinct cultures.

b)

B traditional trading partners.

c)

C members of a royal family.

d)

D language scholars.

8.

Which phrase best identifies one similarity between this civilization and that of the Aztecs?

Olmec Civilization • existed between about 1200 BC and 400 BC

• created complex water and drainage systems

a)

F developed a republican government

b)

G established a social caste system

c)

H developed well-organized cities

d)

J established a monotheistic religion

9.

How were the Maya and Inca economies similar to earlier Latin American civilizations?

a)

They relied on the trade of precious metals.

b)

They were influenced by foreign markets.

c)

They focused on manufactured goods

d)

They were based on agricultural trade

10.

Maya achievements in mathematics were closely related to what other area?

a)

music

b)

astronomy

11.

Use the table below to answer the question. Cause Effect The conquest of Constantinople by Muslim forces

a)

Spread of Eastern religions in the Middle East

b)

Expansion of the Ottoman Empire

12.

Use the list below to answer the question.

• Decline in papal authority

• Rise in nation building

• Increase in Enlightenment thinking

a)

spread of Reformation ideas in Europe

b)

establishment of caliphates in the Middle East

13.

Which statement completes this list?

Ming Dynasty Trade

• Sent seven large seafaring expeditions

• Collected tribute from neighboring countries

a)

Conducted profitable trade with cultures in India

b)

Established a trade network extending to North America

14.

What was the main effect of the Moors’ expansion into Spain in the 700s?

a)

It contributed to the spread of Buddhist influence in the region

b)

It led to conflicts between Muslims and Christian inhabitants.

15.

For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For . . . the Turks and Arabs have attacked them. . . . If you permit them to continue thus . . . the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. —Pope Urban II, 1095

a)

Fear of the expansion of Islam

b)

concern about trade routes

16.

Read the list and answer the question.

Cities Captured by Crusaders,

1097–1099 CE

• Nicaea (1097)

• Edessa (1098)

• Antioch (1098)

• ? (1099)

Which city completes this list?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Mecca

17.

Which statement best describes the effect Islamic caliphates had on Europe during the Middle Ages?

a)

Increased Islamic trade with Europe led to a more complex economy

b)

Islam became the predominant religion in eastern Europe.

18.

Use the table below to answer the question.

Cause Effect Constantine legalizes Christianity ? Which effect best completes the table?

a)

Christianity spreads quickly with government support.

b)

Rome is violently divided over Christian doctrine.

19.

Use the information in the list to answer the question. Innovations from Ancient India

• Arabic numerals

• The concept of zero

Who first introduced these innovations to Europe?

a)

merchants from the Islamic world who traded with Europeans

b)

soldiers from the Roman Empire who traveled across Europe

20.

Use the quote below to answer the question. To the Christians of Najran . . . the security of God and the pledge of Muhammad the Prophet . . . are extended for their lives, their religion, their land, their property . . . No bishop shall be removed from his bishopric, nor a monk from his monastery, nor a sexton from his church . . . they have . . . the pledge of Muhammad the Prophet forever.

—Treaty Between Muhammad and the Najrans, 631 CE Which of these is the best interpretation of this quote?

a)

Christians should be free to practice their religion.

b)

Christians should convert to Islam