1st Nine Weeks Assessment- 2018

1. Physical Map

Map that shows rivers, lakes, mountains

Map that shows cities, towns, capitals, boundaries

Map that shows lines of latitude and longitude

Map that shows the International Date Line

2. Columbian Exchange

Movement of people to the New World

Movement of animals from the Old World

Movement of plants, animals and disease from the Old and the New Worlds

Movement of disease to the New World

3. Political Map

Shows rivers, lakes, mountains, on a map

Shows cities, states, nations, boundaries, capital cities on map

Shows the International Date Line

Shows the lines of latitude and longitude

4. Which one would not be an example of a primary source?

Diary accounts

Soldier writing letters back home about his war experience

Textbook

Declaration of Independence

5. Why was the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?

He invented the term

He was an expert on New World species

His ship was nicknamed the Columbian Exchange

His voyages marked the beginning of the exchange

6. Which group introduced horses within the Columbian Exchange?

Spanish

English

Native Americans

Dutch

7. The Treaty of Tordesailles is important today because:

North America became a colony of Portugal

This treaty had no impact on life today

The Spanish took over all the land in the New World and Old World

8. African Americans were sold into slavery once that Native American population started to die out- for a needed labor force in the mines, etc.

True

False

9. Which European nation sent explorers towards Asia in search of better trade routes first?

Spain

France

England

Portugal

10. Theocracy

One leader or person who has ablsolute control over the lives of the people of the nation

King or Queen rules the nation

Citizens hold the political power

Government that recognizes God as the primary or main political authority

11. Monarchy

People hold the political power to the nation

King or queen rules/leads the nation

Government is headed by a strong military leader who has total control over the nation

No one is in charge-mob rule

12. Democracy

Citizens hold the political power in government

King or queen rules in the nation

Mob rule- no one is in charge

God is the ultimate authority of the government

13. Representative Democracy

King or queen rules the nation

Mob rule- choas and disorder in government

Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government

One leader who has direct power over all the people of the nation

14. The Declaration of Independence laid the foundation for democratic thinking.

True

False

15. What percentage of Native Americans were impacted by death due to the Columbian Exchange?

90 %

50%

40%

60%

16. How did the printing press change lives of the people of Europe?

Books could be purchase by anyone, cheaper to buy them

Books were now available in many languages and more people could read them

The innovation made communication easier and faster for ideas to spread throughout Europe

All of the above

17. Select the group that controlled the trade routes before the Age of Exploration began.

England

France

Moors

Muslims

18. The Constitution is the basis of the laws in the United States

True

False

19. The USA has this form of government today.

Direct democracy

Monarchy

Republic/representative democracy

Theocracy

20. Which of the following statements would be true concerning the tools of early navigators?

Navigators tools were often inaccurate and could put a ship crew off the orginial course

Navigators had advanced tools for the time period and always were on course to destination

Explorers maps were models for the 21st Century--- easy to navigate

Navigators only relied on the ocean currents and sky in order to get to New World

21. Using the passage from Columbus ship log in 1492, answer the following question. September 24, 1492: " I am having serious troubles with the crew, despite the signs of land that we have... I am told by a few trusted men... that if I persist in going forward they will throw me into the sea some night. They will then affirm that I fell overboard while taking the position of the North Star with my quadrant. Since I am a foreigner, little or no account will be asked of the matter..."Based upon this ship log entry, what type of relationship do you think that Columbus had with his crew?

Pleasant

Joyful

Contempt/upseting

Accepted

22. Which of the following would be the greatest cause of death to Native Americans (indigenous peoples) during the Age of Exploration?

