The Aztecs routinely practiced

human sacrifice of captured and conquered peoples

How does the Black Plague help influence the decline of the feudal system?

The death led to a decrease in food production on manors

How does the Enlightenment influence the United States?

The ideas resonated with the founding fathers

Why did the Europeans need to find a sea route to Asia?

The land route was costly because Muslims had Constantinople

The Black Plague was caused by

diseased rats imported from China

How does the Black Plague lead to the introduction of uneducated priests?

Priests died and the void needed to be filled by the church

What was Akbar considered Indias greatest Mughal emperor

He was fair to people from different religions

What do Christianity, Islam and Judaism have in common?

All three are Abrahamic religions and monotheisitc

How did African civilizations record their history before the introduction of Islam?

Africans recorded their history orally

Baron Montesquieu was known for his belief that

The government should have a separation of powers

Why did the Crusades take place?

To reopen the Holy land to pilgrims

What does nomadic mean?

People travel with frequency following domesticated animals

Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs by

Utilizing the local tribes that hated the Aztecs as allies

What is the difference in how the Sunni and Shia obtain a new religious leader?

Sunni believe in voting, Shia believe in Mohammad's family

Why was the caravel important to the Age of Exploration?

Its triangular sails allowed for faster travel

A work of art made by using small stones to form a picture

What was the original reason Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World

The Europeans were looking for a sea route to Asia

The Aztecs' capital city

was an artificial island in the center of Lake Texcoco

Why did the church in Rome and the church in Constantinople split?

They were arguing about who had more power

The Mesoamerican cultures demonstrate cultural diffusion through

The use of pyramids in architecture

What are the Five Pillars of Islam

Faith, Charity, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Fasting

Michelangelo was famous for what two works of art?

The Statue of David and Sistine Chapel

Why is Bloody Mary referred to as Bloody Mary?

