World Cultures Midterm Review

Question 1

Isaac Newton explained the...

Accepted Answer

law of universal gravitation

Question 2

According to mercantilism, a nation should increase its wealth by...

Accepted Answer

selling more goods than it buys

Question 3

What concept was the belief in "divine right" used to support?

Accepted Answer

absolutism

Question 4

Who built St. Petersburg as a gateway to the West for Russia?

Accepted Answer

Peter the Great

Question 5

Buddhism is

Accepted Answer

neither

Question 6

What did Vasco da Gama succeed in gaining for Portugal?

Accepted Answer

A Sea route between Portugal and India

Question 7

The name of Napoleon's blockade (that backfired when Britain organized their own blockade):

Accepted Answer

Continental System

Question 8

Which European first landed on an island in the Caribbean, thus "discovering" the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Colombus

Question 9

The Jewish word for God is...

Accepted Answer

Yahweh.

Question 10

Approximately when was the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

1300-1600 (14th-17th)

Question 11

In one word, why did Henry VIII abandon the Catholic Church (what did he need)?

Accepted Answer

heir

Question 12

What was the first full-sized book printed by Gutenberg?

Accepted Answer

The Bible

Question 13

As Part of the Colombian Exchange, which of the following was carried East across the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 14

Which document stated that, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 15

New wealth from the Americas and growth in overseas trade prompted a wave of new _____.

Accepted Answer

businesses

Question 16

Prince Henry of Portugal's crowning achievement toward the advancement of exploration

Accepted Answer

a navigation school

Question 17

Treaty that established a line of demarcation between new lands Portugal and Spain could claim

Accepted Answer

Tordesillas

Question 18

Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?

Accepted Answer

Prince Klemens von Metternich of Prussia

Question 19

What was the name of a pardon that released people from performing penalties for their sins?

Accepted Answer

Indulgence

Question 20

Economic system based on private ownership of property and the investment of $ to earn profit

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 21

Frederick II (Frederick the Great) called himself, “The first servant of the _____”

Accepted Answer

state

Question 22

The Spanish Empire was greatly weakened in the 16th century by...

Accepted Answer

inflation from gold and silver imports

Question 23

The _______ was responsible for the Reign of Terror.

Accepted Answer

Committee of Public Safety

Question 24

Who conquered the Aztec empire?

Accepted Answer

Cortes

Question 25

What was Napoleon NOT able to accomplish during peacetime?

Accepted Answer

the control of Great Britain

Question 26

The scientific revolution promoted...

Accepted Answer

observations and questions

Question 27

Meeting to establish the security and stability of Europe following the Napoleonic Era:

Accepted Answer

Congress of Vienna

Question 28

Copernicus proposed the idea of...

Accepted Answer

a heliocentric universe

Question 29

Who captained the first European ship to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?

Accepted Answer

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 30

Who became dictator of England following the English Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Cromwell

Question 31

Who was Austria's greatest enemy while Maria Theresa ruled?

Accepted Answer

Prussia

Question 32

The traditional religion of Japan is

Accepted Answer

Shinto

Question 33

Which of the following did the Restoration "restore" to power in England

Accepted Answer

Monarchy

Question 34

Reincarnation is

Accepted Answer

the birth and rebirth of a soul

Question 35

Frederick II was king of...

Accepted Answer

Prussia

Question 36

What European nation profited most from trade with the East following the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 37

What do you call someone who excels in many things?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance Man

Question 38

A ship with triangular sails able to sail against the wind:

Accepted Answer

caravel

Question 39

Which of the following did NOT help the Spanish conquer the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

larger forces

Question 40

Who was safe from the guillotine?

Accepted Answer

No one

Question 41

What was one result of the loss of native lives to European diseases?

Accepted Answer

shortage of labor

Question 42

By the 1700s, which nation's East India Company dominated Indian Ocean trade?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands (Dutch)

Question 43

The system established by the Spanish to control and regulate natives as a labor source

Accepted Answer

encomienda

Question 44

Taoism is a religion based on...

Accepted Answer

living a simple life in harmony with nature

Question 45

Which of the following goes against the ideas of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

absolute monarchy

Question 46

When was it determined that the Catholic Church's interpretation of the Bible is final?

Accepted Answer

Council of Trent

Question 47

Approximately what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

Accepted Answer

98

Question 48

What does the word plebiscite mean?

Accepted Answer

a vote of the people

Question 49

The philosophes influenced Catherine the Great's approach to Russia’s…

Accepted Answer

laws

Question 50

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

Accepted Answer

Fellow Revolutionaries

Question 51

The Eightfold Path and Four Noble Truths are from which religion?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 52

In the 1400s, what was the most important trade good from the East?

Accepted Answer

spices

Question 53

Which French King boasted, "I am the state"?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 54

Peter the Great was the first Russian ruler to make an effort to...

Accepted Answer

Reduce the power of the Boyars

Question 55

For what is the Medici family famous?

Accepted Answer

for being patrons of the arts

Question 56

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

Accepted Answer

art and learning

Question 57

Islam's holiest city is...

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 58

Which goal was not stated in the "slogan of the Revolution" in France?

Accepted Answer

Justice

Question 59

In Russia, the boyars were...

Accepted Answer

landowning nobles

Question 60

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

intellectuals

Question 61

______ Day is the commemoration of the storming of the prison on July 14, 1789.

Accepted Answer

Bastille

Question 62

What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?

Accepted Answer

proposed taxation of the 2nd estate

Question 63

Who captained the first European ship to establish contact with India?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 64

The first Russian ruler to adopt the title of czar, meaning "Caesar" was...

Accepted Answer

Ivan the Terrible

World Cultures Midterm Review

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World Cultures Midterm Review

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