US History Cumulative Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed

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US History Cumulative Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed list three of the four reasons why we should study history ✔✔History is our story; history helps us understand the present; histo... ry helps us learn from the past; God teaches us that history is important. "Those who cannot remember the past... ✔✔are condemned to repeat it" Two themes in American history and an example of each ✔✔A mixture of good and bad - people are both good and bad; ethnocentricity - the idea that our way is best Define worldview. ✔✔The understanding of the world in which that person lives List any four beliefs present in biblical worldview ✔✔God created the heavens and the earth; God continues to guide the events of the world; humankind is a special creation made in God's image and has unique worth in his eyes; world events are not a result of chance but a mixture of God's sovereignty and our choices What was the most powerful agent of stability and control during the Middle Ages? Why? ✔✔The Roman Catholic Church ; because most people accepted the church's teachings as true and feared being excommunicated or accused of heresy Who invented the printing press? ✔✔Johann Gutenberg Why did Europeans seek a water route to India? ✔✔Land routes were long and dangerous Who was the first explorer to sail successfully around the Horn of Africa to India? ✔✔Vasco de Gamma Describe the two forces that bring about people movements ✔✔Push - things that make people want to leave; pull - things that make you want to go to another country What two major miscalculations did Christopher Columbus make? ✔✔He thought the world was smaller than it is; he didn't know there was another land mass How did America get its name? ✔✔Amerigo Vespucci - described it to the mapmaker who falsely credited him What was the "line of demarcation"? Who decided [Show More]

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