1. ATLEE HIGH SCHOOL
World History II Review
SOL 2: World at 1500

2.  New intellectual and artistic ideas
developed during the
_________________ and marked the
beginning of the _________ world.
 A:
 Renaissance
 Modern

4.  The word Renaissance literally means
_______________ and the era serves as the
“birth” of the modern world.
 A:
 “Rebirth”

5.  The Renaissance started in the
________________________________ and
then spread to _______________________.
 A:
 Italian City States
 Northern Europe

7.  What artist completed the following works?
 The David
 Sistine Chapel Frescoes
 A: Michelangelo

9.  What artists completed the following works?
 The Last supper
 Mona Lisa
 A:
 Leonardo da Vinci

11.  The most famous playwright of the
Renaissance was:
 A:
 William Shakespeare

13.  What renaissance era intellectual idea
focused on enjoying worldly pleasures?
 A:
 Humanism

15.  The most famous humanist thinker of the
Renaissance era was:
 A:
 Erasmus

16.  “Man is the Measure of All Things” is an idea
that would fit with which Renaissance era
idea:
 A:
 Humanism

17.  What 2 major religions were concentrated in
Europe and the Middle East in 1500 CE?
 A:
 Judaism
 Christianity

19.  Where was Islam concentrated in 1500 CE?
 A:
 Parts of Asia
 The Middle East
 North Africa
 Southern Europe

21.  Where was Hinduism mainly concentrated in
1500 CE?
 A:
 India
 Part of SE Asia

23.  What religion was mainly concentrated in
Southeast Asia in 1500 CE?
 A:
 Buddhism

25. By 1500 AD, regional trade patterns had
developed that linked the Middle East
(southwest Asia) with what 3 continents?
A:
Europe
Africa
Asia

26.  What was the importance of the trading
patterns?
 A:
 Exchanged products (silk, tea, etc)
 Exchanged Ideas (Religion, Math,
technology etc)

27.  The Silk Roads linked Asia to what area:
 A:
 The Mediterranean Basin (former Roman
Empire)

28. SILK ROADS

29.  Maritime (Sea) routes had consistently
crossed which ocean by 1500?
 A:
 Indian Ocean

31.  The trade routes in North Africa had to cross
what major natural barrier?
 A:
 Sahara Desert

32. TRANS SAHARA TRADE

33.  Trade routes linked Northern Europe to the
rest of the world by linking them with the
_______________ sea.
 A:
 Black

34. BLACK SEA ROUTES
Black Sea

35.  What were 4 of the products or
advancements that had been exported from
China?
 A:
 Paper
 The Compass
 Silk
 Porcelain

36.  Textiles and the Numeral system had mainly
come from:
 A:
 India
 The Middle East

37.  What were some examples of scientific
knowledge that were exchanged at this time?
 A:
 Medicine
 Astronomy
 Mathematics (algebra, numeral system)