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The Age of Exploration and Scientific Revolution
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1
Galileo developed a giant telescope to chart stars and planets and was celebrated by the Catholic Church.
False
True
2
Where in the Americas did Columbus land first?
The coast of what is today Panama.
The Southern tip of South America.
An island in the Caribbean Sea.
The eastern coast of North America.
3
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
Mercantilism
Conquistador
Center Passage
Middle Passage
4
What was Vasco de Gama's major accomplishment as an explorer?
He was the first to sail around Africa to India
He discovered the Philippine Islands
He conquered the Spice Islands
He was the first to sail to China
5
What did England export?
Bills of exchange
Sugar, Molasses, and fruit
Salt, fruit, wines
Manufactured goods
6
What does this image depict?
Roman armor
Aztec hieroglyphics
A bronze art of Egypt
The Mayan Calendar
7
Before the Scientific Revolution, people believed there were only 4 elements: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.
False
True
8
Which of the following describes the Mayan religion?
Monotheistic
They did not have a religion
Polytheistic
Atheist
9
A system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas: Spanish landowners had the right to use Native Americans as laborers
Polytheistic
Middle Passage
Encomienda
Mercantilism
10
A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control.
Colony
Mercantilism
Encomienda
Joint-Stock Company
11
He died in the Philippines, but his crew was the first to sail around the world.
da Gama
Magellan
Pizarro
Columbus
12
What were Europeans' main motives for making voyages of exploration?
To test their new technology
To grow wealthy and spread Christianity
To gain extra land for growing populations
To break the Portuguese monopoly on trade
13
The Mayan civilization was located in which region?
Amazon Rainforest
North African Desert
Central American Rainforest
South American Mountains
14
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizzaro
15
The term "Pok-a-Tok" refers to _______.
Traditional Aztec mud house.
Ball game played by the Mayans and others.
Mayan school.
Mayan tool for farming.
16
The aztecs unified neighboring _______ into an empire.
colonies
city-states
islands
chinampas
17
A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
Colony
Encomienda
Conquistador
Pok-a-Tok
18
Before the Columbian Exchange, which was never seen in Europe?
pumpkins
pigs
wheat
cows
19
What best explains the demise of the Aztecs?
The Inca conquered the land and persecuted the Aztecs.
A plague caused famine and drought.
The Spanish Moors conquered them.
Hernan Cortes took Montezuma II hostage and attacked the city.
20
The Scientific Revolution was caused by the Renaissance.
False
True
21
What did ships transport in the Middle Passage?
Coins and sugar
Rum, trade goods, and currency
Gold and enslaved Africans
Sugar and molasses
22
Before the Scientific Revolution, some people thought you could fall off the edge of the Earth.
False
True
23
Before the Scientific Revolution, people knew about the human body due to human dissection.
True
False
24
Why was Zheng He important?
He led seven Chinese overseas explorations.
He was China's first Chinese emperor.
He overthrew Mongol rule.
He was China's first non-Chinese emperor.
25
A set of principles that said the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.
Colony
Middle Passage
Mercantilism
Encomienda
26
Of these, which was the oldest established culture in present-day Mexico?
The Maya
The Inca
The Aztecs
The Olmecs
27
A business where stocks, or a share of ownership in a company, are bought and owned by shareholders.
Encomienda
Joint Stock Company
Mercantilism
Colony
28
Most notable about the Incan city of Machu Pichu is that it was____?
the site of the Incan Olympics.
about the size of modern-day New York City.
still in use in the 1900s.
built up high in the mountains.
29
According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase it's wealth?
It should buy more goods than it sells to other countries.
It should sell more goods than it buys from other countries.
It should spread its wealth and power among private individuals.
It should center its wealth and power in its government.
30
Tenochitlan was the major city of which Mesoamerican group?
Navajos
Aztecs
Inca
Mayans
