World History- Semester Exam Review

The ___________ people adopted many of the Egyptian gods, hieroglyphics and pyramid building.

The trading centers of West Africa were ______________ and Jenne.

I sailed from Portugal (as an Italian) to San Salvador and the Bahamas.

The portion of flat land covered in hardy grasses north of the Great Wall is called the ______.

I sailed to Brazil and the new world was named after me.

The __________ dynasty was responsible for building the Grand Canal.

Li Po and Tu Fu were great poets from the _____________ dynasty.

The Aztec's believed that the sun needed _________ to survive, otherwise it would stop shining.

I am the most famous Renaissance pope, who in the early 1500s loved art and power equally.

The ancient method called "Three Sisters" grew all of these foods together BUT this one.

The independent leaders were known as ____________ which means "great name."

I was the Italian friar that overthrew Piero the Gouty, but was hung/burned.

Because Charles chose his advisors wisely and started the first Royal army, his nickname was _.

What is a slender tower on mosque used to call Muslims to prayer?

I took over rule from my father, but the only good thing I did was to have a magnificent son.

The __________ Mountains run 4,500 miles on South America's west coast.

During the beginning of the Renaissance, I was one of the first people to paint in fresco.

I was the first explorer to find the west coast of America and see the Pacific Ocean.

Ieuasu banned _________________ from Japan in 1614.

Pope Paul III created a new monastic order of Ignatius' followers known as ______________.

King Ezana of ___________ from the South conquered the kingdom of Kush around 350 AD.

John Calvin fled to __________ to escape King Francis I order to arrest the protestants.

Charles V summoned Luther to the ______________ to defend his stance.

Incan emporers believed that they were living ____________________________.

The mongol control over the Russians officially ended with a staring contest at the ___ river.

I painted the Last Supper.

After a devastating loss to the Assyrians, the Kushite capital moved south to __________.

A guru is a ________.

____________ was the main crop of Mesoamerica.

The capital city of Japan in the early 500s was ______________.

Which is NOT a reason that the Renaissance began in northern Italy?

Ivan the Terrible's special police known for hunting down the boyars were known as the ______.

The Italian __________ served the Great Khan for 17 years.

I painted the Mona Lisa.

______________ is the feeling of loyalty toward one's own land and people.

The leader that executed 11 of the 12 sons of a powerful rival was _____________.

Which one of these was NOT a description of the early life of Martin Luther?

Renaissance authors wrote and artists painted mostly about large groups or nature. 

Akbar's rule of the Mughal empire was characterized by ___________.

The professor at Oxford who said that Jesus was the head of the church and not the pope was __.

Which people destroyed the Gupta dynasty?

The Inca people were ruled over in Cuzco by their remarkable leader _______________________.

Pope Boniface VIII issued a papal bull ordering the Kings to not tax the papacy called the ___.

The people of India did not have written history. Instead, they had an oral history called ___.

Kublai Khan failed to overtake Japan for all of these reasons but this one.

What term means the "supreme general of the army"?

The people from Soninke were known by the word for king or __________.

When Pope Gregory XI died in Rome, an angry mob surrounded the College of Cardinals to _______.

What term means "one who serves"?

Which is a temple to the Hindu god Vishnu?

Which of these items didn't arrive with the Europeans?

Protestantism appealed to middle class women because _________________.

I sailed from Portugal around the tip of Africa and made it to Calicut, Italy.

The people who signed a protests against those loyal to the pope are known as ___.

The Mughal empire was founded by ______________.

Pope Leo X demanded that Luther __________, or take back, his words.

The period from 1200 to the mid 1800s was known in Japan as the _____________________.

Which one of these was not a Gupta technological advancement?

The Mongols' staple diet included ___________.

Salt and gold were often traded by silent _________, or negotiations by drum and hiding.

The Jesuits concentrated on all these activities BUT ___________  (select the wrong idea)

John Calvin wanted a government controlled by church leaders, or a(n) ________________.

