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Mrs. Ransom's World History End of Course Review
Mrs. Ransom's World History End of Course Review
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1
What was established to divide the new found land between the Portuguese and the Spanish?
Line of Establishment
Line of Tordesillas
Line of Division
Line of Demarcation
2
Which explorer thought that sailing west would be a way to reach China?
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
3
Michelangelo created all of the following except...
Judgement Day
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
The Pieta
Mona Lisa
4
The Arabian Peninsula is mostly made up of
Swamps
Desert
Grasslands
Forest
5
What was the radical phase of the revolution known as during the French Revolution?
Robespierre Revolution
Ancien Regime
Guillotine Revolution
Reign of Terror
6
Which Renaissance artist wrote 37 plays?
More
Rabelais
Shakespeare
Cervantes
7
Who was the conquistador who took control of Tenochtitlan & controlled the Mayans & Aztecs?
Jaques Cartier
Hernan Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizzaro
8
Who was the leader of the Catholic religion and based in Rome?
Bishop
Cardinal
Pope
Archbishop
9
The Rosetta Stone was important because...
Allows us to translate hieroglyphics
It's the earliest known writing
Shows how Egyptians measured time
Tells the story of Jesus
10
What does "renaissance" mean?
rebirth
reawaken
reinterest
regrowth
11
Culture elements from Greece, Egypt, Persia and India blended into a new, rich culture known as
Hellenistic
Multi-national
Greco-Eastern
Classical
12
Who was the German who wrote his 95 theses against the Catholic Church and hung them on a door
Martin Luther
John Knox
Johann Bruhur
John Calvin
13
The Middle East is the intersection of all of the following continents except
Asia
Europe
Africa
India
14
Who unified Spain?
William and Mary?
Juan and Isadora
Ferdinand and Isabella
Peter and Paul
15
Who is known as the Sun King?
Peter the Great
Phillip II
Louis XIV
Ivan the Great
16
The Greek gods and goddesses lived on
Mt. Sparta
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Sinai
Mt. Everest
17
If people are polytheistic, it means they
are members of the ruling class
are skilled artisans
practice animism
believe in many gods
18
Why was Plymouth, Massachusetts founded?
To find religious freedom
It was an excellent trading port
To make money
To build relations with the natives
19
Islam created a huge new empire in the 600s in
Persia
Africa
Asia Minor
Arabia
20
The time period after the fall of Rome and before the Renaissance is known as
The Middle Ages
The Middle Passage
The Dark Plague
The Dark Times
21
A Greek city-state was called
polis
stipend
rhetoric
phalanx
22
Who led the French troops to victory and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft?
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Joan of Arc
Marie Antoinette
23
The ancient Greek philosopher who pioneered the Questioning Method of teaching was...
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Aeschylus
24
What was often the largest building in the center of a Medieval Village?
The Church
The Guild House
The Castle of the Lord
The Trading Market
25
The Canadians set up a great economy for themselves through trading what goods?
Slaves
Silver
Fur
Gold
26
Where did the Renaissance begin?
England
France
Italy
Germany
27
What country controlled India from the 1700s to the 1900s?
England
Portugal
France
Holland
28
What group conquered Britain and called it England?
The Franks
Anglo-Britons
The Lombards
Anglo-Saxons
29
Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
30
The famous domed temple dedicated to all the Roman gods was the
Acropolis
Parthenon
Pantheon
Circus Maximus
31
Rome is located on the
Rubicon River
Balkan Peninsula
Tiber River
Nile River
32
After the Ottomans took over Constantinople, what did they change the name to?
Istanbul
Timbuktu
Alexandria
Gao
33
A loosely organized system of rule in which a powerful lord divides their lands up to vassals
Manorism
Vassalism
Serfdom
Feudalism
34
What was the most valued trade item of the 1400s?
Slaves
Gold
Spices
Salt
35
Which city symbolizes the Italian Renaissance?
Florence
Paris
Venice
Flanders
36
What was the intellectual movement which began in England in the 17th century called?
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Age of Exploration
Renaissance
37
People who are willing to suffer and even die for their beliefs are called
Apostles
Disciples
Patriarchs
Martyrs
38
Who pushed for Portugal to begin exploring?
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
39
What is the name of the building that Muslims face when they pray?
Salat
Ka'aba
Hajj
Quran
40
When did the Roman Empire "fall"?
AD 467
AD 44
AD 476
AD 776
41
Henry VIII wanted to annul his 18 year marriage to Catherine of Aragon because
She wanted to move back to Spain
They couldn't have a male heir
She had an affair
She was not Catholic
42
Many explorers tried to find routes around the Americas. What was the northern route called?
Northwest Passage
Canadian Bypass
Hudson Passage
Arctic Access
43
In what year did America declare Independence from England?
1775
1778
1773
1776
44
The southernmost part of Greece is called
Mycenae
Attica
Peloponnesus
Macedonia
45
In Hinduism, ________ refers to all the actions of a person's life that affect his next life.
dharma
karma
ahimsa
reincarnation
46
Egyptian pharaohs believed that their right to rule came from the
gods
aristocracy
people
military
47
The Buddha stressed that each person should seek enlightenment through
mediatation
acculturation
reincarnation
self-denial
48
Beliefs said to be contrary to official church teachings were called
theologies
trilogies
heresies
clergies
49
What was the name of the first successful for profit colony established by the English?
Plymouth
Roanoke
New York
Jamestown
50
Julius Caesar's enemies assassinated him because
they were fearful when he refused to disband his army
they feared he planned to make himself king of Rome
they were angry with him for his military failures in Gaul
they were opposed to his expansion into other lands
51
As people started to earn more money in the Middle Ages, what started to develop?
A feudal system
The Crusades
A middle class
The Black Plague
52
The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by
nomadic life
settled farming
sea travel
development of spoken language
53
What new device came to symbolize the French Revolution?
Cross Bow
Guillotine
Iron Maiden
Long Bow
54
The sacred text of Islam is called the...
Shia
Text of Muhammad
Sunni
Quran
55
Roman architecture emphasized
restraint
simple elegance
grandeur
religious fervor
