2. Which of the following is true about the Bantu migrations? (SSWH1d-DOK1)

The first major work of literature, attributed to Mesopotamian civilization, was (SSWH1a-DOK1)

The first known written code of laws is attributed to which of the following people? (SSWH1a-DOK1)

What major trade route connected ancient China, central Asia, and the Roman Empire? (SSWH2d-DOK1)

The belief in many gods is known as (SSWH1c-DOK1)

Reincarnation is the Hindu belief that the individual soul (SSWH2c-DOK1)

Which dynasty is said to be the longest lasting in Chinese history? (SSWH2b-DOK1)

The first dynasty to unify China into one nation was (SSWH2b-DOK1)

Who was Siddhartha Gautama? (SSWH2c-DOK1)

Which Indian ruler converted to Buddhism and later helped spread Buddhism to China and southeast Asia? (SSWH2a-DOK1)

Which major religion had its origins in the Roman Empire? (SSWH3e-DOK1)

Alexander’s conquests led to ___________, an age that saw the expansion of Greek culture and ideas throughout Asia and north Africa. (SSWH3b-DOK1)

A government in which power rests in the hands of all citizens is known as (SSWH3c-DOK1)

A government in which representatives are chosen to serve the people is known as (SSWH3a-DOK1)

This, the devaluation of money, helped speed up the decline of the Roman Empire during the 3^rd century CE. (SSWH3f-DOK1)

The Justinian Code was (SSWH4a-DOK1)

Russia grew out of the blending of which two cultures? (SSWH4b-DOK1)

Which empire brought an end to the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453? (SSWH7d-DOK1)

The Byzantine and Roman churches clashed over the use of what in worship during the 8^th century? (SSWH4c-DOK1)

What trade route, dominated by Muslim merchants, connected China, India, Europe, and Africa? (SSWH5c-DOK1)

Kublai Khan is best known as (SSWH4e-DOK1)

The __________ is Islam’s holy book and is the final authority in matters of faith and lifestyle. (SSWH5a-DOK1)

What do Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all have in common? (SSWH5e-DOK1)

In which region of the world did women often fail to cover up in the tradition of the Islamic Sharia? (SSWH6c-DOK1)

This group of Muslims believe that the leader can be any devout Muslim; 90 percent of the Muslim population today belong to this group. (SSWH5d-DOK1)

Which of the following was NOT one of the Sudanic states of West Africa? (SSWH6a-DOK1)

What three commodities were traded along the trans-Saharan trade route? (SSWH6b-DOK1)

Which of the following was a result of the trans-Saharan trade? (SSWH6b-DOK1)

Which ruler of Mali set out on a pilgrimage in 1324, along with 60,000 men and 80 camels loaded down with gold? (SSWH6a-DOK1)

In his book “The Prince”, Niccolo Machiavelli describes how a leader must behave and what he must do to gain and keep power. Which of the following best describes the ideas presented in his book? (SSWH9c-DOK2)

The authority of the pope to remove the Church’s blessings, including salvation, from an individual is known as: (SSWH7b-DOK1)

The Bubonic Plague of 1346-1350 (SSWH7c-DOK1)

What event is generally considered to be the beginning of the Protestant Reformation? (SSWH9e-DOK1)

The most lasting impact of the Crusades on Western Europe was (SSWH7d—DOK1)

In what way does Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man? (SSWH7b-DOK1)

What does the word Renaissance mean? (SSWH7a-DOK1)

How did Gutenberg help the spread of ideas during the Renaissance? (SSWH9d-DOK1)

What was the main tenet of Luther’s teachings? (SSWH9e-DOK1)

What Florentine family gained wealth and power and dominated the social and political life of that city-state? (SSWH9a-DOK1)

What disease was responsible for the death of much of the population of Mesoamerica after 1492? (SSWH8a-DOK1)

Who was the Spanish conquistador who gained the trust of the Aztecs, then killed their leader? (SSWH8a-DOK1)

Which of the following civilizations was NOT a Mesoamerican civilization? (SSWH8b-DOK1)

What did the Olmec create as a tribute to their leaders? (SSWH1a-DOK1)

The Council of Trent established the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus), which was given the job of (SSWH9g-DOK1)

What was Christopher Columbus seeking when he left Spain in 1492? (SSWH10a-DOK1)

Which of the following is known as the time during which new foods, culture, and diseases were spread between the Old World and the New World? (SSWH10b-DOK1)

Which Chinese explorer traveled the Indian Ocean until the Chinese government shut down any future exploration? (SSWH10b-DOK1)

Which of the following was the cause of death for a majority of natives in the New World between 1492 and 1600? (SSWH10b-DOK1)

Whose school of navigation was responsible for the training of many of the explorers of the 15^th and 16^th centuries? (SSWH10a-DOK1)

Under Japan’s system of feudalism, the daimyo were (SSWH11a-DOK1)

Which of the following was NOT one of the shoguns who led the Japanese unification movement? (SSWH11a-DOK1)

“Oda Nobunaga prepared the rice cake, Toyotomi Hideiyoshi cooked the rice cake, and Tokugawa Ieyasu ate the rice cake”. –Japanese proverb (SSWH11a-DOK1)

To what does the “rice cake” refer?

