World History: Renaissance to Imperialism
Final Exam Review
Identification:
Chapter 15: Renaissance and Reformation:
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____ 4. An era of remarkable developments in art, literature, and learning
____ 5. Movement that emphasized the possibilities of individual accomplishments and the potential of the
human mind
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____ 7. Having a worldly rather than a spiritual focus
____ 8. Beliefs that oppose the church’s official teachings
____ 9. A government in which church and state are one
____ 10. Religious doctrine that states God has already determined who will be saved
____ 11. English monarch who broke with the Catholic Church
____ 12. Protestant reformer known for preaching the doctrine of predestination
____ 13. Sculptor and painter famous for the statue David and the Pieta
____ 14. Painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
____ 15. English monarch who firmly established England as Protestant with the Supremacy Act
____ 16. The greatest English writer of the Renaissance who was inspired by ancient Greek and Roman
writers
____ 17. The School of Athens is his most famous work
____ 18. Flemish school artist whose paintings showed extreme attention to detail as well as symbolism
____ 19. Author of Utopia about a perfect, nonexistent society
____ 20. Founder of the Jesuits who focused on spirituality and service
____ 21. Economic policy that called for nations to gain wealth in order to build a strong military and
expand influence
Chapter 16 Age of Exploration and Expansion:
____ 22. Travel completely around the world
____ 23. Brought Africans to the Americas to be sold as slaves
____ 24. Grants of money given by governments for purposes such as helping people start new businesses
____ 25. A light fast sailing ship with a rudder and lateen sails
____ 26. Estates where cash crops like sugar or tobacco were grown
____ 27. Economic system in which private individuals rather than governments perform most of the
economic activity, with the goal of making a profit
____ 28. Spanish system in which a colonist received land and was required to convert the Native
Americans to Christianity
____ 29. Officials who ruled large areas of Spain’s American colonies in the king’s name
____ 30. Spanish military leaders who fought against the native peoples of the Americas
____ 31. The first European to reach India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope
____ 32. Led an expedition to Peru and conquered the Inca Empire
____ 33. Ruler of Inca Empire killed by Spanish invaders led by Pizarro
____ 34. Patron and supporter of explorers
____ 35. The first European to lead an expedition that reached the Pacific Ocean
____ 36. Italian sailor who traveled west to reach China but discovered islands in the Caribbean instead
____ 37. Concluded that what Columbus had discovered was not Asia but a new land
____ 38. Spanish priest who criticized treatment of Native Americans, suggesting that slaves from Africa be
used as laborers instead
____ 39. Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
____ 40. Spanish explorer and conqueror of Mexico’s Aztec empire
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Chapter 19 and 20: Enlightenment and Revolution
A forced transfer of power
rulers inspired by Enlightenment ideas to make social reforms
A sense of identity and unity as a people
Social gatherings at which writers, artists, and thinkers discussed their ideas
A question put before all voters
an arrangement between individuals and their government
an execution device that drops a sharp, heavy blade through the victim’s neck
A revolution against a government established by a revolution
City-dwelling merchants, factory owners, and professionals
People favoring extreme change
Argued in favor of separation of power and checks and balances in government
English scientist who developed the universal laws of gravity and motion
Leader of the Jacobins who’s policies led to the Reign of Terror
French scholar who used thought that everything should be doubted until it could be proven by
reason
Commander of the British navy who defeated Napoleon at Trafalgar
Witty French writer who wrote Candide about the search for enlightenment
Ambitious military leader who became emperor of France
Scottish economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations
English Author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Austrian Prince who strongly influenced policy decision making at the Congress of Vienna
Chapter 25: Age of Imperialism
Established by English-speaking Indians that organized a boycott of British goods
Allowed American ships to stop at two Japanese ports
Movement that opposed the Qing dynasty after many believed it had lost the mandate of heaven
Benefited European countries at the expense of China
Belief that certain nations or races are more “fit” than others
Hindi word for “rule”; term used for the era of British rule in India
Meeting during which European leaders established rules for dividing up Africa among them
Began in China in 1899 with attacks on Christians and foreigners
