World History Semester 1 Final

Serfs were different from peasants in that serfs

Divine Right

Earth at the center of a series of concentric spheres

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Which Enlightenment philosopher had the greatest

Created the scientific method

began the Protestant Reformation

According to the Ptolemaic system,

_________ Was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe.

Heliocentric theory stated that the earth is the center of the universe.

Peter the Great

The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic, was

Philip II

This was the central city of the Minoan civilization.

dictator is a ruler with absolute power.

What is the most important difference between the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system?

Before the Enlightenment, what was the primary source of knowledge for all people?

According to the chart, which class was made up of landowners?

The Edict of Milan proclaimed

The government of Athens after Cleisthenes became

The Romans adopted Christianity as their official religion under Theodosius the Great.

The Five Pillars are the principle religious duties in ________.

Congress of Vienna

The emperor kept the poverty-stricken masses pacified by

Martin Luther believed that humans gain salvation through faith and good works.

What was the result of Alexander the Great's conquests?

Which of the following is not a theme of the Magna Carta

Which was not true about the patricians?

major goal was the reform of the Catholic Church

Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideal because he

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the

By 750 B.C., the ___________, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.

This means to imitate Greeks.

a release from all or part of the punishment for sin

The Peloponnesian War was a Civil War between the Greeks.

What is the definition of an oligarchy?

At Thermopylae Pass, the Spartan troops

Absolute Monarchy

Tennis Court Oath

Believing the Roman Empire had grown too large for a single ruler, Diocletian

What was the open market area called in ancient Greece?

Who are the trinity of gods in Hinduism?

Francis Bacon, an English philosopher, believed scientists should

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in

Isaac Newton’s universal law of gravitation

Christianity was founded approximately how many years ago?

What is the dominant religion of the Indian subcontinent?

introduced Protestant reforms in Zürich

The High Renaissance in Italy is associated with which three artists?

Louis XIV

_______________was the first Protestant faith.

The document that is most closely identified with the French Revolution is the -

When did the Enlightenment take place?

During the Renaissance, a more secular, or worldly, viewpoint developed.

Cleisthenes brought democracy to Athens.

What cause did Mary Wollstonecraft fight for?

The ____ was a period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost a hundred years.

Geocentric theory stated that the sun is the center of the universe.

A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens can vote.

First European to study stars using a telescope

Who is known as the greatest historian of the ancient world?

Which of the following is not part of the Five Pillars of Islam?

Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution?

These were great landowners who became Rome's ruling class.

Who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?

Which of the following is not one of the five major world religions?

Scorched-Earth Policy

The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was

What was the first Greek state?

What deadly disease is thought to have traveled to Europe along the Silk Road?

Believed the universe was heliocentric

Which event was considered to be the spark of the French Revolution?

The agora was a fortified place and religious center.

Most merchants traveled the entire distance of the Silk Road

Which of the following is the Holiest Book of Islam?

made Martin Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman Empire

Long considered the greatest genius of the Scientific Revolution

Which of the following pairs are considered by their religion to be God in human form?

Plebeians were the less wealthy landholders, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers.

What religion did the Edict of Milan officially recognize?

According to Greek religion, the gods lived

What brought new heights to cathedral ceilings?

How many layers of material were the roads made of?

Magna Carta is Latin meaning Great Charter

Which of the following could be called the "founder" of Hinduism?

A _ is a form of gov't in which the leader is not a monarch and citizens have the right to vote

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were

Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

___________ became the first Christian emperor

The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses

Reign of Terror

Provided indulgence to all killed during Crusade

The bar or bat mitzvah is a coming-of-age ceremony in ________.

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Believed that people were born with natural rights that could not be taken away by government.

The Peace of Augsburg formally

the language of everyday speech in a particular region

court created by the Church to find and try heretics

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

Attacked by Crusaders in 1204.

The body of laws known as the ____ was one of Rome’s chief gifts to later generations.

3rd Estate

Which material was used in building the Roman roads?

One major effect of Napoleon's rule of France was that it led to