The Safavid Empire was located primarily in which modern-day nation? (SSWH12a-DOK1)

What group of Jewish and Christian officials did Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent create to control the power of Islamic elites in government?

The Mughal Empire was based in which Asian country? (SSWH12a-DOK1)

What city was converted to the Ottoman capital of Istanbul in 1453? (SSWH12a-DOK1)

Who developed the heliocentric theory, or the idea that the earth revolves the sun? (SSWH13a-DOK1)

According to John Locke, what were the three natural rights of all humans? (SSWH13b-DOK1)

With which of the following scientific disciplines is Sir Isaac Newton associated? (SSWH13a-DOK1)

The idea of checks and balances within a government was first advocated by (SSWH13b-DOK1)

What was the underlying cause of the American Revolution? (SSWH14b-DOK1)

The bourgeoisie is the French word for (SSWH14b-DOK1)

The execution device that became a hated symbol of the French Revolution was (SSWH14b-DOK1)

Who is considered the father of Latin American independence? (SSWH14b-DOK1)

Napoleon’s invasion of which nation began his downfall in 1812? (SSWH14c-DOK1)

Napoleon’s invasion of which nation began his downfall in 1812? (SSWH14c-DOK1)

The invention that made industrialization possible was (SSWH15a-DOK1)

What was the biggest social change of the Industrial Revolution on European nations? (SSWH15c-DOK1)

What was the biggest social change of the Industrial Revolution on European nations? (SSWH15c-DOK1)

Japanese industrialization was a result of reforms implemented by which Japanese emperor? (SSWH15a & SSWH16a—DOK1)

According to Karl Marx, who would benefit most by a Communist revolution? (SSWH15b-DOK2)

Strong nations taking over and dominating weaker nations is called (SSWH16a-DOK1)

Which of the following was NOT an underlying cause of World War I? (SSWH17a-DOK1)

Whose assassination on 28 June 1914 triggered the diplomatic crisis of 1914? (SSWH17a-DOK1)

What was the Black Hand trying to promote? (SSWH17a-DOK1)

What weapon dominated trench warfare on the Western Front? (SSWH17b-DOK1)

What treaty ended World War I in 1919? (SSWH17c-DOK1)

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party in Russia during World War I? (SSWH17d-DOK1)

Which alliance did the USA join in 1917? (SSWH17a-DOK1)

Which Russian czar abdicated the throne in February 1917? (SSWH17d-DOK1)

Why was the Zimmerman telegram published by the British government? (SSWH16c-DOK1)

Who did Lenin choose as the next leader of the USSR before he died in 1923? (SSWH18a—DOK1)

What was the goal of Stalin’s first Five Year Plan in 1928? (SSWH18a—DOK1)

What is an authoritarian government? (SSWH18c-DOK1)

What were the Nuremburg Laws? (SSWH18c-DOK1)

What alliance did the Germans and Italians form in 1938? (SSWH18d-DOK1)

Germany’s invasion of which nation is considered the beginning of World War II? (SSWH19a-DOK1)

What battle is considered the turning point of the war for the Soviet Union? (SSWH19a-DOK1)

What was the purpose of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? (SSWH19a-DOK1)

Which US President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (SSWH19a-DOK1)

What was the purpose of the “ghettoes” created by the Nazi regime in Poland and Eastern Europe during World War II? (SSWH19b-DOK1)

The United States agreed to supply ships and equipment to Great Britain in exchange for British bases as a result of which USA act? (SSWH19c-DOK1)

What was the name of the US plan to help rebuild nations destroyed by World War II? (SSWH19d-DOK1)

What was the name of the military alliance formed by the United States and its European and Canadian allies during the 1950s? (SSWH19d-DOK1)

Which two nations raced to develop nuclear weapons immediately after World War II ended? (SSWH20a—DOK1)

Who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa during the 1990s, after a 27-year sentence in prison? (SSWH20d-DOK1)

Which nation experienced a genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes during the 1990s? (SSWH21a-DOK1)

Which organization claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001? (SSWH21c-DOK1)

OPEC controls the production of roughly 60 percent of the world’s: (SSWH22b-DOK1)