Which one was NOT one of the big three reasons for monarchies rising to power in the 1400s?

Spain and Portugal agreed on the Treaty of __________ to divide the newly discovered Indies.

This was the first book printed using the printing press.

The ___________ dynasty began granting jobs to scholars who passed exams based on Confucius.

I claimed California for England and sailed around the world, probably running from the Spanish

I reached the southernmost tip of Africa and gave it the name "Cape of Storms".

The religious settlement by the German princes outlawing Calvinism and other forms was ____.

Runners relayed official messages, often carrying a series of knotted strings called _________.

I went to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I found St. Lawrence River and Mont Royal. 

What does Renaissance mean?

The first greatest Japanese founding father was ____________________.

My name means "the tiger" and I was a wily politician and skilled general.

A type of disease carrying fly that played a major role in African history.

I painted the School of Athens for the Pope's library.

Pueblo Bonito, the biggest dwelling in Anasazi culture, was located in ______________.

What term means "the way of the warrior"?

Until 1350, _____ of the world's gold supply came from West Africa.

Kublai Khan ruled from the city of _____________ different from the past Khans.

The strange Europeans with big pants were known as _________ which means "southern barbarians."

Gold originally came from West Africa between the __________ and the Senegal rivers.

Edward I was able to limit the power of the barons by creating ___________.

During the time of the Rajputs, India was a land of ___________________.

Between 1000 and 1500, most of the groups that invaded India belonged to what religion?

The group of Protestant rulers in Germany that joined together against Charles V were the ____.

What was the name of the woman for whom the Taj Mahal was built?

Complete control of trade is known as a(n) ______________.

Keeping women in seclusion is known as _______________.

A literary work with a happy ending.

The _____________ River has more water than the next six largest rivers in the world combined.

I sculpted real and alive figures, such as men on horseback.

Henry II was able to add large portions of land in France by marrying _______________.

Narrow strips of fertile land with moderate rainfall and warm temperatures.

How does a great drama in India end?

I sculpted Pieta for St. Peter's Basilica

The ____________ migrated into Eastern Europe from Asia and centered their capital in Kiev.

The largest and most important cultural center of the Mississippian Indians was ___________.

Followers of John Calvin in France were known as _______________.

The first leader that used the term Shogun was _______.

I painted the Arnolfini Wedding using oil-based paints with realistic detail.

The worship of nature is known as the ______________ religion.

Kushite King _______________ conquered Egypt and became the 25th Dynasty of Egypt.

A payment collected from conquered subjects is called a _______________.

Louis XI was also known as the Spider King because he ________________.

A ship with triangular sails, square sails, and a carefully designed hull is known as a(n) ___.

Henry II's youngest son was named John. When he was king, what was his nickname?

New Amsterdam was taken over without a gunshot by the ____________ and renamed New York.

I began the Medici rule by founding the Medici bank and becoming wealthy.

My crew made it around the world, although I died by poison arrow in the Philippines.

The __________ civilization used stone tools to carve monumental heads.

I was a German engraver who created thousands of copies from my woodcuts.

Ghana was able to keep gold prices high by ___________________.

King Francis I asked me to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I was first to find N.Carolina. 

I was a weak leader because of my love for wine and opium.

Jamestown was established and began to fail, but it was _____________ that made it survive.

I claimed Newfoundland for England, believing it was Asia. 

The black death was brought to Italy by _________.

Genghis Khan was born with the name as __________.

The wave of reform in the Catholic church was known as ___________________.

I invented the moveable printing press.

In 320 AD, _______________ was named king and began the Golden Age in India.

Henry VIII's first wife was named _________________________.

I was first down the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and named it Louisiana.

The Civil War in England just after the Hundred Years War was known as the ______.

The _______________ Indians settled in present day southern Ohio.

The first Europeans to arrive in Japan were the ________________.

