2019 World History Fall Final

Question 1

What was the selling of spiritual pardons for salvation called?

Accepted Answer

indulgences

Question 2

What is the most important impact of the printing press?

Accepted Answer

It helped spread ideas more quickly

Question 3

What is the economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 4

Who was the founder of Islam?

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 5

Who were trained elite foot soldiers that served the sultan?

Accepted Answer

Janissaries

Question 6

Who was Siddartha Guatama?

Accepted Answer

Founder of Buddhism

Question 7

Who wrote that rulers should protect peoples' natural rights of life?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 8

What is an unexpected consequence of migration, trade, and expansion?

Accepted Answer

Disease killed millions

Question 9

What was the social gatherings of philosophers in Paris that spread ideas of the enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Salons

Question 10

Which event was most important in changing the way people viewed the world around them?

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution

Question 11

What does laissez-faire mean?

Accepted Answer

The government should not regulate the economy

Question 12

Which historical period directly contributed to the advancement of mankind socially and culturally?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 13

Why was the silk road important to China?

Accepted Answer

It provided contact with other cultures through trade.

Question 14

What was the European rulers expansion of royal control over all aspects of life called?

Accepted Answer

Absolutism

Question 15

What did philosophers of the enlightenment think government should base their decisions on?

Accepted Answer

Laws of nature and reason

Question 16

Which group of Chinese farming and hunting people conquered the Ming?

Accepted Answer

Manchus

Question 17

Which political philosophy did Baron Montesquieu often write and speak about?

Accepted Answer

Separation of Powers

Question 18

What was NOT caused by Europeans colonizing the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Natives controlling land and natural resources

Question 19

What does a communist believe?

Accepted Answer

Governments should control important parts of the economy

Question 20

Which event caused the population growth in England between 1750-1850?

Accepted Answer

Industrial Revolution

Question 21

What does it mean to write in the vernacular?

Accepted Answer

Common language of the people

Question 22

What term is used to describe coordinates or a street address?

Accepted Answer

Absolute location

Question 23

About how many hours out of the day were spent working during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

13 hours

Question 24

Where did the industrial revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 25

What was the period of time called when courts were set up to punish enemies of the revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Reign of Terror

Question 26

What was the movement that divided the Catholic church into many different religions?

Accepted Answer

Protestant reformation

Question 27

What were "Gunpowder Empires"?

Accepted Answer

Empires that were created by outsiders who unified regions., Empires that maintained control with heavily armed forces.

Question 28

Which term refers to focusing on secular themes and the importance of the individual?

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 29

Which of the following was not a main good traded ont he silk road?

Accepted Answer

Arabic Numerals

Question 30

What idea of the enlightenment was contradicted in Spanish controlled Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Equality among men

Question 31

When do you take your final for World History?

Accepted Answer

Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Question 32

What is NOT closely related to the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

Increase use of the cottage industry

Question 33

What is a long term result of the Industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

A rise or increase in the standard of living

Question 34

Which economic system believes that the government should control the means of production?

Accepted Answer

Socialism

Question 35

What is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

Accepted Answer

Money

Question 36

What happened to Louis XVI during the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

He was beheaded by the guillotine

Question 37

What is polytheism?

Accepted Answer

Belief in more than one god

Question 38

Who were the descendants of Europeans that were born in Latin America and lived there?

Accepted Answer

Creoles

Question 39

Which of the following is not considered a "Gunpowder Empire"?

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 40

What social change did the Industrial Revolution cause?

Accepted Answer

The creation and growth of the middle class

Question 41

Who was considered the greatest ruler of the Ottoman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 42

What type of blue and white art was the Ming Dynasty famous for creating and exporting?

Accepted Answer

Porcelain

Question 43

In Judaism what are the holy scriptures called?

Accepted Answer

The Torah

Question 44

Who was the great explorer that established relations between China and India and parts of East Africa?

Accepted Answer

Zheng He

Question 45

Why did the members of the 3rd Estate take revolutionary action?

Accepted Answer

They had fewer rights, owned less land, and paid more taxes

Question 46

What statement is NOT true about factories in the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

They were safe places to work

Question 47

Who led a successful slave revolt in Haiti at the start of the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Toussaint Louverture

Question 48

In the Latin American colonial system who were the mestizos?

Accepted Answer

The largest group of people

Question 49

Which is considered a modern addition to the characteristics of a civilization?

Accepted Answer

Technology

Question 50

What is the common feature between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism?

Accepted Answer

They are monotheistic

2019 World History Fall Final

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2019 World History Fall Final

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