The Silk Road
The purpose of the Silk Road was to?
A) reunite lost mothers with their children
B) connect traders from other regions
C) off-roading contest for 4 wheelers
D) place for airplanes to land
Culture diffusion can best be described as?
A) when cities grow in population
B) A loss of beliefs, thoughts, and ideas
C) when a heavier atom moves into a lighter one
D) the spreading and movement of one's culture to another
Renaissance means?
a) love
b) faith
c) money
d) rebirth
This invention played an instrumental role in spreading ideas and thoughts throughout the world
a) moveable type printing press
b) microscope
c) gunpowder
d) tobacco
This philosopher believed people must be ruled by a king because individuals will continually fight with one another
a) Wilber Find
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) John Locke
d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This animal was used as a preferred method of moving goods across long stretches of land including desert
What is the camel
What invention/discovery would have best aided navigators to sail more accurately and safely?
a) canon
b) astrolabe
c) gunpowder
d) latitude
The arts flourished during this time because
a) there were numerous food shortages
b) wealthy patrons paid pensions to artists so they could concentrate on their craft
c) there was a renewed look and interest in ancient Greek life
d) laws forced individuals into the art careers
A practice of selling pardons/forgiveness for the sins and mistakes a person made was known as
a) covert actions
b) bad conscience
c) promissory notes
d) indulgences
This woman was instrumental in fighting for women's rights and educational reforms.
a) Catherine de Medici
b) Bernice Adalay
c) Anne Boleyn
d) Mary Wollstonecraft
True or False: The Great Wall of China was constructed to protect the traders and travelers from pirates and thieves
What is true
The New World was "discovered" in what year?
a) 1592
b) 1479
c) 1492
d) 1322
This man from England wrote numerous plays that included tragedies and comedies. Some of these even poked fun of the King.
William Shakespeare
True or False: John Calvin supported the use of relics and paintings in church?
False
True or False, in France, the peasants owned a majority of the land
True
Besides silk, name another good that was transported across the Silk Road?
Spices
Gold
Human trafficking
Gunpowder
Many of the explorers during the late 1400 to 1600's were known for the 3 g's: God, Glory, and ______?
Gold
True or False: The development of banking played an important role in the Renaissance
True
True or False: Catherine de Medici widened the split between Catholics and Protestants in France by supporting an assassination
True
During this time period (before revolutions), England and France were ruled by this type of government?
What is a Monarchy
An unintended consequence of the Silk Road was?
A) a change in the migration paths of birds
B) the digging up of dinosaur bones
C) the movement of disease like the Black Plague
D) a demand for a minimum wage
True or False: Christopher Columbus was arrested and placed in jail for the abuse of native islanders
True
Self fashioning is best described as
a) popular trend started in the 1800's
b) venue to determine the best dressed
c) developing your own brand of clothing
d) creating an identity to match with society's expectation
This king separated England from the Catholic Church because the church would not recognize his divorce from his wife.
a) Henry VIII
b) William of Orange
c) King Richard I
d) King Phillip
Which Caribbean island successfully overthrew the French government to earn their independence?
Haiti