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Pre-AP World History Semester 1 Review

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not one of the 5 themes

a)

Place

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Situation

2.

Which is not a physical characteristic of Region?

a)

a bridge

b)

mountain

c)

river

d)

valley

3.

Which is not a key concept of interaction in Human Environment/ Interaction

a)

Human depend on the environment

b)

Humans modify the environment

c)

Humans leave the environment

d)

Humans adapt to the environment

4.

Which question does Region seek to answer?

a)

How and why is one area similar to another?

b)

Where is it located?

c)

What's it like there?

d)

How and why are places connected to one another?

5.

Which question does Place seek to answer?

a)

Where is it located?

b)

How and why is one area similar to another?

c)

How long is this quiz?

d)

What's it like there?

6.

Absolute Location is represented in something as simple as:

a)

exploring the Sahara

b)

a dot on the map

c)

a fact finding mission

d)

a compass combined with a thermometer

7.

Which is a physical example of movement?

a)

wind

b)

people

c)

ideas

d)

material

8.

If Deion looked out of his window and saw buildings, this would be an example of which theme?

a)

region

b)

location

c)

place

d)

movement

9.

Which could be an example of Movement?

a)

Migrating to another area of the country for better soil.

b)

Immigrating to France.

c)

Changing houses.

d)

All of these.

10.

Latitude are imaginary flat lines across a map.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Prime Meridian is the imaginary line that runs across the center of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which is an example of a Relative Location?

a)

Down the street

b)

Jersey Shore

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

All of these

13.

Areas close to the Equator are generally:

a)

hot and humid

b)

cold and icy

c)

mild temperatures

d)

spring-like

14.

If I asked what your latitude and longitude coordinates were, I'd be asking for your

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

General Location

d)

Aerial Location

15.

Geographers are concerned with three important questions, which is not one of them?

a)

Where is it?

b)

Why is it there?

c)

What are the consequences of its being there?

d)

What is the problem?

16.

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Francisco Pizarro

17.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

18.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

19.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

20.

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Long Journey

c)

The Long Passage

d)

The Middle Journey

21.

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

a)

A rhododendron

b)

An Oval

c)

A Square

d)

A Triangle

22.

A mercantile-based economy heavily focuses on imports and exports, this is called:

a)

Balance of Trade

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Exchange Economy

d)

The Emancipation of the Proletariate

23.

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

a)

Gold, Silver, Treasure

b)

God, Glory, Gold

c)

God, Glory, Gallantry

d)

Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

24.
Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?
a)
compass
b)
caravel
c)
astrolabe
25.
Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water
a)
navigation ship
b)
caravel
c)
astrolabe
d)
compass
26.
Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Queen Isabella
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan 
27.
In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas created a line of ________.
a)
love
b)
demarcation
c)
money
d)
people
28.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
29.
This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.
a)
Compass
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Quadrant
30.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
31.

Which civilization settled in the Andes Mountains of South America?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

32.

Which civilization settled in modern day Mexico?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

33.

Which civilization implemented this type of farming?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

34.

Which of the following was an achievement made by the Maya?

a)

calendar systems

b)

floating gardens

c)

quipu

d)

terrace farming

35.

Which King led an attack on England, because of its status as a country led by a Protestant Queen?

a)

Henry IV

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Phillip II

d)

William III

36.

Which of the following events most helped to establish the concept of the rule of law?

a)

William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066.

b)

King John I signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

c)

Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492.

d)

Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.

37.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

For the United Nations, the rule of law refers to a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated [known], equally enforced and independently adjudicated [judged], and which are consistent with international human rights, norms and standards. . . . —United Nations and the Rule of Law, Report of the Secretary-General on the Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies, 2004

How did the Magna Carta contribute to the development of this principle?

a)

It established a system of checks and balances.

b)

It established the concept that people are equal before the law.

c)

It created distinctions between public officials and private citizens.

d)

It created the expectation that the political leader will obey the law.

38.

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned . . . except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. —Magna Carta, 1215 

Which political ideal is expressed in this excerpt?

a)

Leaders should be accountable to the people.

b)

Criminal punishments should be humane.

c)

Legislation should follow a constitution.

d)

Citizens have the right to due process.

39.

The English Bill of Rights of 1689 specified which method for the selection of members of Parliament?

a)

election

b)

inheritance of title

c)

inheritance of title

d)

inheritance of title

40.

