Ms. Flake's Mid Term World History Review

Question 1

All of the following factors contributed to rapid expansion of the early Muslim empire EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

forced conversions of conquered people

Question 2

What happened in the first Crusade?

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The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control in a violent conflict.

Question 3

Where would I find the Parthenon (hint: the birthplace of democracy)?

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Athens

Question 4

One government controlling several different territories is known as a...

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Empire

Question 5

Where would I find these obelisks?

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The Kingdom of Aksum

Question 6

Where did Homo Sapiens come from?

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East Africa

Question 7

The feudal system was based on

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mutual obligations

Question 8

Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism all arose in China's...

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Warring States Period

Question 9

What is the name of this tablet written in cuneiform, the earliest writing system, which listed the laws of Mesopotamia?

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Hammurabi's Code

Question 10

What is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam?

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Jihad - struggle

Question 11

Which of these is NOT a primary source?

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Biography of Justinian written in 1924

Question 12

The most enduring contribution of Rome was

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architecture, language, law

Question 13

Where was the center of learning in the Abbasid caliphate, the new capital of the Islamic Empire?

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Baghdad

Question 14

What civilization built the giant stone heads (and invented the first ball game)?

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The Olmec

Question 15

Which leader united the Mongols and led them to conquer the largest continuous empire in the world?

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Genghis Khan

Question 16

After the fall of the Roman Empire, one of the few unifying forces is

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the Church

Question 17

What is the main difference between the paleolithic (old stone age) and neolithic (new stone age) periods?

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Hunting and gathering vs. farming

Question 18

Which modern-day country was the origin of several polytheistic religions?

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India

Question 19

What is NOT something Justinian did as leader of the Byzantine Empire?

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Caused the split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church

Questions 19