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Science – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• This scientist is responsible for a great deal of our understanding of physics. And liked apples.

ANSWER:• Sir Isaac Newton

Science – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• This scientist focused on empirical reasoning and many consider him one of the fathers of the scientific method. Also, he has a delicious last name

ANSWER:

• Sir Francis Bacon

Science – 30 Points

QUESTION:

• Name 3 major technologies that came to Europe from Asia (10 points per correct answer)

ANSWER:

• Compass, Gunpowder, Printing Press

Science – 40 Points

QUESTION:•Name 4 technologies that contributed to the European domination of the seas (10 points per correct answer)

ANSWER:

• Deep water ships/hulls, Compass, Mapmaking, Astrolabe, Naval Cannon

Science – 50 Points

QUESTION:

• Kepler, Galileo, and Copernicus all contributed greatly to our understanding of what?

ANSWER:

• the movement of cosmic bodies (astronomy)

Mercantilism – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• This was a class of poor people who emerged with the development of Mercantilism

ANSWER:

• Proletariat

Mercantilism – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• The exchange of various good throughout the Atlantic was known as what?

ANSWER:

• Triangle Trade, Golden Triangle, Atlantic triangle trade

Mercantilism – 30 Points

QUESTION:

• What is the name for a large farm that depends on Slave labor to create raw materials or cash crops?

ANSWER:

• Plantation

Mercantilism – 40 Points

QUESTION:

• What is it called when a material begins to lose value because the amount of that material available has increased?.

ANSWER:

• Inflation

Mercantilism – 50 Points

QUESTION:

• This author wrote a book titled “The Wealth of Nations” which attacked Mercantilist ideas

ANSWER:

• Adam Smith

Slavery – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• This was the name for the deadly trip over the Atlantic Ocean

ANSWER:

• Middle Passage

Slavery – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• The slave trade centered on the Slave Coast of Africa caused the political power in African culture to shift in what direction?

ANSWER:

• West

Slavery – 30 Points

QUESTION:

• This was the name given to slaves born in the New World, often of mixed race

ANSWER:

• Creole

Slavery – 40 Points

QUESTION:

• Why did the economy in South America demand a larger amount of imported slaves than that of North America

ANSWER:

• N. American Slave populations were self-sustaining

Slavery – 50 Points

QUESTION:

• What was the name of the British abolitionist who was instrumental in getting the slave trade ended?

ANSWER:

• William Wilberforce

Religion – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• This German priest authored the 95 theses, which helped spark a schism in the Christian church

ANSWER:

• Martin Luther

Religion – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• This theologian developed the idea of predestination

ANSWER:

• Jean Calvin

Religion – 30 Points

QUESTION:

• This is the idea that a creator crafted the world and then stepped away, leaving the world to run on its own (clockmaker theology)

ANSWER:

• Deism

Religion – 40 Points

QUESTION:

• This order of Catholic monks and priests were responsible for a number of schools and colleges being created as well as other missionary work.

ANSWER:

• Jesuits

Religion– 50 Points

QUESTION:

• This religion centered in Haiti was a combination of Christian beliefs and native African beliefs

ANSWER:

• Voodoo or Vodun

Misc – 10 Points

QUESTION:

• This was the Chinese dynasty that evicted the Mongols from China

ANSWER:

• Ming

Misc – 20 Points

QUESTION:

• These were Dutch farmers who settled in South Africa

ANSWER:

• Boers

Misc – 30 Points

QUESTION:

• This African king led fierce battles against the Boers who were settling in his kingdom.

ANSWER:

• Shaka Zulu

Misc – 40 Points

QUESTION:

• One of the ways this absolute monarch kept total control of his nation was by keeping his nobles distracted at an opulent grand palace in the countryside

ANSWER:

• Louis XIV

Misc – 50 Points

QUESTION:

• In what nation did the renaissance begin?

ANSWER:

• Italy