World Studies Mid-Term Review

Question 1

The Battle of Tours was a cause of the spread of Islam.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Henry II, great-grandson of William the Conqueror, strengthened English royal authority by using circuit courts.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The Africans used iron to forge into tools and use as a form of money.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Greek fire was an import Byzantine weapon used against the Islamic armies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Taika was a Japanese clan.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Rounded vaults and thick walls are features of Romanesque architecture.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Muslims believe that Muhammad wrote the Qur'an after receiving his visions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Batu Khan led a Mongol army into Russia.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Followers of Islam composed the first written history of Africa.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The artist who painted the Mona Lisa was da Vinci.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Heavenly focus was one of the new elements of Renaissance art.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

West African trading items were cotton cloth, gold & iron.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Vaccines was a contribution of the Abbassid Caliphate.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The Truce of Knights allowed fighting only on certain days of the week.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Divine Sovereignty is God's complete control over the world.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Zwingli was a reformer in Switzerland.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The Hundred Years' War was fought between France and the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Yan is the name of China’s first foreign dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Gothic architecture can be characterized by high ceilings.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Petrarch was the Father of Humanism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

The Tartars was the European name for Mongol forces.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, making books more available to the public.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

African towns traded with merchants from Arabia, China, & India.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

The result of Adam and Eve's sin is the Fall.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

The Seljuk Turks captured Constantinople in 1071, thus ending the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

The act of God speaking the world into existence is called Creation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

The Taj Mahal is located in India.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Martin Luther translated the Bible into German.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Kublai Khan successfully invaded Japan.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Erasmus was a scholar from Rotterdam who wrote In Praise of Folly.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

China did not develop large cities until the 19th century.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Another name for Aksum is Ethiopia.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Venice; prominent Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had large navy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The Crusades brought Greek and Arabic writings into Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Erasmus was publisher of a Greek New Testament.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

Buddhism is a religion that was not practiced in Africa during this time period.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Ghana traded only salt and grain.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

William the Conqueror founded the Norman dynast in England after invading the country in 1066.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

The Renaissance started in Spain.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

The Bible and the Qur'an are equally true.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

The word vernacular describes a commonly spoken language.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

Huss was a reformer who was burned at the stake.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Hugh Capet founded a new royal line in France.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

The earliest Chinese dynasty was the Ming Dynasty.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

By the 14th century, the English Parliament had been divided into five groups.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

The Mughal was a Chinese dynasty.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 47

African towns traded with merchants from various towns including Hawaii.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

Cain killed Abel before the Flood occurred.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

Ethiopian legend regards Menelik as the offspring of King Solomon.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

Eastern African cities prospered in the trade of ivory, precious stones, and slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

The passage at the center of the Mosaic Covenant is the Ten Commandments.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 52

During the Abbassid Caliphate, the focus shifted from conquest to learning and culture.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 53

The Mongols worshipped many gods, including the supreme god of Tengri.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 54

The Angka Wat is a temple, located in modern-day Cambodia, was built during the Khmer empire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

Man's characteristics that show what God is like is the image of God.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

During the Middle Ages, Europe experienced a warm period that enabled farmers to grow more crops.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 57

Tamerlane extended his empire from Turkey to India.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

The Franks were the people group in western Europe who stopped the spread of Islam.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

Phillip was a king of France.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

Followers of Islam are forbidden to convert to another religion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 61

The Mojave is a geographical region in Africa.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 62

The Creation Mandate requires only that humans care for the world and its animals.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 63

Islam spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 64

The Crusades were motivated primarily by religious reasons.

Accepted Answer

True

World Studies Mid-Term Review

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World Studies Mid-Term Review

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