Mid-Term World History

Question 1

Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English Colony in America

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Jamestown

Question 2

The first civilization that is considered European

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Greece

Question 3

Which one of the following places were considered the "New World"

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the Americas

Question 4

This king broke away from the Catholic Church because the Pope denied his divorce

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Henry VIII

Question 5

The most important trade route in the ancient world

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The Silk Road

Question 6

This Italian City State was a center of culture, art, and banking

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Florence

Question 7

Which European country was the first to begin exploration in the 1400's

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Portugal

Question 8

the name for our humanlike ancestors (and us)

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hominids

Question 9

All of the following statements about Buddhism are true except

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it said to believe in only one god

Question 10

Cultural Diffusion means

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the spread of culture

Question 11

Where human life originated (began)

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Africa

Question 12

humans lived like this before the Neolithic Revolution

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in nomadic tribes (hunter/gatherers)

Question 13

Which of the following statements about early civilizations is incorrect

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they were monotheistic

Question 14

Scholars during the Scientific Revolution discovered the universe was heliocentric what did that mean?)

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the Sun was the center

Question 15

the most important, immediate result of the Neolithic Revolution

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humans learned to farm

Question 16

Who discovered and incorrectly named the "West Indies" islands

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Christopher Columbus

Question 17

The name of the era associated with the discovery of the New World

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the Global Age

Question 18

The second leg (middle passage) of the triangular trade route

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brought African Slaves to the Americas

Question 19

Be honest...How much have you learned in class this semester

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a good amount, Roche is better, a ton, nothing

Question 20

Martin Luther wrote this document to complain about the corruption of indulgences

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the "95 Theses"

Question 21

Gutenburg's invention in the 1400's that dramatically increased literacy

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the printing press

Question 22

Hammurabi's Code most closely relates to

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laws

Question 23

The Dark Ages began in 476 with the fall of this Empire

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The Romans

Question 24

This Protestant believed in Predestination (god decided if you were going to heaven or hell when you were born)

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John Calvin

Question 25

Which of the following is the best definition for conquistador

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a conqueror from Spain

Question 26

this new idea during the Renaissance stressed the importance of man

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humanism

Question 27

Portuguese explorers like Diaz and Da Gama set up ports on Africa's coast to buy...

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slaves

Question 28

Divine Right meants that __________ gave you the right to rule

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God

Question 29

Cultural diffusion from ancient Greece effected ancient Rome in all of the following ways except

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The Romans focused on a powerful navy to spread their culture

Question 30

This was most Protestants biggest complaint/issue about the Catholic Church

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Indulgences

Question 31

What brought about the end of ancient Greece

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Themselves

Question 32

The main reason sailors began exploring was to find a quicker route to these spice islands

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the Moluccas

Question 33

this word means moving to cities

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urbanization

Question 34

This era "woke" Europe up out of the dark Ages

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the Renaissance

Question 35

belief in many gods

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polytheistic

Question 36

This social group was the highest class in Spanish colonial society

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peninsulares

Question 37

Which new Scientific Revolution idea said you had to experiment and observe to prove science

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The Scientific Method

Question 38

This scientist was put on trial by the Catholic Church because it claimed his ideas were dangerous

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Galileo Galilee

Question 39

The most powerful organization during the Dark Ages

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The Catholic Church

Question 40

Which statement about Christianity in ancient Rome is correct

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first it was punished, then an emperor made it the official religion

Question 41

Pizzaro recieved unexpected help defeating the Inca because

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the Inca caught smallpox

Question 42

What was the major thing that Catholics and Protestants had in common

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they were both Christian religions

Question 43

Which time period influenced the Global Age cuz it allowed for new inventions

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the Scientific Revolution

Question 44

Which one of the following monarchs main goal was to spread Catholicism back to Europe

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Philip II

Question 45

Which of the following examples about the importance of ancient Greece is not true

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It failed to stop the Persian Empire from conquering Europe

Question 46

All of the following places can be considered part of the "Old World" except

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the Americas

Question 47

What is believed to be the cause of the most native American deaths in the Global Age

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disease

Question 48

The Crusades were a conflict between what two religions

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Christianity and Islam

Question 49

The Renaissance began here because of its geographic location

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the Italian City States

Question 50

Which of the following ideas is not associated with Hinduism

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The Silk Road

Question 51

Magellan's journey did all of the following except

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it discovered the New World

Question 52

Vasco da Gama discovered a route to India by sailing around the bottom of this

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Africa

Question 53

This individual is arguably the first Protestant in history

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Martin Luther

Question 54

the theory humans developed from a single celled organism over millions of years

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evolution

Question 55

Known as the "Renaissance man" he invented, sculpted, and painted the Mona Lisa

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 56

Columbus did all of the following things with the Taino people except

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treated them as equals

Question 57

Which of the following events is not associated with the Dark Ages

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The French Revolution

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