stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Social Studies Exam Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Social Studies Exam Review
Social Studies Exam Review
60 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
43 plays
Quiz Review of the 2nd semester of Social Studies.
Flashcards
60 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
60
Answers
1
Who was the first Humanist?
Erasmus
Machiavelli
Petrarch
Tyndale
2
Which of the following definitions is simony?
The bribing of government officials
Selling of Church relics
The selling of government positions
Selling and buying of positions in the Catholic Church
3
Which Inquisition was Galileo interrogated by?
Roman
French
English
Spanish
4
What was one of the most important animals to the Inca?
Llama
Bighorn Sheep
Mountain Goat
Mountain Lion
5
Which of these is the Aztec Period?
250 to 900 AD
600 to 1200 AD
1300 to 1521 AD
1200 to 1400 AD
6
Yes or No private companies fund exploration during the Age of Exploration?
Yes
No
7
Which of the following was the first to Circumnavigate the world?
Vasco Da Gama
Magellan and crew
Christopher Columbus
Francis Drake
8
What was the Geocentric theory?
The Earth revolves around the sun
The sun revolves around the Earth
The Earth is still
The sun is still
9
What were the two most powerful families in Florence during the Renaissance?
Piazza
Medici
Gama
Lorenzo
10
What theory of Sun and Earth did the Church believe in?
The axis theory
Geocentric
The revolution theory
Heliocentric
11
What is the definition of the Renaissance?
A time of rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman learning.
A time of reconquering of Greek and Roman lands.
A time of rediscovering Greek and Roman art.
A time of rediscovering Medieval art
12
Who believed in natural rights?
John Hobbes
John Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
13
Which was the most important city for the slave trade?
Liverpool
Berlin
Timbuktu
Paris
14
What is the Heliocentric theory
The sun revolves around the Earth
The Earth revolves around the sun
The sun revolves around another sun
Everything is still
15
Who was the leader of the Jesuits?
Ignatius of Loyola
Martin Luther
The Roman Inquisition
John Clavin
16
Who wrote the famous book, the Prince?
Petrarch
Galileo
Machiavelli
Lorenzo de Medici
17
Why were the Medici kicked out of Florence in 1527?
Too Powerful
Church excommunicated them and they were shamed so they left
Corruption
The piazza family did it
18
What empire was Tenochtitlan a part of?
Aztec
Maya
African
Inca
19
What was the Trans-Atlantic Journey called?
"Midwest Passage"
"Southern Passage"
"Middle Passage"
"Northern Passage"
20
Who led the Age of Exploration?
England
Spain
Portugal
France
21
What was Da Vinci other that and artist?
Priest
Monk
Inventor
Architect
22
What type of belief did the Mayans have with their Gods
Monotheism
Polytheism
23
What was the type of method the Mayans used to clear land?
Flood
Slash and Burn
Burn
Slash
24
What were the conditions like for slaves on ships?
Clean, cruel, and crowded
Wet, clean, and crowded
Filthy, hot, and crowded
Filthy, smelly, and wet
25
How many times did Philip the II attack England?
3
7
4
5
26
Which of the following was at the bottom of Maya society?
Merchants
Farmers
Peasants
Warriors
27
What were the two inquisitions at the time of the reformation?
Roman
Spanish
Greek
Italian
28
What did the printing press do to the church?
Limited control over people in church, ( of who read bible)
Limited their power
Gave them more power
Gave them more followers
29
What is a salon?
A place in the Enlightenment where people would share ideas
Where you go to get your hair done
A big house with people
A boat on the ocean sharing ideas
30
What were the 3 g's of the age of exploration?
God, Gory, and Gold
God, Glory, and Power
God, Glory, and Gold
God, Glory, and Glod
31
Who created the scientific method?
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descartes
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
32
Which one is a characteristic of Medieval art?
Religious
Fun backgrounds
Shadowing, light effects
Good expressions
33
Who were the Aztecs conquered by?
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco Da Gama
Hernan Cortés
Moctezuma
34
Who were the Inca conquered by?
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortés
Francisco Magellan
Vasco Da Gama
35
What was an indulgence?
A type of food that you eat
Something to get into the church
A corrupted group of church officials
Something you paid for to forgive your sins and be in heaven
36
What were most of the Mesoamerican civilizations all good at and had the most achievements in?
Number systems
Farming
Astronomy
Languages
37
Witch of the following is the correct definition of Secularism?
Belief that individuals were more important than community
A high ranking in the Catholic church
View that religion need not be the center of human affairs
Religion must be the center of human affairs
38
What was the main cause of the defeat of the Aztecs?
Alliances
Weapons
All of the Above
Disease
39
What were the Inca farming grounds called?
Stairsteps
Terraces
Chinampas
Triangle farming ground
40
Which civilization did not have slaves?
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
41
Which of the following groups of people sacrificed the most people?
Inca
Aztec
Africa
Maya
42
Who was in the Tripe Alliance?
Spain, Portugal, and France
Tlacopan, Tenochtitlan, and Texcoco
India, Africa, and North America
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
43
Which of the following did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
Circumnavigate the world
Travel to Brazil
Traveled to India to make Portugal rich
Open a school of Navigation in Portugal during his time
44
Which of these is the Mayan Period?
250 to 900 AD
900 to 1300 AD
1300 to 1521
1200 to 1400 AD
45
How many return trips did Columbus take to the Bahamas or "India"?
3
2
5
4
46
What were the Aztec's floating garden's called?
Floating gardens
Shewanki
Keukenhof
Chinampas
47
What were the raise roadways above water that the Aztecs used to connect Tenochtitlan to land?
Causeways
Cement roads
Bridges
Water roads
48
What area did Christopher Columbus find?
Finland
Brazil
India
Bahamas
49
Which of the following was both a Priest and Humanist?
William Tyndale
John Calvin
John Wycliffe
Desidermius Erasmus
50
What was the Scientific Revolution?
Moorish scholars preserved classical texts
Change in understanding + knowledge about physical universe
Thinkers studied Greek learning
A time of rediscovery of classical learning
51
Who's quote is "I think, therefore I am"?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei
Nicholas Copernicus
Rene Descartes
52
Which of these is the Mayan time period?
1290-1460 AD
1300 to 1521 AD
1200 to 1400 AD
250 to 900 AD
53
Which of the following believed in Predestination?
John Wycliffe
Desiderius Erasmus
William Tyndale
John Calvin
54
Which of the following lived with the Medici family?
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo Da Vinci
55
Which of the following was created by Leonardo Da Vinci?
Saint George
Sistine Chapel
David
The Last Supper
56
Where did Vasco Da Gama travel to?
Bahamas
Africa
Brazil
India
57
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo
58
What did the Church do to most Heretics?
Put them on the island of Australia
Let them leave the church and live peacefully
Killed them
Let them reinforce their belief and loyalty
59
Who invented the telescope?
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
60
Who believed in the Separation of powers?
John Locke
John Hobbes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
