Post on 27-Dec-2015
MiscScience Mercantilism Slavery Religion
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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 – 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