Name: ___________Samya Ellington___________

Unit Four Alternate Test
33 points

Directions for submitting your alternate test: Please TYPE right onto this document. Once you answer all of the questions save this document to your computer. Then, send it to me through webmail!

Directions: Be sure to use complete sentences and proper writing mechanics when answering the short answer questions. On the matching be sure to put the letter you wish to select on the line provided. On the reading passages and map HIGHLIGHT or change the font color of the answer you wish to select.

Matching: Match the Ruler, or organization with their country of membership, or definition. Put the letter you wish to select on the line in front of the term. (2 points each)

___D__ 1. Moluccas A. Conquistador that established a Spanish colony in the New World

____B_ 2. Portuguese B. the English seized it and renamed it New York

___A___3. Hernan Cortez C. the patter of trade that connected Europe, Africa and America

____C__4. Triangular trade D. known to Europeans as the Spice Islands

__E____5. New Netherlands E. controlled the Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch

Reading Passages: Read the following passages and select the answer that best fits by highlighting or changing the color of the answer you wish to select. (2 points each)

“It is God who establishes kings. They thus act as ministers of God and His lieutenants on earth. It is through them that he rules. This is why we have seen that the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. It appears from this that the person of kings is sacred, and to move against them is a crime. Since their power comes from on high, kings… should exercise it with fear and restraint as a thing which has come to them from God, and for which God will demand an account.” –Western Civilization, Margaret L. King, 2000

6. Q: What vocabulary term directly relates to the passage above? (2 points)

a. Divine Right of Kings

b. Militant

c. Commonwealth

d. Absolutism

“Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I govern them myself. You [secretaries and ministers of state] will assist me with your counsels when I ask for them. I request and order you to seal no orders except by my command. I order you not to sign anything, not even a passport without my command; to render account to me personally each day and to favor no one.” –Louis XIV

7. Q: According to this reading passage, Louis XIV reign is classified as: (2 points)

a. Republic

b. Absolute monarch

c. Monarch

d. Military Dictatorship

Map Activity: Using the maps, please respond to the following questions. Select the answer that best fits by highlighting or changing the color of the answer you wish to select. (2 points each)

8. Q: According to the Map above where were most of the slave-gathering areas in the 1500s’1600s? (2 points)

a. East Coast of South America

b. England

c. West and Central Africa

d. West Indies

9. Q: According to the Map above where was the major concentration of slaves? (2 points)

a. Timbuktu and Mozambique

b. West Indies

c. East Coast of South America

d. Both B and C

Short Answer Questions:
Directions: ANSWER 3 of the 5 short answer questions. Choose the 3 that you can provide the strongest and most complete answer for. Use 2-4 complete sentences to answer each short answer question of your choice. You may also use bullets, or a comparison chart, if you find one of these methods easier.

Short Answer Options:
*Respond to THREE. (Worth 5 points each.)

10. How did the Gutenberg Press influence the Protestant Reformation? Provide two specific examples that support your response.

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11. Define humanism. Explain the impact that humanism had on education during the Renaissance.

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12. Identify the two groups who were at war in France during mid to late 1500’s. Why were they in conflict with one another?

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13. How did the geography of the Holy Roman Empire change after the Thirty Years’ War? Identify two newly formed states that came out of the conflict.

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14. Explain the philosophy of Absolutism. Select one of the following empires and discuss the impact of Absolutism on their political structure (France, England or Russia).

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