Semester 1 - Final Exam

Question 1

The Greek word for a city-state

Accepted Answer

Polis

Question 2

Ideal Renaissance man, Painted the Mona Lisa & the Last Supper

Accepted Answer

Leonardo Di Vinci

Question 3

A nation's wealth is based upon the amount of gold & silver it has.

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 4

Carthaginian general, Involved in the 2nd Punic War, Used elephants in his army

Accepted Answer

Hannibal

Question 5

Known for adding natural rights & the application of the social contract to government

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 6

A political & social system based on the ownership of land by lords and working it by peasants

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 7

Government that was ruled by one person

Accepted Answer

Monarchy

Question 8

Often referred to as "The Father of the Constitution"

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 9

Discovered the new world for Spain

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 10

A rebirth of classical arts and education

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 11

Asked his students thought provoking questions to force them to think

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 12

Most famous English author; Wrote many famous works including Hamlet & Romeo and Juliet

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 13

This killed closed to 1/3 (~38 million) people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

Question 14

A heavy, wheeled plow used to grow food

Accepted Answer

Curucca

Question 15

Earliest Greek civilization; Founded on the Island of Crete

Accepted Answer

Minoans

Question 16

The Transfer of plants, animals, ideas, and disease between Europe and the Americas

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 17

Wrote "The Prince"; Believed that leaders should take and maintain power by any means necessary

Accepted Answer

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 18

How many sacraments were used in the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Seven, 7, Siete

Question 19

Sacraments were....

Accepted Answer

Something you had to do to prove you were Christian, Christian Rites

Question 20

Explored South America and destroyed the Inca

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Question 21

Lived by the philosophy of "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you may die"

Accepted Answer

Epicureanism

Question 22

The holy book of Islam

Accepted Answer

Qu'Ran

Question 23

Scottish Reformer, Founded the Presbyterian Church

Accepted Answer

John Knox

Question 24

Posted the 95 These, Sparked the Protestant Reformation

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 25

Blind Greek Poet who wrote the Odyssey and Illiad

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 26

Religious position that allowed woman more opportunities

Accepted Answer

Nun

Question 27

The practice of allowing secular leaders to select religious officials

Accepted Answer

Lay Investiture

Question 28

Anything that is not religious

Accepted Answer

Secular

Question 29

Defeated the Muslim invasion, Nickname was "The Hammer"

Accepted Answer

Judas Maccabeus, Charles Martel

Question 30

Roman slave & gladiator who lead a slave rebellion against Rome

Accepted Answer

Spartacus

Question 31

Wrote the encyclopedia to influence the way people think

Accepted Answer

Denis Diderot

Question 32

New Portuguese ship that allowed for longer journeys.

Accepted Answer

Caravel

Question 33

Means "to be like the Greeks"

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 34

A Spanish explorer & military leader

Accepted Answer

Conquistador

Question 35

First emperor of the Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

Octavian

Semester 1 - Final Exam

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Semester 1 - Final Exam

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