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Mrs. Ransom's World History End of Course Review
Mrs. Ransom's World History End of Course Review
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1
The ancient Greek philosopher who pioneered the Questioning Method of teaching was...
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Aeschylus
2
What new device came to symbolize the French Revolution?
Guillotine
Iron Maiden
Long Bow
Cross Bow
3
What does "renaissance" mean?
reinterest
rebirth
regrowth
reawaken
4
What was the name of the first successful for profit colony established by the English?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
New York
5
The Buddha stressed that each person should seek enlightenment through
acculturation
self-denial
reincarnation
mediatation
6
The sacred text of Islam is called the...
Text of Muhammad
Quran
Shia
Sunni
7
Who was the German who wrote his 95 theses against the Catholic Church and hung them on a door
Martin Luther
John Calvin
John Knox
Johann Bruhur
8
What was the intellectual movement which began in England in the 17th century called?
Enlightenment
Age of Exploration
Great Awakening
Renaissance
9
Islam created a huge new empire in the 600s in
Asia Minor
Africa
Persia
Arabia
10
What group conquered Britain and called it England?
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Britons
The Lombards
The Franks
11
Rome is located on the
Nile River
Rubicon River
Balkan Peninsula
Tiber River
12
After the Ottomans took over Constantinople, what did they change the name to?
Timbuktu
Alexandria
Gao
Istanbul
13
In what year did America declare Independence from England?
1775
1778
1776
1773
14
Which city symbolizes the Italian Renaissance?
Flanders
Venice
Paris
Florence
15
What country controlled India from the 1700s to the 1900s?
England
Portugal
France
Holland
16
Henry VIII wanted to annul his 18 year marriage to Catherine of Aragon because
She was not Catholic
She had an affair
They couldn't have a male heir
She wanted to move back to Spain
17
What was often the largest building in the center of a Medieval Village?
The Trading Market
The Church
The Castle of the Lord
The Guild House
18
As people started to earn more money in the Middle Ages, what started to develop?
The Crusades
The Black Plague
A middle class
A feudal system
19
Which Renaissance artist wrote 37 plays?
Cervantes
Shakespeare
Rabelais
More
20
The Rosetta Stone was important because...
Tells the story of Jesus
Shows how Egyptians measured time
Allows us to translate hieroglyphics
It's the earliest known writing
21
Roman architecture emphasized
restraint
simple elegance
religious fervor
grandeur
22
Julius Caesar's enemies assassinated him because
they were angry with him for his military failures in Gaul
they were fearful when he refused to disband his army
they feared he planned to make himself king of Rome
they were opposed to his expansion into other lands
23
Culture elements from Greece, Egypt, Persia and India blended into a new, rich culture known as
Hellenistic
Multi-national
Greco-Eastern
Classical
24
In Hinduism, ________ refers to all the actions of a person's life that affect his next life.
reincarnation
ahimsa
karma
dharma
25
The famous domed temple dedicated to all the Roman gods was the
Circus Maximus
Parthenon
Acropolis
Pantheon
26
The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by
sea travel
settled farming
development of spoken language
nomadic life
27
What is the name of the building that Muslims face when they pray?
Quran
Ka'aba
Salat
Hajj
28
The Arabian Peninsula is mostly made up of
Grasslands
Swamps
Desert
Forest
29
Who pushed for Portugal to begin exploring?
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
30
Beliefs said to be contrary to official church teachings were called
heresies
theologies
clergies
trilogies
31
Who unified Spain?
William and Mary?
Juan and Isadora
Peter and Paul
Ferdinand and Isabella
32
Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco da Gama
33
A loosely organized system of rule in which a powerful lord divides their lands up to vassals
Serfdom
Feudalism
Vassalism
Manorism
34
The time period after the fall of Rome and before the Renaissance is known as
The Middle Ages
The Dark Times
The Middle Passage
The Dark Plague
35
If people are polytheistic, it means they
are members of the ruling class
practice animism
are skilled artisans
believe in many gods
36
The Middle East is the intersection of all of the following continents except
Europe
Asia
Africa
India
37
Many explorers tried to find routes around the Americas. What was the northern route called?
Arctic Access
Canadian Bypass
Northwest Passage
Hudson Passage
38
The Canadians set up a great economy for themselves through trading what goods?
Fur
Silver
Gold
Slaves
39
What was established to divide the new found land between the Portuguese and the Spanish?
Line of Establishment
Line of Division
Line of Demarcation
Line of Tordesillas
40
Who led the French troops to victory and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft?
Louis XIV
Joan of Arc
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon
41
Who was the leader of the Catholic religion and based in Rome?
Pope
Archbishop
Cardinal
Bishop
42
Egyptian pharaohs believed that their right to rule came from the
military
people
gods
aristocracy
43
What was the most valued trade item of the 1400s?
Salt
Spices
Slaves
Gold
44
Michelangelo created all of the following except...
Judgement Day
Mona Lisa
The Pieta
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
45
A Greek city-state was called
polis
phalanx
rhetoric
stipend
46
Why was Plymouth, Massachusetts founded?
To build relations with the natives
To find religious freedom
To make money
It was an excellent trading port
47
The southernmost part of Greece is called
Attica
Mycenae
Macedonia
Peloponnesus
48
People who are willing to suffer and even die for their beliefs are called
Apostles
Disciples
Martyrs
Patriarchs
49
What was the radical phase of the revolution known as during the French Revolution?
Reign of Terror
Ancien Regime
Robespierre Revolution
Guillotine Revolution
50
Who was the conquistador who took control of Tenochtitlan & controlled the Mayans & Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
Jaques Cartier
Francisco Pizzaro
51
When did the Roman Empire "fall"?
AD 776
AD 476
AD 44
AD 467
52
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
France
Germany
England
53
The Greek gods and goddesses lived on
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Sparta
Mt. Everest
Mt. Sinai
54
Who is known as the Sun King?
Phillip II
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Ivan the Great
55
Which explorer thought that sailing west would be a way to reach China?
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Prince Henry the Navigator
