World History Final Exam Review Part I

Question 1

The painting titled The Annunciation best exemplifies which type of Renaissance Art?

Accepted Answer

Italian Renaissance Art

Question 2

Robespierre was dictator of France during this mass killing of "enemies of the Revolution"

Accepted Answer

Reign of Terror

Question 3

What is the name of the northern desert of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 4

This king of France constructed the Palace of Versailles.

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 5

What was the major result of Napoleon's reign and conquest of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Spread of Enlightenment ideals - Rise of Nationalism

Question 6

Which cause of the French Revolution is represented by the rock?

Accepted Answer

High taxes crushing the Third Estate

Question 7

Martin Luther first differed from the Catholic Church when he claimed

Accepted Answer

Faith alone was necessary to reach salvation

Question 8

What would most likely be the title for this map?

Accepted Answer

Triangle Trade: Because guns and rum are a good combination

Question 9

All are reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Growth of Theocracies in Italian City-States

Question 10

What was the overall goal of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

Question 11

The major theme of literature and the arts of the Medieval period was

Accepted Answer

God, Religion

Question 12

Which food product was in low supply causing riots in the streets due to widespread starvation?

Accepted Answer

Bread

Question 13

The man under the rock most likely represents which estate in pre-revolutionary?

Accepted Answer

Third Estate

Question 14

This image best describes what as it relates to the Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

The Middle Passage

Question 15

People of mixed native and European descent.

Accepted Answer

Mestizos

Question 16

What route connected Asia to Europe during the Medieval Period?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 17

Japanese Feudal structure had an emperor, but who held the real, most power in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Shogun

Question 18

This man led a coup d'etat and became an emperor of France (and also tried to take over Europe)

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 19

What extensively traded resource in Africa gave most of their empires wealth?

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 20

All characterize the Renaissance period EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Growth of Democracy

Question 21

Philosophe, John Locke advocated for three natural rights: Life, Liberty and ___

Accepted Answer

Property

Question 22

I am the man who started the Protestant Reformation by nailing my 95 Theses to the Church door.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 23

Bruegel's Flemish Proverbs best exemplifies which type of Renaissance Art?

Accepted Answer

Northern Renaissance Art

Question 24

What medieval system is shown with: "I swear that I will always be a faithful vassal to thee"

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 25

Serfs could demand higher wages due to the scarcity of workers.This is an effect of what event?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

Question 26

Why were the Mongols able to conquer vast amounts of territory - What made their army strong?

Accepted Answer

Utilized archers on horseback coupled with feared reputation

Question 27

Pictured is the start of the French Revolution - name the building that was stormed.

Accepted Answer

The Bastille

Question 28

Which peace treaty established the idea of Sovereignty, following the Thirty Years War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Westphalia

Question 29

What is the name of the economic system described by this diagram?

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 30

Who were the King and Queen during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Question 31

What was the name of the machine used for executions during the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

Guillotine

Question 32

All were goals of the French Revolution EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Absolutism

Question 33

All are goals of the Congress of Vienna of 1815 EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Spread of Enlightenment ideas

Question 34

Which philosophe advocated for freedom of speech and religion?

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 35

What was the most important and influential institution during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

The Church

Question 36

Buddhism spreading from China to Vietnam after the Chinese conquered it, is an example of

Accepted Answer

Cultural Diffusion

Question 37

What was behind Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Wanted a divorce to have an heir to the throne

Question 38

The three motivating factors for European Exploration: God, ____, Glory

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 39

My name is Johannes Gutenberg: What is my famous invention that spread new knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Movable Type Printing Press

Question 40

A society in which possessions are passed from father to son is known as a ____ society.

Accepted Answer

Patrilineal

Question 41

Samurai were most closely related to which position in the European Feudal structure

Accepted Answer

Knight

Question 42

Copernicus discovered the sun-centered universe - called the _______ model of the universe

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric

Question 43

Which Renaissance thinker said these words: "It is much safer to be feared than loved..."

Accepted Answer

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 44

The Age of Absolutism is best characterized by all of the following EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Growth of Parliaments

Question 45

What was the importance of the Magna Carta?

Accepted Answer

First major document to limit the power of a king (English)

Question 46

What did Peter the Great tax in order to Westernize Russia during the Age of Absolutism?

Accepted Answer

Beards

Question 47

Which institution held the most power in England after the Glorious Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Parliament

World History Final Exam Review Part I

Questions 47

World History Final Exam Review Part I

Questions 47