East West Heritage Final Exam Review

Question 1

What is the job of a historian?

Accepted Answer

study written evidence from the past

Question 2

What problems did the Cluniac Reforms address?

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church corruption

Question 3

I am the study of people, their enviornment, and the resources available to them.

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geography

Question 4

The geogrpahy of Greece created what?

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many small city states

Question 5

The trade that linked China with the west became known as?

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Silk Road

Question 6

The first American Civilization emerged along the?

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Mexican Gulf Coast

Question 7

Under Feudalism, why did lords grant vassals land?

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military service

Question 8

What is the most important economic activity in midevil towns?

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trade

Question 9

The earliest people who migrated to the Americas came from?

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Asia

Question 10

I an the Byzantine Emperor who developed a code of law

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Justinian

Question 11

Which group of people united their empire with a 12,000 mile road system?

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Incas

Question 12

Why was the Battle of Tours important?

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Stopped Muslims from advancing into W Europe

Question 13

The Golden Age of Inda took place during the rule of the?

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Guptas

Question 14

I am the Blind Poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey

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Homer

Question 15

The Pyramid Age is another name for?

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the Old Kingdom

Question 16

Why is geography important to history?

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shows connections between people and places

Question 17

The Peloponnesian War resulted from the conflict between who?

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Athens and Sparta

Question 18

How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed their leaders?

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believed their leaders were servants of the gods

Question 19

I am the preservation of the dead

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mummification

Question 20

The purpose of the caste system was?

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ensure spiritual purity

Question 21

I am the anciet Greek Philospher who examined beliefs and ideas

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Socrates

Question 22

What caused ancient civilzations to change?

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contact with other people

Question 23

How did the wealth acquired from winning an empire affect Rome?

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big gap and poor

Question 24

Why did the Mayans create a solar calendar?

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holding religous ceremonies

Question 25

What group comquered the former Roman province of Gaul?

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Franks

Question 26

I am Russia's first ruler

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Ivan the Great

Question 27

I believe in only one god.

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Monotheistic

Question 28

I am a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land

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city-state

Question 29

Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of?

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<p>Pericles</p>

Question 30

I am the spread of ideas, customs and technology from one people to another

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Cultural Diffusion

Question 31

I am the Polish queen

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Jadwiga

Question 32

The Code of Hammurabi was important because?

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the first major collection of written laws

Question 33

What evidence from the Stone Age suggests people believed in life after death?

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buried their dead with care

Question 34

Which of the following statements decribes the Mayan Government?

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Only men could rule

Question 35

The Pax Romana ended after the death of who?

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Marcus Aurelis

Question 36

How did Hindus believe the caste could be changed?

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the law of karma

Question 37

Who dominated the economic and political life of towns during the High Middle Ages?

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merchant guilds

Question 38

I am the chief of the Mongols

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Genghiz Khan

Question 39

I am the statesmen from Athens that established direct democracy

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Pericles

Question 40

Confucius taught the Chinese people that their most important duty was to?

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RESPECT FOR PARENTS

Question 41

In Roman government who represented the Plebians?

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Tribunes

Question 42

Manor economy was based on what?

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farming and self suffiency

Question 43

In the Fields of art and literature, Romans were greatly influenced by the culture of ?

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Greece

Question 44

I am a triangular marshland formed by deposits of silt

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delta

Question 45

I am a governor of a Persian Province

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Satrap

Question 46

Where did the first civilizations emerge?

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in river valleys

Question 47

I am the earliest period of human history

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Old Stone Age

Question 48

Philosophy taught govt should pass strict laws & enforce them with harsh punishments?

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Legalism

Question 49

The civil wars that were faught in Rome were faught over what?

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who should hold the power

Question 50

I am an object made by people of the past

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artifact

Question 51

What united Charlemagne's empire?

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Strong effecient government

Question 52

China became the most technology advanced civilization in the world under the rule of?

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Han

Question 53

What was the greatest geographical feature of Egypt?

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The Nile River

Question 54

I am the leader of Athens who introduced social, poitical and economic reform

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Solon

Question 55

New agricultural technoligies in the Middle Ages led to what?

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increased food production

Question 56

I am the Historian of the Western World

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Anna Comnena

Question 57

What was Charlemagne famous for?

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revival of Latin Learning

Question 58

I am a pyramid shaped temple the Sumerians bulit

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Ziggurat

Question 59

The first people who migrated in N. America came by way of a land bridge across present day?

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Bering Strait

Question 60

I am the Physician whose oath set ethical standards for doctors

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

East West Heritage Final Exam Review

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East West Heritage Final Exam Review

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