Searching for new trade routes to Asia

Disease

Warfare

Slavery

23. Identify the postive impact of the Columbian Exchange.

Bird flu which spreads globally

Slavery

Crops and new foods are spread across the globe

Diseases spread rapidly like small pox

24. Why was Prince Henry the Navigator important to Portugal?

He discovered new lands for his nation

He began a school for navigators to learn the innovations (technologies) involved in sailing

He broke away from the Moors

He went to war with Spain in order to lead the way for the search for Asian spice routes

25. What innovation helped to spread the influence of Renaissance?

Printing press

Compass

Telegraph

Internal combustion engine

26. Da Vinci was often called a "Renaissance Man". What does that mean?

He was born during the Renaissance

He lived and worked during the Renaissance

He was skilled in many areas- math, science, inventing, arts, etc

He was only a famous painter during the Renaissance

27. What powerful family helped to spread the influence of the Renaissance culture thorughout Italy?

Tudor

Medici

Francis

Florence

28. The growth of cities and advances in art and sciences were the major outcomes of the Renaissance.

True

False

29. Anarchy

King or Queen rules the nation

Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government

God is at the center of government

People make all the decisions for the king

30. Machiavelli gave advice to leaders from the Renaissance time period. His book entitled, The Prince offered advice to which group?

Monarchies of Europe

Dictators of Europe

Democratic governments of Europe

None of the above

31. Use what you have learned about the Columbian Exchange, in order to analyze the image provided. What is the central idea potrayed about the Columbian Exchange?

Spread of disease was often rapid and all consuming-deadly

Spanish brought horses to the New World

Native Americans were forced to work in mines or farming

Triangular Slave Trade was a profitable venture for many Europeans

32. What is the best definition of Renaissance?

Beginnings of Kings and Queens on the European continent

Refreshment of European interests in New World exploration

Reogranization of governments of Europe

Rebirth of culture in Europe

33. Where did the Renaissance begin?

England

France

Italy

Portugal

34. Which of the following best describes why the Age of Exploration occurred?

England and Spain wanted to expand their empire

Spain had claimed North and South America

European rulers wanted to find a cheaper way to obtain spices from Asia

English defeated the Spanish Armada

35. The Spanish conquistadors only wanted to bring religion to the New World.

True

False

36. Which of the followng would not be a negative impact of the Age of Exploration?

Finding new trades routes to Asia or to others parts of the globe

Disease or sicknees

Slavery of Native Americans and other groups

War and competition between nations

37. In contrast to a democracy, which form of govt. uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent? ( hint: what is the opposite)

Monarchy

Anarchy

Democracy

Dictatorship

38. John Locke would have supported which of the following?

The separate branches of government

The desire to have a absolute monarch or king

Social Contracts between the people and the government

Life, Liberty, Property- Natural Rights

39. Use the quote from Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu to answer the next question: " The people are extremely well qualified for choosing those whom they are to entrust with part of their authority"- Montesquieu 1748Which best summarizes his view of the responsibilty of citizens in a democracy?

Citizens should lobby for new laws

Citizens vote for their leaders

To respond to public opinion polls

Take part in political campaingns

40. An example of an oligarchy during the Renaissance would be...

The King of England

Luther in Germany

Medici Family in Florence

The Pope in the Catholic Church

41. Which factor explains why European nations wanted to increase trade with other nations?

The scarcity of resources in Europe

The desire to explore into unknown lands across the globe

Religious wars

The value of cultural exchange between nations

42. Italy was divided into government structures known as city-states. Based on your notes that you took and what you have learned, what is the best conclusion that you could make about city-state government structure?

City-state structures were all the same, all have freedom under this structure

Two forms of city-states existed- republicanism and signoria--- both offered little power and influence to the average person

City-states were involved in trade and did not have time to involve themselves with government

City-states often were at war the Muslim empire neighbors

43. The Muslims brought cultural translations of the Greek and Roman texts - the "rebirth of learning" began in Europe.

True

False

44. Use the following quote to help you answer the question below:"It must be acknowledged that the term 'republic' is of a very vague application in every language... I would say purely and simply it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally according to the rules of the majority."- Thomas Jefferson 1816Which statement summarizes Jefferson's ideas about a republic form of government?

The power of govt. rests with the citizens

The power of the govt. rests with the leaders at the top of the govt.

Republicans are always in control

Republic forms of govt. have strict rules and laws that must be followed

45. Read the following from Machiavelli's The Prince:"…men are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous… Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a waythat, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated…"In his book, Niccolo Machiavelli describes people, the world, and how to obtain power. He does not portraythe world and people as they could be but simply as they are. This represents which concept?

