Saylor Final Exam -All the tests!!! Questions and Answers
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Saylor Final Exam -All the tests!!! Questions
and Answers
All of the following were reasons for interest in colonization EXCEPT to achieve political
gains.
Descartes believed in using only known facts to arrive at conclusions.
European nations used colonies for all of the following EXCEPT to...
Saylor Final Exam -All the tests!!! Questions
and Answers
All of the following were reasons for interest in colonization EXCEPT to achieve political
gains.
Descartes believed in using only known facts to arrive at conclusions.
European nations used colonies for all of the following EXCEPT to improve lives for the
natives.
In Ptolemy's geocentric universe, the Earth was the center of the universe.
Mercantilism held that countries should do all they could to increase wealth.
Newton's work explained the laws of motion and gravitation.
People could make money by sharing in other businesses through joint-stock companies.
, Saylor Final Exam -All the tests!!! Questions
and Answers
Philip II lost the Netherlands for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT he enslaved Dutch
people.
Portugal's explorations were inspired by Prince Henry.
Spain's main asset in the Americas was minerals.
The Columbian Exchange was trade between America and Europe.
The selling of slaves from Africa became known as the triangular trade.
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided New World trade between Portugal and Spain.
The scientific method includes all of the following techniques EXCEPT considering
classical conclusions.
Galileo proved Copernicus correct with the aid of a telescope.
, Saylor Final Exam -All the tests!!! Questions
and Answers
The following all helped improve exploration EXCEPT steam engine
Bartolomeu Dias found a route to the Indian Ocean.
Christopher Columbus intended to find a shorter route to Asia.
Balboa's important discovery was the Pacific Ocean.
The Aztecs were defeated by Cortes.
Spain's easy access to gold hurt it because too much Spanish gold enriched other nations.
Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in Great Britain before it occurred elsewhere in Europe?
Great Britain had the needed natural resources, a large population, expanding economy,
good banking system and growing overseas trade that no where else in Europe had yet.
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