World History Semester 2 Final

Question 1

Who was forced by his people to sign the Magna Carta

Accepted Answer

John Softsword

Question 2

Time period where two Popes ruled in Europe was called the____________

Accepted Answer

Great Schism

Question 3

Which Tudor queen of England was nicknamed the "Virgin Queen"?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 4

Czar Nicholas I freed the serfs following the Crimean War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

He Inherited the Netherlands and tried to tax the people... lost control of the Netherlands.

Accepted Answer

Phillip II

Question 6

Financial adviser under Louis XIV who tried to make France self-sufficient.

Accepted Answer

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Question 7

He was known for paintings of ballerinas such as the one below.

Accepted Answer

Edward Degas

Question 8

This was the birthplace of the Northern Renaissance.

Accepted Answer

Flanders

Question 9

John Locke believed everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the freedom of speech.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The Persian National Industry was based upon the sale of ____________.

Accepted Answer

Rugs

Question 11

Which of the following wrote ‘The Prince’

Accepted Answer

Machiavelli

Question 12

Given the throne in Austria after her father died made her the Holy Roman Empress?

Accepted Answer

Maria Theresa

Question 13

The ______________ were Scottish Calvinists

Accepted Answer

Presbyterians

Question 14

What is the name for a hostile take over of a government or "blow to the state"?

Accepted Answer

Coupe de Etat

Question 15

Helped to make Portugal an important nation in exploration by creating a navigation school was

Accepted Answer

Prince Henry

Question 16

Known for painting the celling of the Sistine Chapel.

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 17

Who won the Battle of Hastings giving him control of England in 1066?

Accepted Answer

William I

Question 18

This king brought the nobles to his palace to live.

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 19

The Hundred Years War was fought between what two countries?

Accepted Answer

England, France

Question 20

The Spanish soldiers who conquered the New World were called what?

Accepted Answer

Conquistadors

Question 21

Invented the microscope that he used to observe bacteria.

Accepted Answer

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 22

Which language was spoken by Ottoman Soldiers

Accepted Answer

Urdu

Question 23

_______________ were the Chinese ships that sailed around the Indian Ocean.

Accepted Answer

Junts

Question 24

Peter I ordered all of the following changes in Russian culture EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Men were to wear long coats during the winter.

Question 25

Queen Elizabeth's pirates who attacked the Spanish were called _________.

Accepted Answer

Sea Dogs

Question 26

Parliament was the lawmaking body in France.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Which country was Napoleon's biggest enemy?

Accepted Answer

Britian

Question 28

This was Louis XIV's last war. He was hoping to place his grandson Philip II on the throne

Accepted Answer

War of Spanish Secession

Question 29

What policy was used by the Russians to hurt the French as they invaded farther in Russia?

Accepted Answer

Scorched Earth

Question 30

Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Which family funded Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

Medici's

Question 32

This theory says the universe revolves around the sun.

Accepted Answer

Heliocentric

Question 33

Which leader had the nickname _________ the terrible?

Accepted Answer

Ivan

Question 34

constitutional monarchy is where______________.

Accepted Answer

The power of the Monarch is limited

Question 35

Otto von Bismarck was the first person to be crowned with the title of Kaiser.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

Which war was thought to be the most unnecessary war in history?

Accepted Answer

Crimean War

Question 37

Which country went to war with Russia during the Peninsular War

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 38

Japanese general who gained control of most of Japan by 1590 and then invaded Korea

Accepted Answer

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 39

Which European country was the first to begin the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 40

The distance North or South from the equator

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 41

What sect of Protestantism believed in predestination?

Accepted Answer

Calvinists

Question 42

Believed that everything needed to be doubted until proved by reason

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon

Question 43

He painted the ‘School of Athens’

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 44

All of the following were provisions in the Treaty of Frankfurt EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Germany had to pay an indemnity to France

Question 45

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

Which of the following conquered the city of Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

Mehmed II

World History Semester 2 Final

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World History Semester 2 Final

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