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SCHS World History Exploration and Scientific Revolution I
SCHS World History Exploration and Scientific Revolution I
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1
Who combined Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo together under a single theory of motion?
Isaac Newton
Tycho Brahe
Robert Boyle
Pythagoras
2
What do the Aztec calendar and the Maya use of zero show about American pre-Columbian cultures?
Population decline from invasion and disease.
Advances in math and science
Extensive trade with Africa
Conversion to Islam
3
What do the steps represent?
heliocentric theory
scientific method
Enlightenment ideas
Newton’s laws
4
Which word correctly completes this excerpt below, describing Columbian Exchange?
corn
tomato
potato
beet
5
Which statement best summarizes the excerpt below?
negative effects of the slave trade on West Africa
plantation owners’ desire for slaves
positive effects of the slave trade on the Americas
influence of guns in Africa
6
Two causes of the Scientific Revolution are shown. What is another cause?
invention of the printing press
the ideas of Aristotle and Ptolemy
traditional church teachings
the geocentric theory
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Which place is the text referring to?
Australia
Asia
the Americas
West Africa
8
What was a direct result of the Atlantic Slave trade on West Africa?
Many West African communities faced population losses.
Africans hired Europeans to train their armies.
Animism was no longer practiced in Africa.
European industrial factories were built all over Africa
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What was one important effect of the Columbian Exchange?
introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas
economic instability in China and Japan
rapid decline in European population
spread of Hinduism into India
10
Which statement below was a major motivation for European exploration of new worlds?
3
1
2
4
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The main reason Hernando Cortés was able to defeat the Aztecs was the-
Aztecs had the help of native allies
Spanish carried deadly diseases that spread to the Aztecs
Aztecs had superior weapons
Spanish greatly outnumbered the Aztecs
12
Which statement about the Inca is correct?
Inca had a well-developed written language for records
Like the Romans, they constructed many great roads
The Spanish converted the Inca to Buddhism.
The Spanish never took over the Incan Empire
13
Modern scientific methods are based on the ideas of
Galileo Galilei
René Descartes and Francis Bacon
Vesalius and Leeuwenhoek
Marie de Coste Blanche
14
Which of the following led to the Scientific Revolution?
the practice of reasoning from abstract theories
widespread acceptance of the geocentric theory
the scientific ideas of ancient Greeks
European explorations of the Americas, Asia, and Africa
15
Which of the following statements about the Aztecs in INCORRECT?
Aztecs were nomadic and couldn't be conquered
The Aztecs sacrificed humans to please the Sun-god
Montezuma was the ruler when the Spanish conquered them
The Aztec capital was Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City
16
What was the main reason African slaves were transported to the Americas?
The plantation owners wanted cheap labor.
Africans’ agricultural expertise made them desirable.
Africans were naturally stronger than Europeans.
The Americas offered greater opportunities to the Africans.
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Which items from Europe were introduced to the Americas through the Columbian Exchange?
pineapples
black-eyed peas
tomatoes
horses and pigs
18
Which of the following statements is true about the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya?
All practiced human sacrifice.
All had advanced writing systems.
All built large urban centers.
All created extensive road systems.
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The Scientific Revolution brought about many changes, including a vaccine to prevent
smallpox
pneumonia
malaria
cowpox
20
Which of the following statements about the Maya is INCORRECT?
built pyramids
influenced many groups of people in the Americas
skilled astronomers
Maya practiced democracy and there were no social classes
