WH- Mid-Term Review

What English monarch restored protestantism to England?

What is the holy book of Islam?

The foundations of Islamic beliefs are called the

This French King boasted, "I am the state".

He was a Venetian trader who worked as an adviser for Kublai Khan.

Did Buddhism believe in the caste system?

What city-state set the standards for art, politics, and business during the Renaissance?

The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is called the 

What city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire/

This latin american term described people of mixed ancestry.

This Greek philosopher taught by asking questions about everything.

This Renaissance philosophy promoted the potential of the individual.

Why did the Greek city-states never unify?

This sect of Islam believed that only the bloodline of Muhammad should be the caliph.

Which of the following forms of government does not involve rule by a group of people?

The Greek philosopher wrote The Republic and opened the Academy.

What European state totally relied on its military for strength in all areas of life?

What two city states fought in the Peloponnesian war?

This Russian Czar wanted to "westernize" Russia.

Siddhartha Gautama founded this religion.

He created a tightly centralized government for the Mongols.

What is the name of the building pictured?

What English monarch broke away from the Catholic Church?

Egyptian form of writing.

The Crusades stimulated trade and decreased the power of the nobles and the

This mans conquests spread Greek culture in the former Persian Empire.

What intellectual movement linked the American, French, and Latin American revolutions?

What monk began the Protestant Reformation?

The religion of the Byzantine Empire was

What Protestant Reformer believed in a theocracy, predestination, and lived in Geneva?

The series of religious wars fought to win Jerusalem back from the Muslims were called the

What did the Middle Passage transport from Africa to the New World?

This group was considered to be the best sailors of the ancient world.

This Chinese Captain explored almost 100 years before any European explorer.

This group introduced a "phonetic symbol" alphabet into the ancient world.

The Roman Empire was at relative peace during what period?

In the Middle Ages, people with the same occupation often form groups called

This invention could produce hundreds of copies of a single work in very little time.

This emperor codified new laws, built the Hagia Sophia, and reconquered western Rome.

This scientific revolution figure described how the heart pumps blood through the body.

This Chinese concept promoted the idea that the Chinese emperor had support from God.

Which explorer claimed most of Canada as "New France"?

The strict social system in India is called the __________ system.

In mercantilism a country's power depended on its

The lowest members of Indian society that were given horrible jobs were the

Absolute rulers used this concept to increase their power.

He was the most successful Roman military leader.

This Buddhist word meant 'reaching enlightenment'.

This sect of Islam believed that any true believer could be the caliph.

Which European country began the Age of Exploration by exploring the West African coast?

This word means 'rebirth'.

Romans are best known for its legacy of this type of government.

Who said is its "better to be feared than loved"?

In what form of government are the citizens the ultimate source of power?

This explorer mapped the Australian Coast and parts of the Pacific.

Who is known as the Father of Humanism

What ancient society originated in the Yellow and Yangtze river valley?

"God, Gold, and _________".

Which explorer is given credit for being the first to circumnavigate the globe?

This religion was persecuted in Rome because its followers would not worship the Roman Gods.

The Easter Roman Empire was better known as the ___________ Empire.

What was the exchange of goods, livestock, and plants from old world to new world called?