World History Review

The Renaissance began in this European country: ____.

Referencing a map of Europe, Italy is shaped like a ___ and is located

in _______ (highlight) Eastern or Western Europe.

True or False: The Protestant Reformation weakened the Holy Roman

Empire and the Kings revolted against the Empire.

True or False: During the Protestant Reformation, differences were

handled peacefully and the Catholic Papacy gained more power.

The Columbian Exchange exposed Europeans to new _____, which

improved their diets and increased their life spans.

The Columbian Exchange subjected the natives to European

colonization and exposed the natives to new _______, such as
smallpox.

After the death of so many indigenous people from Smallpox, the

Spanish needed more workers, so they began to enslave _______
people.

True or False: Islam became a major religion in Eastern Europe due to

the westward expansion of the Ottoman Empire under Sulieman the
Magnificent.

__ to ____ million enslaved Africans were subjected to cruel and

inhumane conditions during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Highlight: Between 1400 and 1500 AD (CE), The Silk Road allowed
China to trade with few or many diverse cultures.

Put the following events in chronological order:

The Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution, the Renaissance, and

the Commercial Revolution.

Knowledge of tradewinds and the ability to navigate the Indian and

Atlantic oceans was made possible by geography and _________.

Highlight in like colors the central ideas with the Enlightenment

Philosopher:

John Locke Separation of Powers

Montesquieu Natural Rights (Life,Liberty…)
Voltaire Freedom of thought and religion

Name three inventions which originated in China:

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In Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, Smith promoted the concept

of an ___________ Hand.

Adam Smith believed in free market ideas and that natural laws
should regulate the _______.
The Scientific Revolution challenged the traditional teachings of the
_____ Church.

What fatal, incurable plague spread throughout the world in the mid
1300’s and cost the lives of millions of individuals?

The invention of Gutenberg’s printing press helped spread the ideas of

which Protestant Reformer?

Name the three “G’s” which motivated European Exploration:

G____
G____
G____

The European Explorers were in search of an all- _____ route to East

Asia.

The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of

Independence, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and The
Citizen all establish a system in which rulers were responsible for the
______ they governed.

The art of the Renaissance was different from that of the Middle Ages
because it had realistic ________, shading, lighting and proportions.