World History Mid-Term Review

Question 1

Christians were initially persecuted in Ancient Rome because they refused to do this:

Accepted Answer

worship Roman gods

Question 2

A religion that worships only one god is known by this term:

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 3

Muslims hold this belief about Muhammad:

Accepted Answer

He was the last and the greatest of the prophets

Question 4

He wrote The Republic, his vision of a perfect form of government:

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 5

These wealthy, aristocratic landowners held most of the power in the early Roman Republic:

Accepted Answer

patricians

Question 6

His invention of the printing press changed the world:

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenburg

Question 7

These two city-states opposed each other in the Peloponnesian War:

Accepted Answer

Athens and Sparta

Question 8

Name for the first five books of the Jewish Bible, containing the sacred writings of Judaism:

Accepted Answer

Torah

Question 9

This was someone who held absolute power for a six-month period in Ancient Rome:

Accepted Answer

dictator

Question 10

Government rule by “direct” participation of the citizens is called:

Accepted Answer

direct democracy

Question 11

Writing in your local language instead of a classical language is called:

Accepted Answer

vernacular

Question 12

This technique was used to create three-dimensional art:

Accepted Answer

perspective

Question 13

Luther protested the selling of these, which led to the Reformation:

Accepted Answer

indulgences

Question 14

This is the term for a 200 year period of peace and prosperity in Rome:

Accepted Answer

Pax Romana

Question 15

This was a person who represented the lower class of Roman citizens:

Accepted Answer

tribune

Question 16

In order to be a patron, you had to be this:

Accepted Answer

wealthy

Question 17

The Council of Trent declared this about the Bible:

Accepted Answer

the Catholic Church's interpretation is final

Question 18

He declared himself head of the English Church:

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Question 19

Henry VIII’s desire for this led to his split with the Roman Catholic Church:

Accepted Answer

a male heir

Question 20

This philosopher was condemned for “corrupting the youth of Athens":

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 21

One of John Calvin’s major teachings:

Accepted Answer

predestination

Question 22

This was a military division of the Roman army:

Accepted Answer

legion

Question 23

Athens and Sparta were both:

Accepted Answer

city-states

Question 24

The word for the release from selfishness and pain in Buddhism:

Accepted Answer

Nirvana

Question 25

Humanism rose from the study of:

Accepted Answer

Classical Greek and Roman culture

World History Mid-Term Review

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World History Mid-Term Review

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