9th Grade World History Trimester Exam

The head of an Arab tribe is called a vizier

Recruited from the local Christian population in the Balkans, the janissaries were .....

Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians,

An Islamic man can have no more than 1 wife

In the late 13th century, a new group of Turks under leader Osman began to build power in..

The Quran taught that women had no social or sspiritual rights

A crucial part of every Muslim city of town was the _________Which was a covered market

General Mu'awiyah was know for what outstanding virtue?

Modern historians have divided Egyptian history into three major periods, known as

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

Riza-i-Abbasi, the most famous painter of the Safavid Era, .....

After the death of King Solomon, Israel was divided into two separate kingdoms/equal # tribes.

The first women to become pharaoh of Egypt was Cleopatra

One of the 5 Pillars of Islam, the hajj is..

Joan of Arc brought the 100 Years War to a decisive turning point by

The Safavid rulers were eagerly supported by the Shiites, who believed .....

an important concept that became a crucial part of Chinese history was

Muhammad was born in Makkah

The First Triumvirate was made up of

Historians of China have traditionally dated the beginning of Chinese civilization to the

the body of laws known as the ____ was one of Rome's chief gifts to later generations

Which empire traded with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean?

The first king of the Israelites was Saul

The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by

According to the Quran ,fair ,defensive warfare is a jihad which means..

____ became the first Christian emperor

Who were the Aryans?

According to Greek religion, the gods lived __?

In the long run, how were the economic and social policies of Diocletian and Constantine?

Before the invention of the flying buttress, medieval churches had thick walls & few windows

By the time of Darius, the Persian Kings had created

Qin Shihuangdi unified the Chinese world in part by

______ language was written in the language of everyday speech in a particular region.

The invention of cuneiform is credited to

Muslim scholar and scientist ibn Sina wrote a medical encyclopedia that

Constantine became the Roman Empire's ...

What happened at Thermoplyae?

Domini de Guzman believed the best way to attack heresy was

What is the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?

After Muhammad's death Muslim scholars drew up the Shari ah which is?

the struggle between henry the IV and Gregory VII was known as

The emperor kept the poverty-stricken masses pacified by ...

The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic was

Islamic scholars and theologians organized Islamic moral rules into ______ or code of law

What was the language taught to the people conquered by the Inca?

Peasants were required to pat their local village church a title, which was

India's __________ was created by the Aryans.

Which elements contributed to the system of communication crucial to the Persian Empire?

Born to a wealthy merchant family, Francis of Assisi

It was through the Muslim world that Europeans?

The chief task of ___ was to harmonize Christian teachings w/ the words of Greek philosophers.

The greatest of all Ottoman architects, ..... built 81 mosques.

The Augustan Age has been called the

A dictator is a ruler with absolute power

Sailors observing the stars with astrolabes were able to determine their ships location.

After the 100 Years' War, England faced more turmoil from

After conquering the Inca capitol of Cuzco, Pizarro...

serfs were different from peasants in that serfs

Christians of the 13th century believed that they were justified in using force to save souls

The ____ civilization is the oldest known Mesoamerican civilization

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that...

1 of the factors that contributed to the downfall of both the Inca & Aztec empires was their

The astronomer Eratosthenes determined what?

By 750 B.C., the __ or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.

To achieve his political ends, Pope Innocent III often used an interdict, which

Spain's two strongest kingdoms - Castile and Aragon - were united when

Homer's Iliad & Odyssey were

Machu Picchu was

__ is the name of the areas of Mexico &Central America that were civilized before Spain arrived

The government of Athens after Cleisthenes became __?

What was the result of Alexander the Great's conquests?

The Assyrians had a highly efficient communications system

The _____was a period of peace & prosperity that lasted almost 100 years.

Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living?"

The first empire in world history was the ___________ Empire.

Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire in the world?

The invention that led to major expansion of trade in the Han period was

Under Shah Abbas, the Safavid dynasty .....

Resentment against Umayyad rule grew because

the early development of Rome was most influenced by

The Umayyad dynasty was replaced by the?

Lay investiture was a practice by which

The supreme god of the Mayans was..

The paterfamilias, or dominant male, was the head of the Roman family and ...

The Qin dynasty created the censorate, a part of the central bureaucracy that

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

The first Han emperor discarded

The Edict of Milan proclaimed

The Silk Road was a

The followers of Zoroastrianism believed that there were many gods

During the meetings of the imperial council, the sultan .....

-----is generally considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India

Europe's largest city after Constantinople with a population of two hundred thousand

Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in

The Aztec initially accepted the Spanish because...

According to Muslim teaching, Muhammad received revelations from God through the angel Gabriel

Ottoman expansion in the early fourteenth century eventually led to their control over what?

The Sumerians invented the wagon wheel and other devices that made life easier

Arabs trace their ancestry to Abraham through his son Ishmael

At Thermoplyae Pass, the Spartan troops __?

Ancient Israel was at the height of its power under which king?

In a medieval university, written examinations were given several times a year

According to Islamic belief Muhammad is?

Islamic law prohibits Muslims from being slaves

In a Sumerian City, the temple was called a ziggurat

Omar Khayyam is most famous for?

Elections for city council is medieval cities were often

In Egypt the sun god was called Osiris

The earliest and perhaps finest example of a heroic epic poem is The Song of Roland

Who was the Greek god of the underworld

the __ were the first invaders to sack Rome

One element of the Confucian view of the Dao is

The Aztec practiced human sacrifice in order to...

The Plains Indians used the buffalo for...

Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were referred to as the "most Catholic" monarchs

Darius Divided Persia into twenty satrapies

Hammurabi based his rule on a system of strict justice

The Mayan civilization was

The central bureaucracy of the Qin dynasty was divided into

Believing the Roman Empire had grown too large for a single ruler, Diocletian

Muhammad began to meditate in the hills because...

Herodotus wrote __, a work commonly regarded as the first real history in Western civilization.

Since the Inca lackd a writing system, they...

The crusades were ended by Saladin. He gained control of Egypt against Christian states.