7th World Studies Mid-Term

Which of the following was not true of education in the colonies?

This French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River

Painted the Mona Lisa

An important Byzantine weapon used against Islamic armies was

What is the name of China’s first foreign dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan?

Which of the following was not a Chinese dynasty?

Which of the following tribes was not a member of the alliance known as the Five CivilizedTribes?

Which nation colonized a majority of Latin America? Pg

Which of the following did not result from the coming of Christ?

Which of the following is not true of Chinese agriculture and commerce during this timeperiod?

Cuzco was the capital of this empire

Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to this country

Who wrote the Ninety-five Theses?

This explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name

All of the following are geographical regions in Africa except

Discovered Uranus and made a forty-foot-long telescope

This ruler carried out the last and most widespread persecution in Rome.

Author of The Prince

Full-blooded Spaniards or Portuguese born in the Americas

The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of this continent.

Which of the following did not involve controversy in the early church?

This great-grandson of William the Conqueror strengthened English royal authority byusing circuit courts.

Which of the following men introduced Muslim documents to medieval universities?

Which prominent Italian city was located on the Adriatic Sea and had a large navy?

Cowboys in Argentina

This Venezuelan knew many languages and liberated both Venezuela and Colombia

Which of the following was not a cause of the spread of Islam?

Which of the following was not a positive consequence of the Renaissance?

African towns traded with merchants from all of the following locations except

Which of the following reformers wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion?

What is the imperial title of the Ethiopian ruler?

Which of the following elements of African society was not affected by Arabic and Islamicinfluence?

The caravel was a

Zwingli was a reformer in

This scholar from Rotterdam wrote In Praise of Folly

What people group was blamed for the Black Death and was persecuted because of it?

The Iroquois Confederacy was located in this modern state

Which of the following was not true of religion in North America?

Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world

This count of Paris founded a new royal line in France

The term renaissance means

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell’s death?

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of pilgrims in

Gothic architecture can be characterized by all of the following except

Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs

Which of the following religions was not practiced in Africa during this time period?

Studied calculus and the laws of gravity and motion

This ruler made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

Philip II was a king of

Revolutionaries who overthrew weak governments

Eastern African cities prospered in the trade of all of the following commodities except

The human race is divided into two groups, which are called

Publisher of a Greek New Testament

What was not a result of divine intervention at Babel?

Which of the following was not an effect of Mongol rule in China?

The Taj Mahal is located in what country?

Hippocrates was the Father of

This Argentine leader from a prominent family liberated Chile and then Peru.

How long did God withhold His judgment on the world while Noah was building the ark?

All the following were Japanese clans except

Which of the following navigational aids did the European explorers not use?

What temple, located in modern-day Cambodia, was built during the Khmer empire?

Who invented the movable-type printing press, making books more available to the public?

This ruler founded the Norman dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066

Martin Luther translated the Bible into

Followers of what religion composed the first written history of Africa?

Which promise of God said that a line of rulers from one family would last forever?

Which of the following was not a condition of the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad?

This empire made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics.

Ethiopian legend regards Menelik as the offspring of what king?

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of

Which of the following is not a part of West Africa?

Which of the following was not a contribution of the Abbassid Caliphate?

Which country developed a large economic empire without a monarchy?

Empiricism taught that people can find knowledge only through

Poor neighborhoods in colonial cities

Which one of the following reformers was burned at the stake?

English explorer who traveled around the world

All of the following were new elements of Renaissance art except

Sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent

Who is the author of the book The City of God?

Observed the earth’s orbit around the sun with a telescope

81. This French explorer discovered three large lakes and became known as the Father of New France

This Portuguese nobleman once famously said, “Independence or death!”

English astronomer for whom a comet is named

Painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling

What people group in western Europe stopped the spread of Islam?

All of the following were results of the development of trade in Africa except

Which of the following was not a reason for discontentment in the Spanish colonies?

Father of Humanism

Theorized that the earth revolves around the sun

What term describes the Roman Church’s teaching that the bread and wine become the very body and blood of Christ?

Conquistador who defeated the Incas

The word vernacular describes a

Who trusted only human reason as the path to truth?

Large country estates owned by the wealthy

Dismissal of an individual from the Roman Church is called

What was the European name for the Mongol forces?

The people of this empire expected the return of their god Quetzalcoatl.

1. Which one of the following men made significant contributions in the areas of physics,geography, and optics?