quizzes unit 3

Which of the following is a reason that a woman in the middle ages might join a convent?

Which of the following groups drew lines in the rocky soil of Peru to represent animals and geometric shapes? 

Which group lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and were also known as Mississippians and Mound Builders?

Which of the following was the universal language of medieval civilization?

Which of the following was a crop the Moche grew?

Which of the following is associated with the High Renaissance period?

This religious order called for a return to the simplicity and poverty of the early Christian church. 

he wrote The Book of the Courtier which explained the ideals nobles were expected to fulfill in the Renaissance period

A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records.

What were the dates of the third crusade?

Calvanists believed in the idea that God had already determined who was saved and who was damned.  What is that belief?

Which of the following did not have a strong monarchical authority?

How were Gothic cathedrals different than Romanesque churches?

This kingdom was a great trading state in Africa starting around the year 500.  located in the upper Niger River valley.

Which of the following was Martin Luther protesting?

Which of the following is NOT a climate zone in Africa?

Which of the following groups developed a solar calendar of 365 days, which was very similar to the calendar we use now?

Some Christians sought salvation by purchasing these.  It was believed that their time spent in purgatory would be reduc

A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town.  included shopkeepers artisans guild masters and guild members

A special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people's history.

This group built a system of roads which extended from the border of modern day Colombia to modern day Santiago, Chile.

The language of everyday speech in a particular region.

This man was a Christian humanist who believed that Christianity should show people how to live good lives on a daily ba

What event sparked the Hundred Years' War?

He wrote The Prince which is a book on how to get and keep political power.

Why did some authors choose to write in the local vernacular instead of in Latin?

When the Aztec first saw Spanish explorers in the 1500s they believed that representatives of this god had returned.

Which of the following was NOT a major trade city on the east coast of Africa?

In England King Henry VIII used this act to break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and declared himself the head of the

group of monks, founded in 1098 different from previous groups because spent more time taking their religion to people..

This religious group were considered radicals by Catholics and other Protestants.  They believed in adult baptism and fo

Which of the following was a wealthy and powerful kingdom in Southern Africa from 1300-1450?

Which European country was the first to experience the Black Death?

What year did the Ottoman Empire fall to the Seljuk Turks?

Many African communities were organized into extended family units combined into a larger community What was this called

A person who is believed to have the power to foretell events.

At its height this empire extended from Ecuador, to Central Chile, to the edge of the Amazon basin.

Which of the following was NOT an element which supported the Catholic Reformation?

Christians believed that they shouldn't b fighting the Muslims when this group, blamed for the death of Jesus were free

Which Muslim ruler reached an agreement with Christian rulers which permitted Christian pilgrims free access to Jerusale

What was the name of the court the church created to deal with heretics?

What was the goal of a humanist education?

which group established a farming society in deserts of modern New Mexico Arizona Utah and Colorado using canals

The capital of the Aztec Empire was the city of Tenochtitlan.  What modern day city is located there?

An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities, 

Which subject was the most highly regarded at universities in medieval Europe?

This agreement ended religious warfare in Germany  Each German state could choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism as

Where was the first European university?

An artistic technique used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two-dimensional surfaces.

The wealthy and powerful Medici family governed this city which was the cultural center of Renaissance Italy.

In Italian society what was a mother's chief role?

The Council of Trent affirmed which of the following Catholic teachings?

What caused the Great Schism in the Catholic church from 1378-1417?

From the years 1305-1377 where did popes live?

Which religion became popular in much of Africa, especially northern Africa, after arriving as a result of trade?

Which of the following was the first Protestant religion?

Which pope first called for crusades telling Christians to take up their weapons and join in a holy war?

This man was the King of Mali and a devout Muslim.  He made a pilgrimage to Mecca and also made Timbuktu center of islam

This language is a mixture of the Bantu and Arabic languages.  It allowed African and Arabic traders to communicate.

This church leader fought against the practice of lay investiture.