1. Europeans wanted to improve the taste of meat with what kind of product?
Spices. Please NOTE that this occurred during the Age of Exploration. 2. Name the ancient trade route from Europe to Asia. Silk Road. Please NOTE that this occurred during the Age of Exploration. 3. What is a cartographer? A scientist that makes maps. Please NOTE that cartographers were helping with navigating European ships to colonize settlements during the Age of Exploration. 4. Why was the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro able to conquer the Inca Empire? Pizarro and his men had guns and horses. Please NOTE that Spain was colonizing Central and South America during the Age of Exploration. 5. What was the Importance of the Columbian Exchange? Goods, ideas, technology, plants, and animals were introduced to areas of the world. Please NOTE that it was Christopher Columbus who exchanged these items to Spain during the Age of Exploration and this same exchange later led to the emergence of Capitalism. 6. Which English document inspired the United States Constitution? Magna Carta. Please NOTE that this document was an influence on the Enlightenment ideas and was apart of the unofficial British Constitution which later included the English Bill of Rights which led to Great Britain having a Constitutional Monarchy. 7. Which English monarch(s) agreed to live under the constitutional monarchy with the English Bill of Rights? King William and Queen Mary. Please NOTE that this occurred as a result of the Glorious Revolution. 8. Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson. Please NOTE that Thomas Jefferson was influenced by the Enlightenment thinker John Locke in his writing of the Declaration. 9. What term was a common priority to the philosophers in the Enlightenment? Freedom. Please NOTE that the Enlightenment was a 17th and 18th Century movement that focused on the principles of compassion, goodwill, and a belief in individual liberty. 10. Which of the following are the three branches of the United States government? executive, legislative, and judicial. Please NOTE that these branches were apart of a separation of powers of the U.S. Constitution that were inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu. 11. Which Polish astronomer was the first to say that Earth moves around the sun? Nicholas Copernicus. Please NOTE that this astronomer was a scientific thinker of the Scientific Revolution. 12. Who built many instruments for the study of planets? Tycho Brahe. Please NOTE that this inventor was a scientific thinker of the Scientific Revolution. 13. Other than being a prison, why was the Bastille so important? It was also an Armory that had guns, canons, & gunpowder. Please NOTE that the Bastille was attacked by French peasants during the French Revolution. 14. How did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette die? They were beheaded by guillotine. Please NOTE that this occurred as a result of the French Revolution. 15. What was the name of Haiti before it became an independent republic? Saint Domingue. Please NOTE that Saint Domingue’s name was changed as a result of the Haitian Revolution and Nationalism throughout Latin American movements. 16. Why did regional leaders in Venezuela want Independence from Spain? Napoleon now ruled Spain with his brother Joseph as its new King. Please NOTE that the leaders of Venezuela wanted independence because of the Spanish persecution of Mestizos (half European/half native American people) and because Napoleon who was a French Emperor had conquered Spain. 17. Who is often described as “the George Washington of South America”? Simon Bolivar. Please NOTE that Simon Bolivar was one of the leaders that led the South American Nationalist movements for pro-independence from Spain and the South American country of Bolivia was named after him. 18. Which country finally switched from a farming economy to an Industrial economy? Great Britain. Please NOTE that most of the farmers that lived out in the country moved to the city because there was more money available for working at industrial factories that made steel and clothing. Because of this, more people made the cities in Great Britain bigger with more factories and buildings being built. 19. Who invented the Cotton Gin in 1793? Eli Whitney. Please NOTE that the Cotton Gin came out as a result of one of the inventions from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. 20. What battle became the final defeat of Napoleon?(Hint: This got him exiled to St. Helena) Battle of Waterloo. Please NOTE after the defeat of Napoleon, he abdicated as Emperor and his Empire was divided into its original borders by the Congress of Vienna. 21. Which country created the largest & most powerful empire in the age of Imperialism? Great Britain. Please NOTE that Great Britain or the British Empire colonized more countries, took over trading in more ports, and gained more rich natural resources than any other European country or even Japan during the Age of Imperialism. 22. Which country was called “The Jewel in the Crown” because they were considered the pride of the British Empire? India. Please NOTE that Great Britain also known as the British Empire took advantage of many of the richest natural resources that India had and took more from there than any other country that they had conquered or controlled the trade. 23. What was the result of both Opium Wars? Most trading ports in China were now being controlled by a few European countries. Please NOTE that Great Britain was selling Opium (addictive drug) in Chinese ports and when the Chinese Emperor outlawed Opium, the First Opium War began. The Chinese were defeated by the British and China continued to tolerate Opium being sold to its people. 24. Europeans used force to take over land in other countries. What is this practice called? Imperialism. Please NOTE that there were 8 European countries that dominated the Age of Imperialism but there was at least one Asian country that dominated Imperialism and that country was Japan. 25. __________was a rebellion by Indian soldiers against their British rulers. The Sepoy Mutiny. Please NOTE that the Sepoys were Indian soldiers that worked for the British colonial government during the Age of Imperialism and they rebelled as a result of the rumor in which they heard that they were being given cow and pig fat grease to grease the bullet cartridges in their guns. 26. What was a cause of World War I? Nationalism was increasing throughout Europe. Please NOTE that Nationalism was one of the four main causes of World War I along with Militarism, Alliances that were secrete, and Imperialism. Nationalism is when the people within one’s country unify together and show extreme patriotism to their country because of the same language, religion, and race or ethnic group. 27. What was the one action that started World War I? The Assassination of Austro-Hungarian Duke Franz Ferdinand. Please NOTE that Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand and Austria-Hungary declared War on Serbia as a result of the Assassination. 28. Which of the following was the new form of German made chemical warfare that severely affects the skin and respiratory system? Mustard gas. Please NOTE that World War I was the first ever war where biological and chemical warfare was being used. 29. “No man’s land” refers to what particular geography? the western front of World War I where German troops were at a stalemate. Please NOTE that a stalemate is when two countries on opposite sides fight each other over and over again and DO NOT ADVANCE. So, no one wins or loses but a lot of lives are lost. 30. The Russian Revolution produced which result that came out of World War I? It had taken Russia’s involvement out of World War I. Please NOTE that Russia was fighting in a Civil War between the White Army which was led by pro-imperial soldiers and the Red Army which was led by Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Bolsheviks. This was also apart of the Russian Revolution.
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