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WH.H.5.1 – Motivations for Exploration
1. All of the following were causes of the Age of Exploration EXCEPT:
a. Explorers and their patrons wanted wealth
b. Explorers sought fame and glory
c. Explorers and patrons wanted to spread democracy
d. Explorers and their patrons wanted to spread Christianity
2.
Why were absolute monarchs invested in exploration?
a. Monarchs wanted to expand their territories
b. Monarchs wanted to learn about different social groups
c. Monarchs wanted to teach people about their culture
d. Monarchs wanted to work with other communities
3.
What does circumnavigate mean?
a. To sail around the world
b. To sail across the Atlantic Ocean
c. To complete the Middle Passage
d. To travel the Silk Road
4.
Which statement is INCORRECT about the Triangular Trade Network?
a. Raw materials were transported from the Americas to Europe
b. Manufactured goods went from Europe to Africa
c. African slaves were sent to Europe
d. African slaves were sent to the Americas
5.
This chart of the Columbian exchange shows the: (4.3)
a. Effects of Australian interaction with the Americans
b. Effects of global trade between Europe and the Americas
c. The effects of religious conflict
d. Effects of the Middle Passage on Americans
WH.H.5.2- Causes and Effects of Exploration
6.
How would the technology in the right
figure aid explorers in their voyages? (4.2)
a. It allowed sailors to know which
direction they were headed
b. It allowed sailors to detect storms
c. It prevented conflict among explorers
d. It aided in religious ceremonies
Figure 1: Astrolabe
7.
Which is an effect of European exploration of the Americas?
a. Germany extended its New World Empire
b. Spain dominated the slave trade
c. Africans were enslaved to work on plantations
d. American Indians maintained resistance to African and Eurasian diseases
8.
What was a significant result of European exploration through the Columbian Exchange?
a. Europeans became dependent on crops from America
b. The bubonic plague spread throughout Europe
c. European diseases caused millions of deaths among American Indians
d. Raw materials from America became very expensive due to scarcity
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Reasons for European Exploration:
I. the search for wealth
II. to gain fame and glory.
III. convert natives to Christianity
IV. to satisfy their curiosity
9.
Choose all the reasons for exploration to the New World?
a. I Only
b. I & II Only
c. III Only
d. I, II, III
“The Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimated at 25 million; the
population at 1608 has been estimated at 1.7 million.”
10. This decrease in population mentioned in the above statement was most likely a result of....
a. crop failures brought on by poor weather conditions
b. emigration of Native Americans to Europe and Asia.
c. wars between various native groups
d. diseases introduced by the Spanish.
WH.H.5.3 – Colonization
11. One reason Spain sponsored the first voyage of Columbus to the West was to
a. Find a more direct trade route to Asia
b. Explore North America and South America
c. Obtain a military alliance with Russia
d. Secure a border agreement with Mongolia
12. Which country is responsible for the extensive colonial use of the encomienda labor system?
a. England
b. France
c. Netherlands
d. Spain
13. How did the encomienda system impact Central and South America? (WH.H.5.3)
a. it allowed the native population to increase their social status
b. it helped develop Latin America
c. it drained Latin America of wealth and their ability to develop
d. it involved government ownership of resources
14. Why were Africans used as slaves in the Americas? (WH.H.5.2, WH.H.5.3)
a. They were required to under new colony rules
b. They could eventually become indentured servants
c. The native population were quickly dying out from foreign diseases
d. They were brought over from Europe
15. How did the plantation system impact slaves? (WH.H.5.3)
a. It allowed them to eventually become free
b. It promoted the idea of indentured servitude versus slavery
c. It created a need to rely on slave labor therefore making it a permanent institution
d. They had more rights
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WH.H.5.4 – Economics of Exploration
16. Which traits characterize a laissez-faire capitalist economic system?
a. slash-and-burn agriculture and animal powered technology
b. central planning and government quotas
c. private property and profit incentive
d. national health care and social security
17. Europeans considered mercantilism a successful policy because it
a. encouraged self-sufficiency in less developed nations
b. led to alliances with Asian countries
c. protected traditional social practices
d. created wealth for the colonial powers
18. How did the commercial revolutions change economic practices in Europe?
a. The manorial system was established
b. A capitalist economy was developed
c. The Church became a major economic power.
d. Colonies were granted independence.
19. According to the European policy of mercantilism, colonies should
a. benefit the mother country
b. trade openly with various countries
c. be left alone to manage their own affairs
d. attempt to gain independence as soon as possible.
20. How were exploration voyages to the colonies funded?
a. Slavery
b. Independent Businesses
c. Mercantilism
d. Joint-Stock Companies
WH.H.6.1 – New Thinking
21. Which speaker’s statement
best reflects the ideas of the
Enlightenment?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
Directions: Read the passage below to answer question # 21 beside the quote.
Speaker A: Good government stresses the importance of the nation and accepts
the rights of the individual only if the interests of the individual are the same as
those of the nation.