Growing tobacco took a lot of labor.  ________ were people who worked to pay off a debt.

I went to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I found Quebec and a large lake named after me. 

The creation of two (or three) popes was known as the ___________________.

Charles taxed ________ that remained England's main source of income for over 300 years.

Which one of these was NOT one of Luther's main bible teachings?

The Hopewell Indians placed their finest products in ________________.

I wrote "The Prince" and my name stood for trickery & double dealing, even though I was honest.

The 1400s were called the Golden Age in Florence.  Why?

When Philip the Fair persuaded the election of Pope Clement V, Clement moved from Rome to ____.

After the Hun defeat, several proud warlike tribes took over. Their name means "sons of kings"

The Islamic religion was first brought to Southeast Asia by Muslim ____________.

____________________ were "pardons" for sins that were sold by John Tetzel.

My name means "Most Great" and my father died by falling down stairs.

The _____________ stole Henry Hudson's information and set up Port Orange on the Hudson River.

Unlike other Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam was most influenced by _______.

The Japanese word for meditation is _______.

The area where desertification is threatening the short grass and the few trees.

Florence was under the political rule of the ________________ family.

Women showed faithfulness was the Hindu rite of ____ of dying in flames with their husband.

I wrote "The Divine Comedy" in Italian, which was in a different language than most writers.

Which one was NOT a problem in the Catholic Church in the mid-1400s?

Sutlan Mahmud of Ghanzi made a solemn vow to ____________ India every year.

People who followed Ignatius of Loyola after 1540 were known as ________________.

The primary cultural influence on Southeast Asia was from the country of ____________.

I executed Muslims and Hindus alike and felt I was a decendant of Genghis Khan.

The Magna Carta was first created to allow John to agree to the terms of the _________.

I created the bronze doors on the Baptistry in 50 years.

I was a German artist who painted many royals including Henry VIII in photographic detail.

Kalidasa was a famous Indian ______________.

Wu Chao was the only ________ ever to rule China.

I painted scenes from everyday life such as weddings, dances, harvests and changing seasons.

King Henry VIII was a devout ___________________.

The Tang emperors kept the link between China and the west guarded and open called the ______.

The __________________ Indians settled near present day St. Louis, Missouri.

Joan of Arc died by being ___________.

The Mongols took control of Russia and only wanted __________ from the Russians, not to rule.

I painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

How long was the Hundred Years War?

Luther posted the 95 Thesis on the Castle Church door in Wittenberg in ____.

I created a gigantic dome on the cathedral in Florence that took 15 years.

The 1400s in Florence was known as ___________________ in Italian.

The _________ dynasty was the first government to print paper money.

The term Japan means _______________.

I set up the Roanoke colony in the Carolinas, but it failed both times.

Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the administrative capital from Kyoto to ___________.

A group of people who believed they were descended from the same ancestor is a(n) __________.

Charles of Dauphin was brought to be king by ______________.

The capital city of Tenochtitlan was built on ________________.

During the Khmer Empire, the royal guards were made up of _________.

A device with a brass circle with concentric rings marked off in degrees is a(n) _______.

A place where underground water comes to the surface in a spring or well.

The ______________ Indians lived in the four corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

I am known as "The Father of Modern Painting", but I only lived to 27 years old.

Followers of John Knox were known as ______________________.

Salt was so plentiful that people in Taghaza used the salt to ____________.

Pope Paul IV followed the Council of Trent's decrees, specifically creating ___________.

This type of painting done in wet plaster gave the illusion of depth and realistic emotions.

I heard about a great river from the Natives, so I took Marquette and found the Mississippi.

Which item doesn't describe the protective nature of the African coast?

Ghana was eventually overran by the ________________ kingdom.

Underground chambers used for a variety of religious ceremonies are called ________.

Henry VIII's break with the pope and takeover of the government and church was known as ______.

The ____________ people were known for their calendars.