World History Semester 1 review

Question 1

Vasco Da Gama lead the Portuguese Merchants to set up these in Africa to trade with Asia easier

Accepted Answer

Trading post Empires around the Horn of Africa

Question 2

What two things were primarily a result of the Silk Road Trade for everyday European people?

Accepted Answer

Religious tolerance and eventual disease immunity

Question 3

People came from the rural areas to cities for...

Accepted Answer

for more job opportunities

Question 4

How can Buddhists reach Nirvana?

Accepted Answer

By following the Eightfold path, through the 4 Noble truths

Question 5

What was the reason why Columbus sailed the ocean blue?

Accepted Answer

Find a trading route that wasn't through the Ottoman empire

Question 6

Spanish and Portugal controlled this to determine who controlled what in trade in West and East

Accepted Answer

Line of Demarcation

Question 7

One of the most civilized points in Mongols society was its...

Accepted Answer

respect for women, Religious tolerance

Question 8

How did the Inca civilization protect its less fortunate citizens from starvation?

Accepted Answer

Storehouses kept most of the surplus crops to help in times of need.

Question 9

People gained new jobs transporting and manufacturing silk products was a result of...

Accepted Answer

Silk Road trade

Question 10

The capital of the Aztec Empire was what city?

Accepted Answer

Tenochititlan

Question 11

This product was instrumental in a trading system in which it was named after

Accepted Answer

Silk

Question 12

The mongols increased trade throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, but also this negative impact...

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

Question 13

The most advanced military weapons used by the mongols were...

Accepted Answer

short bows & stirrups for eliminating opponents efficiently

Question 14

What was the Spanish Inquisition?

Accepted Answer

A court set up to judge Jews and Muslims.

Question 15

Since there was no labor force in the Americas because of disease, what did the Europeans do?

Accepted Answer

Went to Africa to get slaves for a workforce

Question 16

This slavery was based on Hereditary property that was not a form of previous forms of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Chattel Slavery

Question 17

What Reformation did Martin Luther start?

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation

Question 18

How did the Mayans make their gods happy?

Accepted Answer

Blood and sacrifice

Question 19

Who did the Spanish drive from their country during the Reconquista?

Accepted Answer

Muslims

Question 20

What were Aztec chinampas used for?

Accepted Answer

Expanding territory on water

Question 21

Where did Columbus create the most european influence?

Accepted Answer

Western Hemisphere

Question 22

Roman Political Accomplishments

Accepted Answer

Created the 12 Tables, Started a Republic

Question 23

The development of Moscow and Russian increased trade was due to...

Accepted Answer

Mongols controlling and liberating the oppressed lower class

Question 24

What did potatoes, and maize do for not only the population in Europe but also West Africa?

Accepted Answer

increased the population despite loses from the slave trade

Question 25

This trading system was the first to allow for more job opportunities in transporting of goods

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 26

The Aztec were very civilized, they had

Accepted Answer

religion, social structure, culture, learning and buildings

Question 27

A Confucianist ruler did not allow this explorer to spark the Age of Exploration?

Accepted Answer

Zheng He

Question 28

Rats and fleas spread the Black Death through the interactions with humans by...

Accepted Answer

Merchants

Question 29

These items were instrumental in exploration and overseas exploration?

Accepted Answer

Astrolab, mercator projection map, caravel ships

Question 30

What year was the Spanish Inquisition?

Accepted Answer

1478

Question 31

An effect of Old world to New world was...

Accepted Answer

population decline because of disease

Question 32

What is the religious text that Muslims follow?

Accepted Answer

Quran

Question 33

The Haj is a Journey that everyone of this religion must complete as part of the 5 Pillars.

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 34

Age of explorations was sparked by what country and what invention?

Accepted Answer

China and compass

Question 35

The mongols created the Yams system which was adapted off of what Chinese trade system?

Accepted Answer

Silk road which establish better trade & stabilized region.

Question 36

Can I remember the important explorers of the 15th century and what they did?

Accepted Answer

CC, VDG, and ZE

Question 37

Roman social classes

Accepted Answer

Plebeians & Patricians

Question 38

The belief of reincarnation, or that all things will be destroyed & renewed, is what religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 39

The aspect of Morality and Good behavior is seen in these two similar lists?

Accepted Answer

5 Pillars of Islam, and Ten commandments of the Bible

Question 40

Muslim Merchants were the primary influence in trade in this trading system

Accepted Answer

Indian Ocean Trade

Question 41

The Mayan people built this ancient wonder but in what country will you find it?

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 42

Do I remember the three main epidemics we have studied in class and their effects?

Accepted Answer

Smallpox in the Columbian Exchange, the Black Death in the Silk Road

Question 43

Brahma, who has many forms, is known as the eternal being of which religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 44

Why was the discovery of the New world so impactful to Europe?

Accepted Answer

Created a global dominance in resources for Europe

Question 45

This Italian word which means "rebirth" was created for the time period after the Black Death

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 46

What is the most accurate idea of ethical behavior?

Accepted Answer

10 commandments, eightfold path

Question 47

production of food declined because there was no workforce to grow food was caused by what?

Accepted Answer

Black Death, New world encomienda system

Question 48

Mongols advanced military tactics, cannons, and bows, helped take over this area?

Accepted Answer

walled cities of China that had withstood many invaders

Question 49

Europeans employing Western Coastal Africans to obtain inland Africans was called what?

Accepted Answer

Gun and Slave cycle

Question 50

Which religion was targeted during the Reformation (Needed to be reform)?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic

Question 51

Why were the Silk Road and Indian Ocean Trade safe?

Accepted Answer

Pax mongolia, and predictable monsoon winds

Question 52

More bulk quantities allowing to be transported was a characteristic of this trade system?

Accepted Answer

Indian Ocean

Question 53

What are the three G's of exploration?

Accepted Answer

I know them and do not need to answer

Question 54

Buddhists believe in finding a peaceful state called...

Accepted Answer

Nirvana

Question 55

How did most Roman emperors die?

Accepted Answer

Murder

World History Semester 1 review

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World History Semester 1 review

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