World History: Journey Across Time, The Early Ages

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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