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1
Which of these did Alfred the Great NOT do?
Contribute heavily to the decline of the Middle Ages to the Dark Ages
Defeat the Saxons
Defeat the Danes
Established Shire Reeves
2
The five “Good” emperors caused what period of time in Rome?
The Great Depression
The fall of the Roman Empire
The Pax Romana
The Bubonic Plague
3
Upper class women in Rome had which of the following?
Legal rights
Complete autonomy from men
Leadership roles
Property rights
4
Aristophanes wrote Tragedies about politics.
True
False
5
Which of these means Greek Life?
Greekish
Hellenistic
Narcissistic
Greekistic
6
The code Pharaohs must follow is called:
Hammurabi’s Code
Law of the 12 Tables
Arrête
Ma’at
7
What was the name of the Abbey formed to help rid the church of abused?
City of Ladies
The Catholic Abbey
Cluny
Concordant of Worms
8
S.P.Q.R means:
Socialism and the People of Rome
Senate & the People’s Republic of Rome
The People’s & Social Republic of Rome
9
The Magna Carta placed the king above the law.
False
True
10
Hebrews are the spiritual ancestors of the west.
True
False
11
Who was a general of Carthage & won the battle of Cannae?
Hannibal
Jesus Christ
Sulla
Scipio Africanus
12
Which of these is Socrates’s quote?
None of these are one of Socrates’s quotes.
"Know how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly."
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“Quality is not an act, it’s a habit.”
13
Edward the I formed what?
The English Monarchy
The steam engine
Parliament
The Royal Circuit Court
14
The ___ Crusade Christians won, the ___ Crusade is when Constantinople was attacked.
1st, 4th
4th, 1st
4th, 2nd
2nd, 4th
15
Osiris is the God of:
The ocean
The afterlife
The dead
The living
16
What did the Edict of Milan do?
Allowed Christianity
Allowed the persecution of Christians
Allowed Judaism
Allowed the persecution of Jews
17
St. Augustine is associated with 3 Cs. Which of these is not a C?
Celibacy
Christianity
City of God
Confessions
18
Charlemagne the HRE combined what during his rule?
The role of the Senate & the role of the church
The cultures of Christianity, the German, & Rome
Macedonia & Greece
Ranch & lettuce to make a killer salad
19
Who was the archeologist who discovered Troy & Mycenae?
Heinrich Schliemann
Howard Carter
Louis Leakey
Jean Francois
20
Who’s estimate was remarkably close to the circumference of the Earth?
Plato
Socrates
Eratosthenes
Archimedes
21
The Concordant of Worms allowed Popes AND kings to appoint bishops.
False
True
22
What was the key difference between Islam & Europe in the Middle Ages?
Islam was very culturally advanced, Europe was not
Europe wanted kings to appoint bishops, Islam wanted popes to
Islam wanted kings to appoint bishops, Europe wanted popes to
Europe was very culturally advanced, Islam was not
23
Henry the II wanted a de-centralized government with lower involvement from the courts.
False
True
24
Which of these was a Roman architectural innovation?
The Temple of Solomon
The Colosseum
The Pantheon
The Temple of Athena
25
Which of the following does NOT apply to Caesar?
He was assassinated
He was dictator for life
He lowered taxes
He created the Council of 500
26
The Phoenicians developed what?
Cursive
A written alphabet
A grammar system widely used in Germanic languages
A phonetic (spoken) alphabet
27
The Gracchus Brothers’s reforms led to violence and upheaval.
True
False
28
Virgil & Ovid have what in common?
They are both women
They are both authors
They both were emperors of Rome
They are both Sumerian
29
Who did Nero blame for the Great Fire of Rome?
Hebrews
Christians
Jews
Hindus
30
The Putting Out system implemented what?
It put a domestic import tax on goods made by guilds
It strengthened the Guild system
Peasants could make goods at home
It allowed only wealthy people not in the guild to make goods
31
Jesus Christ’s teachings included humility, charity, and conversion.
True
False
32
What was the MAIN obligation in feudalism?
Maintain land
Military service for the lord
Paying taxes to the lord
Farming for the lord
33
The World’s 1st Emperor was:
Amenhotep IV
Hatsheput
Akkadian
Sargon I
34
What did plebeians use in the Struggle of Orders?
A Council of 500
Unpopular assemblies
Popular assemblies
Pulleys
35
Which of these was a powerful female Pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra IV
Amenhotep IV
36
Which of these is an example of a hominid?
Ciel
Luicitha
Lucy
Human beings
37
Which of these did Philip IV not do?
Persecuted Jews
Contributed to the French Famine
Attempt to tax church land
Control popes
38
Tyranny is a reaction to a large wealth gap.
True
False
39
Scholasticism is a mixture between faith and reason.
False
True
40
Cyrus the Great despised Jews & refused the let them rebuild their temple.
False
True
41
The Law of the 12 Tables was Rome’s first:
Rome’s first written law code
None of the above.
Rome’s first written democratic system
Rome’s system of grades for education
42
Marcus Aurelius was known for what philosophy?
Realism
Epicureanism
Cynicism
Stoicism
43
Pisistratus gave farmers land & also founded the Council of 500.
True
False
44
Menes united upper and lower Egypt.
False
True
45
Peter Abelard was scholastic and ______.
Used faith to differ interpretations of the Bible
Cynistic
Used logic to differ interpretations of the Bible
Was against use of logic in the Bible
46
The Estates General did what?
Made France wealthy
Ended manorialism
End knights templars
Made France Poor
47
Scipio Africanus won for ____ at the Battle of Zama.
