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Chapter 1 Three Worlds Meet
Chapter 1 Three Worlds Meet
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1
Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa to find the first all- water route to Asia
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias
Hernan Cortez
2
What civilization farmed in the forests of Africa and carved sculptures?
Ghana
Yoruba
Maya
Olmec
3
How did the Crusades affect Europe?
European explorers looked for other trade routes to Asia
Both of the above are true.
Europeans became interested in Asian goods
4
A revival of interest in art and learning, called the Renaissance, began in Italy
True
False
5
The Crusades failed to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
False
True
6
What group of natives hunted animals from their kayaks and on the tundra?
Olmec
Inuit
Yoruba
7
The Pueblo practiced slash-and-burn agriculture.
False
True
8
What effect did feudalism have on Europe?
Caused the fall of the Roman Empire
Brought hardships and reform to the Catholic Church
Brought stability to Europe, towns grew, trade increased
9
What is the main way that knowledge and culture spread among the early peoples of Americas?
trade
technology
religion
10
What two forces helped create rich and powerful empires in
West Africa
?
Slavery and the arrival of Europeans
trade and Islam
gold and the Iroquois League
11
Why did Columbus called the people he met in the Americas “Indians”?
that is what the people called themselves
He thought he was in Asian Islands called the "Indies"
he believed he reached India
Indians means "islanders" in Italian
12
Why didn't Columbus reach Asia?
His men rebelled and he was forced to turn back.
He ran into an continent unknown to the Europeans
He miscalulated the size of the globe
13
The rediscovery of science and the spread of knowledge were two results of the Renaissance.
False
True
14
Who encouraged exploration of the coast of Africa, hoping to learn its geography and find gold?
Christopher Columbus
Mansa Musa
Henry the Navigator
King Ferdinand
15
How do people use technology to advance civilizations and culture?
Domestication
All of these
Navigation
Irrigation
16
In what ways are Ghana and Mali alike?
both were conquered by the Songhai people.
both were centers of Islamic learning.
they both became wealthy from the trade in gold and salt.
17
This kingdom built a wealthy empire in which gold, salt, and Islam were important.
Yoruba
Songhai
Ghana
18
Who devised a plan for the Iroquois to stop fighting and join an alliance for peace.
Mansa Musa
Chief Hohokam
Christopher Columbus
Deganawida
19
Agriculture and domestication helped provide a permanent food source for communities.
False
True
20
Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the telegraph around 1455 helped ideas spread across Europe.
False
True
21
Who died without realizing that he had found a land previously unknown to Europeans?
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
22
The Bible serves as a unique historical source, offering us with a starting point for history.
True
False
23
Who financed a voyage to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.
Ferdinand and Isabella
King John II of Portugal
Vasco da Gama
24
What group of natives an alliance among warring nations and created a form of self-government?
Iroquois
Pueblo
Olmec
Inuit
25
The Reformation, led to the founding of Protestant churches.
False
True
26
European nations began to search for trade routes to Asia in hopes of getting rich.
False
True
27
Who led a Muslim pilgrimage that made Europeans aware of the wealth that existed in Africa.
Mansa Musa
Deganawida
Ferdinand
28
The Olmec developed a yearly calendar and a system of writing.
False
True
29
Who conquered neighboring people and sacrificed prisoners of war to their sun god?
Aztecs
Maya
Olmec
