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Midterm Exam Modern World History
Professor Maar
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1)
All of the following are true about Christopher Columbus EXCEPT:
a.
He was a Spanish Conquistador
b.
He was a business man
c.
He was an extremely devout Christian
d.
He is accused of committing many atrocities in the New World
2)
In his conquest of Tenochtitlan, Cortes encountered:
a.
The Mayans
b.
The Americanos
c.
The Aztecs
d.
The Arawaks 3)
Ferdinand Magellan was
a.
A Spanish Conquistador b.
The inventor of the Magellan GPS
c.
The author of A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
d.
A Portuguese explorer
4)
The Middle Passage Was famously described in harrowing detail by a.
Christopher Columbus
b.
Equiano c. Montezuma
d.
Fredrick Douglas
5)
All of the following were famous Renaissance artists EXCEPT:
a.
Martin Luther
b. Michelangelo c. Donatello
d. Raphael
6)
The Last Supper is a famous painting by
a. Michelangelo
b. Raphael
c.
Leonardo da Vinci
d. Petrarch 7)
The 95 Theses a.
Was a work of art painted by Petrarch b.
Was a book of poems written by Michelangelo
c.
Was a condemnation of practices of Catholic priests dramatically nailed to a church door by Martin Luther
d.
Was a condemnation of the practices of Islam nailed to the door of a Mosque by Pope Pious VII 8)
All of the following are TRUE of King Henry VIII EXCEPT:
a.
He oversaw English expansion into the New World
b.
He is from the House of Tudor
c.
He broke with the Catholic Church to divorce his first wife
d.
He is famous for having many wives, some of whom he had executed 9)
All of the following were English monarchs EXCEPT
a.
King James I
b.
Queen Elizabeth I
c.
Queen Mary I
d.
King Reginald III
10)
Jamestown
a.
Was the first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World
b.
Was the first permanent French settlement in the New World
c.
Was the first permanent English settlement in the New World
d.
Was the city where Montezuma and the Aztecs lived 11)
Mehmed the Conquer a.
Conquered Montezuma and the Aztecs
b.
Conquered parts of Spain and converted it to Islam
c.
Conquered the English at the Battle of Nottingham in 1504
d.
Conquered Constantinople in 1453
12)
Suleiman the Magnificent a.
Was also known as “Suleiman the Lawgiver” b.
Conquered the Holy Roman Empire and was both Sultan of the Ottomans and King of the Romans c.
Designed and built the Hagia Sophia in 1584
d.
Expanded the Ottoman Empire by conquering the English in the Battle of London in 1579
13)
All of the following are considered “gunpowder empires” EXCEPT:
a.
The Ottomans
b.
The Safavids c.
The British d.
The Mughals
14)
All of the following were rulers of the Mughal Empire EXCEPT:
a.
Nader b. Jahar
c. Akbar
d. Aurangzeb
15)
The Taj Mahal
a.
Is also known as the “Church of Holy Wisdom”
b.
Was built under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent c.
Was destroyed in the Great Fire of Delhi in 1605
d.
was built under the reign of Shah Jahan as a grand tomb for him and his favorite wife
16)
All of the following were emperors of the Qing Dynasty EXCEPT:
a. Kangxi
b.
Li Zicheng
c. Yongzhen
d. Qianlong
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17)
All of the following are classic Chinese novels EXCEPT:
a.
The Golden Lotus b.
The Dream of the Red Chamber
c.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
d.
Huckleberry Finn 18)
Sakoku refers to
a.
A famous novel in Japanese literature
b. T
he concept of “closed country” (Japan’s isolation from the world)
c.
An elite warrior class in Japan known for their armor and swords
d.
Japanese feudal lords that ruled Japan throughout the Tokugawa Era 19)
The Twenty-Six Martyrs a.
Were Catholic missionaries crucified in Japan
b.
Were Japanese warriors killed in battle fighting against the Korean invasion in 1540
c.
Were Islamic missionaries crucified in Japan
d.
Was a famous Japanese novel 20)
All of the following are considered Enlightenment political philosophers EXCEPT:
a.
Thomas Hobbes
b.
John Locke c.
John Jacque Rousseau
d.
Isaac Newton 21)
Common Sense
a.
Was a famous English novel
b.
Was a political pamphlet written by Tom Paine c.
Was a collection of poems written by Benjamin Franklin
d.
Was a famous political treatise written by John Locke
22)
All of the following European empires claimed territory in North America EXCEPT
a. England
b. France
c. Spain d.
Germany
23)
All of the following were acts imposed on American colonists EXCEPT:
a.
The Stamp Act
b.
The Tea Act
c.
The Abolishment of Slavery Act
d.
The Intolerable Acts
24)
The first system of government in the United States was a.
The Articles of Confederation
b.
The Articles of Constitution
c.
The Declaration of Confederation
d.
The Declaration of Liberty
25)
Robespierre
a.
Was King of the French
b.
The leader of the Jacobins c.
The author of Common Sense d.
The leader of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
26)
All of the following are true of the Guillotine EXCEPT
a.
It was named after French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin b.
It was an Enlightenment idea applied to the death penalty c.
It was used to execute the royal family in France during the Revolution
d.
It was outlawed by the Jacobins in 1794
27)
18 of Brumaire
a.
Was a coup d’état in France that led to Napoleon Bonaparte’s reign b.
Was a famous novel recounting the French Revolution c.
Was a political treatise written by Robespierre d.
Was a coup d’état in England that led to the reign of King Henry VIII
28)
The Communist Manifesto was a work of political philosophy written by a.
Napoleon Bonaparte b.
Thomas Paine
c.
John Stuart Mill
d.
Karl Marx
29)
The leading cause of the American Civil War was a.
Slavery
b.
British colonialism
c.
Disputes over territory with Native American tribes
d.
Unresolved ideological differences between Marxists and Capitalists
30)
Abraham Lincoln was
a.
President of the United States during the American Civil War
b.
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
c.
Prime Minister of the United States during the American Civil War
d.
A Confederate General and the Commander of the Confederate Army
31)
All of the following were inventions of the 19
th
century Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
a.
The Cotton Gin
b.
The telegraph c.
Steam Engines d.
The machine gun
32)
The Bourbon Restoration led to the reign of
a.
Karl Marx
b.
King William I
c.
Napoleon III
d.
Charles X
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33)
Ideas such as Liberalism and Nationalism inspired all of these events EXCEPT:
a.
The Bourbon Restoration
b.
The Belgian Revolution of 1830
c.
The Italian Revolution of 1831 d.
The July Revolution 34)
Giuseppe Garibaldi was
a.
A key figure in the American Revolution
b.
A key figure in the unification of the Italian city states
c.
The author of On Liberty
d.
The inventor of the Cotton Gin
35)
All of the following are TRUE about Otto von Bismarck EXCEPT
a.
He practiced the concept of realpolitik b.
He provoked the French into a war c.
He was the Prime Minister of Prussia d.
He became the King of France and Germany after the Franco-
Prussian War