World History Mid-Year Review 2018-2019

In what part of Egypt is the Upper Nile/Upper Egypt?

What document is seen as starting the idea of limiting a monarch's power?

What country is known as the "Hermit Kingdom"?

What were most medieval buildings constructed with?

Before the invention of the printing press who was most often responsible for copying books?

What emperor had a wall built to mark the end of the Roman Empire in Britain?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

Which of the following is true of Eleanor of Aquitaine?

What was the "Pax Romana"?

Chinese emperors who spent a lot of money building the Great Wall of China were most likely

Which crusade saw Richard the Lion Hearted battle Saladin?

Who painted the School of Athens?

When did medieval European Christians typically begin their Christmas celebrations?

At the end of the Middle Ages what style were churches being built in?

Justinian rebuilt ____________ after it was largely destroyed.

Who were the Medici?

Wells Cathedral has lancet windows. What are they?

What strategy would be employed to defeat an enemy in their castle?

What is the most important scripture in Islam?

The Great Khan who unified the Mongols and created the largest land empire in history.

Who farmed most of the land during Europe's Medieval Era?

Where was the first crusade called for?

The most powerful people in Japan were typically the

Which of the following statements about Confucius is true?

The "Patriarch" is the head of the

What style of law was established under Henry II?

What were bones of saints or objects connected with saints called?

Who used dragon ships to raid up rivers attacking European villages?

Who was Spartacus?

He was named Holy Roman Emperor in 799.

Windsor Castle originally built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror is an example of a

The humanist movement of the Renaissance was based on

The term "cathedral" comes from the Latin for the word

Which of the following was not a common feature in Gothic churches?

Where is the massive Hindu temple complex Angkor Wat located?

Which cathedral is the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England?

Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

What African ruler may have been the richest man ever?

In which major world religion do people primarily study the Torah?

By the 1100s people in the same industry formed these groups, which became powerful in politics

The political and social order that developed during the Middle Ages.

What does the word “renaissance” mean?

It forbids priests to administer religious rites to certain people.

What description best fits the view of the Pharaoh during the Old Kingdom?

Which of the following religions does not view Abraham as a patriarch or revered figure?

Who was made dictator and then after saving Rome returned to his life as a farmer?

In The Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione stated that

What Mongol leader completed the conquest of the Song dynasty and began the Yuan dynasty?

What is the main food crop grown in Southeast Asia?

What was Ibn Battuta famous for?

Which of the following happened at Thermopylae when the Persians invaded?

What was the cause of the controversy at the root of the Great Schism?

What was the Roman family social structure?

The two orders of Roman society were known as the

Legalists believed that rulers should be_____.

This style of castle was first built during the middle of the Medieval time period.

Who won the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066?

When did the Eastern Orthodox Church split apart from the Roman Catholic Church?

These replaced motte and bailey castles in the early 11th century.

Who sculpted the first freestanding nude statue in Europe in a thousand years?

What is the vernacular?

What Carthaginian general lead an army, including elephants, across the Alps?

What city are all Muslims expected to visit at least once in their lifetimes?

Who was the first historian?

Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and back wall?

What was the Investiture Controversy about?

English Humanist who pressed for social reform and wrote Utopia

What Greek city-state was known for being the seat of philosophy?

Who was the first Frankish king to convert to Christianity?

What ancient city is viewed as holy by members of all three major monotheistic religions?

Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, the use of movable type was pioneered by

Who designed the dome in Florence?

Who was the first Roman emperor?

What were the Egyptian pyramids built to be used for?

What is the most important scripture in Hinduism?

Who ordered a census be done, which became known as the Domesday Book?

Which country in Southeast Asia is largest both in terms of population and land mass?

What role did griots play in African society?

What is the legislative body in England known as?

What was Zheng He famous for?

What is the barrier built to protect China from invaders known as?

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Niccolo Machiavelli believed that moral principles

What former empire had its capital at Angkor Wat?

What was the first great trading state in West Africa?

What were Greek polis?

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Who was expected to follow Bushido?

Which of a medieval European noble's children was most likely to join a monastery?

What were helots?

What Greek city-state was known for its elite navy?

"Money for a man" to be paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she injured.

The system set up to run a country

This was one of the original castle formations from the 10th century.

Pope Gregory VII excommunicated ___________ during the Investiture Controversy.

What is diapering in architecture?

Which pope called for the first crusade?

The Archbishop, St. Thomas Becket, was murdered here in 1170 by knights of King Henry II

Who created the etching "St Jerome in His Study"?

Which of the following is a polytheistic religion?