End of Year World History Review

____________ were skilled workers who made products such as weapons and jewelry.

How long did the Roman civilization last?

Karl Marx developed and wrote about a gov that supported the working class and was a form of

A/an ______ is a sudden overthrow of the government.

___ is the belief that all black Africans, regardless of national boundaries, should be united.

What battle in WWII is considered history's greatest naval invasion?

Ideas that are spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause are known as _____.

Who led the Fascist movement in Italy?

Which of the following was an accomplishment of King Henry VII of England?

Which invention made hunting easier for early humans?

Who became the first Roman Emperor known as Augustus?

What caused the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union?

What is the term for a Muslim house of worship?

For what reason have most people migrated?

Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a powerful governmental coalition called a _______.

Why did the Silk Road extend from China's coast to Central Asia?

Why does conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir cause global concern?

Which of these was most often the philosophical basis of Chinese government?

Commercial capitalism refers to _____________.

What was a major cause of the expansion of trade throughout Southeast Asia?

_______ glorifies the state above the individual.

Under _____ the public-generally the gov-owns the means of production.

How did the Maya appease their gods?

Why did King Henry VIII break w/ Rome and establish the Church of England?

The translation of ____ means "to let people do what they want-government hands off.

Which country is expected to be most populous in the world by 2050?

Theologians of the Reformation disagreed about how people could achieve__,or entrance to Heaven

Where were many villages located that grew into cities and became early civilizations?

____________ comes from the Greek word that means "love of wisdom."

Archaeologists study ____________, or objects made by humans.

The _____ has produced new strains of rice, corn, and other grains that have greater yields.

Who formed al-Qaeda?

In Buddhism, reaching _____,or ultimate reality,is the end of self and reunion w/ the Soul.

_________ are broad grasslands that cover about 40% of Africa's land area.

Who was S. Africa's first black president?

What British document supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine?

What is one reason for the growth of medieval cities?

As a form of protest, Gandhi advocated ___ or the refusal to obey laws considered to be unjust.

The Mandate of Heaven refers to whose responsibilities?

In what did industrialization trigger a dramatic increase?

What were Woodrow Wilson's proposals for a peace settlement called?

How did trade route expansion negatively affect the early Arab Empire?

Mikhail Gorbachev based his radical reforms on _______, or restructuring.

Which faction of a Marxist party came under the leadership of V.I. Lenin?

Which of the following is a true statement about world population between now and 2050?

In a _________, ruling power is passed from one generation to the next.

How did the physical geography of Greece affect the Greeks?

Which of the following is the main cause of global warming?

The ______ is a trading route that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the Americas.

A bureaucracy is _________.

Which early American crops were called the "three sisters"?

What culture influenced Roman art and architecture?

Which statement best reflects the principles in the Code of Hammurabi?

Where did some Indian Muslims want to form a separate state in the 1930s?

Why was writing necessary to early governments?

How did early humans adapt in order to survive?

One of the 3 classes into which French society was divided before the rev. is referred to as __

Around what body of water did the Roman Empire expand?

Which disease is caused by the HIV virus?

What were the main motives for European expansion?

European states created ____in China for their exclusive trading rights.

What would be a global economic effect should a war or revolution occur in the Middle East?

What was the Pax Romana a time of?

Who wrote the 95 Theses?

_________ is the language of everyday speech.

What was one indicator of a civilization?

What lasting impacts have the Greeks had on civilizations?

Why did U.S. secretary of state John Hay propose the Open Door Policy?

Who led the Czech reformers during the Great Schism of the Catholic Church?

Why were factory workers forced to work in shifts?

Which of the following is true of Aristotle?

The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire by laying siege to which city?

To keep communism within its existing boundaries, the U.S. followed a policy of ______.

China formed legislative assemblies at the _____, or local, level.

Germany used a "lightening war," or ______, to gain control of Poland.

What set of principles dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?

What was the Divine Comedy?

Which of the following was a result of the Sepoy Mutiny?

In a _____state, the gov provides citizens with services and a minimal standard of living.

The technology rev. has contributed to ____,people and nations have become more interdependent.

According to Confucius,the key to proper behavior was to behave in accordance with the ___(way)

________ is also known as corn.

_________ is a belief in one God rather than many gods

Who argued that everyone is born with a tabula rasa or blank mind?

What was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought?

Why were Sunni Ali's conquests of Timbuktu and Jenne especially important?

What was the first major city in Mesoamerica?

_______ is a Jewish nationalist movement

What was Alexander the Great cultural legacy?

How many constitutional amendments are in the U.S. Bill of Rights?

_____ is the process of assembling troops and supplies to get ready for war.

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Renaissance?

What was the most important Sumerian invention?

Who created the first Mesopotamian civilization?

On which group of people were Romans dependent for manual labor on farms, roads, & buildings?

A formation of foot soldiers is known as what?

Which type of scientist uses fossils and artifacts to study early humans?

Which of the following best describes Sparta?

What is the name given for a Muslims journey to Mecca once in their lifetime?

Under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, collective farms were combined into vast _____.

Germany had to make ____ to cover the costs of WWI.

The last feudal Japanese military government had heads of gov called ___________.

______ is the term for a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment.

Which of the following best describes the Mongol Empire?

The ________ system is the sun-centered concept of the universe.

During which age did the agricultural revolution lead to the development of civilizations?

The ______ were councils composed of representatives from Russian workers and soldiers.

American author who wrote articles protesting British taxes & encouraged American Independence

_____ is a system of racial segregation, was practiced in S. Africa.

N. Korea's recent test of its first nuclear weapon is an example of nuclear _____.

What was one lasting contribution of the Roman Empire?

Who led governments in early civilizations?

A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence is known as the _____ method.

Why did the value of gold fall under Mansa Musa?

Why did Isabella and Ferdinand expel Jews and Muslims from Spain?

Which of the following connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea?

Another word for province is ___________

The world's developing nations are mostly located in which hemisphere?

The ___ were the wealthy, powerful families that usually made up the gov. of a medieval city.

Where did the first battle of the Hundred Years' War take place?

What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?

Monsoons are seasonal ___________ in China and the Indian subcontinent.

What religions are Monotheistic?

What ideology or ideologies were behind the 1830 revolutions?

The period of political tensions between the U.S. and the S.U. following WWII was known as the 

The British East India Company hired Indian soldiers called ___to protect it interests in India

Approximately what portion of western Europeans were serfs?

What finally caused the fall of the Roman Empire?

Who commanded Allied forces governing Japan after WWII?

What do the majority of India's people practice?

What new field deals with moral issues involved in tech. advances, such as stem-cell research?

The heirs of Genghis Khan divided up his empire into __________.

A form of gov in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote.

Who has been called the father of the Italian Renaissance?

The Inca writing system was based on __________.

The Seven Years' War took place in three main regions of the world: Europe, N. America, and____