World History A Exam Quiz

The idea that God long ago decided who would be saved and who would not

Proposed the idea of separation of powers in government

French middle class

The Bessemer process was a method for producing

The Crusades were a series of wars for control of land in Middle East. Who were the two groups that battled each other?

The belief that a monarch's authority comes directly from God

The English colonies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up as

Largely responsible for unifying Germany

Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?

An enlightened despot was a ruler who 

Sikhs become part of a community called the __________________________

During one of Muhammad’s trips of meditation, an angel came to him with information,what was that information?

Mounted warrior

The part of the trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas

The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the

William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass are best known as 

What mercantilist policy was designed to protect local industries from foreign competition?

A system the Spanish used to force Native Americans to labor under brutal conditions

In the 1600s, Robert Boyle's work transformed the field of 

For a short time after getting out from under Spanish rule, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama were part of ____

Land acquisition that nearly doubled the size of the United States

Believed that working class would eventually rise up to create a classless, communist society

In 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized

Islam body of law

Started a printing revolution

In 1763, the _ officially ended Britain's worldwide conflict and ensured British dominance in North America.

The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by the

Muslim house of worship

How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?

Napoleon's final defeat was at the

Spanish-born Latin Americans of the highest social class

Informal social gathering where Enlightenment thinkers exchanged ideas

Why were sacraments so important to Christians during the Middle Ages?

Which scientist was responsible for proposing the heliocentric model of the universe?

Emancipation of the serfs benefited the Russian economy because many former serfs

Pilgrimage to Mecca

The right to vote

Method used for carrying out executions during the Reign of Terror

The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist

Which of the following British laws imposed taxes on items such as newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies?

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolt that eventually resulted in independence for 

Soldiers for hire

Constantinople was renamed to _______________.

Chosen to command the American forces during the American Revolution

When a person or group has control over a whole business or industry

System in which the means of production are owned and operated by the people as a whole, not private individuals

The ______________ was the break up between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

What triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England?

An example of Manifest Destiny is the

What was the main reason why feudalism evolved?

Elected national legislature

The purpose of the Council of Trent was to

People who seek new business opportunities in order to make a profit

Loosely organized system of government which local lords governed own lands but owed military service to a greater lord

To be recognized as a saint by the Church

Successor of Muhammad

Extreme pride in and devotion to one's country

During the struggle for Italian unification, the "Red Shirts" were forces made up of 

_____________ believe that the true successor of Muhammad must be descendants of Ali and Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima

A government run by religious leaders

Which of the following was an obstacle to Italian unity?

German term for "empire"

Leader of Venezuela, Ecuador, etc. for independence; greatly inspired by Enlightenment ideas

The Vikings conducted a thriving trade with Constantinople set up in __ and settled among the Slavic people in Russia

British nurse who improved sanitation in hospitals, founded the world's first school of nursing

Idea that it was inevitable that the U.S. would expand across the continent

Russia did not industrialize as soon as other countries because it lacked

Someone who financially supported the art

Spanish explorers/conquerers

Campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages

Sacred text of Islam

Which phrase below best applies to France's First & Second Estates, rather than the Third Estate?

The first leg of the triangular trade route

Politics based on the needs of the state

Level of material goods and services available to people in society

According to laissez-faire ("hands off") economists, the cure for poverty was 

Legislative body with representatives from each of the three estates

A lord who was granted land in exchanged for service and loyalty to a greater lord

Campaign against slavery

African American men were allowed to vote in the United States when

Violent mob attacks against Jews/Jewish communities

Code of conduct that knights adopted

Which foods were first introduced to the Americas by Europeans through the Columbian Exchange?

In 1607, the English established their first permanent colony in the Americas at

At the top of Spanish colonial society were the

Estate