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WH 1st semester review

Total questions: 130

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Justinian's most famous achievement is the

a)

Wall of Constantine

b)

Holy Crusade

c)

Crowning of Charlemagne

d)

Justinian Code

2.

The Byzantine Empire reached its greatest extent under:

a)

Justinian

b)

Constantine

c)

Vladimir

d)

Diocletian

3.

Why was trade so much better in Constantinople?

a)

Goods in Constantinople were far superior to those in the western Roman Empire

b)

It was easier for traders to access Constantinople over land

c)

Constantinople was at the center of east and west trade, and could be reached by water

d)

Constantinople was protected from outside intruders by the Alps and Gobi dessert

4.

What is the Hagia Sophia?

a)

The center of Christianity in the Roman Empire

b)

The center of trade in the capital of Constantinople

c)

The main government building of Justinian's reign

d)

An enormous church built by Justinian I

5.

How did Justinian I expand his Empire?

a)

By taking back lands in North Africa, Italy, and Spain

b)

By taking lands in the Ottoman Empire

c)

By waging wars against China and the Eastern Empires

d)

By fighting back the armies of Carthage to regain territory in Spain and Africa

6.
Which Muslim group believes that Caliphs must be related to Muhammad?
a)
Sunni
b)
Shi'ia
c)
Sufi
7.

Prejudice against Jews is known as

a)

zionism

b)

anti- semitism

c)

apartheid

d)

imperialism

8.

Roman Emperor _______________ made Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire.

a)

Diocletian

b)

Galerius

c)

Constantine

d)

Augustus

9.

Papal Supremecy

a)

Exchange of pledges between lords and vassals

b)

campaign to drive muslims from Spain

c)

authority over all secular rulers

d)

division of the church

10.

Journeymen is

a)

a salaried worker employed by a guild master

b)

a guild master

c)

a secular ruler

d)

a person who doesn't get paid but learns a skill

11.

Monasteries and convents often proved basic

a)

sacred rites of the church

b)

legacy of religious hate

c)

basic social services

d)

banking needs

12.

charter

a)

obedience and poverty

b)

excommunication of an entire region

c)

a group of merchants who pooled their funds

d)

written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

13.

Why did so many people embark on the crusades

a)

better plows and land

b)

Religious and some yearend for adventure

c)

politically divide and no trade

d)

legacy and more power

14.

guilds

a)

workers who were tied to the land on which they lived

b)

a ruler who has absolute power

c)

association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interest

d)

association of middle class and upper class who proposed a written document to govern the city

15.

serfs

a)

workers who were tied to the land

b)

a ruler who has absolute power

c)

workers who were slaves

d)

worker who were paid

16.

excommunication

a)

protected cities from disarray

b)

church wealth

c)

Banishment from the church

d)

Banishment from the throne

17.

schism

a)

the great wall

b)

the great divide with the Christian world

c)

Campaign to drive Muslims from Spain

d)

Sacred rites of the church

18.

Reconquista

a)

Campaign to drive Vikings out of Byzantine

b)

Campaign to drive Muslims out of Spain

c)

Slaves tied to the land

d)

Religious ceremony

19.

Manor System

a)

Mounted warrior

b)

Association of Knights, nibbles and monarchs

c)

A system developed to help protect the king and queens court

d)

an economic system of exchanging land use and protection for goods and services.

20.

feudal contract

a)

authority over all secular rulers

b)

a salaried worker

c)

exchange of pledges between lords and vassals

d)

campaign to protect lords and vassals

21.
What is a series of military tours from Christian Europe to Palestine (Holy Lands)?
a)
serf
b)
knight
c)
Crusades
d)
Clergy
22.
What is a highly trained mounted warrior in the service of a noble in Medieval Europe?
a)
serf
b)
knight
c)
Crusades
d)
Clergy
23.
Charlemagne was the king of which powerful Germanic tribe?
a)
Saxons
b)
Goths
c)
Franks
d)
Jutes
24.

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service:

a)

fief

b)

duke

c)

feudalism

d)

knight

25.

