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WHC Ren/Ref/Exp Test 25-26

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Martin Luther's major contribution to separating from the Church?
a)
The 95 Theses
b)
German Proclamation
c)
Edict of Worms
2.
What invention allowed ideas to spread faster during the Renaissance time period?
a)
The Printing Press
b)
Books
c)
The Internet
3.
a person who provides financial support for the arts
a)
perspective
b)
patron
c)
vernacular
d)
Petrarch
4.
Artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect, depth and space
a)
patron
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Michelangelo
d)
perspective
5.
The Catholic Church sold these "Tickets to Heaven" called?
a)
Church Passes
b)
Heavens Gate
c)
Entertrance fees
d)
Indulgences
6.
Whos voyage was the 1st to circumnavigate the globe?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Hernando Cortes
7.
study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history that were taught in ancient Greece and Rome
a)
humanities
b)
vernacular
c)
patron
8.
Originally, enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the
a)
Sugarcane Plantations
b)
Tobacco Plantations
c)
Cotton Plantations
9.
There was a high demand for these eastern goods in Europe
a)
silks and spices
b)
weapons, diamonds, and spices
c)
slaves, spices, and sugar
10.
Natural resources going to Europe from the Americas, manufactured goods going to Africa, and slaves going back to the Americas was known as
a)
Balance of Trade
b)
The Atlantic Slave Trade
c)
The Triangular Trade
11.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
a)
established a line between territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
b)
made English the official language of the Americas.
c)
made Portuguese the official language of the Americas.
12.
someone sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country
a)
missionary
b)
trustee
c)
crusader
13.
the leg of the triangular trade route on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
a)
long road
b)
triagular trade
c)
middle passage
14.
uprising or revolt, especially of a crew, soldiers or sailors against their officers.
a)
mutant
b)
mutiny
c)
Mughal
15.
complete control of a product or business by one person or a group
a)
business expense
b)
monopoly
c)
empire
16.
Who served as head of the Lutheran Church?
a)
Elected councils
b)
Pope
c)
Council of elders
17.
From the 1300s to the 1500s, Western Europe enjoyed a golden age in the arts and literature, known as the _________________.
a)
Middle Ages
b)
Renaissance
c)
Gilded Age
18.
place/location that emerged in the 1700s in present-day Ghana and was active in the slave trade
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Asante kingdom
c)
Roman Empire
d)
African Empire
19.
He was captured in West Africa when he was a boy of 11, sold into slavery, and transported to the Americas. Later, he found paying work and earned enough money to buy his freedom. In 1789, he wrote his autobiography,
a)
Olaudah Equiano
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Fredrick Douglass
20.
Like the Italian humanists, northern European humanist scholars stressed _____________ and _______________ ___________
a)
education and classical learning
b)
partying and watching movies
c)
religion and devout prayer
21.
How did European exploration and expansion cause the African slave trade to expand?
a)
Arab armies captured European explorers and forced them into slavery.
b)
European traders shipped enslaved Africans to plantations in Europe colonies in the Americas.
c)
European explorers captured African people and forced them to work on their ships.
22.
How did the Atlantic slave trade benefit the economy of Britain’s New England colonies?
a)
New England’s shipbuilders earned profits by providing ships for the triangular trade.
b)
New Englanders became wealthy by leading the anti-slavery movement.
c)
Plantation owners were able to grow more crops.
23.
According to the chart, how were the achievements of individuals judged in the different eras?
a)
In the Middle Ages individuals were highly valued, while in the Renaissance individuals were less valued.
b)
In the Middle Ages individual achievement was less highly valued, in the Renaissance individual achievements were celbrated
c)
Individuals were not celebrated in either era
24.
Who was the wealthy family that funded much of the arts in Florence during the Renaissance?
a)
Marriaci family
b)
Martini family
c)
Medici family
25.

A great age of exploration was fueled by many causes, but at first, the most important cause was the search for _______.

a)

spices

b)

gold

c)

silver