Humanism

Traditionalism

Religion

Power

46. During the Italian Renaissance, artists and thinkers rediscovered classical knowledge and art. As part of that process some artists, particularly Leonardo da Vinci, began to challenge the explanations for the natural world offered by the Church. How did Renaissance art influence modern society?

Artists lost importance once they began to challenge the social norms

Intellectuals began to explore scientific explanations for the world

Art became the only way which through to question society or culture

Monarchs became the only people who could gain access to knowledge.

47. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."The preamble to the US Constitution set forth what central idea about government in the US?

The Constitution set up the idea of independence

The Constitution preamble was used by other key thinkers of the Renaissance

The Constitution gave all the power to the President

The Constitution set forth the functions and purpose of our US government

48. During the Renaissance, a person's wealth was based around what?

Trade and money

Land/titles of nobility

Art/culture

The Church

49. A Renaissance thinker would most likely study which of the following?

An essay written in Latin about surgical practices

A scroll of Jesus teachings written in Hebren

A book written in Chinese about making porcelain

A letter to the Catholic Church written in German

50. How did foreign trade contribute to the birth of the Renaissance?

It inspired explorers to trade to new parts of the globe and bring back new ideas

It brought wealth to merchants in Italy who then used the money to invest in local artists and thinkers

New technology and science from Asia brought about the rebirth of learning

Europeans had access to natural resources so they began to industrialize

1st Nine Weeks Assessment- 2018

1. Physical Map

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Columbian Exchange

3. Political Map

4. Which one would not be an example of a primary source?

5. Why was the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?

6. Which group introduced horses within the Columbian Exchange?

7. The Treaty of Tordesailles is important today because:

8. African Americans were sold into slavery once that Native American population started to die out- for a needed labor force in the mines, etc.

9. Which European nation sent explorers towards Asia in search of better trade routes first?

10. Theocracy

11. Monarchy

12. Democracy

13. Representative Democracy

14. The Declaration of Independence laid the foundation for democratic thinking.

15. What percentage of Native Americans were impacted by death due to the Columbian Exchange?

16. How did the printing press change lives of the people of Europe?

17. Select the group that controlled the trade routes before the Age of Exploration began.

18. The Constitution is the basis of the laws in the United States

19. The USA has this form of government today.

20. Which of the following statements would be true concerning the tools of early navigators?

22. Which of the following would be the greatest cause of death to Native Americans (indigenous peoples) during the Age of Exploration?

23. Identify the postive impact of the Columbian Exchange.

24. Why was Prince Henry the Navigator important to Portugal?

25. What innovation helped to spread the influence of Renaissance?

26. Da Vinci was often called a "Renaissance Man". What does that mean?

27. What powerful family helped to spread the influence of the Renaissance culture thorughout Italy?

28. The growth of cities and advances in art and sciences were the major outcomes of the Renaissance.

29. Anarchy

30. Machiavelli gave advice to leaders from the Renaissance time period. His book entitled, The Prince offered advice to which group?

31. Use what you have learned about the Columbian Exchange, in order to analyze the image provided. What is the central idea potrayed about the Columbian Exchange?

32. What is the best definition of Renaissance?

33. Where did the Renaissance begin?

34. Which of the following best describes why the Age of Exploration occurred?

35. The Spanish conquistadors only wanted to bring religion to the New World.

36. Which of the followng would not be a negative impact of the Age of Exploration?

37. In contrast to a democracy, which form of govt. uses the military to maintain power against the people's consent? ( hint: what is the opposite)

38. John Locke would have supported which of the following?

40. An example of an oligarchy during the Renaissance would be...

41. Which factor explains why European nations wanted to increase trade with other nations?

42. Italy was divided into government structures known as city-states. Based on your notes that you took and what you have learned, what is the best conclusion that you could make about city-state government structure?

43. The Muslims brought cultural translations of the Greek and Roman texts - the "rebirth of learning" began in Europe.

46. During the Italian Renaissance, artists and thinkers rediscovered classical knowledge and art. As part of that process some artists, particularly Leonardo da Vinci, began to challenge the explanations for the natural world offered by the Church. How did Renaissance art influence modern society?

48. During the Renaissance, a person's wealth was based around what?

49. A Renaissance thinker would most likely study which of the following?

50. How did foreign trade contribute to the birth of the Renaissance?