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on-level World History final exam review, Ancient Mesopotamia through Enlightenment
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Luther's central idea of Protestantism
justification by faith
infant baptism
predestination
trial by jury
2
Greek battle formation using a wall of shields
helot
acropolis
phalanx
polis
3
Greatest achievement of the Qin dynasty
Tibetan Plateau
Great Wall of China
Grand Canal
Phalanx
4
Type of government that began in Athens, all citizens participate
direct democracy
monarchy
bureaucracy
tyranny
5
Al-Khwarizimi was a scholar who wrote a book,
Al-Jabr
, about
astronomy
philosophy
mathematics
medicine
6
Homer's epic poems
Socrates & Euripides
Iliad & Odyssey
Macbeth & Hamlet
Epics of Gilgamesh
7
Phoenician writing system was based on
phonetics
hieroglyphics
pictographs
cuneiform
8
Cycle of rebirth
nirvana
reincarnation
caste
karma
9
Main reason for Henry VIII's split from the Catholic Church?
hated paying tithes
his religious beliefs
needed a younger wife
he wanted a son
10
Responsible for the spread of Greek, or Hellenistic, culture throughout SW Asia
Philip II of Macedon
Socrates the Wise
Peter the Great
Alexander the Great
11
John Locke's writings about social contract theory heavily influenced
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Jean Jacques Rosseau
George Washington
12
Islam divided in to 2 branches because of a conflict over
types of sins
who should be leader
religious law
meaning of the Qur'an
13
Process by which ideas, beliefs, & products of 1 people are shared & accepted by other people
cultural diffusion
mandate
reincarnation of ideas
social sharing
14
Religious images used by members of Catholic and Orthodox churches
idols
relics
icons
artifacts
15
Machiavelli encouraged rulers to believe that human nature was
humble
truthful
loyal
selfish
16
Series of rulers from same family
empire
mandate
dynasty
maat
17
Why did scholars change recordkeeping terms from BC/AD to BCE/CE?
to remove religion
to emphasize Christianity
to make it more accurate
to simplify the terms
18
Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of
cultural institution
religious authority
commercial partnership
military government
19
Mary Wollstonecraft applied Enlightenment ideals of equality to
public debate rules
salon etiquette
gender issues
racial tensions
20
Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, a sculptor, inventor, and scientist--a true...
Renaissance Man
Vernacular Scholar
Ladies Man
Knight in Shining Armor
21
Veto
in Latin means
I forbid
I said no
Leave it alone
It is now law
22
Rome & Carthage fought these wars to control the Mediterranean Sea
Peloponnesian Wars
Caliphate Conflicts
Civil Wars
Punic Wars
23
Byzantine emperor who coded laws, and built the Hagia Sophia and the Hippodrome
Belisarius
Justinian
Marco Polo
Saladin
24
Tokugawa expelled these people from Japan to protect Japanese culture
French philosophes
Russian students
U.S. diplomats
Catholic missionaries
25
People who believe in many gods
polytheists
prophets
ziggurats
monotheists
26
First people to believe in only one God (monotheism)
Byzantines
Assyrians
Muslims
Hebrews
27
The yearly floods of the Nile gave rise to the development of a
calendar
new type of boat
clock
new farming techniques
28
Nearly 200 year period of peace and prosperity from Caesar Augustus to Marcus Aurelius
Golden Age
Pax Romana
Triumvirate
Dark Ages
29
What document did King John sign in 1215?
Contract of Marriage
Magna Carta
Constitution of England
Declaration of Law
30
Circumstances of life in ancient India were determined by
the caste of your birth
Vedas
the Dao
your social circle
31
The
philosophes
of the French Enlightenment believed in
progress for society
following church doctrine
absolute rule of kings
women's rights
32
This discovery provided the key to unlocking the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
Acropolis in Athens
Ziggurat of Ur
Moksha
33
Peter the Great's "Window on the West"
warm water seaport
university to learn western ways
colony in the West Indies
beautiful palace
34
How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?
caused people to challenge gov't
heliocentric theory caused unrest in colonies
new science affected warfare
people were afraid of the new scientific ideas
35
Shiite empire in Persia (most Muslims elsewhere where Sunni)
Ottoman
Byzantine
Safavid
Mughal
36
The Assyrians were best known for their
unique religion
military strength
building programs
developing the alphabet
37
Monotheistic religion that developed during the time of the Roman Empire
Islam
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
38
In Russian, the word
czar
means
King
Emperor
Caesar
God-given
39
Shah Jahan built India's most famous landmark as a mausoleum for his late wife
Dome of the Rock
Angkor Wat
Hagia Sophia
Taj Mahal
40
Facilitated both trade and cultural diffusion between civilizations
Patricians
Silk Roads
Epic Poems
Helots
41
Foreign soldier who fought for money
czar
captain
mercenary
monarch
42
Christianity grew quickly within Roman Empire because it was
included emperor worship
included the old ways
simple & personal
exclusive & ritualistic
43
Renaissance was a rebirth of
good health after the plague
art and learning
Christian devotion
chivalry & tournaments
44
By 600s CE, the only Europeans who could write were usually
warriors
kings
merchants
clergy
45
"classical" civilizations
Greece & China
Greece & Rome
India & China
Rome & Carthage
46
The symbol below represents the Chinese emphasis on
good leadership
differences between men & women
natural order
importance of laws
47
Muslims believe that Muhammad was
an angel of Allah
the only son of the true God
the first & only prophet
the last & greatest prophet
48
Government where power is held by religious rulers
theocracy
oligarchy
bureaucracy
democracy
49
Eastern Roman Empire became
Islamic Caliphate
Byzantine Empire
Mongolian Empire
Greek Empire
50
Major Babylonian achievement
making purple dye
inventing bronze
Hammurabi's law code
discovery of glass making
51
Seasonal winds the bring summer rains
monsoons
floods
tsunamis
deltas
52
Whose invention increased literacy and the use of the vernacular?
Martin Luther
Leonardo da Vinci
Johannes Gutenburg
Niccolo Machievalli
53
They conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453
Seljuk Turks
Ottoman Turks
Balkans
Western Europeans
54
Which civilization was known for the aqueducts they built to carry water to their cities?
Romans
Greeks
Byzantines
Russians
55
Invented the alphabet used in many Slavic languages
Methodius & Cyril
Emperor Justinian
Slavs & Vikings
Pope Leo II
56
Religion that originated in India, but spread through China more
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
57
the "Northmen" from Scandanavia
Magyars
Franks
Vikings
British
58
Canon law deals with issues under the authority of
the church
the military
the emperor
the feudal lord
59
Absolute rule of monarchs was supported by the idea of
separation of church & state
democracy
divine right
Sharia law
60
Confucius taught that everything relies on
harmony with nature
strong laws
powerful military
relationships
61
Arabic word for God
Qur'an
Mosque
Allah
Muslim
62
Who built the magnificent palace at Versailles?
Peter the Great
King Henry VIII
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Louis XIV
63
The Roman Empire fell because of
a weak military
internal weaknesses & outside attacks
a sudden attack from barbarians
financial problems
