World History Semester 1 Final

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

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

3rd Estate

What was the first Greek state?

Divine Right

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

Which of the following is the Holiest Book of Islam?

What brought new heights to cathedral ceilings?

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

What was the open market area called in ancient Greece?

Isaac Newton’s universal law of gravitation

Earth at the center of a series of concentric spheres

major goal was the reform of the Catholic Church

a release from all or part of the punishment for sin

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

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

Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution?

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

Louis XIV

Christianity was founded approximately how many years ago?

Philip II

First European to study stars using a telescope

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

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

This was the central city of the Minoan civilization.

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

Most merchants traveled the entire distance of the Silk Road

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

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

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

The agora was a fortified place and religious center.

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

Reign of Terror

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

Attacked by Crusaders in 1204.

Who are the trinity of gods in Hinduism?

What religion did the Edict of Milan officially recognize?

The Peace of Augsburg formally

Long considered the greatest genius of the Scientific Revolution

Who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?

The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses

What is the dominant religion of the Indian subcontinent?

Scorched-Earth Policy

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

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

When did the Enlightenment take place?

___________ became the first Christian emperor

Congress of Vienna

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

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

Provided indulgence to all killed during Crusade

Which was not true about the patricians?

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were

Serfs were different from peasants in that serfs

What cause did Mary Wollstonecraft fight for?

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

Which material was used in building the Roman roads?

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

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

Peter the Great

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

According to Greek religion, the gods lived

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

The emperor kept the poverty-stricken masses pacified by

Cleisthenes brought democracy to Athens.

Created the scientific method

Believed the universe was heliocentric

How many layers of material were the roads made of?

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in

At Thermopylae Pass, the Spartan troops

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

The Five Pillars are the principle religious duties in ________.

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

Tennis Court Oath

The Edict of Milan proclaimed

court created by the Church to find and try heretics

Francis Bacon, an English philosopher, believed scientists should

dictator is a ruler with absolute power.

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

According to the Ptolemaic system,

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

began the Protestant Reformation

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

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

made Martin Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman Empire

Declaration of the Rights of Man

introduced Protestant reforms in Zürich

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

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the

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

The Peloponnesian War was a Civil War between the Greeks.

What is the definition of an oligarchy?

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

This means to imitate Greeks.

Magna Carta is Latin meaning Great Charter

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

Absolute Monarchy

The government of Athens after Cleisthenes became

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

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

_______________was the first Protestant faith.

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

the language of everyday speech in a particular region