World History: Journey Across Time

Chapter 18: Enlightenment and Revolution

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The collapse of the Byzantine and __________ empires made it more difficult and expensive for Europeans to get goods from Asia.
A)Holy Roman
B)Mongol
C)Eastern Roman
D)Ottoman
2
By the end of the 1400s, the four kingdoms of Spain, France, England, and _________ emerged as strong European forces.
A)Italy
B)China
C)Portugal
D)Belgium
3
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, was the first to __________.
A)navigate the Panama Canal
B)use a compass
C)land on the island of Hispaniola
D)round the tip of Africa
4
Christopher Columbus convinced the rulers of __________ to fund his voyage that led to the discovery of the Americas.
A)France
B)Spain
C)England
D)Portugal
5
__________ is any organized study of the natural world and how it works.
A)Literature
B)History
C)Science
D)Theology
6
A Polish mathematician named __________ led the Scientific Revolution with his theory that the sun, not the earth, was at the center of the universe.
A)Johannes Kepler
B)Ptolemy
C)Nicolaus Copernicus
D)Isaac Newton
7
__________ developed the universal law of gravitation, and his works led to the rise of modern physics.
A)Isaac Newton
B)Galileo
C)Galen
D)Robert Boyle
8
_____ was the greatest thinker of the Enlightenment.
A)Voltaire
B)Montesquieu
C)John Locke
D)Thomas Hobbes
9
__________ was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
A)Quebec
B)Jamestown
C)Charles Town
D)Boston
10
A group of Puritans called Pilgrims left England in search of __________.
A)wealth
B)gold
C)happiness
D)religious freedom
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