Soph World History Semester 1 Final

Question 1

In approximately what year did Chinese inventors discover gunpowder?

Answer 1

850 A.D

Question 2

Out of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Europe was the last place to have gunpowder spread to it.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What predominately Muslim Empire was rapidly spreading during the 15th Century?

Answer 3

Ottoman Empire

Question 4

In what year did the Roman Empire (AKA Byzantine Empire) fall?

Answer 4

476 A.D

Question 5

Mercantilism was a unified theory, with clearly outlined rules that every nation followed.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

What type of slavery is akin to the slave being nothing more than complete property and stripped of human rights?

Answer 6

Chattel

Question 7

What was the most important cash crop in Central America?

Answer 7

Tobacco

Question 8

The majority of slaves imported to the New World from Africa were men.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Utilitarianism means the greatest good for the greatest amount of people

Answer 9

True

Question 10

In the context of The Enlightenment, “tolerance” means

Answer 10

Letting people have religious freedom

Question 11

Crop Rotation during the British Agricultural Revolution worked by

Answer 11

Farmers utilizing a four field rotation, often including turnips and clover, to keep soil levels optimal for years on end

Question 12

Selective breeding allowed for more raw materials to be used during the eventual Industrial Revolution and provided a larger source of protein for the population

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Mechanization innovations during the 17th and 18th centuries included what machines

Answer 13

Seed Drill and new plows

Question 14

During what year did the Enlightenment most closely take place?

Answer 14

1700 A.D

Question 15

Rationalism was the usage of pure emotion when making decisions

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What is the difference between emigration and immigration?

Answer 16

Immigration is going to a new place, emigration is leaving a place

Question 17

True or False- England was a majority Catholic nation roughly 500 C.E. to 1500 C.E

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What dynasty controlled the Spanish Empire from 1516-1700?

Answer 18

Habsburgs

Question 19

What document represented one of the first signed sets of rules for self-governance on the North American continent?

Answer 19

The Mayflower Compact

Question 20

True or False- The Pilgrims were Puritan Separatists

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What American Indian cultural groups successfully revolted against the Spanish?

Answer 21

Pueblo

Question 22

What settlement was important for New France commerce and trade?

Answer 22

Montreal

Question 23

True or False- Spain was often negatively impacted by the inflation caused by New World Gold and Silver

Answer 23

True

Question 24

This war caused the British Empire to fall into enormous debt right before the American Revolution-

Answer 24

The French and Indian War

Question 25

True or False- The Stamp Act was a tax on postal/letter stamps in the colonies and exclusively made mail prohibitively expensive.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

What prior job experience greatly aided Ben Franklin’s contributions to the war effort?

Answer 26

Postal service and printing presses

Question 27

What is often considered the first battle of the Revolution and the “Shot Heard Round the World”

Answer 27

Lexington and Concord

Question 28

True or False- George Washington’s presidency established many long lasting traditions for the executive branch-

Answer 28

False

Question 29

This man took charge of the Continental Army after Lexington and Concord-

Answer 29

Washington

Question 30

Who helped forge the American Army into a proper fighting force at Valley Forge?

Answer 30

Baron Von Steuben

Question 31

True or False- French and Spanish support negatively impacted the American War effort-

Answer 31

False