True or False: The majority of the Crusades were very successful in capturing the Holy Land.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

What religious leader from the Catholic Church helped to organize the First Crusade?

a)

Stephen Harding

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Saint Benedict

27.

What was the original goal of the Crusades?

a)

To make sure that kings no longer ruled over peasants.

b)

To recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

c)

To end Feudalism

d)

To open new trade routes to the East.

28.
Who was the King of England that participated in the 3rd Crusade?
a)
Frederick I
b)
Phillip II
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Richard the Lion-Hearted
29.
The Crusades were fought over the control of what "holy" city?
a)
Mecca
b)
Constantinople
c)
Jerusalem
30.

Usury

a)

a slang term for Jewish people

b)

The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest

c)

A ruler who has absolute money power

d)

An economic system of exchanging money for favors

31.

a ruler who has complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs

a)

absolute monarch

b)

abdicated monarch

c)

intendant monarch

32.

Which family ruled the Holy Roman Empire during the Age of Absolutism?

a)

Bourbons

b)

Tudors

c)

Hapsburgs

d)

Stuarts

33.

series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War

a)

Austrian Agreement

b)

Peace of Westphalia

c)

Treaty of Versailles

34.

tsar of Russia; proclaimed emperor in 1721. He was one of Russia's greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers.

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Eric the Great

c)

Frederick II

35.

having unlimited power

a)

oligarchic

b)

autocratic

c)

democratic

36.

soldier serving in a foreign country for pay

a)

mercenary

b)

freedom fighter

c)

warlord

37.

German-born empress of Russia (1762–1796) who led her country in becoming part of the political and cultural life of Europe.

a)

Maria Theresa

b)

Harriett II

c)

Catherine the Great

38.

served as king of France (1643–1715) and is considered the symbol of absolute monarchy

a)

James I

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Voltaire

39.

king of Scotland who also became king of England and Ireland. He deeply believed in the divine right of kings to rule over all their subjects without interference from anyone

a)

Thomas I

b)

James I

c)

Edward I

40.

A prolific English writer on political philosophy; proposed that people are born with certain natural rights that cannot be taken away, including life, liberty, and property

a)

John Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Adam Smith

41.

a person who flee his or her country for political reasons

a)

emirgre

b)

guillotine

c)

marseilles

d)

habius corpus

42.

members of the working class who made the French Revolution more radical

a)

french revolutionaries

b)

marseilles

c)

sans-culottes

d)

napoleon

43.

right to vote

a)

civil rights

b)

jacobin

c)

emigre

d)

suffrage

44.

device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading

a)

guillotine

b)

suffrage

c)

nationalism

d)

marseilles

45.

a strong feeling of pride and devotion to one's country

a)

federalist

b)

nationalist

c)

nationalism

d)

patriot

46.

old order system of government in pre-revolutionary France

a)

cahier

b)

olympe de gouges

c)

ancien regime

d)

marie antoinette

47.

fortress in Paris used as a prison; French revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789

a)

bourgeoisie

b)

bastille

c)

estates-general

d)

cahiers

48.
 All of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy except the __________.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
ideas of the Enlightenment 
49.

What does plebiscit mean?

a)

popular vote by ballot

b)

a kind of French potato

c)

a priest of the 1st estate

50.

Code of law embodied Enlightenment principles of equality, religious tolerance and the end of feudalism and was created by Napoleon

a)

plebiscite

b)

Naploeonic Code

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

Napoleon annexed

51.

give up or step down from power

a)

annexed

b)

Napoleon

c)

plebiscite

d)

abdicated

52.
Who conquered the Incas?
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Herando Cortes
d)
Christopher Columbus
53.
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
a)
Hernando Cortez
b)
Francisco Pizarrro
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
54.
What did the encomienda system provide for new Spain?
a)
more land
b)
more settlers
c)
military protection
d)
cheap labor source
55.

In what year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

a)

1482

b)

1492

c)

1493

d)

1491

56.

