7th Grade History Test 6 (Semester Exam)

discovered the Pacific Ocean

The name Euphrates means "that makes fruitful"

The decline of the Middle Ages began when the Roman Empire collapsed

first European to reach the Far East by sea

What is the world's longest fortification?

How do religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Shinto affect the countries that practice them?

Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?

Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of the Portuguese nation

What was the name given to the stone that Jean Francis Champollion used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Who is credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey?

What nation became an important international crossroads for trade?

The Persian king Cyrus built the Royal Road

What is the way of life based upon the ownership and use of land?

Contradictory to Luther's response, the peasants of Germany began the Twelve Articles' Revolt to be free from the tyrann

The dates of Middle Ages were A.D. 500-1500

The Apostolic succession stated that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic Church

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Who defeated the New Babylonian Empire under Belshazzar's rule?

What set the stage for a rebuilt Roman Empire jointly ruled by pope and emperor?

What intellectual movement lifted the darkness of the Middle Ages?

The Egyptian empire reached its greatest extent under Thutmose III

conquered the Inca Indians of Peru

Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?

Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?

What is the most important part of a culture?

What promoted the people of England to settle the New World?

What did the Phoenicians give away as they went on trading ventures?

Who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time?

What is the oldest surviving religion of Japan?

Eleven Years' Tyranny

The Sumerians were the first civilization to use writing after the Flood

What agreement divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts?

Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?

discovered the St. Lawrence River

first great king of England

English Reformation

Which of the following give the most important difference between Islam and Christianity?

Christopher Columbus's voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of Italy.

What Austrian family ruled as Holy Roman Emperors for almost 300 years?

Who declared Martin Luther a heretic at Worms?

Who became the first Englishman to sail around the world?

What religion is a major component of the caste system?

Glorious Revolution

What country developed the caste system?

What resulted from the Roman persecution of Christians?

What Maurya ruler controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent?

Which of the following statements best shows Martin Luther's influence during the Protestant Reformation?

Who was the first man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent?

What nation was the first to have a complete written account of its history?

Where did God confuse the languages?

What religious organization held to the philosophy that "the end justifies the means"?

founded first permanent French colony in the New World

Which of the following states how God used the Greek and early Roman Empires to prepare the world for Jesus Christ?

In what country was the first movable type invented?

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