World History--Semester 1 Final Review

Question 1

Certificate issued by the Catholic Church; was to release one's soul from Purgatory to Heaven

Accepted Answer

indulgence

Question 2

Name of the Catholic Church court that was created to root out heresy.

Accepted Answer

Inquisition

Question 3

Who was Thomas More

Accepted Answer

Author of the book Utopia

Question 4

What does it mean to attempt to overthrow the captain of a ship?

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Mutiny

Question 5

What does the term physiocrat mean?

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someone who focuses on economic reform

Question 6

Which term below means "to strand one on an island?"

Accepted Answer

maroon

Question 7

What theory states that the Earth is at the center of the universe?

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geocentric

Question 8

What causes scurvy?

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Lack of vitamin C

Question 9

During the Enlightenment, people went to these places to discuss censored ideas.

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salons

Question 10

This philosophe promoted equal rights for girls and women.

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Wollstonecraft

Question 11

Who observed bacteria and red blood cells under a microscope for the first time?

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Leeuwenhoek

Question 12

Church that King Henry VIII founded in England.

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Anglican

Question 13

Spices were used to preserve food, make medicine, for perfumes, and ______________?

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to season food

Question 14

This man wrote 37 plays and created over 1,700 words.

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Bill Shakespeare

Question 15

Credited with inventing the first printing press in Europe.

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Gutenberg

Question 16

This man invented the first eye glasses and microscope.

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Janssen

Question 17

Said the universe operated like a giant clock and that God was the clockmaker.

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Newton

Question 18

What is a theocracy?

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A government run by a specific religion

Question 19

Name of movement that shifted education from studying primarily religion to liberal arts.

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Humanism movement

Question 20

Economic theory that says economies function best when the gov't stays out of it.

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Laissez Faire

Question 21

Who were philosophes?

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Social critics of the Enlightenment period

Question 22

The Black Death originated in what country?

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China

Question 23

The birthplace of the Renaissance was where?

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Italy

Question 24

Time period where people began to question the governments that ran their lives.

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The Enlightenment

Question 25

This explorer made it to Calicut, India and made a profit of 4,000% on his spices.

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da Gama

Question 26

The invention of the sextant did what?

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helped sailors navigate the oceans

Question 27

This man believed that checks and balances/separation of powers was best for government.

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Montesquieu

Question 28

Time period where people began to discover the true nature of our existence in the universe.

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The Scientific Revolution

Question 29

The idea that the Sun is the center of the universe is what?

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The Heliocentric Theory

Question 30

The 4 main spices that Europeans coveted were nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, and what?

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cloves

Question 31

This man came up with the heliocentric view.

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Copernicus

Question 32

This man's best friend was killed in front of him by his father.

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Frederick the Great

Question 33

What is Purgatory according to the Catholic Church?

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The soul's waiting room for Heaven

Question 34

This person is credited as the first European to round the southern tip of Africa.

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Dias

Question 35

What are natural laws?

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laws that govern human nature/human societies

Question 36

The term that means "a financial supporter of the arts."

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patron

Question 37

Which term below means the study of human behavior through one's envioronment and upbringing.

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sociology

Question 38

This man believed in free elections while saying the will of the majority isn't always correct

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Rousseau

Question 39

This King of Austria freed the serfs only to have them enslaved again after he died.

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Joseph II

Question 40

The scientist who came up with the idea of empiricism is who?

Accepted Answer

Bacon

Question 41

He was the most famous philosophe of the Enlightenment.

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Voltaire

Question 42

Who below started a navigation school in Portugal in order to make himself famous?

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Prince Henry

Question 43

What is a contagious bacterial disease that spreads rapidly?

Accepted Answer

plague

Question 44

English monarch who created peace between Catholics and Protestants; ruled England for 45 years

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Elizabeth

Question 45

Which European explorer was the first to attempt to circumnavigate the globe?

Accepted Answer

Magellan

Question 46

What was unique about the caravel?

Accepted Answer

it had two sails and could sail into the wind & move forward

Question 47

Who thought people were cruel, greedy, and selfish?

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Hobbes

Question 48

Term that refers to the trip slaves took from Africa to the New World.

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Middle Passage

Question 49

This guy started a navigation school in Portugal to make a name for himself.

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Prince Henry

Question 50

Which scientist was called before the Inquisition and asked to recant?

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Galileo

Question 51

What does the term "annul" mean in relation to King Henry?

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to cancel (a marriage)

Question 52

Who believed in natural rights? Also, his ideas inspired the Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 53

Official name of the plague that wiped out half of Europe's population during the mid-1300s.

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The Bubonic Plague

Question 54

How did Bloody Mary earn her nickname?

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By executing Protestants

Question 55

These people were the reason spices cost so much money in Europe in the 1300 and 1400s.

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Middlemen

Question 56

Was a physiocrat who believed in Laissez Faire economics.

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Smith

Question 57

A utopia describes what?

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a perfect world/society

Question 58

This man spent 25 years creating a 28 volume encyclopedia.

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Diderot

Question 59

Developed analytical geometry.

Accepted Answer

Descartes

Question 60

Who did the citizens of Geneva, Switzerland ask to lead their community?

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 61

How many problems did Martin Luther have the selling of indulgences?

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95

Question 62

The restricting of access to ideas and information is which of the below terms?

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censorship

Question 63

Which of the below terms means "nonreligious?"

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secular

Question 64

Procedure for gathering and testing data.

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Scientific Method

World History--Semester 1 Final Review

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World History--Semester 1 Final Review

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