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Spring ACP Vocabulary

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Renaissance

a)

a celebration of new work

b)

the death of art and literature

c)

a rebirth of art and literature.

d)

someone who enjoys art.

2.

Patron

a)

A person, family, or group that supports an artist, paying them for their work.

b)

a woman who is interested in and knows a lot about many things

c)

excluded from the rights of church membership

d)

A man of many talents, interests, and abilities.

3.

a cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought

a)

humanism

b)

secularism

c)

individualism

d)

linear perspective

4.

any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth

a)

humanism

b)

secularism

c)

individualism

d)

linear perspective

5.

This term refers to the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome.

a)

Antiquity

b)

Secularism

c)

Humanism

d)

Individualism

6.

This term refers to having characteristics that are partly Greek and/or Roman

a)

Greco-Roman

b)

Greco-Human

c)

Greco-Sapien

d)

Greco-Sparta

7.

This term references the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD that centered around Greece and Rome.

a)

Classical

b)

Humanism

c)

Individualism

d)

Secularism

8.

Shadows, correct proportions, and liner depth are features in this kind of art

a)

Secular

b)

Doctrine

c)

Realism

d)

Humanism

9.

What is individualism?

a)

The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life

b)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

c)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

d)

The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages

10.
A Calvinist doctrine that God has already chosen people for salvation and damnation before they are born and that individuals have no power to change God’s will.
a)
predestination
b)
convert
c)
covenant
d)
indulgences
11.
A grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins, often in exchange for money.
a)
covenant
b)
Jesuits
c)
Protestant
d)
indulgences
12.
A movement of opposition to the Roman Catholic Church, beginning in the 16th century. This was the beginning of a new Christian religion that directly competed with the Catholic Church
a)
Jesuits
b)
predestination
c)
Protestant
d)
Reformation
13.
The Catholic Church’s effort to stop the spread of Protestantism.
a)
Protestant
b)
Counter Reformation
c)
Jesuits
d)
John Calvin
14.
A court established by the RCC to investigate those who had “wandered” from the Catholic Church and its teachings.       
a)
Protestant
b)
Inquisition
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Ninety-Five Theses
15.
A member of a Christian group that broke with the Roman Catholic Church during or after the 16th century.    
a)
Protestant
b)
Reformation
c)
Ignatius of Loyola
d)
Ninety-five Theses
16.
Luther’s ideas and all his disputes with the Catholic Church that stated the Bible is the only source of religious truth and people do not need the clergy to interpret the Bible.
a)
Ninety-Five Theses
b)
Protestant
c)
Reformation
d)
Henry VIII
17.
A gathering of high-level church officials in 1545 to reform and define the Catholic belief system, as well as to clarify how Catholic faith differed from Protestantism.
a)
Counter Reformation
b)
Protestant
c)
Council of Trent
d)
John Calvin
18.
A German theologian, born in A.D. 1483, who was a leader of the Reformation and taught salvation through faith in God rather than through good deeds; author of the 95 Theses. 
a)
Desiderius Erasmus
b)
John Calvin
c)
John Wycliffe
d)
Martin Luther
19.

the selling and buying of positions in the Catholic Church

a)

indulgence

b)

simony

c)

Reformation

d)

treaty

20.

What is heresy?

a)

A new hair style

b)

A way to help people listen.

c)

An old priest

d)

teachings against the Roman Catholic Church

21.

Corruption means

a)

Dishonest behavior by those in power (usually a bribe)

b)

It is good behavior

c)

A delicious fruit like strawberries or pineapple

22.
A grant from the Spanish Crown allowing colonists to collect taxes and force labor from the native inhabitants from that area.
a)
Conquest
b)
Encomienda
c)
Imperialism
d)
Magna Carta
23.
The trade route where goods and enslaved people were exchanged between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Transatlantic Slave Trade
24.

A period during the 1400’s and 1500’s in which many explorers sailed the ocean and mapped the world.

a)

Age of Empires

b)

Age of Exploration

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Caravel

25.

A settlement made by a parent company.

a)

City

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Caravel

d)

Colony

26.

An instrument used by sailors to observe the position of the stars.

a)

Motivation

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Colony

d)

Caravel

27.

Small, fast ship with a broad bow.

a)

Caravel

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Conflict

d)

Cooperation

28.

