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1st Semester Benchmark Review
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1) What did navigational advancements and discovery lead to?
A
the industrial revolution
B
the Plague
C
the Middle Ages
D
international trade
2) Who were the first slaves in the New World?
A
women and children
B
Native Americans
C
Africans
D
the Spanish
3) Why did Europeans begin to bring Africans to the New World?
A
They began growing more cash crops and needed the labor
B
They began to marry the Native Americans and didn't want them working
C
The Native Americans began running away
D
The Native Americans kept dying
4) How did gunpowder help the Europeans in the New World?
A
Europeans used it to overtake the natives who didn't have gunpowder/guns
B
Europeans used it to sail quickly to the New World
C
Europeans used it to trade for materials they needed
D
Europeans used it for fireworkds to distract the natives
5) What did the New World send to Europe during the Age of Exploration?
A
manufactured goods
B
slaves
C
nothing
D
raw materials
6) Plantation colonies were mainly used by which European Mother Country?
A
Portugal
B
Britain
C
France
D
Spain
7) What is capitalism?
A
Economic system based on everyone sharing the money
B
Economic system based on government control of the money
C
Economic system based on all money going back to the Mother Country
D
Economic system based on private ownership
8) In a mercantilist economy, what happened to goods and materials that were traded?
A
they were given to the slaves
B
they were auctioned off
C
they were tarriffed
D
they were stolen
9) When the Spanish brought Christianity to Asia, what did the Asian leaders do?
A
used the Open Door Policy
B
returned to isolationism
C
used the ideas as their own
D
returned all that had been traded
10) After the French and Indian War, who got the land as the outcome of the war?
A
France
B
the Native Americans
C
Britain
D
Spain
11) How would you differentiate between an unlimited government and a limited government?
A
A limited government has restraints put on the authority by the people, unlimited gov't there isn't ability to limit the gov
B
An unlimited government has restraints put on the authority by the people, limited gov't there isn't ability to limit the gov
C
A limited government has no power for its citizens, an unlimited government has all the control with the ruler
D
An unlimited government allowes people to choose how they are ruled, limited gov't doesn't allow the citizens to have say
12) What was the cause of the Scientific Revolution?
A
advancements in religion in the 15th and 16th centuries
B
advancements in science in the 15th and 16th centuries
C
advancements in social reform in the 15th and 16th centuries
D
advancements in government in the 15th and 16th centuries
13) What does the excommunication of Galileo show?
A
the conflict between science and mathematics
B
the conflict between religion and exploration
C
the conflict between science and medicine
D
the conflict between religion (Catholic Church) and science
14) What did Galileo use to help prove the heliocentric theory?
A
a map
B
laws of motion
C
telescope
D
laws of interia
15) Whose work with the laws of gravity and the laws of motion happened during the Scientific Revolution?
A
Baron de Montesquieu
B
John Locke
C
Copernicus
D
Sir Issac Newton
16) Rousseau's Enlightenment ideas would later influence what type of governments?
A
absolute monarchy
B
constitutional monarchy
C
totalitarian governments
D
democracy
17) What caused the English Civil War?
A
Parliament would not give Oliver Cromwell a position in the government
B
Parliament tried to overthrow the king
C
Charles I locked Parliament out of their meeting place because they wanted more power
D
Charles I refused to allow Parliament to start a war with Spain
18) What did the Glorious Revolution put an end to?
A
absolute monarchy in England
B
absolute monarchy in Germany
C
absolute monarchy in France
D
absolute monarchy in America
19) Wha is the purpose of a constitution?
A
to outline the powers of the military
B
to outline the powers of the government
C
to outline the powers of the king
D
to outline the powers of religion/church
20) What did the English Bill of Rights do?
A
promoted unlimited gov't in England, monarch began to give power to citizens, and Parliament had to stop meeting
B
promoted a limited gov't in England, monarch begain sharing power with Parliament, and protected individual rights
C
promoted limited gov't in England, monarch gave up the throne, and Parliament couldn't meet anymore
D
promoted absolute monarchy in England and gave all the power to Parliament
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