Sparta
Athens
Mesopotamia
Greece
48
Who helped spread early Christianity?
Peyton
Paul
Peter
Perry
49
Cicero was a Roman orator.
True
False
50
Egyptian women were completely unequal to Egyptian men in every way.
False
True
51
People got very attached to their democratic system under Pericles.
False
True
52
Otto the I defeated the Magyars.
True
False
53
Neolithic Agriculture was phasing out hunting & gathering.
False
True
54
Sulla used his army for what purpose?
For political purposes
To defend him
To control the Greek economy
55
Justinian is known for doing what to Roman law?
Writing it down
Renewal
Speaking it aloud
Codification
56
Which of these is not a similarity between Christianity & Judaism?
Heaven
Monotheism
Holy books
Jesus is God
57
Thomas Becket was against what?
Manorialism
Popes
Royal courts
De-centralized government
58
Archimedes was known for pi & pulleys.
True
False
59
The Julio-Claudians took more power from what?
The church
The senate
The courts
The royal family
60
Aristarchus created the:
Geo-Centric Theory
Helio-Centric Theory
61
Solomon destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem.
False
True
62
Which Babylonian rebuilt Babylon, defeated the Assyrians, AND defeated Juda?
Justinian
Cyrus the Great
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar II
63
What changed about education in Greece compared to other areas?
It was supported by a few wealthy senators
None of the above
It was made public for the wealthy
It was harshly privatized
64
Who was tutored by Aristotle?
Sulla
Aristarchus
Alexander the Great
Cyrus the Great
65
Which of these was the most powerful pope of the Middle Ages?
Innocent the III
Gregory the II
Sulla the I
Philip the IV
66
The Punic War led to the construction & thriving of Carthage.
True
False
67
The most important building dedicated to a chief deity is called a:
Hittites
Temple of Solomon
Ziggurat
Temple
68
Cleisthenes did what?
None of the above.
Formed the Council of 500
Gave farmers land
Re-enslaved everybody & brought back slave debt
69
The New Kingdom of Egypt is known to have an economy based on what?
Agriculture
Minerals & Mining
Trade
The trading of ideas
70
Spartan women could do all of the following except:
Train & exercise like soldiers
Own property
Attend the games
Marry young
71
Who spread Greek ideas into their empire?
Alexander the Great
St. Augustine
Scipio Africanus
Cyrus the Great
72
What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
The destruction of the Athenian Empire
The creation of the Athenian Empire
A dwindling economy & trade in Greece
The slow decline of the Spartans
73
What was the main purpose of the Gladiator Games in Rome?
To distract the masses
To entertain the masses
To please the king
To allow men to prove their strength
74
Themistocles developed what?
The Athenian army
The Spartan army
The Spartan navy
The Athenian navy
75
Plato wrote which book?
The City of God
The Art of Love
The Republic
The Oration of the Entire World
76
Spartan life could best be compared to:
Military bootcamp
Living in a fountain of knowledge
A gentle life
77
Athenian women were mostly kept from the public & were suppressed.
True
False
78
The Iliad heavily contributes to the idea of honor & courage on the battle field.
False
True
79
Who lost the last of the Roman civil wars?
Justinian & Cleopatra
Marc Antony & Julian
Cleopatra & Marc Antony
Cleopatra & Julius Caesar
80
The Assyrians were known to be brutal in general, but especially if you:
Stole from them
Didnt pay taxes
Opposed them
Worked with them
81
William of Normandy mainly did what?
Centralized the gov’t
Wrote Divine Comedy
Wrote the first self-help book
Contributed to the Medieval Intellectual Revival
82
Minoan women had:
Low status
High status
83
Greek women had more economic rights than usual, like being able to own property.
True
False
84
City-states did what to Greece?
Drove them apart & made them fiercely competitive
United them
Fostered a healthy trade empire
None of the above.
85
Herodotus was:
A Greek historian
A Spartan historian
A Babylonian historian
A Sumerian historian
86
The Hittites gave the Greeks what?
Hittian culture
Mesopotamian culture
New foods
A brand new way of governing
87
The hoplite phalanx is/are:
A type of ship
The generals soldiers
A military organization with heavy infantry
The title of a general
88
______ changed the main Egyptian religion to worship the sun, rather than the sun god.
Akhenaton
Homer
Amenhotep IV
Hatshepsut
89
Hammurabi had unfair law codes for:
Wealthy people
Women
Everyone
Poor people
90
Manorialism was the most prominent political system in the Middle Ages.
False
True
91
Gregory the Great aided in creating what?
City-states
Pope Neomonarchies
None of the above.
Papal states
92
The Guild system did all of the following except:
Pay taxes to the guild master
Limited membership to guilds
Control the price of goods
Set standards for goods
93
Solon did what for slaves?
He gave farmers land to help them
He ceased slave debt
He founded the Council of 500
He started an early form of social security
94
The Vulgate is another word for the Latin Bible.
True
False
95
Post-pictograph Sumerian writing is called:
Cursive
Phoenician
Cuneiform
Pictographs
96
The Delian league consisted of city-states owned by:
Athens
Sparta
97
Augustus did what to Rome?
Changed it from an Empire to a Republic
Changed it from a Republic to an Empire
Took it over from Marc Antony
Caused its fall
98
Arrête means to be selfish, greedy, and full of yourself.
True
False
99
The moral of the Epic of Gilgamesh was that everyone went to the afterlife.
False
True
100
Mesopotamia was:
A long war between the Sumerians & Akkadians
The earliest civilization on Earth
The most well-documented civilization ever
The first empire