Exchange of goods, ideas and people between Europe and the Americas.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Colony

c)

Silk Road

d)

Columbian Exchange

29.

a science used by sailors to find their place and plan their route

a)

astrolabe

b)

magnetic compass

c)

navigation

d)

longitude

30.

a tool that shows which direction is north

a)

magnetic compass

b)

expedition

c)

charter

d)

gunpowder

31.

a person who makes maps or charts

a)

choreographer

b)

circumnavigator

c)

cartographer

d)

charter

32.

the act of sailing around something

a)

circumference

b)

latitude

c)

circumnavigate

d)

expedition

33.

An instrument that makes faraway places look bigger

a)

printing press

b)

telescope

c)

Silk Road

34.

A course or way used by trading ships or a group of travelers

a)

Silk Road

b)

continent

c)

trade route

35.

maps, compasses, Mercator projection charts, chip logs, traverse boards, and back staffs

a)

navigational tools

b)

obstacles

c)

conflict

d)

explorations

36.

Heliocentric Theory refers to..

a)

How Helium balloons work.

b)

An explanation of how "heely" skates work.

c)

The idea that the sun is the center of the Universe

d)

The explanation of how helicopters work.

37.

What does geocentric mean?

a)

It is the idea that the earth is the center of the universe.

b)

It explains how a geode forms crystals.

c)

It is the idea that geometry is the center of all math.

d)

It means that geography is the most important subject in history.

38.

What is the Scientific Method?

a)

It is a method to write Science books.

b)

It is a method to write science lessons.

c)

It is a method for testing ideas.

d)

It is a method for making rockets

39.

What is an experiment?

a)

Part of the Scientific Method

b)

A way to test something to get more information.

c)

A way to see if your idea is correct?

d)

All of the above.

40.

A period from the 1500s – 1700s in which many scientific advances changed people’s traditional beliefs.

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Scientific Method

c)

Theory

d)

Generations

41.

describes a government with an all-powerful monarch

a)

constitutional monarchy

b)

glorious revolution

c)

social contract

d)

absolutism

42.

a period in the 1700s hewn thinkers started to use reason to make changes

a)

glorious revolution

b)

age of enlightenment

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

social contract

43.

a period in the 1500s when researchers started to use experiments

a)

age of enlightement

b)

scientific revolution

c)

social contract

d)

constitutional monarchy

44.

a form of government that limits the power of the king.

a)

social contract

b)

separation of powers

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

glorious revolution

45.

A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment; a scholar or a thinker

a)

Philosopher

b)

Rationalism

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Genius

46.

A social gathering of intellectuals and artists

a)

salon

b)

station

c)

campus

d)

dormitory

47.

divine rights

a)

rights guaranteed by the government

b)

rights given by the king

c)

king believed they received their powers from God

48.

natural laws

a)

laws not written

b)

people have the right of life, liberty, and the use of property

c)

powers of the government given by the people

49.

social contract

a)

people agree to obey the laws, government agrees to protect their rights. If not, the people can overthrow the government.

b)

contract stating the government is the power.

c)

the government only has to guarantee people rights as long as they do not violate the laws.

50.

separation of powers

a)

dividing the government into national, state, and local governments

b)

powers divided between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches

c)

powers between the president and the citizens

51.

government are given certain powers.

a)

limited government

b)

powers of government

c)

limited power

52.

the people have the power to make political decisions

a)

socialism

b)

communism

c)

democracy

53.

the right to life, liberty, and property

a)

natural right

b)

social contract

c)

checks and balances

d)

rationalism

54.

each branch in government can check the power of the other branches (executive, legislative, judicial)

a)

checks and balances

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

natural rights

d)

social contract

55.

government by popular consent

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

social contract

c)

natural rights

d)

checks and balances

56.

permission for something to happen or an agreement to do something

a)

constitution

b)

equality

c)

institution

d)

consent

57.

Boycott

a)

process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expense

b)

refusal to buy something as a form of protest

c)

a complaint

d)

is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

58.

Mercantilism

a)

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

b)

(in the UK) the highest legislature, they made the laws in England. Consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

c)

economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country

d)

The act of housing a soldier.

59.

Taxation

a)

refusal to buy something as a form of protest

b)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

c)

process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses

d)

changing from one governmental structure to another

60.

Independence

a)

is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

b)

What's unalienable cannot be taken away or denied.

c)

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

61.

Unalienable Rights

a)

refusal to buy something as a form of protest

b)

refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

c)

What's unalienable cannot be taken away or denied

62.

Liberty

a)

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

b)

The act of housing a soldier.

c)

refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

63.

Document in which the colonies declared independence from Great Britain July 4, 1776.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Common Sense

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Alliance

64.

