WHII Winter Midterm 2011 M. Lynde 2011
1. WHII.2a What empire of the 1500’s is indicated by the shaded area on the map?
- Ottoman
- Songhai
- Mughal
- Russian
2. WHII.2a According to the map, the Mughal Empire in 1605, during the reign of Akbar was located in
A)southern India
B)northern India
C)Deccan
D)Safavid
3. WHII.2a What African empire of the 1500’s is indicated by the shaded area on the map?
- Axum
- Zimbabwe
- Songhai
- Niger
4. WHII.2a On the map, what empire is located in the shaded area?
A)Aztec
B)Incan
C)Songhai
D)Mayan
5. WHII.2a On the map, what empire is indicated by the shaded area?
A)Aztec
B)Mayan
C)Songhai
D)Incan
6. WHII.2aWhat number represents the nation of England?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
7. WHII.2aWhat number represents the nation of France?
A)1
B)2
C)3
D)5
Correct answer(s): D
Correct answer(s): C 8. WHII.2aWhat number represents the nation of Russia?
A)1
B)2
C)5
D)4
Correct answer(s): A 9. WHII.2aWhat number represents the nation of Germany?
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5
10. WHII.2aUsing the map, number 5 represents what European nation in 1500?
A) Russia
B) Ottoman Empire
C) France
D) Spain
11. WHII.2b This word means rebirth.
A) bubonic
B) perspective
C) humanism
D) renaissance
12. WHII.2b Who wrote Praise of Folly which criticized the Catholic church?
A) Michelangelo
B) Dante
C) Holbein
D) Erasmus
13.WHII.2b What was “reborn” during the Renaissance?
A) printing press
B) Catholic Church
C) classical knowledge
D) capitalism
14. WHII.2b The Renaissance spread from the _?_ city-states to _?_ Europe.
A) Italian, northern
B) Dutch, southern
C) French, western
D) Egyptian, eastern
15. WHII.2b Where did the Renaissance begin?
A) France
B) Italian city states
C) Britain
D) German city states
16. WHII.2b Which Renaissance author wrote plays and sonnets?
A) Dante
B) Erasmus
C) Michelangelo
D) Shakespeare
Correct answer(s): D
17.WHII.2b All of the following plays were written by William Shakespeare EXCEPT
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Praise of Folly
C) Richard III
D) Midsummer Night’s Dream
Correct answer(s): B
18.WHII.2b Who painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
A) Michelangelo
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Albrecht Durer
D) Raphael
19. WHII.2b Who sculpted the Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
A) Raphael
B) Michelangelo
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Hans Holbein
20. WHII.2b What civilizations inspired the Renaissance?
A) France and Italy
B) Greece and Rome
C) England and Spain
D) Germany and Netherlands
Correct answer(s): B
21.WHII.2b A person who studied the classical works of ancient Greece and Rome to better understand the world is a
A) patron
B) perspective
C) sonnet
D) humanist
22. WHII.2b Of the following, which would a humanist not believe?
A) Humans should enjoy themselves each day and feel fulfilled.
B) All people have dignity and worth.
C) There is such a thing as an ideal person, one who excels in many areas.
D) Humans are born bad and must strive their entire lives for God’s forgiveness.
Correct answer(s): D
23.WHII.2b If you were described as a true Renaissance person today, you would be a(n)
A) general of a powerful army.
B) ruler of a nation.
C) artist of portraits
D) well rounded and successful person in many fields.
24.WHII.2b How did the ideas of the Renaissance spread in the Eastern Hemisphere?
A) From Western Europe, east into Asia
B) From North Africa, north into Europe
C) From Northern Italy, north into the rest of Europe
D) From Northern Europe, south into Africa
25. WHII.2c In the year 1500, Europe was mostly
A) Islamic.
B) Hindu.
C) Christian.
D) Jewish.
Correct answer(s): C
26.WHII.2c Which of the following religions is paired correctly with its area of geographical strength in the year 1500?
