BJU World Studies Mid Term Exam Guide

Which explorer was the first to find a trade route to India?

Philip II was a king of

__________ decreed that submission to the pope was necessary for salvation.

Which one of the following reformers was burned at the stake?

This explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name.

Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?

"The just shall live by faith," the biblical truth found in Romans 1:17,led to the salvation of which reformer?

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell's death?

The practice of a Japanese warrior committing suicide is called ________.

What is the imperial title of Ethiopian rulers

Which of the following was discovered by Captain Cook?

What people were accused of starting the plague and were persecuted because of it?

This group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

A place for borrowing and lending money is called a(n) __________.

Who was the conquistador that conquered Montezuma and the Aztecs?

This scientist studied human anatomy.

This ruler founded the Norman dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066.

James Chalmers was a nineteenth-century missionary to __________

Zwingli was a reformer in

This group of islands lies within the great triangle formed by the Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island, and New Zealand.

This count of Paris founded a new royal line in France.

Tasman explored for

This Portuguese nobleman once famously said, "Independence or death!"

Which of the following marks the most important turning point in world history?

Martin Luther translated the Bible into

The dismissal of an individual from the Roman Church is called __________.

This Argentine leader from a prominent family liberated both Chile and Peru

The word vernacular describes a

Who found a passage through the Great Dividing Range?

What food did Captain Cook give to his crew to protect them from contracting scurvy?

Which one of the following men made significant contributions in the areas of physics, geography, and optics?

What do the Muslims believe about Jesus?

Which of the following was not a positive consequence of the Renaissance?

What Norwegian explorer theorized that the first Polynesians came from South America rather than Asia?

In feudal society, a nobleman's estate was known as a(n) ____

Which explorer's crew traveled around the world?

Most of the islands in this group of over two thousand small islands are low, some are less than one square mile in size

Which of the following men introduced Muslim documents to medieval universities?

This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun

People with Indian and Spanish parents are called

Which nation colonized the majority of Latin America?

Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

Who studied the body's circulatory system?

Who was the Roman Catholic missionary who defended the rights of the Indians?

What was the traditional religion of the Mongols?

__________ was a Greek astronomer and geographer.

A record of accusations made by a jury was called a(n) ________.

What is the name for Islamic law?

Alvaro de Mendaña was an explorer for which country?

A famous comet is named after this English astronomer.

Under which pope was the political power of the Roman Church greatest?

Muhammad experienced his initial vision during the month of _______________.

Which region was once called New Holland

This scientist wrote The Sceptical Chymist.

Leo X authorized the sale of indulgences to obtain money to finish building ____

Spaniards born in Spain and living in its colonies were known as _______________.

"Power of the Purse" refers to _____'s limiting _______'s power by controlling the tax system.

What term describes the Roman Church's teaching that the bread and wine in the Lord's Supper become the very body ?

Gothic architecture can be characterized by all of the following except

Hippocrates was the father of....

Which large Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large navy

Cowboys in Argentina were known as

Paper was first developed in __________.

This astronomer discovered Uranus and made a forty-foot-long telescope

Which of the following reformers wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion?

Leaders who overthrew weak Latin American governments and set up dictatorships were called

Who trusted only human reason as the path to truth?

The Arabic word for "the god" is __________.

A document freeing townspeople from many feudal duties was called a __

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Locke?

This scholar from Rotterdam wrote In Praise of Folly.

This French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River

All of the following were new elements of Renaissance art EXCEPT

The term "Renaissance" means : 

Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to this country.

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Descartes?

A papal decree denying groups access to sacraments is a(n) __________.

Large country estates in Spanish colonies were known as ____.

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of pilgrims in

Cuzco was the capital of this empire.

The caravel was a

The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of this continent.

Which explorer named the Solomon Islands?

This French explorer discovered three large lakes (one of which was eventually named after him) Father Of France.

What is the name of the trade language used in East Africa?

People of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent who were born in America were known as

On what group of islands was James Cook killed

Who was the first Governor of Australia?

This scientist developed a smallpox vaccine

This great-grandson of William the Conqueror strengthened English royal authority by using circuit courts.

Empiricism taught that people can find knowledge only through

Who invented the movable-type printing press, making books more available to the public?

A pueblo was a(n)__________?

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of

This empire made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics.

Who wrote the Ninety-Five Theses?

Captain James Cook explored for which country?

The name of this Japanese military code means "the way of the warrior"

Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?

Which explorer was the first to find a route around Africa?