PASS Test Vocabulary

Question 1

A wealthy and vast trade network that connected China and Europe from 200 - 1300 AD

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Silk Road

Question 2

Time period in history in which farming developed and ended with the development of metal tools

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Neolithic

Question 3

Trade system between the new world and old world that occurred after 1492

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Columbian Exchange

Question 4

Book written by Niccolo Machiavelli about the rulers of Italy during the 1500s

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The Prince

Question 5

French leader during the Protestant Reformation associated with the concept of predestination

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John Calvin

Question 6

Identify this piece of work

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Last Supper

Question 7

The name given for an outbreak of a disease that affects a given place in a given time

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Epidemic

Question 8

Italian painter, sculptor, inventor and mathematician who was instrumental in the Renaissance

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 9

The primary text of Hinduism

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Vedas

Question 10

The process by which plants and/or animals become controlled by humans for our benefit

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Domestication

Question 11

The belief in more than one god.

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Polytheism

Question 12

The process by which traits, objects, ideas or behaviors spread from one society to another

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Cultural Diffusion

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Roman leader who changed Rome from a republic to an empire

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Augustus Caesar

Question 14

The last prophet in Islam

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Mohammed

Question 15

Capital of the Byzantine Empire; known today as Istanbul

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Constantinople

Question 16

Painter of the Sistine Chapel

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Michelangelo

Question 17

Italian explorer who discovered the Americas in 1492

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Columbus

Question 18

Another name for a king

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Monarch

Question 19

A city that has religious significance for Christians, Jews and Muslims

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Jerusalem

Question 20

Infectious disease that killed a large portion of the population in the New World

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Smallpox

Question 21

King of the Franks, emperor of the newly formed Holy Roman Empire

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Charlemagne

Question 22

The principle teachings of Buddha; people should practice right speech, action, effort, etc...

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Eightfold Path

Question 23

Temples built in Sumer similar to step pyramids

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Ziggurats

Question 24

King of the Greek gods and goddesses

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Zeus

Question 25

Original laws of the Roman Republic

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Twelve Tables

Question 26

The belief in only one god

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Monotheism

Question 27

Ancient River Valley Civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Mesopotamia

Question 28

First Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity; converted when he saw a sign from God

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Constantine

Question 29

The oldest monotheistic religion based on the Hebrew Bible

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Judaism

Question 30

Period of peace in Rome under the control of Caesar Augustus

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Pax Romana

Question 31

Religion that originated in India and was tied to the Indian Caste System

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Hinduism

Question 32

Introduced the movable type printing press to Europe in the 15th century

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Johannes Guttenberg

Question 33

Way of life in which people move from one place to another, rather than settling in one place

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Nomadic

Question 34

Type of government in which power is held by the citizens of the country

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Democracy

Question 35

Identify this work's artist

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Michelangelo

Question 36

Early form of writing created by Sumerians

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Cuneiform

Question 37

A cod of laws from the Byzantine Empire which refined Roman Laws

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Justinian's Code

Question 38

The holy land for Islam

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Mecca

Question 39

A name for the pandemic that swept through much of Europe in the 14th Century

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Black Death

Question 40

Farmer or worker in Feudal times who worked and lived on land owned by a noble

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Peasant

Question 41

This empire began as the easter half of the Roman Empire; capital Constantinople

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Byzantine

Question 42

Series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims from the 11th-13th centuries

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Crusades

Question 43

Emperor who attempted to save the Roman Empire by separating it into Eastern and Western

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Diocletion

Question 44

Intellectual, artistic and philosophical movement that began in Italy during the 14th century

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Renaissance

Question 45

The holy book for Islam

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Qur'an

Question 46

Religion in which followers study the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

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Buddhism

Question 47

The transition from hunting and gathering societies to permanent settlements

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Agricultural Revolution

Question 48

Document created by Martin Luther that listed his complaints against the Catholic Church

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95 Theses

Question 49

The elite citizens of Ancient Rome who held most of the political power

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Patricians

Question 50

Illustrated manuscript that contains the four gospels in the New Testament written by monks

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Book of Kells

Question 51

When a stronger country invades and takes control over another area as a new place to live

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Colonization

Question 52

These were used by the Roman Empire to supply its citizens with fresh water from distant places

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Aqueduct

Question 53

Major city in Ancient Greece that was known for its art, philosophic and political advances

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Athens

Question 54

The name given to those who survived by searching for wild berries and following wild animals

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Hunter Gatherers

Question 55

Identify this Renaissance Work

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Mona Lisa

Question 56

The father of Judaism

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Abraham

Question 57

Athletic competition that began in Ancient Greece as a way of honoring their gods.

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Olympics

Question 58

Macedonian King who conquered most of the known world spreading Greek culture

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Alexander the Great

Question 59

The sacred text of Judaism

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Torah

Question 60

Monk who began the Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses

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Martin Luther

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