Transcript Answer A

UNIT V TEST
Emergence of the Modern World
(Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration,
Colonies, New Patterns Trade,
Absolutism and Enlightenment)
Test – 5/5/2014
Regular Classes may make a 3x5 index
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What South American civilization created huge designs
on the desert floor?
a. Aztecs
c. Nazca
b. Inca
d. Maya
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Answer
C
Which of the following occurred as a result of Martin
Luther’s stand against indulgences?
a. Lutheranism spread first to England and Scotland, then to
France and Italy.
b. The Protestant Reformation began.
c. Germany rejected Lutheranism and remained Roman
Catholic.
d. Henry VIII started a new religion in England called
Anabaptism.
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Answer
B
Which of the following were especially skilled builders of
temples, forts, and roads?
a. the Olmec
b. the Aztecs
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c. the Incas
d. the Maya
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C
Who wrote “Man is born free but everywhere is in
chains”?
a. Locke
b. Montesquieu
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c. Rousseau
d. Voltaire
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C
An increase in business activity due to colonization caused
which of the following?
a. Banks in Europe closed as more Europeans settled in
colonies.
b. Opportunities for investing decreased.
c. The development of capitalism in Europe was delayed.
d. A new class of wealthier merchants emerged in Europe.
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Answer
D
The Ninety-five Theses were written in Latin because
a. they were intended for church leaders.
b. Latin was the vernacular.
c. Luther intended them for a mass audience.
d. Luther could not write in any other language.
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Answer
a
How did the French and Indian war effect the relationship
between the American colonies and the English government?
a. led to resentment between
the colonies and England
b. the American colonies
turned to the French for
support
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c. caused taxes to be raised in
the colonies to pay for war
debt
d. both a and c
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D
The Spanish colonial economy was based largely on
a. exports of Native American weaving and pottery.
b. fur and fish trading.
c. the mining of gold and silver.
d. tobacco farming.
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Answer
c
The Aztec Empire grew wealthy through
a. rich farmland and control of excellent hunting ground.
b. rich natural resources.
c. tribute and trade.
d. the sale of slaves.
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Answer
C
The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to
a. find a water route around Africa to India.
b. discover new lands.
c. spread Christianity.
d. explore the coast of Africa.
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Answer
A
Who argued that people had a right to overthrow a
government that does not protect their natural rights?
a. Locke
b. Voltaire
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c. Newton
d. Hobbes
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A
Ulrich Zwingli founded a church in Switzerland that had
which of these at its base?
a. theocracy
b. humanism
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c. democracy
d. secularism
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A
What was the consequence of the Maya practicing slash and
burn agriculture?
a. farming provided for all of
their needs
b. the Maya replanted the areas
that were deforested which
allowed for them to flourish
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c. they were able to sustain their
civilization
d. through deforestation the
Maya damaged their
environment which led to their
decline
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D
What was one consequence of the Gutenberg’s invention of
the printing press?
a. slowed down the spread of
c. printed material became more
information
expensive
b. allowed information to spread d. literacy rates decreased
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Answer
B
Sailors could calculate their location based on the position
of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon with the
a. compass.
b. caravel.
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c. astrolabe.
d. nautical map.
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C
French settlers in Canada were mainly
a. traders.
b. conquistadors.
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c. farmers.
d. slaveholders.
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A
The ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French
explorers was to
a. find a short southern route to
Africa.
b. find gold and silver in the
Americas.
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c. colonize North America.
d. find a passage to Asia.
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D
One outcome of the Council of Trent was that
a. Lutherans rebelled against Church decrees in Sweden and
established a theocracy.
b. the distinction between Catholicism and Protestantism
blurred.
c. Austria and Poland returned to the Catholic Church.
d. Charles Borromeo helped return most of Germany to the
Catholic Church.
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Answer
B
Which of the following writers described life in nature as
“solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. John Locke
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c. William and Mary
d. Samuel Pepys
Answer
A
During the rise of capitalism, European investors willingly
took the risk of investing in overseas trade because
a. the rising demand for goods drove prices higher.
b. their governments rewarded them with political appointments
overseas.
c. they were committed to spreading Christianity around the globe.
d. they objected to new food products being introduced in their
home countries.
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Answer
A
Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for
labor because
a. African slaves were less expensive than Native American
slaves.
b. Aztecs refused to work on plantations.
c. they believed Native Americans were not human.
d. disease had killed millions of Native Americans.
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Answer
D
Which of the following best describes the food exchange
between Europe and the Americas?
a. Europeans brought wheat, sugar, and sheep to the Americas, and
took corn, potatoes, and turkeys to Europe.
b. Europeans brought squash, peanuts, and tobacco to the
Americas, and took sheep, turkeys, and pigs to Europe.
c. Europeans brought tomatoes, potatoes, and wheat to the
Americas, and took horses, beans, and rubber to Europe.
d. Europeans brought coffee, corn, and potatoes to the Americas,
and took rice, wheat, and oranges to Europe.
Answer
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A
Which of the following was one result of the Treaty of
Tordesillas?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Spain took control of Brazil.
The Portuguese Empire was larger than the Spanish Empire.
The British Empire was larger than the Portuguese Empire.
The Spanish Empire was larger than the Portuguese Empire.
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Answer
D
Who became known as the Sun King?
a. Louis XIII
b. Louis XIV
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c. Henry IV
d. Cardinal Richelieu
Answer
B
Mercantilists would advocate that a nation do which of the
following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Buy more goods than it sells to foreign countries.
Sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries.
Import more goods than it exports.
Remove all barriers to free trade.
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Answer
B
Which of the following was a challenge to the French
monarchy’s philosophy of “one king, one law, one religion”?
a. absolute monarchy
b. the Catholic Church
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c. the Huguenots
d. German princes
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C
The economy of New France was based on
a. cottage industries.
b. fish and fur trading.
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c. gold and silver mining.
d. cotton farming.
Answer
B
Scholars estimate that how much of all food crops grown
around the world today are of American origin?
a. one-tenth
b. two-thirds
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c. one-half
d. one-third
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D
What led to the downfall of both the Inca Empire and the
Aztec Empire?
a.
b.
c.
d.
climate change
the arrival of Spanish explorers
internal warfare between city-states
a massive meteor that caused catastrophic damage
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Answer
B