7th World Studies Mid-Term

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of

The caravel was a

Cowboys in Argentina

Studied calculus and the laws of gravity and motion

This Argentine leader from a prominent family liberated Chile and then Peru.

Painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling

Theorized that the earth revolves around the sun

81. This French explorer discovered three large lakes and became known as the Father of New France

What is the imperial title of the Ethiopian ruler?

Who invented the movable-type printing press, making books more available to the public?

Which one of the following reformers was burned at the stake?

Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to this country

This ruler made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

The term renaissance means

Which of the following tribes was not a member of the alliance known as the Five CivilizedTribes?

Which country developed a large economic empire without a monarchy?

Dismissal of an individual from the Roman Church is called

This empire made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics.

English explorer who traveled around the world

This Portuguese nobleman once famously said, “Independence or death!”

Eastern African cities prospered in the trade of all of the following commodities except

What people group was blamed for the Black Death and was persecuted because of it?

Which of the following religions was not practiced in Africa during this time period?

Which of the following was not an effect of Mongol rule in China?

Which promise of God said that a line of rulers from one family would last forever?

What people group in western Europe stopped the spread of Islam?

This ruler founded the Norman dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066

Which of the following was not a Chinese dynasty?

Author of The Prince

Which of the following men introduced Muslim documents to medieval universities?

What term describes the Roman Church’s teaching that the bread and wine become the very body and blood of Christ?

Who trusted only human reason as the path to truth?

What is the name of China’s first foreign dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan?

Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world

An important Byzantine weapon used against Islamic armies was

1. Which one of the following men made significant contributions in the areas of physics,geography, and optics?

Father of Humanism

Which prominent Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large navy?

Poor neighborhoods in colonial cities

Sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent

Empiricism taught that people can find knowledge only through

Revolutionaries who overthrew weak governments

Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

This French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River

The Iroquois Confederacy was located in this modern state

Which of the following was not a positive consequence of the Renaissance?

Gothic architecture can be characterized by all of the following except

Who is the author of the book The City of God?

Which nation colonized a majority of Latin America? Pg

The people of this empire expected the return of their god Quetzalcoatl.

All of the following are geographical regions in Africa except

Which of the following was not a reason for discontentment in the Spanish colonies?

Which of the following navigational aids did the European explorers not use?

This explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name

How long did God withhold His judgment on the world while Noah was building the ark?

Discovered Uranus and made a forty-foot-long telescope

Which of the following did not involve controversy in the early church?

English astronomer for whom a comet is named

Observed the earth’s orbit around the sun with a telescope

Large country estates owned by the wealthy

Hippocrates was the Father of

Zwingli was a reformer in

Who wrote the Ninety-five Theses?

Which of the following elements of African society was not affected by Arabic and Islamicinfluence?

The Taj Mahal is located in what country?

What was the European name for the Mongol forces?

Which of the following was not true of religion in North America?

The human race is divided into two groups, which are called

Which of the following is not a part of West Africa?

Which of the following reformers wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion?

Which of the following did not result from the coming of Christ?

Ethiopian legend regards Menelik as the offspring of what king?

Which of the following was not a cause of the spread of Islam?

This count of Paris founded a new royal line in France

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell’s death?

All of the following were new elements of Renaissance art except

Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?

Which of the following was not a condition of the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad?

The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of this continent.

Painted the Mona Lisa

Publisher of a Greek New Testament

Martin Luther translated the Bible into

The word vernacular describes a

Which of the following is not true of Chinese agriculture and commerce during this timeperiod?

African towns traded with merchants from all of the following locations except

Conquistador who defeated the Incas

All of the following were results of the development of trade in Africa except

All the following were Japanese clans except

What was not a result of divine intervention at Babel?

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of pilgrims in

Full-blooded Spaniards or Portuguese born in the Americas

Cuzco was the capital of this empire

This great-grandson of William the Conqueror strengthened English royal authority byusing circuit courts.

Philip II was a king of

Which of the following was not a contribution of the Abbassid Caliphate?

This scholar from Rotterdam wrote In Praise of Folly

Which of the following was not true of education in the colonies?

What temple, located in modern-day Cambodia, was built during the Khmer empire?

This ruler carried out the last and most widespread persecution in Rome.

This Venezuelan knew many languages and liberated both Venezuela and Colombia