A) Judaism-Israel and North America
B) Christianity-North and South America
C) Hinduism-India and part of Southeast Asia
D) Buddhism-India and the Middle East
Correct answer(s): C
Correct answer(s): A
Correct answer(s): C
27. WHII.2c What religion was practiced in southern Europe and parts of Asia and Africa in the 1500’s?
A) Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Hinduism
D) Judaism
Correct answer(s): B
28. WHII.2c What religion was practiced in India and part of Southeast Asia in the 1500’s?
A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
29. WHII.2c What major world religion was concentrated in the 1500’s in areas 1 and 4 on the map?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
30.WHII.2c What major world religion was practiced in the 1500’s in areas 2, 3, and 4 on the map?
A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
31.WHII.2c What major world religion was practiced in the 1500’s in areas 5 and 6 on the map?
A) Judaism
B) Christianity
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
32. WHII.2c What major world religion was practiced in the 1500’s in areas 6 and 7 on the map?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
33.WHII.2d By 1500, all of the following continents were linked by trade routes EXCEPT
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Australia
D) Europe
34. WHII.2d In the 1500’s what was traded across the Trans-Saharan trade route?
A) silk and spices
B) furs and amber
C) fish and wool
D) gold and salt
35. WHII.2e All of the following were traded along the Silk Road from the East EXCEPT
A) silk
B) porcelain
C) paper
D) wool
Correct answer(s): D
36. WHII.2eFrom which civilizations did Europe gain its number system?
A) Arabs and Indian
B) Songhai and Mughal
C) Greeks and Romans
D) Chinese and Russian
37. WHII.3a The religious movement of the 1500’s which split the Catholic Church into Protestant and Catholic faiths was the
A) Renaissance
B) Counter Reformation
C) Reformation
D) Enlightenment
38. WHII.2eWhat kind of items would you buy/trade along the routes on the map?
A) silk, porcelain
B) gold, salt
C) spices,tea
D) fur, amber
39.WHII.2eUsing the map, what kind of items would you buy/trade along route 3?
A) silk, porcelain
B) gold, salt
C) spices, tea
D) fur, amber
Correct answer(s): C
40. WHII.3a Who began the Protestant Reformation?
A) Martin Luther
B) John Calvin
C) Henry VIII
D) Elizabeth I
41. Correct answer(s): A
WHII.3a Lutheranism emphasized all of the following beliefs EXCEPT
A) all humans are equal before God
B) the use of the Bible as the ultimate authority
C) the achievement of salvation by faith alone
D) all Bibles should be written in Latin
Correct answer(s): D
42. WHII.3a What was the first Protestant religion?
A) Calvinist
B) Catholic
C) Lutheran
D) Anglican
Correct answer(s): C
43. WHII.3a The sale of indulgences was an example of corruption in the Catholic Church. This led to the
A) Protestant Reformation
B) Renaissance
C) Enlightenment
D) Catholic Reformation
44. WHII.3a All of the following are examples of corruption in the Catholic Church before the Reformation EXCEPT
A) sale of indulgences
B) worldly priests
C) sale of church offices
D) leadership of pope
45. WHII.3a According to the doctrine of predestination,
A) God determines who will obtain salvation
B) salvation can only be achieved through good works
C) salvation can be achieved only through faith
D) God determines who will be the king
Correct answer(s): A
46.WHII.3a All of the following are Protestant faiths EXCEPT
A) Lutheranism
B) Catholicism
C) Calvinism
D) Anglicanism
Correct answer(s): B
47.WHII.3a Martin Luther first stated the problems within the Catholic Church in the
A) Edict of Nantes
B) Peace of Augsburg
C) Thirty Years War
D) 95 Theses
Correct answer(s): D
48.WHII.3a After Martin Luther’s break with the Catholic Church, who was the reformer who expanded the Protestant Reformation?
A) Richelieu
B) John Calvin
C) Charles V
D) Elizabeth I
49. WHII.3a Which of the following is not a true statement about the Catholic Church in the early 1500’s?
A) The wealth of merchants challenged the Church’s view of usury
B) German and English nobility disliked Italian domination of the Church
C) The Church’s wealth and political power caused conflicts in Europe
D) The Catholic and Orthodox Churches made plans to unite
50.WHII.3a Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) he wanted the Catholic Church’s wealth and land in England
