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World Civ Exam 2
This is for the Exam on Monday, October 17th.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 5. One trait of humanists is that they saw less importance in _____________. | Religion/the Church |
| 6. The ______________ is the center and measure of all things. (Humanist quote) | Human |
| 7. Name the humanities from the renaissance. | Grammar, rhetoric (speaking), poetry, history |
| 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 (SA) |
| 32. Between the following, which area was first explored by Europeans more thouroughly? Canada, US, South and Central America | South and Central America |
| 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 |
| (Brock will answer) What is one way that the Renaissance led to the age of exploration? | Technology, more money, individualism |
| (Brock will answer) What are the three similarities shared among the renaissance and the age of exploration? | Individualism, need to learn, rich benefit most |
| 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 |
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