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince colonists that it was time to become independent.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Common Sense

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Treaty of Alliance

65.

Law passed in 1765 by British parliament that forced people to pay a tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents.

a)

Inalienable/Unalienable Rights

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Continental Army

d)

Proclamation of 1763

66.
An attempt to overthrow or change one government for another; like a rebellion
a)
Imperial
b)
Militia
c)
Revolution
d)
I don't know
67.

A government in which all of the power belongs to one person is called ___.

a)

tyranny

b)

democracy

c)

revolution

d)

aristocracy

68.

Last major battle of American Revolution; British surrendered; French help surround the British navy

a)

Battle of Trenton

b)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

c)

Battle of Saratoga

d)

Battle of Yorktown

69.

Colonial revolt against the British; 1776-1783

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

Exploration of the Americas

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

The American Revolution

70.

Marked the start of the American Revolution; “the shot heard round the world”

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle Lexington & Concord

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

71.

In response to a series of taxes placed on the colonies; colonials protested - they had no representation or “voice” in Parliament

a)

"No taxation without Representation"

b)

"Give me liberty or give death"

c)

"Join or Die"

d)

"I have not yet begun to fight"

72.

War between France & Britain over control of the Ohio River Valley; British wanted to tax colonies to repay the war debts

a)

Colonization

b)

Shays Rebellion

c)

American Revolution

d)

French and Indian War

73.

What was "one of the three

social classes in France before the French

Revolution"?

a)

estates

b)

parcels

c)

tailles

d)

leagues

74.

What was "an assembly of representatives from all

three of the estates, or social classes, in France"?

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

The Directory

75.

What was "a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people"?

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

The Directory

76.

What was "a pledge made by the

members of France’s National Assembly

in 1789, in which they vowed to continue

meeting until they had drawn up a new

constitution"?

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Constitutional Oath

c)

Great Fear

d)

Constitutional Court Oath

77.

What was "the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator

and thousands of political figures and ordinary

citizens were executed."?

a)

Great Fear

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Reign of Horror

d)

September Massacres

78.

What was "a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution"?

a)

guillotine

b)

axe

c)

lopper

d)

beheader

79.

In the Catholic Church, these include the Pope, bishops and priests; people who work for a church

a)

Democracy

b)

Clergy

c)

Citizen

d)

Social

80.

(1789-1799) A political revolution during which the lower and middle class in France, frustrated over social, economic and political problems in the country and inspired by Enlightenment ideas overthrew King Louis XVI and tried to institute a more democratic government

a)

Maximilian Robespierre

b)

French Revolution

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Congress of Vienna

81.

A government in which the people have power in a direct way or through representatives who they elect

a)

Social

b)

Democracy

c)

Citizen

d)

Clergy

82.

A person in the lower class

a)

Abolish

b)

Consolidate

c)

Peasant

d)

Political

83.

(1789) Document written by the National Assembly which outline the ideals of the French Revolution

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Democracy

84.
Made up of the nobles in French Society; held highest government offices; 2% of the population of France in 1787; 0% paid income taxes
a)
Jacobins
b)
First Estate
c)
Second Estate
d)
Estate General
85.
one of the three estates of the realm, It consisted of the Roman Catholic Clergy; they received special privileges and paid no direct taxes. Made up less than 1% of the French population.
a)
Bread
b)
Third Estate
c)
First Estate
d)
Second Estate
86.
Comprised of Bourgeoise, urban lower class, and peasant farmers; held little influence on government; 97% of the population of France in 1787; paid 50% of income taxes
a)
The Directory
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
d)
First Estate
87.
Happened July 14, 1789; after rumors of a foreign attacks, citizens began to gather weapons; they took this Paris prison, looking for gunpowder and arms; now a national holiday in France like U.S. independence day
a)
The Storming of the Bastille
b)
Emigres
c)
The Declaration of Rights and Man
d)
The Directory
88.

Mixed European and African ancestry

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Mulattos

89.

People with Spanish parents, but can only hold military jobs

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Mulattos

90.

People who are born in Spain and can hold government jobs

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Mestizos

c)

Creoles

d)

Mulattos

91.

When a system, practice, or institution is officially stopped

a)

abolition

b)

colonization

c)

sovereignty

d)

vodou

92.

the act of taking control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending people from your own country to live there

a)

Code Noir (Black Code)

b)

Vodou

c)

colonization

d)

sovereignty

93.

What does the term Sovereignty mean?

a)

The authority of a state to govern itself or another state

b)

The act of establishing control over the native people of an area