AP World 1.4-1.6

The artistic and educational rebirth of Europe's culture was known as the

• Little Ice Age

• Renaissance

• Feudal system

• Great Schism

• Reconquista

The Magna Carta was significant because it

• established basic rights for the people

• ended Mongol rule in Europe

• established Islamic rule in Spain

• brought an end to the feudal system

• gave King John full unlimited power in England

All of these are true about the Catholic Church in Medieval Europe EXCEPT

• it provided stability and comfort

• monks and priests preserved and wrote books

• the pope was incredibly powerful and influential

• its power grew even more after the Black Plague

• the clergy were highly educated

The Little Ice Age

• was beneficial since summers were more comfortable

• led to shorter growing seasons and less food

• had no impact on European society

• is still going on today

• directly led to the end of the Black Plague

All of these are associated with the Manorial System EXCEPT

• three-field system of farming

• safety and security for the serfs

• serfs were legally tied to the land they lived on

• provided economic self-sufficiency

• Serfs traveled to and from different manors regularly

In the Americas, the Mississippian people were known for

• human sacrifices

• mound building

• huge defensive walls

• gold mining

• technology such as the printing press

The main form of Mayan government was

• democracy

• totalitarianism

• city-states

• anarchy (no government)

• oligarchy

The Mayans would best be described as

• primitive hunter-gatherers

• a class consisting of mainly warriors

• innovative, especially in math and astronomy

• strictly monotheistic

• people who lived after the Aztecs and Incas

All of these are true of the Aztecs EXCEPT

• they worshipped many gods (polytheism)

• they worshipped one main God (monotheism)

• their government was a theocracy (rule by religious laws)

• they included human sacrifices in their ceremonies

• they built huge pyramids and temples to their gods

Animism was a common factor in the Inca and other Native American tribes. This means

• humans must be killed to appease the gods

• they believe there is no afterlife

• elements in the physical world have supernatural powers

• men could take multiple wives

• they were nomadic