Semester Exam World History (blackboard) 10gr 2 semester PART 2

Select the nation that governed with a monarchy, but whose leader was limited in power due to the lawmaking body of Parliament.

England

Select the Japanese figure of the feudal warrior society whose role was similar to that of the knight in Medieval Europe.

samurai

Which leader of the Mughal Empire was very curious, but illiterate, and displayed religious tolerance to the extent that he took one wife from every of the four major religions?

Akbar

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

England

Identify the Spanish artist who became a court painter and created a work of art known as Las Meninas that portrayed the daughter of the royal family.

Diego Velazquez

With which nation did Spain go to war during the Anglo-Spanish War? Philip II sent a Spanish Armada to defeat them, but severe weather inhibited their efforts and Spain lost.

England

John Locke

English author who believed people were born with rights to life, liberty, and property

On July 14, 1789, a mob of people stormed a prison that held political prisoners, revolting against the injustices of the governing party. In which country did this occur?

France

Identify the two figures that developed the five-step process known as the scientific method.

Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes

Voltaire

French author who was imprisoned in the Bastille for writing about injustices committed by French government

Which of the following is NOT true about the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte?

He was successful in uniting all of Europe in his Continental System.

Choose the French writer from the Enlightenment period who wrote The Social Contract in which he said government should work for the people and the people should work for the good of the society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who was responsible for the development of the communist economic theory, which states that government should control all businesses, people should not be paid for their work, and that all products should be equally distributed amongst society?

Karl Marx

Who was largely responsible for the child labor reform efforts in America, as he made much of the American population aware of the situation through his photography?

Lewis Hine

Who invented the process of removing bacteria cells from food and liquids, such as milk, cheese, and juice?

Louis Pasteur

Which Chinese dynasty came about in the 1300s after a peasant rebel rose up and defeated the Yuan Dynasty?

Ming

Which Russian leader encouraged education, developed training in fields, such as shipbuilding, printing, and dentistry, and attempted to modernize Russia by exposing it to Western culture?

Peter the Great

Upon being crowned the shah of the Safavid Empire, 14-year-old Esma'il declared Shi'ism the official religion, which was a problem because the majority of his subjects belonged to what religious sect?

Sunni Islam

Which of the following did NOT occur after the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453?

The Ottomans refused to permit anyone in the region that was not a Muslim.

All of the following are true about the beginnings of industrialization EXCEPT:

The first factories were powered by steam engines, but later converted to water mills because coal was scarce.

During the reign of the Kamukura Shogunate, the emperor was still at the top of the hierarchical structure, but possessed little power.

True

The writings of the Enlightenment influenced the leaders of the American and French Revolutions. For example, Thomas Jefferson wrote that all citizens have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence, based on the writings of John Locke.

True

Select the theory of economics that believes government should not play a role in business and supports the laissez-faire principle of "free to do."

capitalism

Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors of production?

communist ideology

Copernicus

devised heliocentric theory stating that Earth, and other planets, revolve around the sun

Marie Curie

discovered radioactivity

Sir Isaac Newton

discovered the laws of gravity

Diderot

edited a 28-volume encyclopedia of French writers whose works were based on Enlightenment principles

Thomas Edison

invented the light bulb and generator

Alexander Graham Bell

invented the telephone

Which social class came to be during the Industrial Revolution, typically comprised of business owners and professionals, who now had time to enjoy leisure-time activities?

middle class

What Japanese art form, meaning "pictures of the floating world," was created using woodblock prints and greatly impacted Western art, particularly Impressionists in Europe and America?

ukiyo-e

Mary Wollstonecraft

wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; daughter wrote Frankenstein

Miguel de Cervantes

wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha about a man on a medieval adventure