The 1494 treaty in which the pope divided unexplored territories between Spain and Portugal

a)

Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

Treaty of Demarcation Line

c)

Treaty of Tortillas

d)

Treaty of Splitting the World in Two

57.

The line the divided the world in half for Spain & Portugal to explore. Spain got any lands to the west of the line; Portugal got any lands to the east of the line.

a)

Line of Thanos

b)

Line of the Worlds

c)

Line of Denmark

d)

Line of Demarcation

58.

He hacked his way through the tropical forests of Panama. He was the first to see the Pacific Ocean. He named it the South Sea.

a)

Cabot

b)

Balboa

c)

Dias

d)

Albuquerque

59.

He was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Actually, he didn't make it, but some of the crew did. He was murdered in the Philippines.

a)

Cabot

b)

Cartier

c)

Magellan

d)

Columbus

60.

What the Dutch farmers were called in Cape Town; they thought they were the elect of God & could kill people because they didn't believe the way they did!

a)

Bears

b)

Calvanists

c)

Roman Catholic Church

d)

Boers

61.

It had full sovereign powers to build armies, wage war, negotiate peace treaties, & govern overseas territory. In 1642, these people captured Malacca from the Portuguese, opened trade with China, & enforced a monopoly on the Spice Islands.

a)

Hollandese East India Company

b)

Netherlands East India Company

c)

Dutch East India Company

d)

Dutch East India Navigation Company

62.

Workers forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt. The landlords advanced them tools, seeds, food knowing they could never pay off the debt.

a)

periguese

b)

penguins

c)

peninsulares

d)

peons

63.

A distant military station or a remote settlement

a)

sepoy

b)

quing

c)

outpost

d)

sovereign

64.

having full, absolute power

a)

Macao

b)

Sovereign

c)

Ricci

d)

Manchus

65.

Portuguese admiral who helped found Portugals trade, trade empire in the East

a)

Lord Macartney

b)

Tokugaw

c)

Afonso de Albuquerque

d)

Matteo Ricci

66.

City location the Malay Peninsula near the Strategic Straits of Malacca

a)

Nagaskai

b)

Manchus

c)

Macao

d)

Malacca

67.

People originally from Manchuria, conquered the Ming dynasty and ruled China as the Qing Dynasty

a)

Macao

b)

Qing

c)

Manchus

d)

Guangzhou

68.

Period in European history when inflation rose rapidly

a)

Price revolution

b)

Price capitalism

c)

inflation

d)

mercantilism

69.

tax on imported goods

a)

columbian exchange

b)

capitalism

c)

mughal

d)

tariff

70.

A coastal city seized in 1510 that became the commercial and military base of Portugal's India trade

a)

Muhal Empire

b)

Ming Dynasty

c)

Goa

d)

Malloca

71.

A period of European economic expansion, colonialism and mercantilism which lasted from about 1500's until the early 1700's. It included the growth of capitalism, banking and investing

a)

Free enterprise system

b)

Inflation

c)

Commercial Revolution

d)

Capitalism

72.

Dynasty established by the Manchus in the mid 1600's that lasted until the early 1900's; Chinas last dynasty

a)

Qing

b)

Macao

c)

Qianling

d)

Guangzhou

73.

What were causes of European exploration

a)

the search for spices

b)

the search for the Americas

c)

the search for freedom

d)

the search for improved technology

74.

What were some improved technology's

a)

Spices were found

b)

maps were created

c)

telescope was discovered

d)

astrolabe and cartographers

75.

This crew took 3 years to circumnavigate the world, only 1 ship survived

a)

Vasco da Gama's crew

b)

Christopher Columbus's crew

c)

Bartholomeu Dias's crew

d)

Ferdinand Magellan's crew

76.

This group was the first permanent European settlement in Africa

a)

The Dutch

b)

The Portuguese

c)

The Spanish

d)

The British

77.

What was one of the ways the Renaissance spread from Italy to other places in Europe?

a)

The Black Death caused refugees who carried the ideas with them

b)

The Catholic Church required everyone in Europe to copy the ideas of the Italian city-states

c)

Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home

d)

The Crusades carried ideas from Italy to the Middle East

78.

