World History Fall Semester Test Review 2021

Question 1

Which of these was the ideal Renaissance man because he was a scientist, painter, sculptor, and inventor?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 2

The first country to have movable type to print. It wasn't practical due to 1000s of letters.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 3

Henry VIII's 2nd daughter who championed Renaissance values w/ plays, music, and dancing was...

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth

Question 4

The artistic technique that shows distance and 3-D on a flat surface is called ______.

Accepted Answer

Perspective

Question 5

What caused the Bubonic Plague to spread to Europe during the mid-1300s?

Accepted Answer

both Mongols and trade routes

Question 6

Rene Descartes said, “I think; therefore I am.”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

A guild most closely resembles a(n) _______ in modern day terms.

Accepted Answer

union

Question 8

Which of the following jobs did barber-surgeons perform?

Accepted Answer

all of them

Question 9

What is a government where a king gives land to lords in exchange for their military service?

Accepted Answer

feudalism

Question 10

Who was Maria Theresa’s biggest enemy?

Accepted Answer

Frederick the Great

Question 11

Ancient authorities like Aristotle & Ptolemy believed the ___ was center of the solar system.

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 12

T/F The high Middle Ages covers the time around the 11th - 14th centuries (1000s - 1300s).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The ancient Roman doctor, Galen, taught that disease comes from...

Accepted Answer

an imbalance of the humors

Question 14

Where was John Calvin's theocracy located?

Accepted Answer

Geneva, Switzerland

Question 15

Which was NOT an effect of the Bubonic plague of the mid-14th century?

Accepted Answer

A priest discovered antibiotics would cure it.

Question 16

Which of the following groups is associated with whipping themselves?

Accepted Answer

flagellants

Question 17

What family controlled Austria and many other European territories for many centuries?

Accepted Answer

Hapsburg

Question 18

What term means that you are writing in your own local language instead of Latin?

Accepted Answer

vernacular

Question 19

Which is a result of the Crusades that still impacts the world to this day?

Accepted Answer

Hostility between Muslims and Christians still exist

Question 20

The German inventor of the printing press during the 1440s was

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 21

What was Louis XIV’s nickname?

Accepted Answer

Sun King

Question 22

Which is TRUE about the Hundred Years' War?

Accepted Answer

It was between England and France.

Question 23

T/F Many last names (like Smith, Baker, and Cooper) come from professions in the Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Which of the following leaders was religiously tolerant and reformed their state’s legal code?

Accepted Answer

Frederick the Great

Question 25

What is the title of this famous painting by Jan Van Eyck?

Accepted Answer

Arnolfini and His Bride

Question 26

Which event cam right BEFORE the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

the collapse of the Roman Empire

Question 27

Who did Philip II of Spain try to dethrone with his Spanish Armada?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 28

Rich people who bought artwork to finance artists were called

Accepted Answer

Patrons

Question 29

Which was NOT a problem with the Medieval Church?

Accepted Answer

it could not collect people's taxes (tithes)

Question 30

Bloodletting was a medical practice intended to...

Accepted Answer

balance the humors.

Question 31

Which of the following countries was the wealthiest nation in Europe during the 1500s?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 32

Which was the ideal Renaissance man because he was a scientist, painter, sculptor, & inventor?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 33

Act of Parliament made Henry VIII the head of the Anglican Church, separating it from the Pope.

Accepted Answer

The Act of Supremacy

Question 34

The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases during the colonization of the Americas is

Accepted Answer

the Columbian Exchange.

Question 35

What fraction of European population died in the mid-14th century from the Plague?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 36

Which of the following was NOT a reason for exploration?

Accepted Answer

Government

Question 37

Galileo and Newton among others during the 1500-1600s were Christian scientists.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Which of the following is a CORRECT statement?

Accepted Answer

Scientists used discoveries to “prove” women inferior to men

Question 39

Which book was written by Niccolo Machiavelli?

Accepted Answer

The Prince

Question 40

The medieval church lost much of its religious focus and had become worldly.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

This German monk started the Reformation when he posted his "95 Theses" to the church door.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 42

The Treaty of Tordesillas settled colonization rights in South America between

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Question 43

What country lost most of its colonies in America and India as a result of losing the Seven Years’ War?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 44

The event that came AFTER the Middle Ages was the __________.

Accepted Answer

the Renaissance

Question 45

T/F Only poor, uneducated peasants wrote in Latin during the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 46

Which of the following were consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are correct.

Question 47

The settlement of German Wars of Religion that allowed a prince to choose religion of his state

Accepted Answer

Peace of Augsberg

Question 48

What is divine right?

Accepted Answer

Belief that God chooses kings so they shouldn’t share power

Question 49

T/F People who live in unclean, poor countries can still get the Bubonic plague.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

Leeches and maggots are still used in modern medicine in some cases.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

The painting below represents

Accepted Answer

human sacrifices in the Aztec civilization.

Question 52

Who was thought to be the best example of an absolute monarch during the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 53

What medical field did women dominate (without proper medical training) until the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

midwifery (delivery of babies)

Question 54

Which of the following jobs did the Medieval Church perform?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct.

Question 55

The Church believed that the Bible supported the _______ theory.

Accepted Answer

geocentric

Question 56

This Hapsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire outlawed Martin Luther and excommunicated him.

Accepted Answer

Charles V

Question 57

Patients admitted to hospitals during the Scientific Revolution often caught new illnesses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Caesar, MacBeth and a number of other famous English plays from this time?

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare

Question 59

What religion is associated with most of the Turks by the end of the High Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 60

The belief that God created the universe with laws of motion but doesn't influence it today is

Accepted Answer

Deism

World History Fall Semester Test Review 2021

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World History Fall Semester Test Review 2021

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