SS 8 Final Exam Review

Question 1

What was the name of the war that pushed Muslim and Jewish peoples out of Spain?

Accepted Answer

The Reconquista

Question 2

The Spanish conquistadors did all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 3

City states in N. Italy usually.

Accepted Answer

highly competitive

Question 4

The most significant thing that happened due to intercultural contact on the silk road was...

Accepted Answer

Ideas and inventions being shared

Question 5

What is the name of the warrior class in Japan that always fought for a daimyo?

Accepted Answer

samurai

Question 6

1. Humans using reason 2. Open mind 3. Learning can change society 4. Skill development

Accepted Answer

Renaissance humanist scholars

Question 7

The ritual which the Aztecs believed was the highest form of devotion to the gods was what?

Accepted Answer

Human Sacrifice

Question 8

The samurai, the daimyo, and the shogun all have in common...

Accepted Answer

loss of social status after the end of Edo Japan

Question 9

When Columbus returned to Spain, the king and queen approved his 2nd trip because...

Accepted Answer

Vast amounts of gold and silver

Question 10

"The Renaissance" is used to refer to the rebirth of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Interest in classical knowledge and learning.

Question 11

The immediate Aztec response to Event 2 (Spanish arrive on coast) was to

Accepted Answer

welcome the Spanish into their capital city

Question 12

What is the correct order of the Aztec hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Emperor, Nobility, Merchants & Artisans, Farmers, Slaves

Question 13

Where is Spain?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 14

All of the sayings in in the chart reflect

Accepted Answer

European worldview in the Middle Ages

Question 15

Which of the following events had the biggest impact on the lives of Europeans?

Accepted Answer

The Black Death

Question 16

Renaissance astronomers achieved which of the following during the renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Proved the heliocentric universe

Question 17

In Japan, the immediate response to the signing of the unequal treaties was

Accepted Answer

the beginning of civil war and disorder

Question 18

What gave the Spaniards a distinct advantage in their conquest of the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Aztecs got smallpox, Spanish had better weapons

Question 19

When Tokugawa became shogun, he aimed to...

Accepted Answer

Decrease daimyo power increase Shogun power

Question 20

During the age of Exploration, the primary goal of European explorers was to...

Accepted Answer

find new sea routes to Asia.

Question 21

What system of government does this image depict?

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 22

Why did other groups of people want to help the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Wanted to trade with the Spanish and be free of the Aztecs

Question 23

In Aztec society, tribute was

Accepted Answer

Paying taxes to a more powerful group.

Question 24

Which period of Japanese history was a period of rule by the Shogun?

Accepted Answer

Edo Period

Question 25

What aspect of the Spanish did the Aztecs find the most offensive and barbaric?

Accepted Answer

Spanish killed their enemies instead of capturing them

Question 26

Christianity was a threat to the Edo hierarchy and the power of the Shogun, because...

Accepted Answer

people would answer to God and not the Shogun.

Question 27

Before the renaissance, European worldview was shaped by...

Accepted Answer

The Christianity

Question 28

Conquistadors explored the Americas mostly in search of

Accepted Answer

gold and silver

Question 29

Conflict and battle were important to the Aztecs. Why?

Accepted Answer

Humans for sacrifice and gaining land.

Question 30

Aztec education aimed to produce what kind of person?

Accepted Answer

People who made decisions that were best for the hierarchy

Question 31

The humanist worldview during the renaissance can be attributed to what?

Accepted Answer

Study of the classical masters

Question 32

How did the Aztecs build a powerful empire?

Accepted Answer

waged war to conquer others and gain tribute

Question 33

What was the name of the most important god in the Aztec religion?

Accepted Answer

Huitzilopochtli.

Question 34

Which system of faith originated in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Shinto

Question 35

The interior of Japan's four major islands are dominated by...

Accepted Answer

hills and mountains

Question 36

Why did people begin to move from the rural towns to the cities in the early renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Farm workers killed by Black death. Move to city for work.

Question 37

What did the majority of women do in the Aztec hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Both C and D

Question 38

Who were usually sacrificed during Aztec rituals?

Accepted Answer

prisoners of war

Question 39

The worldviews of the Aztecs and Spanish were similar in that both cultures believed that

Accepted Answer

conquering an empire made their nations stronger.

Question 40

European contact with new cultures was always peaceful. The evidence that this is false is...

Accepted Answer

the treatment of native peoples by Europeans upon contact.

Question 41

1. Moctezuma dies, 2. Spanish on the coast 3. Tenochtitlan destroyed 4. Cortez marches to city

Accepted Answer

Correct order: 2,4,1,3

Question 42

How did the Aztecs change their geography to fit their needs?

Accepted Answer

Both B and C

Question 43

What effect did the translation of the bible into understandable languages have on Europe?

Accepted Answer

It made literature more accessible/understandable

Question 44

Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan was important, because...

Accepted Answer

ended Japanese isolation.

SS 8 Final Exam Review

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