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Questions pertaining to the 1400s (15th Century)
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The great Native American civilization living in Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest:
Aztec
Apache
Inca
Cherokee
2
French peasant girl who was burned at the stake in 1431 after being tried for witchcraft.
Marie Antoinette
Ann Bolynne
Joan of arc
Cathron of Aragon
3
The Ottomans changed the name of Constantinople to _________.
Istanbul
Mecca
Mecca
Jerusalem
4
After the Chinese navy explored the coasts of Africa, India, and Asia, the Chinese decided:
None of these
the rest of the world was a threat that must be destroyed
the rest of the world had nothing to offer China.
they were behind eveybody else.
5
________built ships 400 ft, long and 180 ft. wide, with designs 500 years ahead of their time.
China
Siam
Korea
Japan
6
The city-state of _________was the artistic center of the Renaissance.
Naples
Rome
Florence
Venice
7
The Aztec recipe for chocolate
All the above
chili peppers
honey & blood
cacao beans
8
Columbus actually landed in the New World on October 12, 1492 in _________.
Florida
California
the Caribbean islands
South America
9
In the 1400s, the Far East was dominated on land and sea by the empire of ______.
Australia
China
Korea
Japan
10
Which of the following was true of Aztec religion in the 15th Century?
Islam
Human sacrifice
Christianity
Buddhism
11
The Renaissance began in ______.
Spain
Italy
England
Germany
12
The city of Istanbul, once called Constantinople, is now in the modern nation of :
Israel
Italy
Turkey
Greece
13
The greatest banking family of Florence, who bankrolled much of the great art of Florence:
Anastazio
Dimaggio
Anzilotti
Medici
14
Christopher Columbus was an Italian, but he was sponsored for his journey in 1492 by the ____.
French
Spanish
Portuguese
English
15
The great religious and historical monument of Istanbul was once a church, then a mosque:
Hagia Sophia
The Louve
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
16
THE PRINCE is a classical book on politics written during the Renaissance by a Medici advisor:
Dostoyevski
Solsynitsyn
Romanov
Machiavelli
17
This Portuguese captain rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
Diaz
Vespucci
Columbus
De Gama
18
Led the French Army to victory over the English in the Hundred Years War
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Duke of wellington
The Marquis de Lafayette
Joan of Arc
19
In the 15th Century, this Portuguese prince encouraged his countrymen to conquer the sea.
Vasco Diaz
Bartholemew Diaz
Henry the Navigator
Vasco De Gama
20
Leonado deVinci was a multitalented master whose talents and interests included:
flight design
Painting
all the above
anatomy
21
in 1498, the TOOTHBRUSH appeared in _____.
Venice
China
Florence
America
22
Constantinople was conquered in 1453 AD by the __________Empire.
Persian
Roman
Mongol
Ottomon
23
The Aztec capital that stood in the center of a great lake with roads on causeways was called:
Cuzco
Puerto Vallarta
Tenochtitlan
Machu Pichu
24
The House of York and the House of Lancaster fought for the throne of England in what was ___.
The War of the Roses
The Hundred Years War
The English Civil War
The English Civil War
25
Vasco De Gama ________.
sailed to Greenland in 1498.
sailed to India in 1498
sailed to Australia in 1498
sailed to North America in 1498