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WH 1st Semester Exam Review- Part I
WH 1st Semester Exam Review- Part I
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World History Exam Review
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Which of the following beliefs is held by Muslims, Jews, and Christians?
Belief in Jesus as the Messiah.
Belief in one God.
Belief inreincarnation
Belief in Muhammad.
2
The major reason for the development of Feudalism was?
The people need protection after the fall of Rome
The need to secure trade routes across Europe
The need for an army to protect the church
The need to safeguard farmland
3
How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?
They relied on African traders to bring captives to port
They seized captives through expeditions into Africa
They relied on Dutch traders to bring captives to port
They most often enslaved only people they defeated in battle
4
Sumerian system of writing
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
5
The Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the
shari'a
hajj
hijra
gadis
6
The official language spoken by Muslims is?
Arabic
Islamic
Greek
Latin
7
Muhammad received his inspiration
from engraved stone tablets
from God through the Angel Gabriel
from dreams
from the example of his saintly wife
8
Caesar Augustus changed the government of Rome by
Making the plebeians and patricians politically equal
ruling as an emperor
Abolishing the first Triumvirate
ordering a consensus
9
The Qur’an (Koran)
is the law code of Islam
were the priests who watched over the Kaaba
are the basic duties of Islam
is the holy book of Islam
10
According to the Torah, the first covenant between God and the Hebrews involved a promise that
God would lead the people out of slavery in Egypt
if the Jews were faithful God would make them a great people
the twelve tribes would follow the 10 commandments
the Hebrew people would obey the teachings of Zoroaster
11
Services provided by government to all people such as roads, the military, & parks are called.
public works
diffusion of culture
domestication
occupation specialization
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Monotheistic
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods
13
Europeans searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from
Mombasa
Mozambique
Macao
Moluccas
14
Egyptian system of writing
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
15
The Shi’a (Shi’ite) believed that
leadership in the Islamic world could fall to any holy man
the Umayyad dynasty were the only legitimate rulers
the caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad
Allah was the main, but not necessarily the only, god
16
System where peasants work on the Lord’s land in exchange for food, shelter, and protection?
Chivalry
Manoralism
The Medieval System
Feudalism
17
What did ships transport on the
“middle passage”
?
Manufactured Goods
African Slaves & Gold
Molasses & Cotton
Rum, Tobacco, & Cotton
18
Where did the first cities emerge?
along trade routes
inthe Americas
in river valleys
along the Mediterranean coast
19
Which of the following is
NOT
one of the 5-pillars of Islam?
Fasting for the monthof Ramadan.
Belief in the Allahand Mohammad his prophet.
Prayer 5 times a day.
Taking part in the Jihad or Holy War.
20
Which of the following is the best definition of a Republic?
citizens vote on all decisions in government
citizens vote on leaders to make decision in government
one person seizes power and holds it by force
21
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
the movement of people to North America
the time period when fire and language first came about
the change from hunting and food-gathering to farming
a war between tribes
22
In the feudal system, what was a manor?
a lord’s estate
a customary way of doing things
an obligation to provide protection
a right to use land
23
The term Islam means
Allah is great
Devotion to the rule of life
Allah desires for you what is easy, not what is hard
Submission
24
Polytheistic
Belief in many gods
Belief in one god
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Complex societies with knowledge of farming, trade, government, and art are called?
Cities
Cultures
Cooperatives
Civilizations
26
The main principle established by the Magna Carta was that
All people are created equal
The king is superior to the nobles and common people
Feudalism should be replaced by strong central government
Kings must follow the laws and have limits to their power
27
During the first two hundred years after the death of Jesus
Christians were allowed to openly practice their faith
Christians were persecuted and forced to worship in secret
Christians held a relatively high status in society
Christians joined in mass uprisings against Roman authority
28
The book of holy Jewish writings is called the
Quran
Book of the Dead
Bible
Torah
29
The purpose of the Crusades was
to prevent a Mongol invasion of Eastern Europe
to defeat the Muslims in Spain
to regain the Holy Land and Jerusalem from the Turks
to capture Constantinople