The right of British citizens accused of crimes to be tried in British courts
Declaration that the United States would use military force to protect U.S. interests and maintain
stability in Latin America
Revolutionary who led a band of peasants against the Mexican government
Philippine rebel leader who felt betrayed when the Untied States did not grant the Philippines
independence
Radical who called for overthrow of the Qing dynasty and creation of a ruling national party
Ethiopian emperor who undertook a program of modernization and defeated an Italian invasion
Reformer of the 1820s who felt that the British were violating the Indian people’s rights
Popular leader who dominated politics for 30 years after Mexico’s independence from Spain
English advocate of Social Darwinism who believed that a railway could bring the benefits of
civilization to all Africans
Exiled Cuban nationalist who urged Cubans to continue to fight for independence
Zulu leader who created a strong kingdom by defeating neighboring peoples
Belgian king who claimed the Congo Fee State in Central Africa for himself
Critical Thinking
Chapter 15: Renaissance and Reformation
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Why did Europe became a feudal society?
Why were many of the written works created during the Early Middle Ages religious texts?
What were the effects of the Black Death?
What was the purpose of art in the Middle Ages?
What was the Magna Carta?
What is vernacular?
What was the importance of Italian city-states to the Renaissance?
How did Renaissance artists represent three-dimensional objects on flat paper?
What is Humanism?
Why were The Ninety-five Theses written in Latin?
What occurred as a result of Martin Luther’s stand against indulgences?
Who advanced the idea that “the end justifies the means”?
Why has Johannes Gutenberg’s invention been described as revolutionary ?
How did the work of the Flemish School differ from Italian Renaissance painting?
Ulrich Zwingli founded a church in Switzerland that had what at its base?
What was resolved at The Council of Trent?
Chapter 16: Exploration and Expansion
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1. How could Sailors calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to
the horizon?
2. What was the ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers?
3. What was the ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French explorers?
4. What was Mercantilism?
5. Why did some Native Americans helped Cortés?
6. Who were the conquistadors?
7. Why did planters in the Americas begin to use African slaves for labor?
8. How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?
9. What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Chapter 19 and 20: Enlightenment and Revolution
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What did the French National Assembly swear with the Tennis Court Oath?
What were the broad powers of the Committee of Public Safety?
Napoleon’s coup d’état overthrew the ____ to establish his consulate.
Who defeated Napoleon in his final battle?
How did the Russians defeat Napoleon’s superior Grand Army ?
Where did the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoleon?
Until the Scientific Revolution, what were the traditional authorities?
Whose scientific theories brought him into direct conflict with the Church?
Who argued that people had a right to overthrow a government that does not protect their natural
rights?
Who wrote “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains”?
How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?
Who proposed the geocentric theory?
Which of the following published a book supporting the heliocentric theory?
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Who wrote that without government, people’s lives were “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?
What was written by Denis Diderot in order to promote knowledge?
Who wrote Two Treatises on Government?
Why did the French and Indian War lead to increased taxes on Britain’s American colonies?
Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Why did delegates meet at a Constitutional Convention in 1787?
Why was the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
Chapter 25: Imperialism
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What was the immediate cause of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Before 1858, British imperialism in India was carried out by what company?
Following the Civil War in the United States, Britain relied on India for which raw material?
What was the Treaty of Nanjing
As the Chinese military weakened in the late 1800s, which countries rushed to claim more territory
in China?
Who controlled the spice trade in Southeast Asia starting in the 1600s and 1700s?
What were the political motives driving the new European imperialism in Africa?
What allowed European nations to extend their control over Asia and Africa after 1800?
What led the British government to take control of India from the British East India Company?
Why did Britain begin exporting opium to China?
Why did the British occupy Egypt in 1882?