WH 1st Semester Final Review

The Enlightenment was

Which of the following is NOT a branch of gov't?

Isaac Newton's universal law of gravitation

Why did countries want to colonize?

Which of the following is a similarity between the Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta?

Led the Muslim forces to retake Jerusalem from the crusaders.

Won the Battle of Tours & stopping the Islam. empire from expanding into Western Europe

Which Enlightenment writer used satire as his form of writing about politics?

What was the GREATEST effect of Alexander the Great?

Artist of the Renaissance who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Enlightenment thinker who was one of the first women to advocate women's rights.

One of the three main reasons for exploration was to spread

Established navigation school to make Portugal the leading sea power in Europe

The emperor kept poverty-stricken masses pacified by...

The most important grant a lord could give to a vassal was

The Plague caused a shortage of laborers.

Believed in "natural law" this guaranteed people "life, liberty, and property".

Martin Luther took action because he strongly disagreed with what Catholic practice?

Polytheism is the worship of many gods.

The arch, wine-making, sewer systems, brick, government, and togas are from which civilization?

Who was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe?

Responsible for overseeing food supply, babies, and running the castle when lord was absent.

Humanists believed the focus of life should be on ___________ instead of __________.

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the..

Greek Philosopher who established an academy and tutored Alexander the Great

Men were encouraged to think freely & learn in Athenian life.

A ___ is a form of gov't that people elect their leaders and representatives.

First Roman Emperor known for organization skills and marked the beginning of Pax Romana

Mercantilism was a European economic system that meant a country's power depended on

What was the greatest effect of the Punic Wars?

Leader of Athens during the "golden age"

The exchange of goods and ideas among different societies and cultures is called____diffusion

Plebians could participate in gov't and their land was never taken.

The ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation were quickly spread through what invention?

Is best known for her works written in defense of women

In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's concept of a social contract,

Exploration came from the Renaissance ideal of humanism & the focus on individual achievement?

Vassalage was the heart of feudalism, which meant warriors swore loyalty to a lord.

What was the purpose of the castles?

The battles of Thermopylae and Salamis resulted in...

During the Renaissance, there was renewed interest in which ancient civilizations?

The Roman Senate was made up of...

Wealthy Renaissance family that sponsored art and loaned money like bankers.

Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he

The Peloponnesian War was fought between who?

The Scientific Method applies

Which of the following was NOT part of the Catholic Counter Reformation?

The Scientific Revolution was a period of

Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

Some cultural influences from the Greeks were...

Three positive aspects of Greece's Dark Age were the intro to iron, city-states and...

A crusade of knights reached the Holy Lands and recaptured Jerusalem in the

First dictator of Rome

What Latin word means "I Forbid?"

Believed that government powers should be separated among different branches.

An Oligarchy, like Sparta is a rule by

The new type of ship that made exploration possible was the

Enlightenment thinker who used satire as his form of writing about politics.

A form of government that stresses alliances of mutual protection is called

The government of Athens after Cleisthenes became

In 1066, _____invaded England, soundly defeating King Harold's forces at the Battle of Hastings