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WorksheetsUnit 5 Quiz Exploration to Absolutism
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 26mins
What technological advancement helped Europeans during the Age of Exploration?
Printing Press
Steam Engine
Compass
Iron Tools
What caused the end of the Aztec Empire?
Disease killed most of the population
Spanish soldiers(under Cortez) captured their capital city
Loss of crops led to starvation
The Incas invaded their land
Which empire was located in South America?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
None of the above
The ______________ Empire used chinampas to grow their crops.
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Maya and Inca
Which empire was taken over by Hernan Cortes?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All of the above
Which empire was taken over by Hernan Cortes?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
All of the above
This is a term for "Middle America" refers to what is now Mexico and parts of northern countries of central America.
Sub Sahara
Mesoamerica
Sahel
Peru
What was the capital city of the Aztec Civilization?
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Mexica
This civilization built observatories, used glyphs, had math symbols, and created a calendar based on their knowledge of the planets and stars.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
The "Middle Passage" referred to
the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.
the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.
The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the New World were known as
condottiere.
encomendieros.
coureurs de bois.
los conquistadors.
The expansion and stability of the Inca Empire was aided by
the widespread use of horses for quick communication.
the Aztec policy of swift punishment to stop rebellions.
an extreme network of roads that linked its territories.
its alliance with the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
The voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492
opened the way for Spain to colonize North and South America.
led the way for Portugal to build a vast trading empire in Asia.
led England to claim the vast territory surrounding the Hudson Bay.
showed Spain the way around South America and into the Pacific Ocean.
Why were Europeans trying to find new trade routes to Asia?
They were just curious
The price of luxury goods were high because the Ottomans (Muslims) and Italians controlled the flow of trade from the East
The old trade routes to the East became too dangerous
Which two countries were the leaders of European exploration and colonization in the Americas?
Great Britain and France
Spain and Portugal
The Islamic Caliphate and the Italians
What was the encomienda system?
The name of the social hierarchy in the Americas
The system for importing enslaved African labor
A plantation system in which native populations were forced to work under harsh conditions
What letter on the map best represents the Safavid Empire?
A
B
C
D
What letter on the map best represents the Ottoman Empire?
A
B
C
D
Which of the following was NOT a "Gunpowder" Empire during the 1450-1700 time period?
Safavid Empire
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
Mughal Empire
The Ottoman army included 30,000 elite soldiers called ________ who were slaves that were trained to be loyal to the government.
Janissaries
Jizyas
Slavs
None of the Above
In 1453, the Ottomans attacked Constantinople & conquered the ________ Empire
Persian
Roman
Mughal
Byzantine
Ottoman rulers were called ________ & they governed with absolute power
Caliphates
Sultans
Monarchs
None of the Above
The greatest Ottoman sultan was ___________ who came to power in 1520
Romulus the Great
Alexander the Great
Suleyman the Magnificent
James III
The Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, and Mughal Empire are collectively known as what because of their use of a weaponized material?
The Gunpowder Empires
The Bubonic Plague Empires
The Islamic Empires
The Hindu Empires
During his rule of Mughal India, Akbar instituted reforms that aimed to...
alleviate tensions between Hindus and Muslims
redistribute land to elite Muslim soldiers
eliminate Sufism and Sikhism
establish Islam as the sole religion in the Mughal state
Other than religion what did all three Gunpowder Empires have in common?
Centralized bureaucratic systems
Which man completed the unification of Japan and set up a shogunate in Japan to maintain that control?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Ito Hirohito
Oda Nobunaga
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Tokugawa shoguns kicked out Christian
missionaries, set strict trade restrictions, and
limited contact with foreigners.
True/False
True
False
Why did Peter The Great set out on his voyage?
To take down slave revolts
To learn about western technology
To patition Poland.
to reorganize the government
Who was Peter the Great?
This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European
This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility
This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best
This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them
Westernization means …
Traveling West in search of natural resources
To adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe
Which Statement best completes this diagram?
Promotes Religious Tolerance
Encourages Socialism
Strengthens Parliamentary Authority
Supports Westernization
Which completes the table?
Palace at Versailles
Louvre Palace
Bastille Prison
Cathedral of Notre Dame
from the word "Caesar", the title of an emperor or Russia before 1917
Caesar
czar
Caesario
sarson
What political purpose did the Palace of Versailles serve?
To aid artists of the time by displaying their works
To reflect the religious faith of the king
To reflect the king’s ideas of westernization
To allow the king to keep his enemies, the nobility, close
During the Age of Absolutism, which group of people had the most power?
Catholic Church
Kings/Queens
Nobility
Peasants
A system in which the monarch (king/queen) tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.
triangular trade
cash crop
joint stock company
mercantilsim