B) he wanted to change the ceremony of the Catholic Church
C) he wanted a male heir to the throne
D) he wanted to divorce his wife
Correct answer(s): B
51. WHII.3a To lend money at high rates of interest is called what?
A) usury
B) predestination
C) theses
D) indulgences
Correct answer(s): A
52. WHII.3a The sale of these triggered the events which led to the Protestant Reformation.
A) sacraments
B) baptisms
C) predestinations
D) indulgences
53. WHII.3a The Act of Supremacy established the _?_ as the head of the Anglican church.
A) Archbishop of Canterbury
B) pope
C) monarch
D) Duke of York
54. WHII.3a In the 1500’s, conflicts often erupted which challenged the authority of the Church in Rome. All of the following were reasons for the conflicts EXCEPT
A) Italian domination of the Church
B) Church’s political power
C) Church corruption
D) Devotion of priests
55. WHII.3a What is the name given to Christians who left the Catholic Church during the Reformation to join new churches?
A) Reformists
B) Protestants
C) Orthodox Christians
D) Jesuits
Correct answer(s): B
56.WHII.3a How would John Calvin most likely explain his religious beliefs to you?
A) “God wants all people to be happy, so true Christian worship should be once a week and involve joyous singing, dancing, and feasting!”
B) “All humans are predestined by God to go to heaven or hell. However, a man might lose his chance to go to heaven if he is wicked, so he must never drink, gamble or dance!”
C) “God believes all people are beautiful and will arrive in heaven if they have faith!”
D) “All humans are born evil. If they wish to be spared hell, they must give all of their money to the church so that they can be forgiven their sins!”
57. WHII.3b Where did the majority of the Thirty Years War take place?
A) France
B) Eastern Europe
C) Germany and Central Europe
D) North Africa
“Unless I am convicted by scripture and plain reason—I do not accept the authority of popes and councils for they have contradicted each other—my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. God help me. Amen.”
58. WHII.3a According to the reading, what is Luther’s response to the Diet of Worms’ commands?
A)he accepts their demands
B)he will not recant his writings
C)he will write more books
D)he accepts their authority
59. WHII.3b Ignatius of Loyola was the founder and leader of
A) the Anglicans.
B) the Flagellates.
C) the Society of Jesus.
D) the Huguenots.
60. WHII.3a What would be the title of this graphic?
A)Faiths of the Protestant Reformation
B)New Counter Reformation Faiths
C)Reforms of the Counter Reformation
D)Beliefs of John Calvin
61. WHII.3b Who were the Huguenots?
A) French followers of John Calvin
B) Catholic missionaries who spread Catholicism into Africa
C) Strict Lutherans who made independent communities in Eastern Europe
D) Followers of Henry VIII
Correct answer(s): A
62. WHII.3b What was the importance of the Edict of Nantes?
A) It started the Thirty Years’ War, destroying much of Germany.
B) It established the Anglican Church.
C) It created the Society of Jesus and single-handedly prevented the collapse of the Catholic Church.
D) It allowed Huguenots the freedom to worship, making France peaceful.
63. WHII.3b All of the following are true statements about the Thirty Years War EXCEPT
A)it made the pope the strongest ruler in Europe
B)it began as a war between German Protestants and Catholics
C)it was a religious war that became political
D)it devastated and divided the German states
64.Correct answer(s): A WHII.3b The Catholic Church’s attempt to reform the Church and reassert its authority led to the
A) Reformation
B) Renaissance
C) Counter Reformation
D) Thirty Years War
65. WHII.3b As Europe divided into Catholic and Protestant states, what began to happen?
A) large religious wars
B) people could choose whatever religion they wanted
C) more people stopped attending church
D) princes lost power
Correct answer(s): A
66. WHII.3b All of the following were aims of the Counter Reformation EXCEPT
A) to stop the spread of Protestantism
B) to introduce Calvinist teachings in Germany
C) to establish seminaries to train clergy
D) to retain the elaborate rituals of Church services
Correct answer(s): B
67. WHII.3b The special court used by the Catholic Church to try and punish heretics was the
A) Index
B) Inquisition
C) Huguenot
D) Indulgence
68. WHII.3b What document granted freedom of worship to the Huguenots?
A) Peace of Augsburg
B) Edict of Nantes
C) Diet of Worms
D) Act of Supremacy
Correct answer(s): B
69. WHII.3b This dynasty approved the Peace of Augsburg under the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and always supported the Catholic Church.
