WH2 Unit 1 Test Review

Question 1

English poet & playwright, wrote 37 plays between 1590-1613, which are still performed today.

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William Shakespeare

Question 2

Turkish-speaking nomadic people. In 1453, they captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.

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Ottomans

Question 3

Muslim ruler (title)

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sultan

Question 4

Renaissance artist and scientist, known for Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Question 5

a system of government, most decisions are made by state officials, not elected representatives

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Bureaucracy

Question 6

wrote guide for rulers (The Prince) on how to gain and maintain power.

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Niccoolo Machiavelli

Question 7

Important innovation was to apply the painting techniques he had learned in Italy to engraving.

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Albrecht Durer

Question 8

original or native to a country or region

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Indigenous

Question 9

the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions

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secularism

Question 10

Founded the Tokugawa shogunate; lasted 1603-1868. Militaristic but brought stability to Japan

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 11

time of creativity in Europe; brought change in many areas (social, economic, cultural)

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Renaissance

Question 12

intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance, focused on education and valued humans

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humanism

Question 13

sail around (the world). Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to do this.

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Circumnavigate

Question 14

in Japanese feudal society, supreme military commander, who held more power than the emperor

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shogun

Question 15

kingdom that emerged in the 1700s in present-day Ghana and was active in the slave trade

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Asante

Question 16

Muslim empire, ruled most of northern India from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s

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Mughals

Question 17

Sculptor, painter, architect, poet. Sculptures (David, Pieta), and painting (Sistine Chapel)

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question 18

West African kingdom; forged the largest state in the region by controlling trade routes

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Kingdom of Songhai

Question 19

a Dutch priest and humanist, one of the most important scholars of the Renaissance

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Erasmus

Question 20

the prophet of Islam, born in Mecca in western Arabia about 570

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Muhammad

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