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2019 Western Civilization midterm review. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
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1
The Crusades were an attempt to regain the Holy Lands and reclaim this holy city.
Jerusalem
Mecca
Moscow
Constantinople
2
True or False: Columbus' plan was to sail to the "New World" of the Americas.
True
False
3
This French absolute monarch built Versailles and fought many wars that he lost.
Louis III (3rd)
Pierre XI (11th)
Louis XIV (14th)
George II (2nd)
4
Which Renaissance artist created the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco?
Donatello
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
5
This scientist used the telescope to study the Moon and Jupiter.
Newton
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
6
The belief in the power of the human mind to understand the world around us is called....
Colonialism
Divine Right
Protestantism
Humanism
7
The French Revolution began when the people of Paris attacked this on July 14th, 1789.
Versailles
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
The Bastille
Tower of London
8
The Declaration of Independence is an example of the ideas of what era?
The Enlightenment
The Middle Ages
The Scientific Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
9
The Catholic Church's reaction to the Protestant movement was called the __________.
Scientific Revolution
Age of Enlightenment
Counter-Reformation
Thirty Years War
10
Which of the following is a reason that the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states?
Access to trade and ideas from Asia and the Islamic World.
Wealth merchants (patrons) had money to spend on art.
Artists worked for free in Italy to create great art.
Catholic Church forbid new ideas or art from spreading.
11
The Black Death was first seen in 1347 in what part of Europe?
France
Italy
Russia
England
12
He was responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation.
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
Pope Leo X
Peter the Great
13
True or False: The Catholic Church was a patron of Renaissance art and artists.
True
False
14
The city of Machu Picchu was part of the _______ Empire.
Olmec
Mayan
Incan
Aztec
15
The leader of the Reign of Terror (1793-94) was:
Oliver Cromwell
Robespierre
Louis XIV
Napoleon
16
The Reformation was the major cause of this deadly and long lasting European war.
Seven Years War
The First Crusade
The Wars of Revolution
Thirty Years War
17
This tsar of Russia built a new capital and westernized his country.
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Alexander VI
Catherine the Great
18
True or False: The Black Death was first seen in Europe in Italy.
False
True
19
Indulgences sold by the Catholic Church were used for what?
To spread Martin Luther's ideas.
To purchase forgiveness from sin.
To avoid testifying in front of the Catholic Inquisition.
20
True or False: The Columbian Exchange, pictured here, forever changed both America and Europe.
False
True
21
This individual came to control France and conquer most of Western Europe after the French Revolution.
Peter the Great
Robespierre
Napoleon
Louis XVI
22
Which Renaissance artist painted The Last Supper?
Raphael
Donatello
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
23
This image shows the layout of a slave ship. These ships brought millions of Africans to ____.
the Middle East
Asia
Europe
the Americas
24
The Black Death did which of the following to Europe?
Killed 33% of the entire European population.
Created a loss of faith in the Catholic Church.
Created a labor shortage on farms as peasants died.
25
Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Michelangelo
Donatello
John Locke
Leonardo DaVinci
26
The Enlightenment believed in which of the following?
That the Catholic Church was the absolute authority.
That the people could have political power to limit monarchs
That absolute monarchy was the best political system.
27
The Crusades targeted which two religions with violence and warfare?
Protestants and Jews
Protestants and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims
Jews and Muslims
28
The Inquisition sought to arrest, question and punish this group of people.
Humanists
Catholics
Jesuits
Protestants
29
Who sculpted La Pieta?
Michelangelo
Donatello
Leonardo DaVinci
Raphael
30
The Spanish explorers who conquered the Aztec and Incan empires were called....
Jesuits
Conquistadors
Crusaders
Protestants
31
This English queen turned England into a world power and kept England protestant.
Mary II
Elizabeth I
Mary I
Victoria
32
The English king who wanted a divorce and broke from the Catholic Church when he didn't get it.
Richard I
Richard III
Henry VIII
George III
33
William and Mary came to power in England in 1688 after the non-violent Glorious Revolution.
False
True
34
The picture shows the political and social organization of the Middle Ages called....
Feudalism
Manorialism
Catholicism
Protestantism
35
The scientists of the Scientific Revolution used ________ to set up their experiments.
indulgences
feudalism
the scientific method
36
Which of the following IS NOT a feature of absolute monarchies?
The monarch can control all aspects of society.
The monarch makes laws without needing any other approval.
The citizens of the country elect their king.
The monarch believes God has made them monarch.
37
The movable type printing press allowed for the expansion of _______ in Europe.
violence
literacy
the Black Death
38
This new technology paved the way for both the Renaissance and Reformation.
Fresco painting
The Movable Type Printing Press
Steel production
The Astrolabe
39
The Enlightenment believed that ___________ could improve human society and government.
the Catholic Church
reason and science
absolute monarchs
feudalism
40
This map shows the process of the ___________ which placed millions of Africans into slavery.
Triangle Trade
Columbian Exchange
Age of Exploration
41
The Heliocentric model of the Universe has what at its center?
Moon
Sun
Earth
Jupiter
42
Absolute monarchs believed God had made them rulers. This idea is called ___________.
Republicanism
Divine Right
the Scientific Method
Humanism
43
The geocentric model of the Universe had what at its center?
Jupiter
Moon
Earth
Sun
