Abeka World history Final Exam 1

Who created the trading center of Timbuktu?

Who Declared war on Germany?

What is the most magnificent church building of the middle ages and the greatest achievement of the byzantine empire?

What is the worlds oldest living civilization?

An attack by the Japanese Aircraft to America on December 7, 1941

What is ancient history?

Charles Martel defeated the invading Muslims at ___.

Who said "Education must engage with and enlarge with and enlarge experience"?

___ was an attempt by the Nazis to destroy the Jewish people.

What was discovered by Napoleon's men that contained a message carved in hieroglyphics?

communist leader of North Vietnam, used guerilla warfare to fight anti-commonest.

Who said morality is not either/or (good or bad); it's more complex than that; it boils down to the 'will to?

What was the mountain all the Greek gods lived on?

This Statesman brought Athenian Democracy to the fullest.

Britain's Conservative Party leader and Prime minister in 1979.

What is Medieval history?

Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in Tiananmen Square

The Brahma hindu religion used what as their social structure?

He ran on a campaign based on the common man and populist ideas. used the SDI to avoid conflict.

____ victories prevented western Europe form being taken up by Muslims.

What document put into place "No taxation without representation"?

Under the command of this general the American expeditionary force arrived in France at the rate of 300,000 men a month?

Lech Walesa founded Solidarity

Who Ruled Communist Party of Russia from 1922-1953. Famous for his purges; cruel, tyrannical and evil?

PLO chairman

Tony Blair Prime Minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007

Who began the first great persecutions against the new testament church?

Who lead the Carthaginian forces into the second Punic war at a victory in the Battle of Cannae?

What was the importance of John Wycliffe?

Who was the first President of the Russian Federation

A political organization formed to unite Arab groups and to bring about an independent state of Palestine.

Translated the Rosetta Stone?

Who was the first great leader of the Byzantine Empire?

Who invented the movable printing press?

Lenin and communists created a new state called what?

After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States.

A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War

What was the significance of Hapshetsphut?

Britain united Boer republics with Cape Colony to form new, independent state of South Africa

Pearl Harbor was an attempt to win back France from Nazi Germany by landing troops on the French beaches of Normandy.

Who was the first medieval pope?

Who successfully transformed Russia into a great power that would play an important role in European history?

Who was leader of the great Mongolian Empire

Bioethics is...

Sumer was the first postdiluvian civilization.

Lenin overthrew the provisional government in this...

The battle of Midway was one of the most decisive battle in the pacific theatre.

Solidarity showed that working class and intelligent could unite and compete effectively for the leadership of a nation

Who concluded that the order of the universe had to come form god?

Who was maybe the greatest Renaissance artist or in general artist of all time

jailed for 26 years and then became the first black president of South Africa, ANC supporter?

The third Crusade was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. Was also called ___.

9/11 was an Islamist extremist group named al-Qaeda attacked America.

What Treaty divided the Charlemagne Empire into 3 parts?

Who was the descendant of Noah's son that built and lead the first world empire?

Who wrote against Gnosticism in his work, All Heresies?

Spain's king in the Golden Age great cultural growth in literature, music and the visual arts.

George W. Bush former governor of Idaho

General of Imperial Japanese Army.

Who was known as the father of the hydrogen bomb?

Who was called "My shepherd" and "My anointed"

Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the corrupt regime of the dictator.

What was the name of the Carthage war that mean in Latin: Phoenician

Production of crude oil reached about 2 million barrels per day. owns 10% of worlds oil storage.

___ was the founder of Islam. Most of his early life was spent as a merchant.

Who authored "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital", created the main form of modern communism.

What was Rome's greatest contributions to civilization?

What war did the U.S. fought against Iraq when they illegally invaded Kuwait.

What was used with apostolic succession that misused scripture to found the Roman church?

Who was known as the father of history?

Who started philosophy with the question "What is the best way to live?"

What is Modern history?

Who painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper?

Former state dept. official, Accused of being soviet spy

CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro by landing 1200 disgruntled Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs

London the first city to be destroyed by an atomic bomb

Homer wrote the Iliad and the odyssey

What is the acronym for a space based, laser-armed, anti-mid range ballistic missile defense system?

George Bush Leader of NAZI Party. Blamed Jews for all of Germany troubles.

What was Caesar Augustus plan for 200 tears of prosperity in the Mediterranean?

What book is knows as the day of judgement, as a way of counting everything King William had.

Banished to Taiwan after WWII.

What was the first important European civilization after the flood?

Who, dissatisfied with Hindu made Buddhism?

president during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the Cuban missile crisis.

What was the main part of Mesopotamia?

Who overthrew the provisional government in the Bolshevik revolution

Became known as ___ the conqueror after his victory at the Bartle of Hastings.

Became prime minister of Italy in 1922 and eventually dictator.

Who united 2 states and became the first pharaoh of Egypt?