Which historic document was the first to limit the power of a government?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Law Code of Hammurabi

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

U.S. Constitution

41.

Who was the absolute monarch of France that became king at the age of 15?

a)

Louis XiV

b)

Henry IV

c)

Phillip II

d)

Mary II

42.

Who had the Palace of Versailles built?

a)

Henry IV

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Peter the Great

43.

Who was the more tolerant absolute monarch of France?

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Henry IV

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Phillip II

44.

Which two countries listed was noted as having the Catholic Church as the dominant religion?

a)

England

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

France

45.

The Enlightenment encouraged women to take a stronger role in society by

a)

allowing women to become rulers of their countries.

b)

organizing salons in their homes where people could speak freely.

c)

giving them jobs in factories.

d)

by giving natural rights to every citizen including women and children.

46.

Which English philosopher is credited to promoting the natural rights of man such as life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness that are embodied in our Declaration of Independence and US Constitution?

a)

John Locke 

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Socrates 

d)

Edmund Burke 

47.

Laissez faire is when the government operates with

a)

little trade regulation 

b)

mercantilism

c)

tariffs

d)

a lot of regulation 

48.

What rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior and society?

a)

natural right

b)

social contract

c)

natural law

d)

divine right

49.

Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they

a)

wrote fiction 

b)

supported traditional ideas

c)

challenged the old order 

d)

wrote in salons 

50.

Who was King James II? 

a)

brother of Charles II

b)

Brother of James I

c)

Brother of Charles I

d)

a random chosen person

51.

Which two factors led to King James VI of Scotland becoming King James I of England?

a)

Elizabeth 1 died without a child.

b)

Request of the Pope

c)

King James believed he saw God appear to him in a vision

d)

King James was the next of kin to Elizabeth and heir to the throne.

52.

How did King Charles respond to Parliament's Petition of Rights? 

a)

He reluctantly "agreed" to it and followed it.

b)

He out right refused to agree to it at all.

c)

He arrested members of Parliament over it.

d)

He reluctantly "agreed" to it, but went around it by ghosting Parliament by not calling them into session. 

53.

Who was Oliver Cromwell?

a)

Military leader chosen by the Cavaliers.

b)

Military leader chosen by the Roundheads

c)

Military leader chosen by Charles I

d)

Military leader chosen by the Pope.

54.

Which of the following persecuted religious groups from Scotland rebelled and invaded the mainland of England thereby being the spark that led to the start of the English Civil War? 

a)

Presbyterians 

b)

Puritans 

c)

Muslims

d)

Pagans

55.

Belief in the ideas of _______________________________and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the French Revolution.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Catholic Reformation

56.

Which of the following was not a contributing causal factor for the French Revolution? 

a)

Difficulty collecting taxes

b)

extreme debt 

c)

the teachings of Immanuel Kant

d)

the beheading of Louis XVI 

57.

The King of France during the French Revolution. He was the King who was beheaded via the Guillotine. 

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Louis XIV 

58.

The estate in France during the reign of King Louis XVI, which included the bourgeoisie as well as professionals, artisans, and peasants

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Estate General

59.

In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France.......

a)

a republic

b)

bankrupt

c)

an absolute monarchy 

d)

a limited monarchy 

60.

Which goal did the American and French Revolutions have in common?

a)

to eliminate monarchical government

b)

to end aristocratic control of commerce

c)

to create a government to protect individual rights

d)

to inspire rebellions in distant territories of the world

61.

Prior to the French Revolution, which group was considered part of the Third Estate?

a)

priests

b)

nobles

c)

merchants

d)

bishops

62.

Which cultural development had the greatest effect on these events?

 Some Features Common to the American Revolution and French Revolution  • Establishment of basic human rights  

• Replacement of monarchy with a republic  

• Elimination of aristocratic privileges

a)

the Protestant Reformation

b)

the Great Schism

c)

the Renaissance

d)

the Enlightenment

63.

All of the following were causes of the Moderate Stage of the French Revolution except

a)

dissatisfaction in the 3rd Estate.

b)

the burden of the expanding debt.

c)

disillusionment with the King and Queen

d)

the tyranny of the Committee of Public Safety

64.

During the French Revolution, the Great Fear led to

a)

King Louis XVI being restored to power.

b)

widespread unrest in the country.

c)

Napoleon seizing power in a coup.

d)

negotiations leading to a treaty.

