Misc Science Mercantilism Slavery Religion

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