Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

This Economist argued for a free market in which businesses could operate with few govt. rules.

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 2

Survivors of the voyage led by ______________ became the first people to sail around the world.

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Magellan

Question 3

Laissez Faire economics literally means

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Hands off

Question 4

Rene Descarte believed the best way to learn the truth was to use

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Reason

Question 5

This Renaissance/Reformation writer guided rulers how to gain and maintain power.

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Machiavelli

Question 6

The Battle of Saratoga was important to the Revolution because

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The American victory convinced France to support colonists

Question 7

The rulers of Ming China allowed the Portuguese to have a trading post at ______ near Canton.

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Macao

Question 8

The light, delicate style of art common during the rule of Louis XV

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Rococo

Question 9

This principle states that all government power comes from the people

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Popular Sovereignty

Question 10

When a Protestant group broke away from a Catholic Church, it became a religious ____________.

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Sect

Question 11

Those who believe in ___________ believe think that God has already chosen who will be saved.

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Predestination

Question 12

Physiocrats believed that the best trade policy was

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Laissez Faire

Question 13

In the 1600s, Robert Boyle's work transformed the field of

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Chemistry

Question 14

One way that Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting

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Well-known people of the day

Question 15

This person helped spread ideas of Enlightenment by publishing a collection of articles.

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Diderot

Question 16

American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise

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The Articles of Confederation

Question 17

This type of government was run by church leaders in 1541.

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Theocracy

Question 18

Why was Sir Thomas More executed?

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He would not accept Henry VIII as head of Church of England

Question 19

After Mughal power declined, what group took control of most of India?

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The Dutch East India Company

Question 20

The Continental Congress chose this person to lead the American forces during the Revolution.

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George Washington

Question 21

What two powers agreed to the line of Demarcation?

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Spain and Portugal

Question 22

Who was the leader of Geneve?

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Calvin

Question 23

In an informal social gathering called ____________, Enlightenment thinkers could talk ideas.

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Salons

Question 24

The grand, formal style of art that was popular during the rule of Louis XIV.

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Baroque

Question 25

Why did the Southern tip of Africa become known as the Cape of Good Hope?

Accepted Answer

Rounding it gave sailors a direct route to Asia

Unit 1 Test Review

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Unit 1 Test Review

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