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Alexis SocStdy Exam
Alexis Social Study Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper? | Leonardo da Vinci |
| The exchange of goods such as food and animals between the Americas and Europe is called what? | The Colombian Exchange |
| To sail all the way around the world? | Circumnavigate |
| What explorer wanted to get to Asia by sailing west | Christopher Columbus |
| Portuguese explorer who travel around the Cape of Good Hope? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| The intellectual movement that renewed the interest in the arts, social, scientific, and political ideas of ancient Rome and Greece. | Renaissance |
| An economic system systems in which a country uses colonies to obtain raw materials to make new products. The colonies would also serve a new markets that could trade only with the ruling country. | Mercantilism |
| The first permanent English colony in the America was? | Jamestown |
| He was called the Navigator because he opened a school for sailing and funded many sailing expeditions in search of a water route to Asia. | Prince Henry |
| Raphael was famous for his paintings of who? | Mary |
| Was the first to challenge the popular belief of the time that the Earth was the center of the universe. | Copernicus |
| The technique of creating an illusion that objects in painting are closer or further from the viewer. | perspective |
| The Renaissance began in the mid-1400's in what European country? | Italy |
| People that broke away from the Catholic Church during the Reformation were called? | Protestants |
| During the Renaissance the Catholic Church was criticized for selling? | Indulgences |
| What was Johannes Gutenberg's famous invention and what happen impact did it have on Europe during the Renaissance? | He invented the printing press, the major impact it had on Europe was that books becomes more affordable for the educated middle class |
| The events occurred in Boston British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonies who harassing the soldiers | Boston Massacre |
| Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party? | Sons of Liberty |
| The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date? | July 4, 1776 |
| After the Americas defeated the British at this battle, the French decided to ally themselves with American Colonies | Saratoga |
| American General George Washington trapped the British in _______________ and forced them to surrender. It was the site of the last battle major battle of the American Revolution. | Yorktown |
| What country controlled Haiti at the time of their revolution? | France |
| The Haitian rebellion was led by an escaped slaved named? | Toussaint L'Overture |
| This man was the leader of the Sons of Liberty? | Samuel Adams |
| After their successful rebellion from France, ____________ became the first independent country on Latin America | Haiti |
| This man began the Mexican revolution when he called for Mexicans to revolt against Spain: | Miguel Higalgo |
| This famous revolutionary is named "The Liberator" | Simon Bolivar |
| At the beginning of the French Revolution what type of government did France have? | Monarchy |
| A type of government in which a king, queen, or emperor has total power : | Monarch |
| The group of advisers to King Louis XVI of France was called the: | Estates General |
| The start of the French Revolution, a mob of people attacked the ______________ a prison in Paris to steal the weapons stored inside. | Bastille |
| The National Assembly issued a document that stated that all men are created equal and have certain rights. This document is called: | Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizens |
| In 1792, the French government was forced changed into a __________ when the King was stripped of all his power. | Republic |
| In 1799, ____________ overthrew the French government and named himself Emperor of France. | Napoleon |
| France's empire began to collapse when they invaded which country? | Russia |
| Napoleon's army was finally defeated at which battle? | Waterloo |
| After Napoleon was defeated, he was banished to the island of ___________ in the Atlantic Ocean | St. Helena |
| The change from human and animal to machine power was known as the: | Industrial Revolution |
| The invention of the _________ started the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain | Steam engine |
| Grouping machine together in one place was called the: | Factory System |
| He created the steam powered train: | Stephenson |
| An American inventor who created the first steamboat? | Fulton |
| Children had to work in factories picking up loose cotton that fell under machines. Children with this job were called: | Scavengers |
| This was used as the main source fuel to power the factories during the Industrial Revolution | Coal |
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