World History- Semester Exam Review

The ______________ Indians lived in the four corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

Unlike other Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam was most influenced by _______.

Which item doesn't describe the protective nature of the African coast?

The ____________ people were known for their calendars.

Pope Boniface VIII issued a papal bull ordering the Kings to not tax the papacy called the ___.

____________________ were "pardons" for sins that were sold by John Tetzel.

Kublai Khan ruled from the city of _____________ different from the past Khans.

Pope Paul III created a new monastic order of Ignatius' followers known as ______________.

I took over rule from my father, but the only good thing I did was to have a magnificent son.

What does Renaissance mean?

How does a great drama in India end?

I executed Muslims and Hindus alike and felt I was a decendant of Genghis Khan.

Wu Chao was the only ________ ever to rule China.

Henry II was able to add large portions of land in France by marrying _______________.

After the Hun defeat, several proud warlike tribes took over. Their name means "sons of kings"

Edward I was able to limit the power of the barons by creating ___________.

____________ was the main crop of Mesoamerica.

The Tang emperors kept the link between China and the west guarded and open called the ______.

What was the name of the woman for whom the Taj Mahal was built?

I painted the Arnolfini Wedding using oil-based paints with realistic detail.

The ___________ people adopted many of the Egyptian gods, hieroglyphics and pyramid building.

Followers of John Calvin in France were known as _______________.

I was the first explorer to find the west coast of America and see the Pacific Ocean.

Genghis Khan was born with the name as __________.

The trading centers of West Africa were ______________ and Jenne.

I sailed to Brazil and the new world was named after me.

The Inca people were ruled over in Cuzco by their remarkable leader _______________________.

Followers of John Knox were known as ______________________.

This type of painting done in wet plaster gave the illusion of depth and realistic emotions.

I was the Italian friar that overthrew Piero the Gouty, but was hung/burned.

The Mongols took control of Russia and only wanted __________ from the Russians, not to rule.

Which one of these was NOT one of Luther's main bible teachings?

I painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

The worship of nature is known as the ______________ religion.

King Francis I asked me to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I was first to find N.Carolina. 

The _____________ River has more water than the next six largest rivers in the world combined.

A device with a brass circle with concentric rings marked off in degrees is a(n) _______.

I sailed from Portugal around the tip of Africa and made it to Calicut, Italy.

The _________ dynasty was the first government to print paper money.

The Civil War in England just after the Hundred Years War was known as the ______.

Incan emporers believed that they were living ____________________________.

The group of Protestant rulers in Germany that joined together against Charles V were the ____.

I painted the School of Athens for the Pope's library.

My crew made it around the world, although I died by poison arrow in the Philippines.

Sutlan Mahmud of Ghanzi made a solemn vow to ____________ India every year.

The mongol control over the Russians officially ended with a staring contest at the ___ river.

Which people destroyed the Gupta dynasty?

A group of people who believed they were descended from the same ancestor is a(n) __________.

The people from Soninke were known by the word for king or __________.

King Henry VIII was a devout ___________________.

When Pope Gregory XI died in Rome, an angry mob surrounded the College of Cardinals to _______.

The Mongols' staple diet included ___________.

When Philip the Fair persuaded the election of Pope Clement V, Clement moved from Rome to ____.

The area where desertification is threatening the short grass and the few trees.

The period from 1200 to the mid 1800s was known in Japan as the _____________________.

The wave of reform in the Catholic church was known as ___________________.

The Japanese word for meditation is _______.

I was a German engraver who created thousands of copies from my woodcuts.

Akbar's rule of the Mughal empire was characterized by ___________.

I sailed from Portugal (as an Italian) to San Salvador and the Bahamas.

I sculpted Pieta for St. Peter's Basilica

The Italian __________ served the Great Khan for 17 years.

Ivan the Terrible's special police known for hunting down the boyars were known as the ______.

In 320 AD, _______________ was named king and began the Golden Age in India.