Speaker B: The person of the king is sacred and to attack him in any way is to
attack religion itself. The respect given to a king is religious in nature.
Speaker C: All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life and
liberty. It is the duty of government to protect these natural rights of its citizens.
Speaker D: Our goal will not be achieved by democracy or liberal reforms, but by
blood and iron. Only then will we be successful. No nation achieves greatness or
unity without the traumatic experiences of war.
22. Which form of government would Thomas Hobbes most support?
a. Absolute Monarchy
b. Republic
c. representative democracy
d. constitutional monarchy
23. Which statement about the Scientific Revolution is correct?
a. the existence of natural laws was rejected
b. scientists questioned beliefs about the universe
c. new ideas were supported by the geocentric theory
d. the Bible was used to justify new scientific findings
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Use the following statements to answer question #21:
-Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
-All have the right to life, liberty, and property.
-Slavery, torture, and persecution are wrong.
24. During which period in European history would the ideas in these statements have been expressed?
a. Protestant Reformation
b. Enlightenment
c. Renaissance
d. Age of Exploration
25. Copernicus replaced the earth centered model of the universe with:
a. The geocentric model
b. Newtonian Physics
c. The Elliptical Model
d. The Heliocentric Model
WH.H.6.2 – Revolutions
Use the graphic below to answer the following question
26. This quotation is evidence that some of the basic ideas in
the Declaration of Independence were
that all men are created equal, that they
a. Limitations of the principles underlying most
are endowed by their creator with
European governments of the 1700’s.
certain unalienable rights; that among
b. Adaptations of the laws of Spanish colonial
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
governments in North America.
happiness.”
c. Adoptions of rules used by the Holy Roman Empire.
d. Reflections of the philosophies of the European
Enlightenment.
27. Why did American colonists object to paying British taxes?
a. The Colonies had no representation in the British government’
b. The British government required all taxes paid in gold
c. The Royal Colonial Governors required taxes be paid in gold
d. The Colonists had little gold with which to pay the taxes
“We hold these truths to be self-evident:
28. How did the American Revolution impact France?
a. It made English the national language of France.
b. It put France in debt and helped spark a Revolution within France.
c. America helped Canada escape French rule
d. It did not impact France
29. Which statement is a valid statement about the immediate results of the French Revolution of 1789?
a. The Roman Catholic Church increased its power and wealth
b. The revolution achieved its goal of establishing a lasting peace
c. The French middle class gained more power but resulted in chaos
d. The revolution had little impact outside France
Base your answer to question 30 on the partial outline below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
I. __________________________________
30.
Which title best completes this partial outline?
A. Ideas from the American Revolution
a. Causes for Bismark’s Rise to power
spread.
b. Factors of the Haitian Revolution
B. Enslaved persons burned sugar fields
c. Results of the Munich Pact
and rebelled against French slave
d. Situations contributing to the Zionist
owners.
Movement
C. Toussaint L’Ouverture organized
rebels.
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Constructed Response Questions:
31. European nations such as Portugal, Spain, France, and England led explorations to new lands in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These voyages extended from the coast of Africa to the Americas
and beyond. Explain how the voyages of exploration affected global interactions and new patterns of
trade. Give two examples: one for impact on global interactions and another for new patterns of trade.
32. Evaluate the positives and negatives of exploration; do the costs of exploration out way the
negatives?
33. Explain what mercantilism is and how it impacted the European Countries?
34. Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke. Include their perspective on man (their natural state of
nature) and the form of government they most support.
35. Compare the American and French Revolution, in terms of their causes and effects. Identify a cause
for each revolution, and an effect of each revolution.
Constructed Response Questions:
31. European nations such as Portugal, Spain, France, and England led explorations to new lands in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These voyages extended from the coast of Africa to the Americas
and beyond. Explain how the voyages of exploration affected global interactions and new patterns of
trade. Give two examples: one for impact on global interactions and another for new patterns of trade.
32. Evaluate the positives and negatives of exploration; do the costs of exploration out way the
negatives?
33. Explain what mercantilism is and how it impacted the European Countries?
34. Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke. Include their perspective on man (their natural state of
nature) and the form of government they most support.
35. Compare the American and French Revolution, in terms of their causes and effects. Identify a cause
for each revolution, and an effect of each revolution.
Constructed Response Questions:
31. European nations such as Portugal, Spain, France, and England led explorations to new lands in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These voyages extended from the coast of Africa to the Americas
and beyond. Explain how the voyages of exploration affected global interactions and new patterns of
trade. Give two examples: one for impact on global interactions and another for new patterns of trade.
32. Evaluate the positives and negatives of exploration; do the costs of exploration out way the
negatives?
33. Explain what mercantilism is and how it impacted the European Countries?
34. Compare and contrast Hobbes and Locke. Include their perspective on man (their natural state of
nature) and the form of government they most support.
35. Compare the American and French Revolution, in terms of their causes and effects. Identify a cause
for each revolution, and an effect of each revolution.
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