She killed and burned Protestants at the stake

The Enlightenment is characterized by

The development of reason and application to human rights

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1
The Aztecs routinely practiced
human sacrifice of captured and conquered peoples
bloodletting
prayer five times a day
the ritual sacrifice of animals
2
How does the Black Plague help influence the decline of the feudal system?
The death led to a decrease in food production on manors
The Plague caused crops to get diseases as well
The plague infected the land, making it unfit for crops
Lords freed serfs because they feared potential damnation
3
How does the Enlightenment influence the United States?
The ideas resonated with the founding fathers
The ideas helped set up a monarchy in the United States
The Enlightenment did not influence the United States
Enlightenment thinkers traveled to the US
4
What is the name of the man who started the Protestant Reformation?
William Tyndale
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Calvin
5
Which nation took the lead during the Age of Exploration
England
France
Spain
Portugal
6
Why did the Europeans need to find a sea route to Asia?
They were tired of traveling over land
Sea travel is much faster
The land route was costly because Muslims had Constantinople
The land route was too dangerous because of bandits
7
Who is famous believing that people were born with certain natural rights?
Voltaire
Baron Montesquieu
John Locke
John Adams
8
The Black Plague was caused by
Cats inability to control the local flea populations
Poor dental hygiene led to the spread of infection
Jewish people poisoned local populations
diseased rats imported from China
9
Who had the most power in feudal Japan?
Daimyo
Samurai
Emperor
Shogun
10
What is the name of the man who developed the Scientific Method
Nicholas Copernicus
Francis Drake
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
11
What is it called when the Church splits during the Roman Empire?
The Great Breakup
The Reformation
The Great Divide
The Great Schism
12
Which Venetian merchant is famous for traveling to China?
Marco Polo
Sir Francis Drake
Kublai Khan
Lorenzo de Medici
13
Which weapon allowed the English to dominate the battlefield during the Hundred Years war
Steel swords
Longbow
Musket
Crossbow
14
Which explorer is credited with finding a sea route to India around the Cape of Good Hope
Christopher Columbus
America Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
Herman Cortes
15
How does the Black Plague lead to the introduction of uneducated priests?
Priests died and the void needed to be filled by the church
Priests lost faith in God because of the constant death
The Black Death causes a number of Latin texts to be burned
People turned to God for salvation becoming priests
16
Which Chinese technology made the Age of Exploration more successful
Steel
Silk
Compass
Gunpowder
17
What is a group of traveling merchants called?
Traveling merchants
iman
Camel train
Caravan
18
What was Akbar considered Indias greatest Mughal emperor
He filled all government positions with Hindus
He abolished the caste system
He was fair to people from different religions
He spread Islam throughout India
19
What method did the Mayans use to create farmland?
agrarian culture
Crop rotation
Slash and burn
Manorialism
20
What did the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu do to prevent Europeans
He isolated Japan
He launced a naval attack
He traded weapons
He converted to Christianity
21
What do Christianity, Islam and Judaism have in common?
All three religions recognize Mohammad as a prophet
All three religions have multiple gods
All three religions originated in Africa
All three are Abrahamic religions and monotheisitc
22
What invention is Johannes Gutenberg famous for?
Printing Press
The Gutenberg Bible
Gunpowder
Sausage
23
Which English King is famous for starting his own religion because he wanted a divorce?
King John
Louis XVII
Henry IV
Henry VIII
24
How did African civilizations record their history before the introduction of Islam?
Africans have no history prior to the introduction of Islam
African civilizations used writing
Africans recorded their history orally
African civilization used a complicated series of knots
25
Baron Montesquieu was known for his belief that
Separation of powers was unnecessary and useless
The government should support all peoples
The government should have a separation of powers
That only the wealthy majority should government positions
26
Brtiain is considered a constitutional monarchy because power is
Granted by the Church of England
Limited by a set of laws
Voted on each year
Given by God
27
Why did the Crusades take place?
To reopen the Holy land to pilgrims
To force Constantinople to open its trade routes
To protect Italians and Spanish from the Muslims
To stop attacks by the vikings
28
What does nomadic mean?
People travel during certain parts of the year
People travel with frequency following domesticated animals
People stay in one place and farm for food.
People travel with frequency based on seasonal fruits
29
Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs by
By coughing on the Aztecs and waiting for diseases to kill
By disguising themselves as gods
Using his superior technology to defeat the Aztecs at range
Utilizing the local tribes that hated the Aztecs as allies
30
The system of government in which local lords ruled the land
the guild system
The merit system
Chivalry
Feudalism
31
What philosophy did the Chinese base their government on?
Confucianism
Greek philosophies that were imported by Alexander the Great
Buddhism
The government had no philosophical roots
32
What is the difference in how the Sunni and Shia obtain a new religious leader?
Shia believe in voting, Sunni believe in Mohammad's family
Sunni believe in voting, Shia believe in Mohammad's family
Sunni believe in voting, Shia random chance
Both groups agree on the succession of power in Islam
33
Why was the caravel important to the Age of Exploration?
Its triangular sails allowed for faster travel
The size of the ship allowed nations to carry double cargo
Its triangular sails allowed for slower travel
It moved so fast the ships were able to carry ice
34
What holy city did the European crusaders hope to take back?
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Medina
Mecca
35
What is a mosaic?
A work of art made by painting on stone
A work of art created by placing paper on another paper.
A work of art made by using small stones to form a picture
Idk, fam.
36
What was the original reason Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World
The Europeans were looking for a sea route to Asia
He wanted to create a tobacco plantation
He was an adventurer
He was forced to sail by the King and Queen of Spain
37
The Aztecs' capital city
Was made entirely of gold
was a series of boats in the center of a lake
was an artificial island in the center of Lake Texcoco
Consisted of an only male population
38
What scientist is known for discovering the laws of gravity and motion
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Nicholas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
39
Why did the church in Rome and the church in Constantinople split?
Distances led to breaks in communication causing distress
They were arguing about who had more power
They disagreed on the legitimacy of Christianity
They were arguing about scripture.
40
What is the holiest city in Islam?
Baghdad
Medina
Mecca
Jerusalem
41
The Mesoamerican cultures demonstrate cultural diffusion through
the use of similar Gods
The use of pyramids in architecture
the fact that they all are in Meso America
Nothing is similar about these cultures
42
What mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe
Himalayas
Alps
Mount Everest
Pyrennes
43
What are the Five Pillars of Islam
Faith, Charity, Pilgrimage, heresy, Fasting
Denouncement, Charity, chivalry, honour victory
Faith, Charity, Pilgrimage,meritocracy, Starvation
Faith, Charity, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Fasting
44
What economic system developed because of the Age of Exploration?
Mercantilism
Socialism
Capitalism
Manorialism
45
What desert separated West African civilizations and North Africa?
Antarctica
Sahara
Gobi
Arabian
46
Which religion is brought to West Africa by merchants?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
47
Michelangelo was famous for what two works of art?
The Last supper and Pieta
The Statue of David and Sistine Chapel
The Statue of David and Mona Lisa
The Statue of Liberty and The State of Memory
48
What is the name of the famous banking family of Florence Italy?
The famous banking family in Italy was from Venice
The Medici Family
The Da Vinci Family
The Machiavelli Family
49
Why is Bloody Mary referred to as Bloody Mary?
She killed and burned Protestants at the stake
She loved tomato juice
She used to drink blood
She had a fondness for the color red.
50
During the Tang and the Song dynasties China was the most
Isolated empires
Violent regions
Advanced and powerful
Democratic regions in the world
51
The Enlightenment is characterized by
A discussion of old Greek and Roman ideas
The development of reason and application to human rights
An era where lamps lit everything up
52
What secondary roles did Catholic monasteries serve?
Schools, hospitals, and daycares
Monasteries only served as centers of religion
Schools, hospitals, and religions training camps
Schools, hospitals and preservation of Greek and Roman texts
53
What is the language of Islam?
latin
Greek
Islamic
Arabic
54
Who is the first Protestant Queen of England?
Elizabeth I
Mary I
Elizabeth II
Henry VIII
55
What dynasty spread Islam from Spain to India
Rashidun
Abbasid
Mohammad
Umayyads
56
How did the Ghana empire make its money
By taxing traveling merchants
By the slave trade
By controlling the gold and salt trade
by trade with China
57
What is the name of the famous English playwright during the Renaissance?
William of Orange
William of Normandy
William Shakespeare
William Shakestaff
58
one of the great achievements of the incas
Systems of roads and bridges
Writing system
Guilds
Legal code
59
An official count of people at a certain place is called
Dynasty
Census
Schism
labour union
60
Confucianism emphasizes
civil service exams
decentralization of government
the relationships between people with authority and subjects
creating international bonds with strong nations
61
Who created a heliocentric model that has the plants moving in ellipses or ovals
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicholas Copernicus
John Locke
62
Who created the first heliocentric model?
Nicholas Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
63
By reducing power of the nobles Louis XIV gained
Power for himself
More power over the people
Controls of the Hapsburg Empire
Control over England
64
What mountain range did the Inca settle in?
Andes
Sierra Nevada
Andys
Kuzco
65
Who were the main practitioners of Zen Buddhism
Samurai
Peasants
Ninjas
Priests
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A Muslim place of worship
Mosque
Caliph
Merit system
Guild

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