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1
When the Church heard about Galileo's discoveries, it did what?
Put him on trial and made him recant his ideas
Put his discoveries in the Bible
Executed Galileo
Praised Galileo
2
Who was the portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa and on to India?
Christopher Columbis
Vasco de Gama
Samuel de Champlain
Ferdinand Magellan
3
What causes the destruction of over 90% of the Native American population?
Disease
Lack of medical knowledge
Genocide
A Spanish massacre
4
The images below depict goods from where?
Central Asia
South Africa
The Old World
Central America
5
The invention that helped make sailing more accurate by using the stars to show direction is the _______.
Telescope
Microscope
MapQuest
Astrolabe
6
This scientist made many breakthroughs in physics. He explained the theory of gravity.
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
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In the _______ _________ voyage, merchants would bring manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves.
Center Channel
Slave Corridor
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
8
What was a strong ship that could travel in open seas and in shallow water, which helped Europeans explore new lands.
Gondola
Dreadnaught
Caravel
Battleship
9
Why did the Indigenous religion and culture eventually suffer?
Native people abandoned their traditions to fit in with the Europeans
The whole population died of disease
The Spanish conquistadors ban any other cultural practices
The Europeans took over culturally and religiously
10
When he started his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus did not know that place stood between Europe and Asia.
Africa
America
Antartica
Asia
11
Why did the Europeans turn to Africa as a source of slaves?
There were too many plantations workers
Africans wanted to come to America
Africa did not have enough gold and ivory
90% of Indigenous People in the Americas died of disease
12
The __________ increased a desire for trade in Europe.
The Renaissance
The Age of Exploration
The Scientific Revolution
The Protestant Reformation
13
Who was the french explorer who founded Quebec?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Vasco de Gama
Samuel de Champlain
14
ONE of these four things was INFLUENCED BY the other three.
The Age of Exploration
The Scientific Revolution
The Protestant Reformation
The Renaissance
15
The most important item of African trade to Europeans was __________.
Gold
Ivory
Guns
Slaves
16
Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Christopher Columbua
Vasco de Gama
Samuel de Champlain
Ferdinand Magellan
17
Why did Europeans want to explore?
All of the Above
They wanted to spread Christianity.
None of the Above.
They desired new sources of wealth.
They wanted to increase their power and prestige.
18
The images below depict goods from where?
Columbia
Africa
The Old World
The New World
19
What is the definition of a person with "mestizo" descent?
Complete Spaniard origin
Mixed race: half Spanish, half Indian
100% Indigenous
100% white origin
20
Who was the scientist who mathematically PROVED Copernicus' theory?
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
21
When merchants were looking for quicker, more direct trade routes with Asia, what were they trying to do?
Avoid dealing with Italian and Muslim merchants
Avoid bandits and thieves
Avoid traveling on land to Asi
All of these
22
What was the Columbian Exchange?
An agreement between Columbia and Africa to exchange spices for slaves.
A financial crisis in Latin America that began in Columbia.
A large exchange of exotic and lucrative goods from the New to Old World.
A military coup attempting to dethrone the Columbian prince.
23
Why did European life expectancy slowly increase?
An increase in the number of doctors
Nutritious crops became part of the European cuisine
Less diseases spread throughout the region
The rise of medical technology
24
A/an ________ is a possible explanation for measured data.
Method
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
25
The voyage from Africa where slaves were brought to the New World is:
Triangular Trade
Slave Corridor
Middle Passage
Center Channel
26
The economic system where merchants trade and invest money to make a profit is called what?
Communism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Feudalism
27
To help spread Christianity, explorers were encouraged to bring who with them, they focus on converting non-Christians.
Reformers
Soldiers
Missionaries
Priests
28
This country was the early leader in the Age of Exploration.
England
Spain
Portugal
France
29
Galileo's works challenged this teaching of the Catholic Church:
God put Earth at the center of the Universe.
God put the Sun at the center of the Universe.
Jesus is the Son of God.
God created the Universe.
30
Who is the Italian explorer who was funded by the monarchy of Spain to seek a shorter route to Asia?
Ferdinand Magellan
Samuel de Champlain
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
31
This was the man who started a school of navigation to train sailors.
Ferdinand Magellan
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
32
French explorers of the New World set up which colonies?
North America, Barbados, and Jamaica
Brazil
Haiti, Guadalupe, and Martinique
Mexico, and South America
33
Which of these events eventually led to massive trade changes across the globe?
The assassination of King Leo of the Byzantine Empire
Old World explorers interacting with indigenous groups
The expansion of the Roman Empire
A religious war between Christians and Jews
34
This scientist was the first one to publish a book that claimed that the Sun was the center of the Universe.
Galileo Galilei
Andreas Vesalius
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
35
By the 1600s, scientists used a process called the _____ to gather information, test ideas, and study the natural world.
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Idea
Scientific Fair
Scientific Method
36
What was the time period where Europeans began a new way of thinking about the natural world and sciences?
The Protestant Reformation
The Age of Exploration
The Scientific Revolution
The Renaissance
37
What scientific theory (solar system with the Sun in the center) does this picture represent?
Law of Gravity
Geocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory
Law of Inertia
38
The Spanish system whereby Native Americans became enslaved laborers was the what?
Spanish never enslaved the Native Americas
Encomienda System
Inquisitionist System
Sistema de Labor