Final Exam Review

Question 1

The ___________ was the major building project of the Sui Dynasty. It connected the rivers of China from North to South.

Accepted Answer

Grand Canal

Question 2

The ___________ was a list of things that Martin Luther thought were wrong with the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

95 Theses

Question 3

Which ancient Chinese philosophy was popular again during the late Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 4

The four units that divided the Mongol Empire after the death of Genghis Khan were called _______________.

Accepted Answer

khanates

Question 5

What group founded the first settlement at Rome?

Accepted Answer

Latins

Question 6

A title for the leader of the Islamic community after the death of Muhammad.

Accepted Answer

caliph

Question 7

How was Rome protected from the north?

Accepted Answer

Alps

Question 8

How was the power of consuls limited?

Accepted Answer

Each consul had veto power over the other consul's decisions

Question 9

The Five Pillars include all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

Not eating any meat

Question 10

In the Feudal System, the amount of _________ someone had determined their wealth, power, and rank in society.

Accepted Answer

Land

Question 11

The ____________ Dynasty of China removed the Mongols from China and had almost 300 years of peace.

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 12

A pardon for a person's sins that was sold by the Catholic Church is called a(n) _________________.

Accepted Answer

indulgence

Question 13

Why was the Scientific Method important?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 14

The Mongols were originally ___________ which means they roamed from place to place without a permanent home.

Accepted Answer

nomads

Question 15

Which field of science did the Scientific Revolution start in?

Accepted Answer

astronomy

Question 16

Which event marked the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Fall of Rome

Question 17

________ was a famous Chinese admiral from the Ming Dynasty. He sailed around Asia and to Africa. He brought back gifts.

Accepted Answer

Zheng He

Question 18

The land bridge called "Beringia" connected which two areas?

Accepted Answer

Alaska and Eastern Russia

Question 19

17th century scholars like Galileo & Rene Descartes faced challenges to their scientific theories because __________.

Accepted Answer

their ideas contradicted the ideas of the Catholic Church

Question 20

The economic, political, and social system in the Early Middle Ages in Europe was called ____________.

Accepted Answer

feudalism

Question 21

A(n) _________________ is a branch of Christianity. Many new ones were created during the Protestant Reformation.

Accepted Answer

denomination

Question 22

Muslims consider these other religions to be "People of the Book". These religions are related to Islam.

Accepted Answer

Christians and Jews

Question 23

What was the name of the group of 300 men that made laws in the Roman Republic?

Accepted Answer

The Senate

Question 24

Which religion spread to China from traders and monks who traveled the Silk Road from India?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 25

The _________ Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty. It is considered to be a "golden age" of Chinese culture.

Accepted Answer

Tang

Question 26

When was the Roman Republic founded?

Accepted Answer

510 BCE

Question 27

Scientist known as the "Father of Anatomy"

Accepted Answer

Andreas Vesalius

Question 28

What was the name of the German monk who started the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 29

_______________ was an English scientist who discovered the Universal Law of Gravitation.

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 30

The belief in only one god is _________________.

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 31

The Protestant reformer who taught the idea of predestination was _________.

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 32

The Arabian Peninsula is surrounded by all of the following continents except __________________.

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 33

Which is NOT a crop grown in the early Americas?

Accepted Answer

rice

Question 34

During the Middle Ages, if someone was born a Serf, they could become a Lord if they worked hard.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

The Muslim place of worship is a ______________.

Accepted Answer

mosque

Question 36

Which historical period most influenced the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance

Question 37

Which of the following was NOT one of the legacies of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

The Christians won and held control of Jerusalem

Question 38

What were the Roman Republic's laws called?

Accepted Answer

The Twelve Tables

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT one of the effects of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) in Europe?

Accepted Answer

the kings of Europe lost their power

Question 40

___________ was the famous Empress of China from the Tang Dynasty.

Accepted Answer

Wu Zetian

Question 41

_________ was the grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China.

Accepted Answer

Kublai Khan

Question 42

The holy book of Islam is the _______________.

Accepted Answer

Qur'an

Question 43

Which of the following are advances of the Islamic Golden Age?

Accepted Answer

discovery that diseases are contagious, used an astrolabe to navigate the Indian Ocean & Arabian Sea, calculated the circumference of the earth

Question 44

Civil service examinations created a _______-based system of selecting people for government jobs in China.

Accepted Answer

merit

Question 45

When did the Scientific Revolution end?

Accepted Answer

It continues to present

Question 46

Which individual created an improved telescope and used it to support heliocentric theory?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 47

This disease spread from Europe to the Americas and killed many Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

Smallpox

Question 48

Italian merchant and traveler. He traveled to China when it was under control of the Mongol Empire.

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Question 49

__________ was the first leader to unite all the Mongol tribes. He lead the Mongols to conquer most of Eurasia.

Accepted Answer

Genghis Khan

Question 50

The _______ were great engineers but had no written language, so they used a quipu for math and records.

Accepted Answer

Inca

Question 51

Which of the following is a definition for tribune?

Accepted Answer

Representative chosen by Plebeians to protect their rights

Question 52

Which dynasty constructed the Forbidden City in their capital of Beijing?

Accepted Answer

Ming

Question 53

Which of the following was the reason for the Punic Wars?

Accepted Answer

They both wanted control of trade in the western Mediterranean, Rome attacked Sicily

Question 54

_______ were powerful noblemen given land & peasants by the King in exchange for their support.

Accepted Answer

Lords

Question 55

This man believed he had a vision from an angel and founded the religion of Islam.

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 56

Philosopher of the Scientific Revolution known for introducing the Scientific Method.

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon

Question 57

Which scientist made discoveries about the circulation of blood throughout the body?

Accepted Answer

William Harvey

Question 58

The Mongols came from the ________________, flat grasslands of Central Asia.

Accepted Answer

steppes

Question 59

Which Frankish king became the first Holy Roman Emperor in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne

Question 60

____________ were vassals to the Lords who fought for them in exchange for a small piece of land & some peasants.

Accepted Answer

Knights

Question 61

Which outside group influenced Roman cultural development the most?

Accepted Answer

Greeks

Question 62

Which of the following is the definition of Plebeian?

Accepted Answer

The poorer majority

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Final Exam Review

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