Bigham mid term

Question 1

How did China change following the voyages of Zheng He

Accepted Answer

They closed their borders fearing invasion

Question 2

The name of the culture of early Peru arose along the Pacific coast but far to the north. It lasted from AD100 to AD700

Accepted Answer

Moche

Question 3

Neoclassicism was inspired by the discoveries of what kind of ruins

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 4

What was the first influential culture in South America which flourished from around 900 BC to 200 BC

Accepted Answer

Chavin

Question 5

Land bridge between Asia and the Americas was called what

Accepted Answer

Beringia

Question 6

How did the Columbian Exchange affect the lives are Europeans

Accepted Answer

Population grew quickly

Question 7

What was Thomas Hobbes' view on the government

Accepted Answer

An absolute monarch rules with the consent of his people

Question 8

Who was the ruler under whom the Aztec empire weakened

Accepted Answer

Montezuma ll

Question 9

Who was the German Craftsman who developed the printing press

Accepted Answer

Gutenburg

Question 10

Who painted the Mona Lisa

Accepted Answer

Da Vinci

Question 11

Which of the following motivated 15th century European monarchs to find a sea route to East Asia

Accepted Answer

Italian Merchants were cut off

Question 12

Describe the status of woman during the Ming Dynasty

Accepted Answer

They were expected to be wives and mothers

Question 13

How was the treatment of enslaved Africans by Muslims in Europeans different

Accepted Answer

Europeans treated them as property, Muslim slaves could gain their freedom

Question 14

What scientists work is most closely associated with Analytical Geometry

Accepted Answer

Rene Descartes

Question 15

Where did Christopher Columbus expect to land

Accepted Answer

The East Indies

Question 16

Neoclassical architecture was influenced by the ideas of the enlightenment

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What was the middle passage

Accepted Answer

A route where slaves were taken from Africa to the Americas

Question 18

Which of the following results directly from the voyages of Christopher Columbus

Accepted Answer

created tension between Spain and portugal

Question 19

Why was Portugal the first Western European nation to travel to India by sea

Accepted Answer

They invested large amounts of money into naval exploration

Question 20

How did the Sultans of Delhi regard the Native population of India

Accepted Answer

They treated them as conquered people

Question 21

Area that stretches south from central Mexico to the northern part of modern-day Honduras was called what

Accepted Answer

Mesoamerica

Question 22

Why did many ancient Greek astronomers believe in a geocentric explanation of our universe

Accepted Answer

they thought the sun revolved around the earth

Question 23

Newton explained the role of God in the universe by a Creator whose existence cannot be denied

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What was the name of the culture that flourished along the southern coast of Peru from around 200 BC to AD 600

Accepted Answer

Nazca

Question 25

The new technology of paper making was important to the Renaissance because it made more books and Bibles available

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What was the name of the early Mesoamerican civilization that was centered in the Oaxaca Valley of what is now Mexico

Accepted Answer

Zapotec

Question 27

How did the French and Indian War change the relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain

Accepted Answer

Americans criticized an increase in taxation

Question 28

The framers of the Articles of confederation were concerned with a strong national government so they only created____

Accepted Answer

Congress

Question 29

How did most monarchs in England and France participate in the Northern Renaissance

Accepted Answer

They sponsored artists

Question 30

How did Akbar create an effective government for the Mughal Empire

Accepted Answer

He promoted Muslims and Hindus

Question 31

What is the art technique that recreates three dimensions called

Accepted Answer

Perspective

Question 32

How does the rule of Persian King Frederick II illustrate the Practical nature of Enlightened despotism

Accepted Answer

He ruled by the consent of the people so he created fair tax system

Question 33

What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation

Accepted Answer

They lacked authority

Question 34

Which of the following reasons primarily motivated the Netherlands to colonize Southeast Asia

Accepted Answer

They believed they would make large profits

Question 35

What was the name of the Earliest known Mesoamerican civilization that flourished around 1200 BC

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 36

The first English philosopher, founder of British Empiricism, declared people have a right to rebel against government

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 37

Who was the ruler of the Aztec empire from 1440 to 1469 who is known for building up Tenochtitlan

Accepted Answer

Monetzuma l

Question 38

The fur trade was a common economic activity in New France

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

What ultimately caused the end of the Great Incan Empire

Accepted Answer

Spanish invaded

Question 40

What caused the end of land travel across Beringia

Accepted Answer

Ice melted and the waters rose

Question 41

A picture symbol used as part of a writing system is called a glyph

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

Why did Nicholas copernicus wait until late in his life to publish his theory of a heliocentric Universe

Accepted Answer

He risked punishment from the church

Question 43

How did Enlightenment philosophers via the status of women in European Society

Accepted Answer

There only roles were wives, mothers, and house keepers

Question 44

What was the name of the time when sheets of ice covered large portions of North America

Accepted Answer

Ice age

Question 45

Europeans began to question their religion after the discoveries of the scientific Revolution

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

How did Renaissance Architects such as Brunelleschi use past styles in their designs

Accepted Answer

Used roman forms such as columns and domes

Question 47

The French and Indian war resulted in_______ on the American colonies

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Question 48

The period of rebirth and art and learning in Europe lasting from about 1300 to 1600 was called what

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 49

What was a major cause of the French and Indian war

Accepted Answer

Ohio Valley land tension

Question 50

Who created the statue of David

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

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