World Chapter 1 Review

Question 1

ruler who has complete control over a government

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Dictator

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an ex of ancient law that influenced modern thought( rule of law, and rule of the people)

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The Rosetta Stone

Question 3

Among the Roman ideas that the U.S. founders adopted were:

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The senate, the veto, and checks on power

Question 4

government in which a king or queen exercises central power

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Monarchy

Question 5

Why did the writings of the ancient Greeks pose a challenge to many medieval Christian scholars?

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Greek reliance on reason conflicted with the Christian reliance on faith

Question 6

Jesus emphasized the need for all of the following, except:

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Wealth

Question 7

The leader of Christianity, a religion that grew out of Judaism

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Jesus

Question 8

A series of acts passed by the English Parliament in 1689 that ensured the dominance of parliament over the monarchy

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The English Bill of Rights

Question 9

Which statement describes the relationship of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?

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Christianity and Islam were strongly influenced by Judaism

Question 10

principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

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Habeas Corpus

Question 11

Created in 1215, the Great Charter it put limitations on the power of the English King

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The Magna Carta

Question 12

All of the following are reasons why many people were attracted to Christianity, except:

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Jewish and Roman establishments were very accommodating to the new religion

Question 13

The set of basic moral laws that lie at the core of Judiasm; they were given directly from God

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The Ten Commandments

Question 14

Which event most directly led to a limited monarchy in England?

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The Glorious Revolution

Question 15

What was Alexander the Great’s most important contribution to the world?

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He preserved and spread Greek values

Question 16

The scattering of people

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Diaspora

Question 17

government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power

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Limited Monarchy

Question 18

The achievement of Thomas Aquinas was to:

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Declare that faith and reason exist in harmony

Question 19

Human ability to be rational/use logic

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Reason

Question 20

lawmaking body

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Legislature

Question 21

Athenian philosopher who established the Academy and wrote the Republic

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Plato

Question 22

group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case

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Jury

Question 23

The laws of which religion were set down in the Ten Commandments and the Torah?

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Judaism

Question 24

Which of the following is the Greek City-State in which limited democracy was first set up?

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Athens

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

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Despite minority status Judaism has always been accepted by the majority

Question 26

The achievements of the Greeks and Romans were preserved by which of the following?

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The Church and Muslim scholars

Question 27

bloodless revolution in 1688 in which the English Parliament forced King James to flee in favor of royalty theypreferred

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The Glorious Revolution

Question 28

Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were guided by a belief in _________

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Reason

Question 29

system of government in which officials are chosen by the people

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Republic

Question 30

The following wealthy and powerful groups struggled to maintained power and authority in Medieval England except

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The Christian Church

Question 31

What predicatable patterns of reason from ancient Greece were later adopted by Enlightenment philosophers?

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Natural laws

Question 32

The shared heritage of Jews and Christians which serves as a major cultural foundation of Western Society

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Judeo-Christian Tradition

Question 33

The Jewish worldview is that:

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People are free to make moral choices

Question 34

What did the Glorious Revolution prove?

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That Parliament had grown more powerful than the monarchy

Question 35

Before they could be crowned, William and Mary had to:

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Accept the English Bill of Rights

Question 36

Which religion did a Jewish group begin after the Diaspora?

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Christianity

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a monotheistic (one god) religion?

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Hinduism

Question 38

Athenian philosopher and author of the Politics

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Aristotle

Question 39

moral standards of behavior

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Ethics

Question 40

believing in one god

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Monotheistic

Question 41

Rome’s greatest legacy was its commitment to _____________?

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The Rule of Law

Question 42

government in which the people hold the ruling power

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Democracy

Question 43

Principle that even rulers are subject to law, which is central to modern constitutional governments

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Rule of Law

Question 44

loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their land-holdings among lesser lords

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Feudalism

Question 45

power to block a government action

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Veto

Question 46

Which of the following is NOT an idea with connections to Ancient Rome?

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Judges are not subject to the law

Question 47

One important principle in the Magna Carta was that:

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The nobles had certain rights

World Chapter 1 Review

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World Chapter 1 Review

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