World History Benchmark 1 Review

Question 1

Which of the following does NOT describe the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

It led to the rejection of the scientific method.

Question 2

The Trans-Sahara trade route would allow you to acquire gold from which empire?

Accepted Answer

Songhai

Question 3

Under mercantilist theory, does a mother country export or import more?

Accepted Answer

Export

Question 4

What is responsible for killing millions of native people in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Diseases like smallpox

Question 5

John Calvin introduced the idea of ______, which means God chooses those who will be saved.

Accepted Answer

predestination

Question 6

This building is located in what was the

Accepted Answer

Mughal Empire

Question 7

Which European country discovered a maritime trade route to India?

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 8

In the Americas, the _____ and _____ empires were conquered by Spanish explorers.

Accepted Answer

Aztec; Inca

Question 9

Queen Elizabeth I is credited with all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Sponsoring the voyage of Christopher Columbus

Question 10

Which explorer took this route?

Accepted Answer

Jacques Cartier

Question 11

For what main reason did Henry VIII break with the Church?

Accepted Answer

He wanted a divorce

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

The Crusades tore the Church into two different sects

Question 13

How did European "discovery" of the Americas impact the Incas and Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

It led to their destruction and eventual demise.

Question 14

Livestock and diseases mostly moved ______ as represented by the Columbian Exchange.

Accepted Answer

from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere

Question 15

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 16

Which group was founded to spread Catholic doctrine around the world?

Accepted Answer

Jesuits (also called the Society of Jesus)

Question 17

Which explorer took this route?

Accepted Answer

Francis Drake

Question 18

All of the following are accurate statements about exploration except

Accepted Answer

Drake circumnavigated first

Question 19

Which religion did Europeans encourage/force indigenous peoples in the Americas to convert to?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 20

The city Timbuktu was in ______

Accepted Answer

Songhai

Question 21

Who used the telescope to support the heliocentric theory?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 22

Which of the following resulted from the death of millions of native people?

Accepted Answer

African slaves were imported to work on large plantations.

Question 23

Which of the following was not exported from the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Slaves

Question 24

Which trade route is represented by the yellow-orange line in the map below?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 25

This structure is associated with

Accepted Answer

Ottoman Empire

Question 26

Which continent was NOT connected by Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 27

Which famous author is most associated with humanism?

Accepted Answer

Erasmus

Question 28

_____ refers to the transfer of plants and animals between the Old World and New World.

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 29

Muhammad, Qur'an, Five Pillars, Mecca and Medina - This list applies to what religion?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 30

da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Durer, and Erasmus were all part of the

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 31

_______ shifted the Thirty Years' War from a religious conflict to a political conflict.

Accepted Answer

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 32

Which of the following actions did Henry VIII not do?

Accepted Answer

Defeated the Spanish Armada

Question 33

Who posted the 95 Theses in 1517 and sparked the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 34

Where did princes convert to Protestantism to end the authority of the pope?

Accepted Answer

Northern Germany

Question 35

Reincarnation and karma are fundamental beliefs in what religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 36

Goods such as paper, silk, tea, porcelain, and spices were introduced to Europe from _____.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 37

The import of precious metals from the Americas led to ____ in Spain.

Accepted Answer

Inflation

Question 38

Which Renaissance artist painted this image?

Accepted Answer

da Vinci

Question 39

Siddhartha Gautama, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path - This list applies to what religion?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 40

Which place created foreign enclaves to limit European influence?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 41

Scientist Isaac Newton is credited for

Accepted Answer

Defining the laws of gravity

Question 42

Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Harvey - This list applies to which movement?

Accepted Answer

Scientific Revolution

Question 43

The Inquisition was part of the ___

Accepted Answer

Catholic Reformation

Question 44

Which of the following is not a Lutheran belief?

Accepted Answer

Predestination

Question 45

Isolation, Shogun and Powerless Emperor are terms best associated with __

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 46

Textiles were an important trade good from

Accepted Answer

Mughal India

Question 47

Which African society is located on the Horn of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 48

Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, and Pizarro all sailed for

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 49

What economic practice suggests that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 50

Africa ____________ manufactured goods.

Accepted Answer

Imported

Question 51

Hinduism and Buddhism were both located in

Accepted Answer

Southeast Asia

Question 52

Which religion follows the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 53

Which Renaissance artist sculpted this statue?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 54

Which empire is this?

Accepted Answer

Aztec

Question 55

The _____ in France granted Huguenots freedom to worship.

Accepted Answer

Edict of Nantes

Question 56

All of the following are monotheistic religions except

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 57

Officials in the Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, and Songhai all practiced this religion--

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 58

Complete the analogy---Francis Drake: Jacques Cartier

Accepted Answer

England: France

Question 59

The Hapsburgs were this religion--

Accepted Answer

Catholic

Question 60

Which of the following explorers is NOT correctly matched with the country he sailed for?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus - England

Question 61

Ten Commandments and Torah - These apply to what religion?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 62

How did the heliocentric theory replace the geocentric theory?

Accepted Answer

It stated that the sun was the center of the universe.

Question 63

What was traded along the "middle passage" of Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

African slaves

Question 64

The printing press caused all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A decrease in literacy rates

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