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World History Final SCA 2016-17
World History Final SCA 2016-17
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1
During the First Crusade in 1099 Christians were successful in capturing which holy city?
Jerusalem
Mecca
London
Constantinople
2
Robespierre believed France could achieve a _________ only through the use of terror.
theocracy
republic of virtue
constitutional monarchy
communist utopia
3
Which group of people did many European Christians blame for the causing plague?
none of the above
Hindus
Muslims
Jews
4
What was the obligation of a vassal to his lord under the feudal contract?
to rule over the lord
to farm the lords fields
to build his castle
military service
5
______ believe infants are too young to accept the Christian faith and should not be baptized.
Calvinists
all of the above
Anabaptists
Hindus
6
Because the Pope denied Henry VIII of England a divorce, Henry ...
threw himself from London Bridge.
created the Church of England and granted his own divorce.
created a powerful army to march against the Pope.
asked Martin Luther to annul his marriage.
7
Why was the Spanish Civil War a "rehearsal" for WWII?
The Chinese were testing nuclear bombs in Spain.
The Nazis tested new weapons in this war.
The Spanish terrain was used to mimic Soviet battlefields.
The Spanish were testing out the new uniforms.
8
Due to increasing amounts of silver and gold from the Americas ...
widespread inflation struck Europe in the mid-1500's.
the first suggestion of trickle down economics was applied.
The Mongols attacked from the east
infrastructure projects were undertaken across Europe.
9
The Line of Demarcation split trade and exploration right between which two countries?
Spain and England
Spain and Portugal
America and China
Portugal and France
10
What did Pope Urban II call for at the Council at Clermont in 1095?
to secretly conquer the rich city of Constantinople.
a Crusade to drive the Muslims from the Holy Land.
a plan to steal the Death Star's operational blueprint.
to defend Venetian trade routes against Muslim attacks.
11
The U.S. Declaration of Independence influenced which French document?
French Writ of Habeus Corpus
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Articles of Confederation
Napoleonic Code
12
As a result of the Hundred Years' War...
a schism developed in the Catholic Church.
the Sith rose to power in the Galactic Senate.
The English monarchy became dominant over Parliament.
French Kings expanded their power.
13
Diderot's Encyclopedia...
was important because it spread Enlightenment ideas.
was a collection of French Revolution poetry.
was never published as it was banned by the Church.
all of the above
14
German princes were able to choose the religion of their lands as a result of ________ in 1555.
the Columbian Exchange
the Peace of Augsberg
the destruction of Alderan
the Peace of Westphalia
15
Constantinople...
commanded key trade routes linking Europe and Asia.
like Coruscant, was blockaded by the evil Trade Federation.
was able to prosper without having a harbor.
was easily defeated as it had very weak defenses.
16
The Renaissance contributed to the Scientific Revolution as it...
increased the desire for more powerful weapons.
stopped using the Inquisition to fight Protestantism.
challenged church dogma and the medieval worldview.
focused solely on artists.
17
Because a Byzantine emperor banned religious icons...
it began a battle between eastern and western Christianity.
the pope decided to forbid nuns to marry.
the Franks decided to pass Justinian's Code.
none of the above
18
The Portuguese explorer who discovered a route around the southern tip of Africa.
Fetty Wap
Vasco da Gama
Rene Descartes
Bartolomeu Diaz
19
"A woman's outward beauty reflects her inner goodness" is the idea of which Renaissance writer?
Baldassare Castiglione
Niccolo Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Nuremberg trials
20
The American victory at Saratoga was important because...
it convinced the French to support our revolution.
it was the first American defeat of the revolution.
it caused the British to sign the English Bill of Rights.
it ended in a stalemate.
21
What was the "Red Scare?"
Fear of Communists in the United States.
Fear of Republicans in the United States.
Fear of Nazis in the United States.
Fear of Democrats in the United States.
22
Alliance of the Communist nations during the Cold War
NATO
Central Powers
Delian League
Warsaw Pact
23
To appease his nobles what was King John I of England forced to sign in 1215?
Bill of Rights
Treaty of Versailles
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
24
Identify the two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci.
Last Supper and The School of Athens
Last Supper and Mona Lisa
David and The School of Athens
Mona Lisa and Pieta
25
Charlemagne...
was the assassinated Roman general who conquered Gaul.
trains Jedi on the remote planet of Degobah.
was the Frankish king that briefly unified western Europe.
defeated the Muslim forces at the Battle of Tours.
26
Muhammad rededicated the _____ to Allah making _____ the holiest city in Islam.
Temple Mount, Mecca
Kaaba, Mecca
Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Kaaba, Medina
27
In the late 700s the _________ attacked Charlemagne's empire and western Europe by sea.
Mongols
Ottomans
Jawas
Vikings
28
Which is
NOT
one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
fasting
charity
pilgrimage
confession
29
What was Martin Luther's reaction to the peasant's revolt for social change?
he denounced the peasants.
none of the above
he decided not to take a side.
he took the side of the peasants
30
Alliance of Democratic Countries during the Cold War.
Warsaw Pact
Central Powers
NATO
Delian League
31
Why did Hitler want to invade the Soviet Union?