What was an explosion of discoveries and ideas that started in Europe during the 1500s?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Black Death

d)

Scientific Revolution

79.

One of the most important ideas from the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly.

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Building designer

d)

Printing Press

80.

Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?

a)

Humanism

b)

City State

c)

Cultural relativism

d)

Behavioralism

81.

Who was the painter of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

da Vinci

b)

Raphael

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Michelangelo

82.

What does the word Renaissance translate to?

a)

Rebirth

b)

New Born

c)

Secular

d)

Dowry

83.

Book of Machiavelli which stated it was "okay to do bad if you do good for your people"....

a)

Dante's Inferno

b)

Dowry

c)

Secular

d)

The Prince

84.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
85.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 
86.
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
a)
a nation's strength 
b)
a family's ancestors
c)
a person's achievements
d)
an army's success in battle
87.
Renaissance artist who painted The School of Athens
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Raphael
c)
Johann Guttenberg 
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
88.
During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in 
a)
perspective
b)
humanism
c)
Greek and Roman civilizations
d)
individual achievement
89.
How did Italy's location help make it the starting point of the Renaissance?
a)
Libraries were made public to house lost Greek and Roman Texts
b)
Greek merchants moved to Italy to avoid Ottoman trade networks
c)
Lack of trade with Constantinople inspired more art
d)
Its geographic location on the Mediterranean Sea increased economic trade
90.
A supporter of the Arts were called 
a)
Patrons
b)
Kings
c)
The church
91.

What were some important characteristics of the Renaissance

a)

Death of another culture

b)

Achievements and exploration

c)

rebirth, end of medieval times, spirit of adventure

d)

Kings, courts and knights flourished under new rule

92.

How were the individuals judged in the different era of the Renaissance?

a)

Classical works are presented but not focused on

b)

Individuals achievement is frowned upon

c)

Celebrates individual achievements

d)

Focus on humanities

93.

This person is known as "the magnificent"

a)

Lorenzo Medici

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Owens Medici

94.

Why did Italy’s historic legacy make it an ideal place for the Renaissance to begin

a)

Europe was war ridden and Italy wasn't

b)

The muslims stopped fighting everyone and allowed others to prosper

c)

Renaissance thinkers were interested in the classical art philosophy and architecture of ancient Rome

d)

Renaissance thinkers demanded students to learn from their past and Draw from those experiences

95.

Which artist technique was developed during the Renaissance and used in The Last Supper

a)

Perspective, Michalangelo

b)

Perspective, Da Vinci

c)

Realism, Raphael

d)

Realism, Owen

96.

How did Renaissance writings express Realism

a)

Writers focused on the human experience in the world around them

b)

Writers knew how to write short stories

c)

Authors learned from previous stories to draw better ones from Machiavellis advice

d)

Because of the printing press, it was easier to write books

97.

Study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry and history that were taught in Ancient Greece and Rome

a)

Expressionism

b)

Humanities

c)

Humanism

d)

Petrarch

98.

Vernacular is everyday language of ordinary people

a)

True

b)

False

99.

A subgroup of a major religious group

a)

ghetto

b)

sect

c)

pious

d)

canonized

100.

First queen to rule England in her own right

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Elizabeth II

c)

Mary Tudor

d)

Catherine of Aragon

101.

Direct the future of the Catholic Church, a group of leaders who met to respond to Protestant Challenges.

a)

Council of Trent

b)

Council of Troy

c)

Council of Church of Rome

d)

Council of Mary

102.

Separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live is called canonized

a)

True

b)

False

103.

Polish astronomer, sun is the center of the universe

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

104.

German astronomer, planets move in a particular orbit and expanded on heliocentric universe

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Isaac Newton

105.

Mathematician, creator of the three laws of motion,

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Rene Descartes

106.

Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall

a)

Sahara

b)

Savanna

c)

Bantu

d)

Piankhi

107.

