Unit 2 Exam Review - Renaissance, Explorations, and the Slave Trade

Question 1

Which cash crops were the backbone for the economy in the colonies of North America?

Accepted Answer

cotton and tabacco

Question 2

Where were the largest part of African slaves taken to during the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Portugese Brazil

Question 3

A patron was...

Accepted Answer

a buyer and supporter of the arts

Question 4

The Middle Passage refers to a slave's time in a

Accepted Answer

slave ship

Question 5

Where did most of the slaves come from in Africa?

Accepted Answer

The West Coast

Question 6

Which explorer found the "New World"?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 7

What type of African would receive the highest price during a slave auction?

Accepted Answer

men who were tribal leaders

Question 8

What is this famous invention that revolutionized learning?

Accepted Answer

printing press

Question 9

Who is depicted in this image?

Accepted Answer

Zhang He

Question 10

Which of the following items were sent from the Old World to the New World during trade?

Accepted Answer

Bananas, Onions

Question 11

How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?

Accepted Answer

awakening a spirit of innovation and discovery

Question 12

Humanism is...

Accepted Answer

Movement toward studying math, science and languages

Question 13

A reason European's explored new lands was...

Accepted Answer

curiosity

Question 14

Which is a key characteristic of Renaissance humanistic art?

Accepted Answer

value of the individual

Question 15

Impacts of the Atlantic Slave trade were...

Accepted Answer

African civilizations are hindered, laborers help the colonies thrive, mixed races, cultural blending

Question 16

What is this famous statue created by Michelangelo called?

Accepted Answer

The David

Question 17

Who is this famous meeting between?

Accepted Answer

Spanish meeting the Aztecs

Question 18

The Age of Exploration was started by...

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 19

What reason did people want to explore new lands?

Accepted Answer

fortune, fame, spread faith, curiosity

Question 20

What four continents were involved in triangle trade?

Accepted Answer

Europe, Africa, North America and South America

Question 21

This person was considered the perfect Renaissance man, who is he?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 22

What caused the increase in learning and literacy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Invention of the printing press

Question 23

What was the outcome of the Spanish meeting the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

the Spanish conquered the Aztecs

Question 24

What were disadvantages of being a slave on a slave ship?

Accepted Answer

cramped and crowded living quarters, unbearable living conditions, death, lack of food and starvation

Question 25

The word Renaissance translates to...

Accepted Answer

rebirth

Question 26

What is this famous painting called?

Accepted Answer

The Mona Lisa

Question 27

Slavery in the United States is refereed to as peculiar institution because...

Accepted Answer

slavery went against the Constitution of the United States

Question 28

During the Renaissance, Italian city-states were typically run by...

Accepted Answer

wealthy patron families

Question 29

What helped the Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

renewed interest in Greek and Roman learning

Question 30

Many slaves...

Accepted Answer

died of starvation, were separated from their families, committed suicide

Question 31

Which of the following items went from the New World to the Old World during trade?

Accepted Answer

tabacco

Question 32

The most common people used for slaves were...

Accepted Answer

Africans

Question 33

Who created the Heliocentric Theory?

Accepted Answer

Copernicus and Galileo

Question 34

Why did European explorers originally set out on expeditions?

Accepted Answer

find a faster route to Asia, find new riches, to find new lands

Question 35

An affect of the Slave Trade on Africa was...

Accepted Answer

Africans were taken from their homes and forced into slavery, generations disappeared from African tribes, millions of Africans died on slave ships

Question 36

Instruments used to aid explorers in calculating their location during exploration were...

Accepted Answer

improved maps, telescope, compass, astrolabe

Question 37

The New World was named America after...

Accepted Answer

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 38

How did the Black Death influence European economics?

Accepted Answer

decreased population led to an increase in food

Question 39

Which of the following items was sent from Europe to Africa in exchange for slaves?

Accepted Answer

firearms, alcohol, textiles

Question 40

Which item was taken from the Old World to the New World to start plantations?

Accepted Answer

sugar cane

Unit 2 Exam Review - Renaissance, Explorations, and the Slave Trade

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Unit 2 Exam Review - Renaissance, Explorations, and the Slave Trade

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