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A king or queen with complete authority over the government and people in a kingdom
a) absolute monarch
b) conquistador
c) school of navigation
d) encomienda

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain supported Columbus's voyage because they thought
a) great riches could be gained from a new route to Asia.
b) territories could be gained in the New World.
c) the world was flat.
d) Native Americans should learn about Christianity.

What is a tsar?
a) Russian emperor
b) conquistador
c) Queen of England
d) British spy

Referring to Christian religions that grew out of the Reformation
a) Protestant
b) Moors
c) Roman Catholic
d) Jewish

Why didn't most people in Europe buy African slaves?
a) they had enough cheap labor
b) too expensive
c) against their religion
d) African slaves weren't brought to Europe

Why were European countries looking for a new route to Asia?
a) They were tired from buying Asian goods from Italian merchants.
b) They wanted to take back the Holy Land.
c) They didn't trust Muslim merchants.
d) The existing route took long to travel.

The Aztecs finally surrendered to Cortes after
a) a fierce and bloody war.
b) Quetzalcoatl returned.
c) Pizarro's army joined the fight.
d) Cortes promised them their rights.

The first European country to carve an empire in the Americas was
a) Spain
b) France
c) England
d) Portugal

Which empire did Hernan Cortes defeat?
a) Aztec
b) Inca
c) Spanish
d) Bond County

Christopher Columbus believed he could reach India by traveling which direction?
a) west
b) east
c) south
d) north

As an absolute monarch, King Louis XIV shared power with
a) no one
b) his brother
c) his wife
d) his son

How did Queen Elizabeth I strengthen England?
a) She prevented war at home and went to war with Spain.
b) She took power away from the nobles and gave it to the people.
c) She unified the country by bringing back the Catholic religion.
d) She stopped war with France and fought a civil war.

What was one reason Portugal led Europe's exploration of the world?
a) Prince Henry opened a school for mapmakers, shipbuilders, and navigators.
b) Portugal controlled European trade with Asia.
c) Portugal supported Magellan's trip around the world.
d) Prince Henry was the first person to explore Cape Bojador.

Luther believed the key to getting into heaven was
a) faith in God.
b) obedience to the Church.
c) fighting in the Crusades.
d) giving money to the Church.

During the Middle Ages, why was life in northern Italy different from life in the rest of Europe?
a) Italians were not as closely controlled by nobles or the Church.
b) Italians were threatened by Muslim invaders.
c) Italians were controlled by popes and kings.
d) Italians were more threatened by war and disease.

Spanish conqueror
a) conquistador
b) czar
c) absolute monarch
d) renaissance

The change of religious customs caused by Martin Luther.
a) Reformation
b) Reincarnation
c) Reengineered
d) Renaissance

The belief that a king's right to rule comes directly from God.
a) divine right of kings
b) circumnavigate
c) absolute monarch
d) conquistador

To sail or fly completely around the globe.
a) circumnavigate
b) renaissance
c) reformation
d) czar

A system of thought that focuses on the nature, ideals, achievements of human beings, rather than on the divine.
a) humanism
b) encomienda
c) reformation
d) reincarnation

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