A) Tudor
B) Stuart
C) Romanov
D) Hapsburg
70Correct answer(s): D
. WHII.3b Protestantism enabled princes in northern Germany to
A) declare themselves head of a national church
B) end the authority of the pope in their states
C) remain in close contact with the Jesuits in the New World
D) tax the Italians instead of being taxed themselves
71. WHII.3b Cardinal Richelieu was
A)the first to propose the adoption of democracy in Europe.
B)a great, all powerful German king.
C)a Protestant leader who encouraged the end of absolute monarchy.
D)the creator of absolutism in France who sided with the Protestants in the Thirty Years War.
72. WHII.4a Of the following, which was not a reason why Europeans went exploring?
A) They hoped to learn valuable skills and knowledge from the people they had not yet met.
B) They wanted to convert non-Christians to the European religions.
C) They desired gold and trade to increase their wealth.
D) They wanted to increase the glory and stature of their kingdoms by establishing empires; individual explorers wanted honor for their expeditions.
Correct answer(s): A
73. WHII.4a What was the importance of the astrolabe to explorers?
A) It was a weapon that natives could not fight against allowing for faster conquering of the New World.
B) It was a device which allowed ships to withstand high winds and rough seas, so it make long voyages possible.
C) It indicated an explorer’s latitude on a map so they would not get lost.
D) It helped predict storms at sea, thus sparing many ships from being destroyed in foul weather.
74WHII.4a The word circumnavigation refers to:
A) using a map and compass to move across an ocean.
B) making a complete trip around the world, starting and stopping at the same point.
C) becoming hopelessly lost at sea and simply following the ocean currents.
D) sailing around all seven continents.
75. WHII.4a Which two European countries were the first to explore new lands?
A) Spain and Portugal
B) England and France
C) France and Spain
D) Italy and Germany
Correct answer(s): A
76. WHII.4a Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Hernando Cortez
Correct answer(s): D
77. WHII.4a Which explorer is credited with the “discovery” of the New World?
A) Jacques Cartier
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Sir Francis Drake
Correct answer(s): C
78.WHII.4a Who sent out expeditions to explore the coast of Africa and established a school to train explorers in the art of navigation?
A)Prince Henry
B)Henry VIII
C)Philip II
D)Charles V
79. WHII.4a His expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world, proving the world was round.
A) Sir Francis Drake
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) Vasco da Gama
Correct answer(s): C
80. WHII.4a Who was the English sea dog who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth?
A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) John Cabot
D) Sir Francis Drake
Correct answer(s): D
89. 81. WHII.4a Which of the following explorers is not correctly matched with his sponsoring country?
A) Vasco da Gama=Portugal
B) Ferdinand Magellan=Netherlands
C) Sir Francis Drake=England
D) Jacques Cartier=France
82. WHII.4a Which of the following BEST explains why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?
A) They wanted to conquer more people.
B) They wanted to spread Christianity.
C) They wanted to find new trade routes.
D) They wanted to test new navigational tools.
83. WHII.4aWho went to the Andes and by trickery and force conquered the Incas?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Hernando Cortez
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Jacques Cartier
84. WHII.4a What event encouraged the Atlantic nations to look for new maritime trade routes to the East?
A) Fall of Rome to the barbarian tribes
B) Greed of Spanish kings
C) Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks
D) English privateers stealing Spanish gold
85. WHII.4b Which statement does not explain the role of religion during the Age of Exploration?
A) Colonists wanted to escape religious persecution in Europe.
B) Christians spread their culture and language as well as their religious beliefs.
C) It was the moral duty of Christians to spread Christianity.
D) Explorers gained indulgences if they spread religion.
86. WHII.4a According to the map, in which areas did the Spanish not conquer lands?
A)South America
B)North America
C)Caribbean
D)Africa
87. WHII.4a According to the map, where did Portugal not conquer lands during the Age of Exploration?
A)Africa
B)Asia
C)South America
D)North America
88. WHII.4b What was the MAIN goal of European missionaries in the New World?
A) To convert indigenous people to Christianity
B) To spread western civilization
C) To teach native people about health care
D) To learn from the natives in the New World
89. WHII.4c What country was the first to explore the coastline of Africa, set up trading posts, and discover the Cape of Good Hope on its way to India?
A) England
B) Portugal
C) Spain
D) Italy
Correct answer(s): B