Tri 3 CTA Review

Question 1

Conquistadors

Answer 1

Spanish for conqueror; Spanish explorers during the Age of Exploration (1500s)

Question 2

What were THREE things that motivated Europeans explorers?

Answer 2

God, Gold, and Glory

Question 3

What was the purpose of Portuguese exploration?

Answer 3

To sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach India

Question 4

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 4

Divided South America between Spain and Portugal (Brazil’s national language is Portuguese because of this, before this Portugal felt that Spain was given too much land)

Question 5

Christopher Columbus

Answer 5

Italian explorer who sailed for Spain, thought he could sail WEST to the Indies (thought the world was smaller than it is), reached the Americas instead, treated the Indigenous Americans he encountered brutally

Question 6

The Middle Passage

Answer 6

Sickeningly cruel, Africans were packed tightly into the dark holds of ships, frequent whippings and beatings, disease was widespread, 20% died on the journey, many committed suicide

Question 7

Triangular Trade

Answer 7

1: Europeans transported manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa (guns)
2: human beings were transported across the Atlantic Ocean as slave labor
3: raw materials were brought back to Europe for a profit

Question 8

Primary source

Answer 8

A first-hand account of an event or time period that the author witnessed

Question 9

Secondary source

Answer 9

Something created after an event by someone who did not experience it first-hand

Question 10

How were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs?

Answer 10

advanced military technology

Question 11

Where did Christopher Columbus start and end his first voyage in 1492?

Answer 11

Spain (begin) to the Caribbean Islands (end)

Question 12

What are the benefits of capitalism?

Answer 12

incentive, freedom, choice, supply and demand

Question 13

What was one positive outcome of the Columbian Exchange for Europe?

Answer 13

the introduction of corn and potatoes to Europe

Question 14

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Answer 14

Italy had a wealthy merchant class that was interested in supporting the arts.

Question 15

How did humanism influence Renaissance art?

Answer 15

Humanism meant that Renaissance art was now focused on the individual and not on religion.

Question 16

Humanism

Answer 16

An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or religious matters

Question 17

What is one difference between the art of the Northern Renaissance and that of the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 17

Northern Renaissance art depicted people in a realistic way, whereas the artists of the Italian Renaissance drew their subjects based on the ideal bodies of Ancient Greece

Question 18

Why did William Shakespeare stop writing plays and begin writing sonnets (plays)?

Answer 18

The Black Plague forced theatres in England to be shut down so plays weren’t being performed.

Question 19

What was the focus of Thomas More’s book, Utopia?

Answer 19

It depicted his version of a perfect world.

Question 20

Why did the Catholic Church ban More’s book Utopia?

Answer 20

It challenged the teachings of the Church by suggesting that Heaven might not be perfect.

Question 21

Niccolo Machiavelli believed that “the ends justify the means,” meaning what?

Answer 21

Leaders should do whatever was necessary to achieve their goals

Question 22

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. What was the subject of his painting?

Answer 22

The Book of Genesis, including scenes like the Creation of Adam and the Last Judgement

Question 23

Why was the Renaissance considered to be a “rebirth?”

Answer 23

It was a time of renewed interest in Ancient Greece

Question 24

Why was the invention of the printing press so significant?

Answer 24

It helped to spread religious and humanist ideas across Europe during the Renaissance.

Question 25

Who is the epitome of a Renaissance Man?

Answer 25

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 26

Be able to label the following countries: United Kingdom, Netherlands, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland

Answer 26

Okay!

Question 27

Which countries were Vikings from?

Answer 27

Norway, Sweden, and Finland