A World History Test For Grade 10 Students
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- 1.Which of the following was NOT a result of European exploration of the Americas?
- A.
North American colonization
- B.
Decline of nation-states in Europe
- C.
The Columbia exchange
- D.
Large trade networks developed
- 2.All of the following are major reasons for European exploration and expansion from 1450 to 1750 except:
- A.
Advanced technology in armaments and naval shipbuilding
- B.
Need for raw materials and markets for finished products
- C.
Desire to spread democracy and capitalism around the world
- D.
Need to find better land and sea trade routes around the world
- 3.Which farming technique was developed by the Incas?
- A.
Fallow fields
- B.
Floating gardens
- C.
Grain cultivation
- D.
Terrace planting
- 4.Which of the following was the first form of writing developed in Mesoamerica?
- A.
Calligraphy
- B.
Cuneiform
- C.
Hieroglyphic
- D.
Ideograph
- 5.What characteristics of the Inca civilization were similar to those of the Aztec?
- A.
Location and quipu
- B.
Warring and calendar
- C.
Pyramids and road system
- D.
Terracing and mineral wealth
- 6.Incas are to terracing as Aztecs are to:
- A.
Quipu
- B.
Calender
- C.
Pyramids
- D.
Chinampas
- 7.The Aztecs built their empire through trade and:
- A.
Education
- B.
Law
- C.
Religion
- D.
War
- 8.Diseases from the Spanish decimated the ranks of the Incas. What made the germs easier to transmit across the Incan territory?
- A.
The prevailing dry winds from the eastern part of the country
- B.
The system of highways that the inventive Incas had built
- C.
The way the Incas lived in close contact with each other
- D.
The lack of cleanliness that was typical of Inca civilization
- 9.What did the triumphs of Cortes and Pizarro do for the Spanish?
- A.
They mapped the entire coastline of Central and South America
- B.
The converted large numbers of indigenous people to Catholicism
- C.
They opened the new world for future Spanish colonization
- D.
They began the trade with both Spice Islands and the Americans
- 10.What is one reason that motivated Europeans to explore and colonize the western hemisphere in the 16th century?
- A.
Cultural interaction
- B.
Economic opportunity
- C.
Politicial revolutions
- D.
Population exlosion
- 11.In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what part of the western hemisphere?
- A.
South America
- B.
Central America
- C.
Florida Peninsula
- D.
Caribbean Islands
- 12.The travels of which of the following individuals encouraged further European exploration of East Asia?
- A.
Christopher Columbus
- B.
Bartolomeau Dias
- C.
Henry Hudson
- D.
Marco Polo
- 13.By financing risky voyages of exploration, European rules of the 16th and 17th centuries hoped to gain all of the following except:
- A.
Gold
- B.
Immigrants
- C.
Land
- D.
Spices
- 14.Which of the following products, were brought to Europe as a result of the triangular trade with the Americas?
- A.
Chocolate
- B.
Coffee
- C.
Grapes
- D.
Oranges
- 15.Which of the following foods that is native to the Americas became a staple of the European diet after the 16th century?
- A.
Onions
- B.
Potatoes
- C.
Rice
- D.
Wheat
- 16.What was the result of the triangular trade which followed the exploration of the Americas
- A.
Decrease of crops available to colonists in the Americas
- B.
Re-population of certain African areas due to slave trade
- C.
Trade ceased to be a means of making a living in the New World
- D.
Growth of plantation agriculture especially in the Southern Colonies
- 17.One effect of European expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries was that it:
- A.
Disrupted trade relations with East Asia
- B.
Introduced slavery to the western hemisphere
- C.
Discouraged the growth of European middle class
- D.
Encouraged the creation of the European alliance system
- 18.All of the following are effects on Africa of the slave trading that sent millions of africans into servitude except
- A.
A permanent weakening of the continent of Africa
- B.
Colonization by the Europeans in the 19th century
- C.
Millions of dollars paid into the economies of Africa
- D.
The fostering of racism from which Africans still suffer
- 19.All of the following were effects of the slave trade across the Atlantic except:
- A.
War and disease killed millions of natives
- B.
Millions of Africans were enslaved in the Americans
- C.
Rivalries between European slave traders intensified
- D.
The cotton gin was developed to finally replace slaves
- 20.Which of the following is an example of secularism?
- A.
Holiday sales
- B.
Martin Luther King day
- C.
Stores closed on sundays
- D.
Invocations in the parliament
- 21.Which of the following encouraged theologians to begin a reformation of the Roman Catholic Church?
- A.
Humanist ideas from the Renaissance
- B.
Scientific discoveries from the Enlightenment
- C.
The destruction of the Thirty Years War
- D.
The legacy of the Peace of Augsburg
- 22.One characteristic of Renaissance literature was a greater emphasis on the importance of the:
- A.
Church
- B.
Individual
- C.
State
- D.
Village
- 23.Which of the following is an idea from the enlightenment that became part of American government?
- A.
Government leaders have lifetime appointments
- B.
Law and government are divinely inspired
- C.
Government leaders have absolute authority
- D.
Religion and government are separate institutions
- 24.All of the following denominations were established as a result of the reformation except:
- A.
Anglican
- B.
Lutheran
- C.
Greek Orthodox
- D.
Wesleyan Methodist
- 25.Which of the following occurred as a result of the reformation?
- A.
Religious toleration spread throughout Europe
- B.
Lutheranism gained a stronghold in Scotland
- C.
The Anglican Church was founded in England
- D.
The Roman Catholic Church dominated all of Europe
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