World History Quiz McFee

Question 1

How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 2

What is an "uji?"

Accepted Answer

Clans

Question 3

The Atlantic slave trade began in the _________.

Accepted Answer

1500s

Question 4

By the late 1400s, the Church gave indulgences in exchange for ________.

Accepted Answer

money

Question 5

By the 1800s, about _______ Africans had been sold into slavery in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

10 million

Question 6

One of the most important writers of the Renaissance was _________.

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare

Question 7

What is the largest continent?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 8

The most important item of African trade to Europeans was __________.

Accepted Answer

slaves

Question 9

Sometimes, up to half of the Africans on board a slave ship _____________ during the voyage.

Accepted Answer

died from harsh conditions

Question 10

The second leg of the triangular trade voyage was called the __________.

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 11

Johann Tetzel made it sound like buying indulgences would guarantee entry into ___________.

Accepted Answer

Heaven

Question 12

__________ wrote the "Ninety-Five Theses."

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 13

Europeans loved the spices and other luxury goods that were imported from __________.

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 14

Slaves were traded for ________ in the West Indies.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 15

Before the development of the printing press in Europe, books were _________.

Accepted Answer

difficult to make

Question 16

__________ wanted to find an alternate sea trade route to Asia.

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 17

What was the name of the hurricane that hit Florida a few weeks ago?

Accepted Answer

Hurricane Michael

Question 18

Arab and Italian merchants charged _______ prices for imported goods.

Accepted Answer

high

Question 19

The religious reform movement that divided the Western Church is called the _________.

Accepted Answer

Protestant Reformation

Question 20

A rooster lays an egg on top of a barn. The wind is blowing south. Which way does the egg roll?

Accepted Answer

Impossible!

Question 21

The Renaissance began in ____________.

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 22

What ocean would you across if you flew from New York to Europe?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 23

The largest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Question 24

The new ideas of the Renaissance influenced _________.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 25

Vasco da Gama sailed around the tip of ________ in 1497.

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 26

___________ built trading empires in Asia.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 27

On the ____ leg of the triangular trade voyage, merchants brought manufactured goods to Africa.

Accepted Answer

first

Question 28

The Holy Roman emperor declared Luther a/an ____________.

Accepted Answer

outlaw

Question 29

Columbus claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea for __________.

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 30

People wanted reform in the Church because _________.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 31

The Renaissance lasted from the 1300s until the ___________.

Accepted Answer

1600s

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