Chapter 1: Three World Meet

Question 1

Which of the following civilizations had a very advanced calendar system?

Accepted Answer

Maya

Question 2

Who were the only people with enough power and resources to finance overseas exploration?

Accepted Answer

Kings and/or Queens of a unified country

Question 3

Who is credited with beginning the European trade of African slaves?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 4

Which group of people in the European social hierarchy was able to experience social mobility?

Accepted Answer

Merchants

Question 5

Traders of Benin paddled their goods from the forest to the savanna by paddling it down the Niger River or carrying it:

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

a small ship that used a zigzagging technique known as “beating to windward.”:

Accepted Answer

Caravel

Question 7

mother, father, children:

Accepted Answer

nuclear family

Question 8

people who make maps:

Accepted Answer

cartographers

Question 9

farm that grows a single crop:

Accepted Answer

plantation

Question 10

The Renaissance started in:

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 11

period when Europeans began investigating all aspects of the physical world.

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 12

Who funded Christopher Columbus’s voyages?

Accepted Answer

Queen Isabella AND King Ferdinand

Question 13

dry grasslands:

Accepted Answer

savanna

Question 14

Why did the tribes of the southeast get the title, “5 Civilized Tribes?”

Accepted Answer

they adopted things from the new settlers

Question 15

The __________ was the backbone of the European Age of Exploration

Accepted Answer

the caravel

Question 16

line of common descent:

Accepted Answer

Lineage

Question 17

people who created and traded goods for money:

Accepted Answer

merchants, artisans

Question 18

Henry the Navigator was also known as:

Accepted Answer

The Prince of Portugal

Question 19

which civilization was NOT in central America?

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 20

Who was the head of the Roman Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The Pope

Question 21

how did people arrive to the Americas based on the Atlantic & Oceania theory?

Accepted Answer

Stone Aged boats

Question 22

Diseases killed nearly ______ of Hispanolia’s population

Accepted Answer

100,000

Question 23

Within the Roman Catholic Church, the priests would NOT:

Accepted Answer

offer people money

Question 24

Which Songhai ruler was a master organizer, devout Muslim, & scholar?

Accepted Answer

Askia Muhammad

Question 25

which civilization were great engineers?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 26

organized by rank:

Accepted Answer

hierarchy

Question 27

a series of military expeditions to the Middle East in the name of Christianity

Accepted Answer

Crusades

Question 28

What is the name of the trading system used in northern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sahara Highway

Question 29

Which of the following was NOT a European luxury item that came out of the new Asian trade route?

Accepted Answer

corn

Question 30

Which region was home to the tribes of the Sioux, Pawnee, Blackfoot, Crow, Cheyenne, and Arapaho?

Accepted Answer

great plains

Chapter 1: Three World Meet

Questions 30

Chapter 1: Three World Meet

Questions 30