The black death was brought to Italy by _________.

Which of these items didn't arrive with the Europeans?

I created the bronze doors on the Baptistry in 50 years.

Protestantism appealed to middle class women because _________________.

During the time of the Rajputs, India was a land of ___________________.

What term means the "supreme general of the army"?

Henry VIII's first wife was named _________________________.

Which one was NOT one of the big three reasons for monarchies rising to power in the 1400s?

Keeping women in seclusion is known as _______________.

John Calvin wanted a government controlled by church leaders, or a(n) ________________.

I was a weak leader because of my love for wine and opium.

What term means "the way of the warrior"?

The primary cultural influence on Southeast Asia was from the country of ____________.

A type of disease carrying fly that played a major role in African history.

Li Po and Tu Fu were great poets from the _____________ dynasty.

This was the first book printed using the printing press.

Jamestown was established and began to fail, but it was _____________ that made it survive.

The professor at Oxford who said that Jesus was the head of the church and not the pope was __.

Ieuasu banned _________________ from Japan in 1614.

The strange Europeans with big pants were known as _________ which means "southern barbarians."

What is a slender tower on mosque used to call Muslims to prayer?

I went to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I found St. Lawrence River and Mont Royal. 

John Calvin fled to __________ to escape King Francis I order to arrest the protestants.

A ship with triangular sails, square sails, and a carefully designed hull is known as a(n) ___.

The people who signed a protests against those loyal to the pope are known as ___.

The 1400s were called the Golden Age in Florence.  Why?

Ghana was able to keep gold prices high by ___________________.

The first leader that used the term Shogun was _______.

Kalidasa was a famous Indian ______________.

I painted the Mona Lisa.

The term Japan means _______________.

The Mughal empire was founded by ______________.

The capital city of Japan in the early 500s was ______________.

The __________ Mountains run 4,500 miles on South America's west coast.

The Islamic religion was first brought to Southeast Asia by Muslim ____________.

The ___________ dynasty began granting jobs to scholars who passed exams based on Confucius.

The 1400s in Florence was known as ___________________ in Italian.

The first greatest Japanese founding father was ____________________.

I set up the Roanoke colony in the Carolinas, but it failed both times.

During the beginning of the Renaissance, I was one of the first people to paint in fresco.

I wrote "The Prince" and my name stood for trickery & double dealing, even though I was honest.

The religious settlement by the German princes outlawing Calvinism and other forms was ____.

I began the Medici rule by founding the Medici bank and becoming wealthy.

Which is NOT a reason that the Renaissance began in northern Italy?

Salt was so plentiful that people in Taghaza used the salt to ____________.

The _______________ Indians settled in present day southern Ohio.

The people of India did not have written history. Instead, they had an oral history called ___.

I claimed California for England and sailed around the world, probably running from the Spanish

A guru is a ________.

Gold originally came from West Africa between the __________ and the Senegal rivers.

I claimed Newfoundland for England, believing it was Asia. 

How long was the Hundred Years War?

Underground chambers used for a variety of religious ceremonies are called ________.

Until 1350, _____ of the world's gold supply came from West Africa.

A place where underground water comes to the surface in a spring or well.

I was a German artist who painted many royals including Henry VIII in photographic detail.

Louis XI was also known as the Spider King because he ________________.

______________ is the feeling of loyalty toward one's own land and people.

Ghana was eventually overran by the ________________ kingdom.

I am the most famous Renaissance pope, who in the early 1500s loved art and power equally.

King Ezana of ___________ from the South conquered the kingdom of Kush around 350 AD.

I painted the Last Supper.

Which one of these was NOT a description of the early life of Martin Luther?

Charles of Dauphin was brought to be king by ______________.

The creation of two (or three) popes was known as the ___________________.

The capital city of Tenochtitlan was built on ________________.

Complete control of trade is known as a(n) ______________.

