1st Year GCC History Summer Exam

Define propaganda.

• Place where artefacts are kept

• The study of the past based on what people left behind

• Pollen from plants at the site can help to date objects

• Selective use of information to promote a particular point

Explain chronology.

• Pollen from plants at the site can help to date objects

• Counting tree rings to determine the age of a tree

• A list of events in the order in which they occurred

• Official government documents and records are stored here

What was an apprentice?

• Head of a convent

• Boy servant, the first step in becoming a knight

• A place, person, or thing from which information comes from

• A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

What was the role of an abbot?

• Nobleman

• Head of a convent

• Soldier on horseback

• Head of a monastery

Which answer best explains what a plebeian was?

• Greek doctor who brought medical ideas to Rome

• An ordinary citizen in Ancient Rome

• A ruler who has absolute power

• Public speaker

Why was Pompeii significant?

• Roman city near Naples, that was buried during an eruption

• A loose robe worn by men in Rome

• An ancient Roman chariot racing stadium

• Roman stadium where Romans watched gladiator fights

What was a patron during the Renaissance ?

• Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist

• Michelangelo's most famous sculpture.

• Female artist of the Renaissance

• Financial supporter of the arts e.g. Lorenzo de Medici

Who was Galileo?

• Astronomer. The first to use a telescope to study the stars

• Financial supporter of the arts e.g. Lorenzo de Medici

• Inventor of the printing press

• Astronomer. Showed planets revolve around sun in oval orbits

What does the term genocide mean?

• Large Spanish estates

• Ancient civilization located in present-day Mexico City

• Deliberate extermination of a group of people

• A state containing several countries

Explain what the term exploration means?

• Capture or taking of something by force

• Settling among and establishing control over native people

• A state containing several countries

• Travel undertaken in order to discover new resources/lands