The largest desert in the world is Death Valley

a)

True

b)

False

108.

Sahara

a)

grassy plains

b)

water fall

c)

larges desert in the world

d)

smallest desert in the world

109.

Cataract

a)

Fertile nile valley

b)

Stream

c)

River

d)

Waterfall

110.

Process by which fertile or semi-desert land becomes desert

a)

deserticfication

b)

cataracts

c)

Piankhi

d)

Meroe

111.

Root language of West Africa on which some early African migration patterns are based

a)

Meroe

b)

Piankhi

c)

Bantu

d)

Battara

112.

Nubia ancient kingdom or northeastern Africa, also called Kush

a)

True

b)

False

113.

Ancient kingdom of north Eastern Africa, aka Kush

a)

Bantu

b)

Nubia

c)

Cataracts

d)

Uganda

114.

Capitol of the ancient kingdom of Nubia

a)

Meroe

b)

Rubio

c)

Piankhi

d)

Bantu

115.

King of Kush, known for his military prowess throughout N.Africa

a)

Piankhi

b)

Bantu

c)

Meroe

d)

Nubia

116.

Emperor who converted the Roman government into a military monarchy, his reign set the stage for other Roman Rulers

a)

Septiius Serverus

b)

Serverus Snape

c)

King Nabia

d)

Phoenicians

117.

Trading center and powerful ancient kingdom in northern present-day Ethiopia

a)

Axum

b)

Adulis

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Swhili

118.

powerful East African medieval trading center and city-state

a)

Swahili

b)

Bantu

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Great Zimbabwe

119.

East African culture that emerged about A.D 1000; also a Bantu-based language, blending Arabic words and written in Arabic script

a)

Swahili

b)

Bantu

c)

Adulis

d)

Lalibela

120.

Ruler of Ethiopia who came to power in the 1200's, built 11 Christian churches carved from ground level into the solid rock of the mountain below

a)

Ethipia

b)

Pankhi

c)

Lalibela

d)

Adulis

121.

Ruler of Ethiopia who came to power in the 1200's, built 11 Christian churches carved from ground level into the solid rock of the mountain below

a)

Ethipia

b)

Pankhi

c)

Lalibela

d)

Adulis

122.

Ancient Greek term for Ausmite kingdom; present-day country in E. Africa

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Swhili

d)

Axum

123.

Strategic trading port of the kingdom of Axum

a)

Ethipia

b)

Swhahili

c)

Adulis

d)

Eritrea

124.

Nubia flourished as a society because of its

a)

Trade routes, armies, lush lands and location

b)

Location and religion

c)

Trade routes and great natural resources

d)

gaining indolence from Egypt and following their own culture

125.

Why did Bantu-speakers migrate south instead of North?

a)

War had spread to the North

b)

It was time to migrate and infiltrate other societies

c)

desertification had devoured their cropland

d)

Mero demanded them to move

126.

What evidence suggest that Great Zimbabwe was a great commercial center?

a)

Impressive ruins

b)

Improved farming and coastal relations

c)

Each region had trade routes that linked them to the Mediterranean

d)

Artifacts found by archaeologists such as beads, porcelain suggest it was apart of a key trade route

127.

How did Ethiopia's geographic isolation shape its culture?

a)

Allowed the kingdom to remain dependent and rely heavily on Islamic faith

b)

Allowed the kingdom to remain independent and develop a unique identity

c)

Trade declined and Ethiopia entered into a famine

d)

Trade flourished and Ethiopia prospered

128.

The decline of Zimbabwe was due to what reason(s)

a)

desertification

b)

war and famine

c)

overgrazing and drought

d)

war and religious differences

129.

How did geographic features affect movement in Africa?

a)

Piankhi helped them

b)

They used camels to over come different terrains

c)

It didn't, people didn't move around much

d)

It was hindered by its deserts, tropical rain forest and many more

130.

A trainee to a guild master, usually spent several years learning the trade

a)

apprentice

b)

guilded learner

c)

farmer

d)

journeymen