Because Charles chose his advisors wisely and started the first Royal army, his nickname was _.

I reached the southernmost tip of Africa and gave it the name "Cape of Storms".

The ____________ migrated into Eastern Europe from Asia and centered their capital in Kiev.

Kushite King _______________ conquered Egypt and became the 25th Dynasty of Egypt.

New Amsterdam was taken over without a gunshot by the ____________ and renamed New York.

I wrote "The Divine Comedy" in Italian, which was in a different language than most writers.

Women showed faithfulness was the Hindu rite of ____ of dying in flames with their husband.

The first Europeans to arrive in Japan were the ________________.

Henry II's youngest son was named John. When he was king, what was his nickname?

The Hopewell Indians placed their finest products in ________________.

The portion of flat land covered in hardy grasses north of the Great Wall is called the ______.

Kublai Khan failed to overtake Japan for all of these reasons but this one.

Pueblo Bonito, the biggest dwelling in Anasazi culture, was located in ______________.

Henry VIII's break with the pope and takeover of the government and church was known as ______.

Luther posted the 95 Thesis on the Castle Church door in Wittenberg in ____.

I invented the moveable printing press.

I went to find a NW trade route.  Instead, I found Quebec and a large lake named after me. 

Runners relayed official messages, often carrying a series of knotted strings called _________.

The largest and most important cultural center of the Mississippian Indians was ___________.

A payment collected from conquered subjects is called a _______________.

Pope Paul IV followed the Council of Trent's decrees, specifically creating ___________.

The Magna Carta was first created to allow John to agree to the terms of the _________.

What term means "one who serves"?

The __________________ Indians settled near present day St. Louis, Missouri.

I am known as "The Father of Modern Painting", but I only lived to 27 years old.

The ancient method called "Three Sisters" grew all of these foods together BUT this one.

Charles taxed ________ that remained England's main source of income for over 300 years.

A literary work with a happy ending.

The leader that executed 11 of the 12 sons of a powerful rival was _____________.

Narrow strips of fertile land with moderate rainfall and warm temperatures.

Spain and Portugal agreed on the Treaty of __________ to divide the newly discovered Indies.

My name means "the tiger" and I was a wily politician and skilled general.

After a devastating loss to the Assyrians, the Kushite capital moved south to __________.

The _____________ stole Henry Hudson's information and set up Port Orange on the Hudson River.

People who followed Ignatius of Loyola after 1540 were known as ________________.

The __________ dynasty was responsible for building the Grand Canal.

I was first down the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and named it Louisiana.

Which one of these was not a Gupta technological advancement?

Which is a temple to the Hindu god Vishnu?

Joan of Arc died by being ___________.

The Aztec's believed that the sun needed _________ to survive, otherwise it would stop shining.

Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the administrative capital from Kyoto to ___________.

Growing tobacco took a lot of labor.  ________ were people who worked to pay off a debt.

I painted scenes from everyday life such as weddings, dances, harvests and changing seasons.

Florence was under the political rule of the ________________ family.

The independent leaders were known as ____________ which means "great name."

Salt and gold were often traded by silent _________, or negotiations by drum and hiding.

The __________ civilization used stone tools to carve monumental heads.

I sculpted real and alive figures, such as men on horseback.

I heard about a great river from the Natives, so I took Marquette and found the Mississippi.

Between 1000 and 1500, most of the groups that invaded India belonged to what religion?

Which one was NOT a problem in the Catholic Church in the mid-1400s?

Charles V summoned Luther to the ______________ to defend his stance.

Pope Leo X demanded that Luther __________, or take back, his words.

The Jesuits concentrated on all these activities BUT ___________  (select the wrong idea)

During the Khmer Empire, the royal guards were made up of _________.

I created a gigantic dome on the cathedral in Florence that took 15 years.

My name means "Most Great" and my father died by falling down stairs.

Renaissance authors wrote and artists painted mostly about large groups or nature.