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Quiz Review of the 2nd semester of Social Studies.
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1
What theory of Sun and Earth did the Church believe in?
The axis theory
The revolution theory
Geocentric
Heliocentric
2
What were the Inca farming grounds called?
Terraces
Triangle farming ground
Stairsteps
Chinampas
3
What is a salon?
A place in the Enlightenment where people would share ideas
A big house with people
A boat on the ocean sharing ideas
Where you go to get your hair done
4
Where did Vasco Da Gama travel to?
Brazil
Bahamas
Africa
India
5
Which of the following was the first to Circumnavigate the world?
Magellan and crew
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Francis Drake
6
Who wrote the famous book, the Prince?
Machiavelli
Galileo
Lorenzo de Medici
Petrarch
7
Who created the scientific method?
Johannes Kepler
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Rene Descartes
8
What area did Christopher Columbus find?
Bahamas
Finland
India
Brazil
9
What did the printing press do to the church?
Limited their power
Gave them more followers
Gave them more power
Limited control over people in church, ( of who read bible)
10
What was an indulgence?
Something you paid for to forgive your sins and be in heaven
A type of food that you eat
A corrupted group of church officials
Something to get into the church
11
Which of the following believed in Predestination?
John Calvin
William Tyndale
John Wycliffe
Desiderius Erasmus
12
Who invented the telescope?
Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
13
Why were the Medici kicked out of Florence in 1527?
Church excommunicated them and they were shamed so they left
Corruption
The piazza family did it
Too Powerful
14
What type of belief did the Mayans have with their Gods
Polytheism
Monotheism
15
What were the raise roadways above water that the Aztecs used to connect Tenochtitlan to land?
Causeways
Cement roads
Water roads
Bridges
16
What was the Geocentric theory?
The Earth is still
The Earth revolves around the sun
The sun revolves around the Earth
The sun is still
17
Which of the following lived with the Medici family?
Michelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
Leonardo Da Vinci
18
What is the definition of the Renaissance?
A time of rediscovering Medieval art
A time of reconquering of Greek and Roman lands.
A time of rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman learning.
A time of rediscovering Greek and Roman art.
19
What did the Church do to most Heretics?
Put them on the island of Australia
Let them reinforce their belief and loyalty
Killed them
Let them leave the church and live peacefully
20
Who were the Inca conquered by?
Hernan Cortés
Vasco Da Gama
Francisco Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
21
Which of the following was created by Leonardo Da Vinci?
Saint George
The Last Supper
David
Sistine Chapel
22
What was the Trans-Atlantic Journey called?
"Northern Passage"
"Southern Passage"
"Midwest Passage"
"Middle Passage"
23
What were the two most powerful families in Florence during the Renaissance?
Gama
Lorenzo
Medici
Piazza
24
Yes or No private companies fund exploration during the Age of Exploration?
Yes
No
25
How many return trips did Columbus take to the Bahamas or "India"?
5
2
4
3
26
Who's quote is "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
Johannes Kepler
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
Nicholas Copernicus
27
What were the Aztec's floating garden's called?
Shewanki
Chinampas
Keukenhof
Floating gardens
28
What was the Scientific Revolution?
Moorish scholars preserved classical texts
Thinkers studied Greek learning
A time of rediscovery of classical learning
Change in understanding + knowledge about physical universe
29
Who believed in the Separation of powers?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
John Hobbes
30
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Leonardo
31
Which of the following groups of people sacrificed the most people?
Aztec
Africa
Maya
Inca
32
Which of these is the Mayan time period?
1290-1460 AD
250 to 900 AD
1200 to 1400 AD
1300 to 1521 AD
33
Who were the Aztecs conquered by?
Francisco Pizarro
Moctezuma
Hernan Cortés
Vasco Da Gama
34
Who was the leader of the Jesuits?
The Roman Inquisition
Ignatius of Loyola
John Clavin
Martin Luther
35
Which of these is the Mayan Period?
900 to 1300 AD
1300 to 1521
250 to 900 AD
1200 to 1400 AD
36
What is the Heliocentric theory
The Earth revolves around the sun
The sun revolves around the Earth
The sun revolves around another sun
Everything is still
37
Who was in the Tripe Alliance?
Tlacopan, Tenochtitlan, and Texcoco
India, Africa, and North America
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Spain, Portugal, and France
38
Which of the following was both a Priest and Humanist?
William Tyndale
Desidermius Erasmus
John Calvin
John Wycliffe
39
Witch of the following is the correct definition of Secularism?
A high ranking in the Catholic church
Religion must be the center of human affairs
Belief that individuals were more important than community
View that religion need not be the center of human affairs
40
What were the conditions like for slaves on ships?
Clean, cruel, and crowded
Filthy, hot, and crowded
Wet, clean, and crowded
Filthy, smelly, and wet
41
What were most of the Mesoamerican civilizations all good at and had the most achievements in?
Languages
Farming
Astronomy
Number systems
42
Which of the following definitions is simony?
The selling of government positions
The bribing of government officials
Selling and buying of positions in the Catholic Church
Selling of Church relics
43
What empire was Tenochtitlan a part of?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
African
44
What was Da Vinci other that and artist?
Monk
Inventor
Priest
Architect
45
Which of these is the Aztec Period?
1200 to 1400 AD
250 to 900 AD
600 to 1200 AD
1300 to 1521 AD
46
What was the main cause of the defeat of the Aztecs?
Weapons
Disease
Alliances
All of the Above
47
Which civilization did not have slaves?
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Inca
48
Which one is a characteristic of Medieval art?
Good expressions
Fun backgrounds
Religious
Shadowing, light effects
49
What were the two inquisitions at the time of the reformation?
Roman
Italian
Spanish
Greek
50
Which of the following did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
Travel to Brazil
Circumnavigate the world
Traveled to India to make Portugal rich
Open a school of Navigation in Portugal during his time
51
How many times did Philip the II attack England?
5
7
3
4
52
Who believed in natural rights?
Voltaire
John Hobbes
Montesquieu
John Locke
53
Which Inquisition was Galileo interrogated by?
English
Roman
French
Spanish
54
What was one of the most important animals to the Inca?
Mountain Lion
Mountain Goat
Bighorn Sheep
Llama
55
Which was the most important city for the slave trade?
Liverpool
Berlin
Paris
Timbuktu
56
What was the type of method the Mayans used to clear land?
Slash and Burn
Slash
Flood
Burn
57
Who led the Age of Exploration?
France
England
Portugal
Spain
58
Which of the following was at the bottom of Maya society?
Farmers
Merchants
Warriors
Peasants
59
What were the 3 g's of the age of exploration?
God, Glory, and Gold
God, Glory, and Power
God, Gory, and Gold
God, Glory, and Glod
60
Who was the first Humanist?
Petrarch
Erasmus
Machiavelli
Tyndale
