World History Midterm Review

Enlightenment Thinkers

The Renaissance

Kings and Queens

Trade

100

Which philosopher believed people were inherently evil and needed absolute rule?

A. Montesquieu

B. Thomas More

C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

D. Thomas Hobbes

100

The term Renaissance literally means what?

A. Great Awakening

B. Invisible Hand

C. Rebirth

D. Absolute

C. Rebirth

100

What is the form of government when a ruler hold complete and total power over their subjects?

A. Constitutional Monarchy

B. Democracy

C. Limited Monarchy

D. Absolute Monarchy

100

What was brought to the Americas that had the most negative effect on Native Americans?

A. horses

B. guns

C. disease

D. slaves

C. disease

100

Who developed the theory of gravity and natural laws?

A. Copernicus

B. Aristotle

C. Martin Luther

D. Sir Isaac Newton

200

Who was known for introducing the concept of separation of powers?

A. Montesquieu

B. Thomas More

C. Adam Smith

D. Voltaire

A. Montesquieu

200

Who is credited with creating the statues of David and Pieta, as well as the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

A. Johannes Gutenberg

B. Raphael

C. Martin Luther

D. Michelangelo

200

Who built the Palace of Versailles to control the French nobility?

A. Catherine the Great

B. Louis XVI

C. Marie Antoinette

D. Louis XIV

200

What was the name for the transport of plants, animals, diseases, and technology between colonies and developed nations?

A. Columbian Exchange

B. Silk Road

C. The Middle Passage

D. Glorius Revolution

A. Columbian Exchange

200

What is a political system in which a single ruler(usually a monarch) holds unrestricted power?

A. Democracy

B. Absolutism

C. Constitutional Monarchy

D. Dictatorship

B. Absolutism

300

This person believed that because people were inherently "good" that they could successfully govern themselves.

A. Adam Smith

B. Thomas More

C. Montesquieu

D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

300

The European Renaissance was primarily a rediscovery of which ancient civilizations?

A. Greek and Roman

B. Old world and New world

C. France and Spain

D. Romans and British

A. Greek and Roman

300

What concept justified rulers' power based on their birth status?

A. Hereditary rule

B. Divine right

C. Absolutism

D. Separation of powers

B. Divine right

300

Which crop introduction to the Americas contributed significantly to African slavery?

A. tobacco

B. potatoes

C. corn

D. sugarcane

300

Who first proposed that the sun, not Earth, was the center of the universe?

A. Copernicus

B. Galileo

C. Sir Isaac Newton

D. Sir Thomas More

A. Copernicus

400

This enlightenment thinker believed that free markets lead to economic well being.

A. Thomas Hobbes

B. Adam Smith

C. Thomas More

D. Voltaire

B. Adam Smith

400

What was the first widely printed book after the invention of the moveable type printing press in Europe?

A. 95 Theses

B. The Gutenberg Bible

C. Utopia

D. The Wealth of Nations

B. The Gutenberg Bible

400

Which ruler modernized Russia but used extremely autocratic methods?

A. Catherine the Great

B. Napoleon

C. Ivan IV

D. Peter I

400

Which historic trade route connected Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia?

A. Columbian Exchange

B. Silk Road

C. Middle Passage

D. Trans Atlantic

B. Silk Road

400

Which document increased Parliament's power when signed by William and Mary?

A. English Bill of Rights

B. Magna Carta

C. Divine Right of Kings

D. Constitution

A. English Bill of Rights

500

What was Thomas More's book about an ideal Christian Humanist society called?

A. The Wealth of Nations

B. The Bible

C. 95 Theses

D. Utopia

500

Which European monarch changed their country's religion to obtain a divorce?

A. King Henry VIII

B. Louis XIV

C. Peter the Great

D. Martin Luther

A. King Henry VIII

500

Which Russian ruler became known for the destruction of Novgorod?

A. Ivan IV

B. Catherine the Great

C. Henry VIII

D. Peter I

A. Ivan IV

500

What was the route for slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies called?

A. Middle Passage

B. Silk Road

C. Columbian Exchange

D. Atlantic Passage

A. Middle Passage

500

What significant event occurred as a result of Martin Luther's stand against indulgences?

A. Anglicanism

B. Scientific Revolution

C. The Enlightenment

D. Protestant Reformation