World History Sem 2 Final Study Guide

Question 1

T or F: Indulgences were a form of election for government officials

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

specific location that has boundaries, sovereignty, and is self sustaining. Some of the earliest were found in Sumeria

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city-state, civilization

Question 3

Who founded Hellenistic culture?

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Alexander the Great

Question 4

artistic middle east writing

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caligraphy

Question 5

formal exclusion from the church is excommunication

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True

Question 6

levels of importance in society

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hierarchy

Question 7

T or F: Rome was a Republic

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True

Question 8

any religion that believes in one god/deity

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monotheism

Question 9

T or F: Hammurabi was the Babylonian leader who made the first set of written laws

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True

Question 10

Persons, such as priests, that have been given authority by the Church to conduct religious services

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clergy

Question 11

An economic system where individuals exchange a good or service for another

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barter

Question 12

Geoffery Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales

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True

Question 13

Greek word meaning scattered

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diaspora

Question 14

Greek educational focus; the science of reasoning and establishing proof for arguments

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logic

Question 15

Nuclear family is mom, dad, and kids

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True

Question 16

Mandarin was a group within Chinese Culture

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True

Question 17

A person or group that wanders, never settling down in search of food, shelter, and a better climate to live in...

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nomad

Question 18

pardons sold by the church to reduce punishment and forgive sins

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indulgences

Question 19

Andreas Vesalius and William Harvey were pioneers in the field of anatomy

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True

Question 20

How did Europe obtain raw materials?

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colonization

Question 21

selling church positions

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simony

Question 22

individualism focused on dignity and self worth

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True

Question 23

In Greece, people who took part in government and were male landowners were citizens

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True

Question 24

Who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey?

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Homer

Question 25

ornate artistic style in 1550s Europe

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baroque

Question 26

T or F: Athens was an oligarchy

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False

Question 27

Great Schism separated the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

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True

Question 28

Pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place

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True

Question 29

Medieval school of thought that attempted to combine Aristotle’s philosophy and the teachings of Church scholars

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scholasticism

Question 30

A form of government in which a select few members holds the political power

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oligarchy

Question 31

payment of damages or loss

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indemnity

Question 32

Vision of divine truth is a mandate of heaven

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False

Question 33

Muslim prayer leader

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imam

Question 34

Any advance or development that can be used to make life easier can be referred to as: technology

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True

Question 35

Landholding member of nobility or upper class, usually holding some office due to family lineage

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aristocrat

Question 36

What kind of government was Athens then?

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democracy

Question 37

T or F: Lower class Roman citizens are Plebians

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True

Question 38

Vernacular is a very rare language

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False

Question 39

Mercantilism is using business to maximize the profit and gains of the group that is in control

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True

Question 40

Guilds are medieval business association of merchants or craftsworkers

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True

Question 41

First ___ was made of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey

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triumverate

Question 42

period before written record

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prehistory

Question 43

Common law is the basis for the judicial system

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True

Question 44

economic system in which currency is used as a medium of exchange for goods and services is a barter economy

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False

Question 45

The sun-centered solar system theory is called Heliocentrism

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True

Question 46

Keplar used math to prove Copernicus was wrong

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False

Question 47

T or F: Beowulf is an example of an epic

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True

Question 48

Scientists date artifacts by carbon dating, C14 dating, radiocarbon

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True

Question 49

The medieval practice in which secular rulers appointed and inaugurated Church Officials such as bishops

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lay investiture

Question 50

Jihad is "Holy War"

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True

Question 51

a person skilled in a specific craft or trade

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artisan

Question 52

A decree, the Chinese believed rulers would often get one of them from heaven giving them a divine right to rule

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mandate of heaven

Question 53

T or F: Art of public speaking is rhetoric

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True

Question 54

A type of government where the leader is both the religious and political head of state

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theocracy

Question 55

several generations of relatives are immediate families

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False

Question 56

Souls may be reborn in new bodies over time

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reincarnation

Question 57

secular is very religious and not worldly

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False

Question 58

loose alliance or union of groups, states, etc

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confederation

Question 59

Value of $ goes down and cost of goods goes up

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inflation

Question 60

Supply and demand is when the demand of something is high the supply goes down and the price goes up and vice versa

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True

Question 61

The spread of ideas, technology, ways of life, from one group to another...

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cultural diffusion

Question 62

in triangular trade, slaves were exchanged for goods and services

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True

Question 63

Henry VII's wives: Catherine died, Anne was beheaded, Jane died, divorced Anna, Katheryn was beheaded, Katherine lived

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True

Question 64

disagreement with basic teachings of religion

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heresy

World History Sem 2 Final Study Guide

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World History Sem 2 Final Study Guide

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