65.

Which leader’s ideas of imperialism and militarism brought stability and order to revolutionary France?

a)

Jean-Paul Marat

b)

Maximilien Robespierre

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

King Louis XVI

66.

How did the French invasion of Spain under Napoleon affect the Spanish colonies in the Americas?

a)

Several colonies started to rebel to gain independence from Spain.

b)

French armies attempted to seize control over Spanish colonies.

c)

Spanish forces seized control of French colonial territories.

d)

Several colonies voted to offer allegiance to France.

67.

Why was Napoleon interested in conquering Egypt?  

a)

It was enroute to India

b)

He was interested in conquering all of Africa. 

c)

He was interested in conquering the Muslim world.

d)

Egypt had attacked his armies first.

68.

In what year was Napoleon made consul for life? 

a)

1800

b)

1801

c)

1802

d)

1803

69.

At what rank did Napoleon begin his military career? 

a)

Private

b)

Seaman

c)

Lieutenant 

d)

Corporal 

70.

Which event most influenced the leaders of the French Revolution?

a)

the Crusades

b)

the Renaissance

c)

the American Revolution

d)

the Protestant Reformation

71.

Which factor contributed to both the American and French revolutions?

a)

invasion by a foreign military power

b)

resentment over differences among classes

c)

lack of fair representation in government

d)

widespread poverty among the populations

72.

How does this excerpt demonstrate the influence of the French Revolution on other countries?

We have been harassed by a conduct which has not only deprived us of our rights but has kept us in a sort of permanent infancy with regard to public affairs. If we could at least have managed our domestic affairs and our internal administration, we could have acquainted ourselves with the processes and mechanics of public affairs. —Simón Bolívar, The Jamaica Letter, 1815

a)

It emphasized the need for foreign alliances.

b)

It helped introduce the idea of political equality.

c)

It inspired the attainment of economic self-sufficiency.

d)

It presented guidelines for establishing an education system.

73.

What was a major consequence of the American and French revolutions?

a)

Protection of private property encouraged industrialization.

b)

Democratic reforms encouraged citizens to participate in government.

c)

Belief in equality led to economic reforms.

d)

Commitment to territorial expansion led to colonization.

74.

Which of the following documents has not been credited with influencing the French Revolution?  

a)

English Bill of Rights 

b)

Declaration of Independence 

c)

Mayflower Compact 

d)

U.S. Constitution 

75.

What was one direct outcome of the events listed below?

Spread of Nationalism in Europe 1800 – 1850 

• The victories of Napoleon Bonaparte across the continent led to strong    feelings of nationalism by conquered peoples who wanted independence

• Congress of Vienna restored traditional monarchies and maintained a    balance of power in Europe

a)

rise of revolutions based on common ethnicity

b)

centralized control of eastern Europe in a unified empire

c)

end of political cooperation in western Europe

d)

adoption of the use of mercenary troops

76.

How did the Congress of Vienna in 1815 affect European countries?

a)

Nationalism was promoted.

b)

Balance of power was restored.

c)

Religious dissenters were prosecuted.

d)

Trade routes were limited.

77.

Based on the information below, the Congress of Vienna led to which reaction in Europe in the short-term?

 Goals of the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815

• Restore balance of power so that European countries would not be threats    to one another.

• Restore royal families to the thrones held before Napoleon conquests. • Prevent further French aggression by surrounding France with strong      countries.

a)

the rise of a dominant imperial power in Europe

b)

the decline of military alliances in Europe

c)

the expansion of democratic institutions in Europe

d)

the repression of nationalism throughout Europe

78.

The Revolutions of 1848 were a series of revolts that spread through Europe. In France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and other nations, protesters demanded democratic reforms from authoritarian leaders.

In what way was the Arab Spring different from the Revolutions of 1848?

a)

Arab Spring protesters wanted an end to communist rule.

b)

Most governments responded peacefully to Arab Spring protests.

c)

Arab Spring protesters used social media to promote demonstrations.

d)

Most governments stopped promoting religion after Arab Spring protests.

79.

Slavery was abolished in Haiti for which of the following reasons? 

a)

humanitarian

b)

moral

c)

a clear military victory by the Haitians

d)

It was a "Bishop's" sacrifice by the French leadership.