World History Midterm Review

Question 1

Leader and founder of the Ottoman dynasty.

Accepted Answer

Osman

Question 2

During the Enlightenment period, all of the following were common words used by thinkers EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Repression

Question 3

When the Safavid dynasty was founded, Esma’il took the title of ______ as the new leader.

Accepted Answer

Shah

Question 4

During his reign, Suleyman:

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reorganized the government and regulated its laws.

Question 5

Named Elizabeth governor of state and church, “the only supreme governor.”

Accepted Answer

Act of Supremacy

Question 6

Beginning in 1796, a group of unhappy peasants launched the White Lotus Rebellion in China.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Christine de Pizan is best known for her

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works written in defense of women.

Question 8

Desiderius Erasmus was the best-known Christian humanist.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Reached the tip of Africa, later called the Cape of Good Hope.

Accepted Answer

Bartholomeu Dias

Question 10

The author of The Prince was

Accepted Answer

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 11

The emperor Kangxi was generally ______.

Accepted Answer

tolerant of Christian missionaries.

Question 12

Peter the Great wanted to_____.

Accepted Answer

westernize, or Europeanize, Russia.

Question 13

Founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement.

Accepted Answer

De Champlain

Question 14

Luther’s Ninety-four Theses attacked abuses of the Church.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

In the late 13th century, ______traveled to the Chinese court of Kublai Khan.

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Question 16

Johannes Gutenberg pioneered the use of movable type, in the mid-fifteenth century.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Presented an accurate examination of individual organs & general structure of the human body.

Accepted Answer

Andreas Vesalius

Question 18

Leonardo da Vinci was a good example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideal because he

Accepted Answer

was a painter, sculptor, architect, & inventor.

Question 19

In which of the following did John Calvin believe?

Accepted Answer

Faith alone was sufficient for justification.

Question 20

The Yi dynasty in Korea began in 1392 when Yi Song-gye ascended to the throne.

Accepted Answer

True

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