World History A 2020

Question 1

The Byzantine Empire was actually the ________ part of the Roman Empire before it collapsed

Accepted Answer

eastern

Question 2

Pope who kickstarted the Crusades by ordering Catholics to help the Christians defeat the Muslims in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

Urban II

Question 3

The Renaissance began in

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 4

Officially excluding someone from participation in the Christian Church

Accepted Answer

Excommunication

Question 5

What group was responsible for bringing the Plague to Europe from Asia?

Accepted Answer

Mongols

Question 6

Settled/colonized present day Canada, Michigan and the Mississippi River region.

Accepted Answer

France

Question 7

Someone who legally could not leave where they were born.

Accepted Answer

Serf

Question 8

What Renaissance artist is famous for his painting of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 9

A _______ was a grant of land during the European Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

Fief

Question 10

Russian King who married a sister of the Byzantine Empire. Turned Russia into Christian country

Accepted Answer

Vladimir

Question 11

First artist to really begin using oil based paints. It helped blend paints easier

Accepted Answer

Jan van Eyck

Question 12

Type of rock the Aztecs used to fight and in human sacrfices.

Accepted Answer

Obsidian

Question 13

Colonized/settled in Central and South America.

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 14

Painted the famous portrait of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Also was a great inventor.

Accepted Answer

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 15

Messages runners for the Inca. Similiar to our postal service today.

Accepted Answer

Chasquis

Question 16

French woman who inspired France to important victories during the Hundred Years' War.

Accepted Answer

Joan of Arc

Question 17

Medievil people who believed if they whipped themselves they could repent for their sins.

Accepted Answer

Flagellants

Question 18

Famous Byzantine emperor who created a code from old Roman laws.

Accepted Answer

Justinian

Question 19

The ______ is the head of the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

Pope

Question 20

A person who traveled place to place during the Middle Ages preaching god's word.

Accepted Answer

Friar

Question 21

Possibly the greatest writer of all time. Wrote many famous tragedies in his time.

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 22

Final emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Was killed in Constantinople.

Accepted Answer

Constantine 11th

Question 23

A member/worker in the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

Clergy

Question 24

Capital city of the Aztec Empire

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan

Question 25

The person who united the Mongols was ___________.

Accepted Answer

Genghis Khan

Question 26

All of the following were native to the Americas EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Apple

Question 27

What animal was responsible for the spreading of the Plague throughout the world?

Accepted Answer

Rats

Question 28

Islam spread through North Africa through _____________.

Accepted Answer

Trade Routes

Question 29

Important Crusader leader during the Crusades period.

Accepted Answer

Richard the Lionheart

Question 30

Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

Hernando Cortes

Question 31

Painted the famous School of Athens

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 32

Empress of the Byzantine empire at one point. Was important in bringing rights to women.

Accepted Answer

Theodora

Question 33

His crew/voyage were the first to sail around the world. (He didn't make it)

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 34

The Mongolian Empire began in _____________

Accepted Answer

Central Asia

Question 35

Ruler was a patron to Renaissance artists. The time period is named after her and was the last of Henry's children

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 36

What two goods were most important to people outside of Africa for trade?

Accepted Answer

Gold, Ivory

Question 37

Important religious ceremonies in the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

Sacraments

Question 38

Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Question 39

____________ is considered the holiest city in the world (people are still fighting for it today).

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 40

The system that involved the movement of goods, slaves, ideas between Europe, Africa and Asia.

Accepted Answer

Triangular Trade

Question 41

Where did the Black Death begin?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 42

What was the famous church/cathedral of the Byzantine Empire?

Accepted Answer

Hagia Sophia

Question 43

How many theses (complaints) did Martin Luther have against the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

95

Question 44

_______ was the capital city of the Incan Empire

Accepted Answer

Cuzco

Question 45

Ottoman Turk leader who was able to defeat Constantinople and turn the city Islamic.

Accepted Answer

Mehmet II

Question 46

All of the following goods/things were native to Europe/Africa/Asia EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Potato

Question 47

Book where the Mayans kept information to pass on to future generations.

Accepted Answer

Codex

Question 48

Important Muslim leader during the Crusades period.

Accepted Answer

Saladin

Question 49

___________ was a famous trader who worked for and respected the mongols.

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Question 50

What direction did Columbus sail when he tried to find a new route to the Indies from Europe?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 51

The journey across the Atlantic Ocean when Africans were forced into slavery in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 52

An ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.

Accepted Answer

Quipu

Question 53

What animal was important to African caravans in early African Trade?

Accepted Answer

Camel

World History A 2020

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World History A 2020

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