Quizes of Unit 5 world history
First man to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
his ship was first to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
The leaders that united Spain and funded Christopher Columbus were:
Ferdinand and Isabella
A civil conflict in __________ in 1647 to 1652 was the Fronde.
France
priest who spread Catholicism in Japan
Francis Xavier
defeated Incas
Francisco Pizarro
lasted twenty years
long parliament
A person of Spanish and American Indian descent is referred to as:
mestizo
Spanish and Indian descent
mestizo
A. King of Spain from 1516 to 1556
Charles V
The first permanent French settlement in the New World was at Montreal.
False
Who did Philip II send to conquer England in 1588?
Spanish Armada
The growth of cities was the only reason the Turks lost control of the Balkans.
False
When Charles VI of Austria died, he left the throne to his niece, Maria Catherine.
False
Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
As Magellan sailed through the straits at the tip of South America:
ice formed on the rigging, rails, sails and a storm crippled one of the ships
local loyal French officials
intendants
established many colonies in America
joint-stock companies
was a missionary to the Indians as he walked from the texas coast to the Gulf of California
Cabeza de Vaca
The name Protestant comes from:
Calvinism, Lutheranism, and the Protestant princes union
English commander against Spanish Armada
Admiral Howard
During whose reign was the Habeas Corpus passed and the Whig and Tory parties developed?
Charles II
In spite of its seeming insignificance in a time of major empires, what major part did Austria play in stabilizing Europe?
Austria played a major part in stabilizing Europe by keeping the Ottoman Turks from entering the continent. This helped keep peace and order.
discovered the Cape of storms
Bartholomew Dias
England became a sea power
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
stabilized English government
Elizabeth I
religious freedom vs. a national church
English Civil War
a Moor who was one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition
Estevanico
Charles V was the king of Spain who sent the Spanish Armada to England.
False
Frederick II of Prussia was focused on the military; it was his only interest.
False
Frederick William was the first king of Prussia.
False
Richelieu attacked La Rochelle because of religious intolerance.
False
The Navigation Acts were meant to destroy Spanish trade.
False
The capital of the Ottoman Empire was the Dardenelles.
False
The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with the
French and Indian War
The last Moorish stronghold on the Iberian peninsula was:
Granada
began Bourbon dynasty
Henry IV
began Tudor dynasty
Henry VII
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
Describe a joint-stock company.
In a joint-stock company stock holders invest however much money into the company as they want and they receive a percentage of the profits. The more money invested the higher the percentage of profits the stock holder receives, but that also means a risk of losing more money if the company goes under.
England's only written constitution
Instrument of Government
England's written constitution
Instrument of Government
Began the Stuart dynasty
James I
English translation of the Bible
James I
the sun king
Louis XIV
named for Louis XIV
Louisiana
Which was NOT a feature of mercantilism?
Maximizing imports over exports
A system of government intervention to promote national prosperity and to increase the power of the country is called .
Mercantilism
prosperity based on gold and silver
Mercantilism
King of the Aztecs
Montezuma
An important principle of the English Petition of Right was that no taxes could be raised without the consent of
Parliament
ranks with the Magna Carta in Importance
Petition of Right
became king of spain in 1556
Philip II
Started school of navigation at Sagres and sponsored voyages along the African coast
Prince Henry
fought against the Catholic princes alliance and the Holy Roman Empire
Protestant princes union
first permanent French settlement in New World
Quebec
Chief minister of France
Richelieu
chief minister in france in 1624
Richelieu
The Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji (Little Fountain) gave which country free passage through the straits and territories along the Black Sea?
Russia
an English explorer
Sir Francis Drake
Portugal declined as a world power because it was conquered by _____ in 1580.
Spain
The movement that emphasizes intellectual freedom without prejudice and superstition is _____.
The Enlightenment
Muslims were aggressive in their military advances because they believed that victory in battle meant divine favor.
True
Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world.
True
The Ottoman Turks advanced rapidly into the Balkans, until only Austria lay between them and Western Europe.
True
first man to circumnavigate Africa
Vasco de Gama
Palace of Louis XIV
Versailles
English Prime Minister
William Cecil
A Spanish conqueror in North or South America is called a:
conquistador
A policy whereby a certain number of Indian slaves were granted to landowners by the king is called _____.
encomienda
A favorable balance of trade is achieved when you import more than you export.
false
When more goods are exported than imported, the trade balance is said to be
favorable
When a country that is weak is shielded by a stronger, the weaker is a:
protectorate
When the Spanish Armada was defeated, England remained independent and
protestant
Three causes of the English civil wars were:
supremacy of the King or Parliament national church or religious freedom for Protestants new economic groups wanting a role in government
When Portugal first sent representatives to Peking, China
they were kicked out and given a base at Macao
King James I was responsible for a very popular English translation of the Bible.
true
The Petition of Right and the Magna Carta ranked in importance on an equal basis for the rights of Englishmen.
true
Under Cromwell as the Lord Protector, government became more and more orderly and peaceful.
true
A Spanish province in Latin America is called a:
viceroyalty
Spanish province in New World
viceroyalty
