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1314 WH Semester Exa
1314 WH Semester Exam
Question | Answer |
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Critical thinkers have an __________mind- They change their views based on new knowledge. | Open |
What term means when someone only considers one side or favors only one side of and argument? | Bias |
Different people have different ___________. You can never really be in someone else's shoes. | Realities |
Name the seven continents. | Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia, Europe |
Name the five oceans. | Southern, Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian |
Which hemisphere is America in? | Northwest |
Which oceans have parts that are in the Northern Hemisphere? | Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian |
Which ocean completely in the Northern Hemisphere? | Arctic |
Which ocean is completely in the Southern Hemisphere? | Southern |
Which oceans touch the United States? | Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic |
What ocean feeds into the Caribbean Sea? | Atlantic |
Which continents touch the Mediterranean Sea? | Africa, Asia, Europe |
Which continents touch the Caribbean Sea? | North America, South America |
What is the most important line of longitude? | Prime Meridian |
What is the most important line of latitude? | Equator |
Which continents are intersected by the Equator? | South America, Africa (Islands are not part of Asia) |
Which continents are intersected by the Prime Meridian? | Europe, Africa, Antarctica |
Which continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere? | Australia, Antarctica |
Why would a Muslim carry a compass with them? | So they can tell which direction to pray towards. |
Which religion thinks the world is an illusion? | Buddhism |
What is the oldest religion that is still practiced today? | Hinduism |
What is the only one of the big five religions founded in CE? | Islam |
What are the three Semitic or Abrahamic religions? | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
Which religion has the most followers in the world today? | Christianity |
Which country has the most Jews today? | USA |
Which two of the big five religions believe in reincarnation? | Hinduism and Buddhism |
Who is the prophet for Buddhism aka the Buddha? | Siddhartha Gautama |
What is the holy book of Islam? | Koran |
What is the holy book of Judaism? | Torah |
What is the place of worship for a Jew? | Synagogue |
What is the place of worship for a Muslim? | Mosque |
What is the place of worship for a Buddhist? | Home shrine |
What is the place of worship for a Hindu? | Temple |
Which of the big five religions is polytheistic? | Hindusim |
Which of the big five religions are monotheistic? | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
Which of the big five religions is atheistic? | Buddhism |
Who is the prophet of Judaism? | Moses |
Which of the big five religions have the fewest followers? | Judaism |
What country was Islam founded in? | Mecca (in Saudi Arabia) |
What country was Buddhism and Hinduism founded in? | India |
Which country has the most Buddhists today? | China |
What is the purpose for life of a Muslim? | To submit to God |
What is the purpose for life of a Hindu? | To move up the Caste System through reincarnation |
What is the purpose for life of a Buddhist? | Nirvana |
What type of map shows elevation? | Topographic |
What type of map shows borders that are man-made? | Political |
What type of map shows only God-made things like mountains and rivers? | Physical |
What does "cart" mean like in the word cartographer or cartogram? | Map |
What are the Five Pillars of Islam? | Pilgrimage, Belief, Charity, Prayer, Fasting |
Latitude and Longitude measure what type of location? | Absolute |
If an author only gives one point of view, they are _______? | Biased |
What is the first thing you should read when you see a map or chart? | The title |
The Torah is also the first ________ books of the Old Testament. | Five |
Who is at the bottom of the Caste System? | Untouchables |
What is the Kabah? | A building in Mecca where Muslims pray towards. |
1. In which country did the Renaissance begin? | Italy |
2. The renaissance was a __________ of classical thought. | Rebirth |
3. The church losing influence, technological advancements and a growth of individual responsibility were all ways that ______________ influenced the renaissance. | Black Plague |
4. Humanism is a focus on the importance of the ____________. | Human/individual |
6. The ______________ is the center and measure of all things. (Humanist quote) | Human |
8. Name the three masters of the renaissance. | Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael |
9. Who was the most important family in renaissance Florence? | Medici |
10. Who was not allowed to receive an education in the renaissance? | Womern… |
11. What percentage of Europe was killed by the Bubonic Plague? | ½ to ¾ |
12. Who perfected the printing press in the renaissance? | Gutenberg |
13. Which country was the first to start exploring by sea? | Portugal |
14. What were the three Gs that describe why people explore? | God, glory, gold |
15. What term means the more money your country makes the more powerful it is? | Mercantilism |
16. Which country dominated the Aztecs and Incas during the age of exploration? | Spain (conquistadors) |
17. What was the Columbia Exchange? | Trade stuff from EUR to US and vice versa. Horses, tobacco, maters, taters |
18. The ______-American’s culture was taken over by Europeans during the age of exploration. | Meso (middle) |
19. Which explorer used disease to defeat the Incans of Peru? | Pizzarro |
20. Who was the leader of Portugal that pushed for sea exploration? | Prince Henry the Navigtor |
21. What does cartography mean? | Map maker |
22. Where did Columbus think he was when he landed in the Americas? | India |
23. Where was Columbus from? Who did he sail for? | From Italy sailed for spain |
24. What language do people in Brazil speak today? | Portuguese |
25. What was the Line of Demarcation? Who drew it? | Split between SPn and Por. Pope |
26. When a parent country controls another country, what do we call it? | Colonization |
27. Which three continents were involved in the triangle trade? | Americas, EUR, AFR |
28. What do we call the part of the triangle trade that brought slaves to the Americas? | Middle Passage |
29. What was the main reason Europeans began to explore in India and Asia? What did the Europeans want? | Spices |
30. What was the name of Spain’s great naval fleet? | Armada |
31. Where were the Aztecs centered? Where were the Incas centered? | Aztecs= Mexico Inca = Peru |
33. People from which continent benefited most from colonization of the Americas? | Europeans |
34. European countries experienced wide-spread____________ due to the amount of gold coming in from the Americas in the 16 and 1700s. | Inflation |
9=A Norwegian explorer of about the year 1000 who is said to have discovered a place in North America called Vinland.9 | Leif Ericson |
11=A Portuguese navigator of the sixteenth century. His crew was the first to sail around the Earth, although he was killed on the voyage11 | Ferdinand Magellan |
15=Name the man who sailed for The Dutch East India Company on the Half Moon and claimed New York for the Dutch.15 | (Henry) Hudson |
16=Who led a Spanish exploration of the southeastern United States in 1539, discovering the Mississippi River?16 | (Hernando) De Soto |
21=Name this man who was instrumental in Portugalís exploration of the world.21 | Prince Henry the Navigator |
27=What English explorer discovered the Hawaiian Islands and established the first European colony in Australia?27 | (James) Cook |
29=What Portuguese sailor was the first European to find a sea route to India?29 | (Vasco) Da Gama |
39=Who was the French explorer who founded Quebec?39 | (Samuel de) Champlain |
41=Who was the English explorer who searched for a Northwest Passage?41 | (John) Cabot |
44=Name the Italian explorer who was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China.44 | Marco Polo |
49=This man explored for both Spain and Portugal and America is named for him.49 | (Amerigo) Vespucci |
50=This Portuguese sailor became the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa.50 | (Bartholomeu) Dias |
59=Name the Englishman who gained a royal charter to found the settlement of Roanoke, located on an island off the coast of North Carolina.59 | (Sir Walter) Raleigh |