None of the above
To embarrass Joseph Stalin.
the Nazis never invaded the Soviet Union
To obtain the Soviet Union's natural resources.
32
In WWI, most of the trench warfare battles occurred on the ...
Southern Front
Eastern Front
Western front
Northern Front
33
Because most scholars believed that all knowledge must fit Church teaching...
science made little progress during the Middle Ages.
Hindu polytheism grew in popularity in Europe.
the church fell out of favor with the peasant class.
the Jedi temples were looted and burned.
34
We know that the African civilization of Great Zimbabwe was trading with China because...
porcelain was found there
oil was found there
gold was found there
silver was found there
35
June 6, 1944. The Allied invasion of Nazi occupied France in WWII is known as...
VJ Day
VE Day
D Day
B Day
36
Scorched-earth policy...
is used by farmers to replenish nutrients in the soil.
none of the above
was the tactic used by the Russians to defeat Napoleon.
was done by Correllian ships under Imperial command.
37
Haiti's revolution was different from Latin American revolutions in that...
aided by Japanese troops
carried out by slaves
it was led by priests
was achieved without any fighting
38
Followers of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali are known as...
Sunni
Christian
all of the above
Shiite
39
Which of these scientists confirmed the heliocentric model using his telescope?
Newton
Brahe
Galileo
Copernicus
40
Because they challenged the old order _________ thinkers often faced censorship.
Neolithic
Reformation
Enlightenment
Classical Era
41
The kingdom of _______was aided in its rise to power by its enormous amount of ______.
Mali, silver
Ethiopia, gold
Ghana, gold
Italy, bronze
42
The _______ leg of the triangular trade brought European goods to Africa.
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
43
How did the Renaissance and Reformation lead to the Scientific Revolution?
Both challenged the king's views
Neither challenged medieval world views
Both endorsed Feudalism
Both challenged medieval worldviews
44
How did Europeans acquire African captives for the slave trade?
They relied on other Africans to bring them to the ports.
They relied on Africans to willingly go to the Americas.
There wasn't a slave trade.
They paid them well.
45
Because of _________, Neolithic people of the Sahara had to migrate south.
invasion
war
disease
desertification
46
By painting well-known figures of the day, artists were reflecting the Renaissance idea of...
vernacular
humanism
indulgences
secularism
47
Under Justinian's rule he had the ______ _______ built.
Hi Sophia!
Circus Maximus
Red Sonja
Hagia Sophia
48
Montesquieu influenced the United States Constitution with his...
ideas of a separation of church and state.
idea of a social contract
ideas of a separation of powers and checks and balances.
encyclopedia of nature
49
Which of the these were typical services of monasteries and convents during the Middle Ages?
All of the above
Care for the poor and the sick
The spread of Christian ideas
Schools and libraries
50
The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of goods between....
North and South America
Europe and Africa
Americas, Europe, and Africa
Portugal and Spain
51
Supply and demand should be the driving forces behind free-market capitalism according to...
Jeremy Benthem
John Locke
Adam Smith
Voltaire
52
A powerless, but respected figurehead, is an appropriate way to describe who?
The Japanese Shogun
The Japanese Emperor
The Pope
The Japanese Daimyo
53
Clovis, like Constantine, preserved Roman legacy and converted to ________ in the late 400s.
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Islam
The Force
54
2 million is the approximate number of lives lost during the Atlantic Slave Trade along the...
Middle Passage
The Northern Passage
Kessel Run
Spice Trade
55
Mansa Musa's hajj to Mecca inspired him to build the Islamic university of ______________.
Timbuktu
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
56
How did the British and French avoid war with Germany in 1938.
all of the above
Hitler surrenders and dismantles his army.
They appeased Hitler at the Munich Conference.
They displayed their superior naval strength.
57
Why did President Truman order a nuclear strike on Japan?
To harm as many people as possible
The nuclear strike was actually on Germany.
He feared heavy casualties if we were to invade.
He didn't order a nuclear strike. It was Roosevelt.
58
The universal laws of gravity and motion are the ideas of ...
Baldasare Castiglione
Nicolas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Galileo
59
The Byzantine Emperor Justinian's most important accomplishment was...
Hammurabi's Code
Ten Commandments
The 'Body of Civil Law" aka Justinian's Code
Bill of Rights
60
The Muslim holy book as dictated to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel is the ...
Vedas
Quran
Bible
Torah
61
Type of government in England after the Glorious Revolution in which Parliament reigns supreme.
Communist
Absolute Monarchy
Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
62
The new middle class in medieval society were...
serfs
merchants
knights
nobles
63
The Renaissance writer Niccolo Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" which claimed...
rulers must be kind to their subjects.
rulers wishing to maintain power must at times be cruel.
rulers must be exactly 12 inches long
rulers must be at least 6 feet tall.
64
By studying language patterns, scholars have been able to trace the ________ migrations.
Bantu
Ewok
Indo-European
Bedouin
65
Because of Napoleon's occupation of Spain...
Simon Bolívar begins his independence movement.
Andrew Jackson asks for the Louisiana territory.
Joseph Stallin sets up gulags in Russia.
none of the above
