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Colonization and Reformation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a period of trials held to force people to follow the Church's teachings
a)
inquisition
b)
opposed
c)
Reformation
2.

These two civilizations were at their height around the same time (1400s-1500s) in different parts of the Americas.

a)

Olmec and Incas

b)

Aztecs and Incas

c)

Aztecs and Maya

d)

Olmec and Maya

3.

This civilization was located in central Mexico and was defeated by the Spanish in 1521 CE.

a)

Aztec

b)

Maya

c)

Olmec

d)

Inca

4.
He excommunicated Martin Luther and appointed Charles V to be Holy Roman Emperor
a)
Pope Leo X
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Charles V
5.
A Christian religion that broke away from the Catholic Church in the 16th century out of protest
a)
Protestant
b)
Purgatory
c)
Indulgences
6.

He and his troops conquered the Inca Empire

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortes

c)

Atuahalpa

d)

Moctezuma

7.

Mughal Leader who built the Taj Mahal

a)

Akbar

b)

Asoka

c)

Shah Jahan

d)

Aurangzeb

8.
a movement started by Martin Luther to reform the problems in the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century
a)
Reformation
b)
Purgatory
c)
Inquisition
9.
A period of rebirth of the arts and sciences in Europe
a)
The Renaissance
b)

The Middle Ages

c)
The Dark Ages
10.
to be cut off from the ability to go to heaven
a)
excommunicated
b)
opposed
c)
Purgatory
11.

People of American Indian and European descent were called

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mestizos

12.
A machine that could print books that was invented during the Renaissance
a)
pinting press
b)
microscope
c)
telescope
13.

Europeans who ruled Latin American society were called

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mestizos

14.
He started the Reformation after getting angry at the Church's abuses of power
a)
Martin Luther
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Charles V
15.

Spanish soldiers who defeated the indigenous people of the Americas

a)

Quechua

b)

Conquistadors

c)

Invaders

d)

Vikings

16.

White people born in the Spanish colonies were called

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Creoles

c)

Mestizos

17.
In WHAT COUNTRY did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Spain
18.
WHAT CITY became an important trade center in the Renaissance?
a)
Florence
b)
Venice
c)
Constantinople
19.

Italian explorer who sailed west to find a shorter trading route to Asia.

a)

Luther

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

Columbus

d)

Pope Urban II

20.

He and his troops conquered the Aztec Empire

a)

Pizarro

b)

Atauahalpa

c)

Cortes

d)

Moctezuma