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WorksheetsUnit #6 Session Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the Enlightenment philosophers is credited with the idea of checks and balances within government?
Locke
Hobbes
Montesquieu
Rousseau
During the Mongol rule in China, what Chinese inventions were brought back home with European traders?
silver, spices, and cotton
steel, compass, and gunpowder
tea and silk
silver, spices, cotton, tea and silk
"The Last Supper" and "The Mona Lisa" are classic paintings, which of the following renaissance artists created them?
Leonardo da Vinci
Dante
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Which northern Italian city was an important trading city that was influential in spreading Renaissance ideas?
Rome
Venice
Sicily
Naples
Which person helped spark an interest in ancient classic literature, which led to the development of humanism?
Cicero
Dante
Galileo
Petrarch
Improvements in printing in Europe during the Renaissance led to which of the following?
a decrease in the amount of people who could afford books
a decrease in the amount of religious books printed
an increase in learning and literacy
a decrease in the use of the printing press
Which of the following BEST describes why Martin Luther was upset by the selling of indulgences?
Martin Luther believed it was taking advantage of poor to sell indulgences.
Martin Luther believed that it impossible to sell forgiveness from God.
Martin Luther said Church taxes should go to German leaders not the Pope.
Martin Luther believed that people could not buy forgiveness.
In which way did the European worldview change after their increased progress in cartography?
Europeans lost interest in exploration.
They thought the world too large to explore.
A renewed interest in trade and exploration occurred.
Europeans closed their doors to trading.
Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, helped established the first sea trade route with Asia by __________.
sponsoring expeditions and founding a sailing school
commanding ships that mapped the route
conquering the land and starting trade centers
inventing cartography and the astrolabe
Which term describes the trading of plants, animals, diseases, & more between Europe & the Americas during the 1400's?
mercantilism
bubonic plague
Columbian Exchange
Scientific Revolution
Rousseau contributed to the ideas of democracy through his belief in __________.
checks and balances
an enlightened monarch
the separation of powers
the equality of men
Which of the following was an event that helped the Spanish conquer the Inca empire?
flooding
famine
cholera epidemic
civil war in the empire
The English Bill of Rights borrowed what idea from the Magna Carta?
trial by jury
right to bear arms
freedom from taxes
the monarch was above the law
Which of the following was the location where people met to discuss the new ideas of Enlightenment?
private homes
European courts
salons
churches
Traditional Japanese custom required a samurai who violated the bushido code to take which of the following actions?
bunraku
seppuku
haiku
kabuki
