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Modern World History Semester 1 Review
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1
What did the
encomienda
system provide for Spanish colonies?
cheap labor
more settlers
more land
military protection
2
Northern Renaissance humanists focused primarily on:
ending the bubonic plague
expressing their beliefs in song
religious concerns
revival of Greco-Roman thought
3
England's system of government following the Glorious Revolution:
constitutional monarchy
military dictatorship
constitutional democracy
absolute monarchy
4
Refers to the time before written records
Ancient
Prehistory
(Early) Modern
Medieval
5
Demonstrated laws of Gravity & Inertia and inspired the Enlightenment through "natural laws"
Beccaria
Vesalius
Galileo
Newton
6
Most of France's population resided in this estate:
4th Estate
3rd Estate
2nd Estate
1st Estate
7
A major text of the Confucians is ______________.
Bible
Quran
Torah
Analects
8
Leader of Prussia who sought to increase its territory:
Peter the Great
Maria Theresa
Phillip II
Frederick II
9
Title given to the Ottoman "emperor" or overlord.
Shah
Urdu
Czar
Sultan
10
In the year of our lord or common era
Ancient history
Prehistory
B.C./B.C.E.
A.D./C.E.
11
Which religion is not monotheistic?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
12
Polish astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory:
Newton
Vesalius
Galileo
Copernicus
13
Which of the following is
NOT
a sect of Christianity?
Eastern Orthodox
Baptists
Sunnis
Lutherans
14
Greatest monument of the Mughal era (Taj Mahal) was built under this Mughal leader's reign:
Babur
Aurangzeb
Suleyman
Shah Jahan
15
Northern humanist and author of
Utopia
who was executed by the King of England.
Martin Luther
Sir Thomas Moore
Niccolo Machiavelli
John Calvin
16
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed to decrease conflict over claiming new lands between:
England and Spain
England and France
France and Spain
Spain and Portugal
17
This economic goal is achieved by a country exporting more than it imports.
capitalism
favorable balance of trade
supply and demand
joint-stock
18
Type of Japanese theater in which only males perform
Bushido
Haiku
Kabuki
Kowtow
19
Economic concept that maintains the more of an item there is the less valuable it becomes.
capitalism
joint-stock
favorable balance of trade
supply and demand
20
Name for France's weak, executive body of 5 moderates following the French Revolution:
the Reign of Terror
the Directory
the Girondists
the National Convention
21
Major religious sect in the Safavid Empire
Urdu
Ghazi
Shi'ite
Sunni
22
Commanded a rebel army that drove the Mongols out of China in 1368 and became 1st Ming Emperor
Yonglo
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Zheng He
Hongwu
23
Heavy losses in the population of the Americas after European colonization can be attributed to
a lack of immunity to diseases like small pox and measles
deaths from numerous battles
people committing suicide rather than being enslaved
the victims of a mass murder/genocide
24
In Japan's feudal system, daimyos referred to:
religious leaders
emperors
lords/warlords
warriors
25
Economic system based on private ownership and individual use of wealth (Hint:Adam Smith)
Capitalism
Commercial Revolution
Socialism
Mercantilism
26
He argued against the use of torture and other common abuses of justice:
Voltaire
Beccaria
Hobbes
Montesquieu
27
He conquered the Aztec Empire
Columbus
Cortes
Magellan
Pizarro
28
The practice of investing with others and sharing the profits and losses
Supply and Demand
Capitalism
Joint-stock
Mercantilism
29
In England, what did the Restoration "restore" to power?
the king who had been overthrown in the civil war
Parliament
The Catholics
The monarchy, as an institution
30
To eliminate the influence of Christian missionaries, the Japanese enacted this policy:
bushido
closed country policy
seppuku
open door policy
31
Wrote
Institutes of the Christian Religion
and believed in predestination:
Henry VIII
John Calvin
Martin Luther
St. Ignatius Loyola
32
Important leader of Russia who started westernization.
Maria Theresa
Phillip II
Peter the Great
Frederick II