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A review from the Byzantines through the French Revolution
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1
Which of the following occurred during the late Middle Ages in Europe ?
development of feudalism
The 100 Years War
The Viking attacks
The Western Roman Empire of Charlemagne
2
The philosophers of the Enlightenment admired the government of ...
France
Spain
England
Russia
3
During their lifetime, all Muslims are expected to take a pilgrimage to
Paris
Mecca
Jerusalem
Medina
4
The king during the French Revolution was
Louis XIV
Henry IV
Louis XVI
Henry VIII
5
Mercantilism involved
waging wars for conquest against neighboring countries.
importing more goods than a country could export.
creating a large merchant marine to protect trade routes.
using colonial possessions for resources and markets.
6
What makes the limited monarchy different from an absolute monarchy?
a dynasty
the monarch follows the law
state run religion
loyalty for tax breaks
7
The Crusades were launched to give support to
Constantinople
Rome
Venice
Jerusalem
8
The Glorious Revolution led to the signing of which document below?
The Habeas Corpus
The Magna Carta
The Petition of Right
The Bill of Rights
9
All of the following contributed to the Age of Exploration EXCEPT
the desire to cut out the Arab and Venetian middlemen
the desire to find a cheaper sea route to Asia
the desire by the Portuguese to fund a sea route
the desire to end Muslim control of the Holyland
10
The Byzantine Empire was
the center of trade between Europe and Asia
the center of Hellenistic (Greek and Roman) Culture.
All of the answers are correct
the former Eastern Roman Empire
11
Which English rulers saw the Parliament assert power over themselves?
Charles I
William and Mary
Elizabeth I
James I
12
Which of the following was NOT an achievement of Justinian?
building Hagia Sophia as the center of Christianity
making Baghdad the center of culture
codification of the laws
expansion of the Byzantine Empire
13
The sacred text of Islam is written in
English
German
French
Arabic
14
Which country had a constitution by the 1750s?
England
Portugal
Spain
France
15
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a medieval town?
The house of the lord was the tallest building
jumbled narrow streets
overcrowded
surrounded by walls for protection
16
Which Mongol leader was able to take over and control China?
Ghengis Khan
Kublai Khan
Sun Yung
Khan man
17
The rebirth of the Renaissance was in
Florence
Milan
Venice
Rome
18
The non-Chinese empire that controlled the Silk Road in the 1300s.
The Ming Dynasty
The Mongols
The Franks
The Spanish
19
All of the following were contributors to the Renaissance EXCEPT
Nicolo Machiavelli
Adam Smith
Thomas More
William Shakespeare
20
The artist who painted the painting above was
da Vinci
Machiavelli
Van Gogh
Giotto
21
Which enlightened philosopher rejected state run religion and slavery?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
22
Which of the following a main cause of the French Revolution?
shortages of food
war with England
unfair taxation
social inequality
23
Which of the following was the name for the tax records kept by William the Conqueror?
The Domesday Book
The Canterbury Tales
1001 Arabian Knights
The Wealth of Nations
24
The explorer that conquered the Aztecs was
Pizarro
Cortes
Magellan
Columbus
25
Which Frank leader is matched correctly to his achievement?
Charlemagne - reviving Christianity in Europe
Charles Martel- defeats the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
Clovis - ruling the first Western Roman Empire
Clovis - denied the pope the right to crown kings
26
Which of the following had the most influence on the events of the French Revolution?
The Reformation
The Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution
The Renaissance
27
Which of the following is considered the end of the French Revolution?
The Great Fear
The Reign of Terror
The Storming of the Bastille
The coup d'etat by Napoleon Bonaparte
28
Crusaders from Europe were promised which of the following if they took up the call to crusade?
land in Europe
riches for their families
a path to salvation
land in the Byzantine Empire
29
Which of the following was NOT a Muslim Empire prior to the 1800s?
Byzantines
Ottoman Turks
Seljuk Turks
Umayyads
30
To ensure his divorce, Henry VIII of England broke with the Catholic church and began the
Anabaptist church
Calvinist church
Anglican church
Lutheran church
31
The slave trade was dominated by which European country from the 1500s to the late 1600s?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
32
Arabian Nights is a collection of stories from which religion?
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
33
Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain did which of the following?
financed the journey of Columbus to the Americas
won the war of the Spanish armada
won the English Civil War
built Versailles
34
When Martin Luther challenged the indulgences sold by the Church he began the
Catholic Counter Reformation
Era of the Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Age of Enlightenment
35
Ghana was the center of trade on which continent between 500 - 1000?
Asia
Africa
the Americas
Europe
36
Kings gained power from the church during the Middle Ages by
granting the church land
establishing the feudal system
granting charters to towns
trading land for protection
37
The rebirth of learning and art in Europe during the 15th century was called
The Age of Absolutism
The Reformation
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
38
Philip II accomplished all of the following EXCEPT __ during his reign in Spain.
a colonial empire in the Americas
successful mercantile trade
exploitation of the Americas
destruction of the Spanish Armada
39
All of the following were contributors to the Enlightenment EXCEPT
John Smith
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
40
Oliver Cromwell was
a Puritan
the leader of the Model Army
all of the above
an English dictator
41
Which king was the defender of Catholic faith in the 1500s?
Constantine
Philip II
Peter I
Charles I
42
This protestant religion was based on the idea that God had pre-determined those who got saved
Lutheranism
Calvinism
Anabaptism
Anglicanism
43
When the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople, they renamed it
Baghdad
Damascus
Tehran
Istanbul
44
The group that began the Catholic Counter-Reformation was the
Council of Trent
Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V
Diet of Worms
Vatican Council
45
Which of the following is TRUE of the Crusades?
The Crusades were won by the Muslims
The Crusades were fought over land in North Africa.
The pope was more powerful than the king after the Crusades
The Crusades were between the Byzantines and Europeans.
46
Trade with ___ gave Europe access to the classical learning it had lost.
The Chinese
The Muslims
The Byzantines
The Mongols
47
The main cause of the English Civil War was
a power dispute between the king and parliament
the attempt to overthrow the king by parliament
a war with the Irish
disputes over land titles
48
which of the following was an absolute monarch?
Louis XIV
All of the answers are true
Phillip II
Louis XIII
49
Which of the following is a pillar of Islam?
alms
fasting
all of the answers are correct
hajj
50
Which estate in France was of the clergy members?
the clergy were not their own estate
3rd estate
2nd estate
1st estate
51
The outcome of the crusades was
the spreading of the black death to Europe
all of the answers are true
a shift in power in Europe to the kings
a loss of Jerusalem to the Muslims
52
Which was a contribution to the era of European art and learning in the late Middle Ages?
Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Female Citizen
More, Utopia
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Machiavelli, The Prince
53
The Renaissance began in the Italian city states because
The black death was still raging in Northern Europe.
The history of classical art and literature in the states.
The central location of the Italian city states for trade.
all of the choices are correct.
54
Which of the following was NOT an achievement of king Ferdinand and queen Isabella?
Conquest of an American Empire.
Bringing the Inquisition to Spain.
Reconquering Spain from the Muslims
Expanding the Protestant faith in Spain
55
All of the following were Stuart monarchs in England EXCEPT
William and Mary
Elizabeth I
James I
Charles I