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Midterm Study Guide for World Hisotry
what is divine right?
Who was the Sun King?
Midterm Study Guide for World Hisotry
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Who was the Sun King?
Louie XIV
Louie XX
Louie IV
Louie XVI
2
what is divine right?
god powers derived from kings
kings have all power
kings are gods
kings power derived from god
3
what ancient Athenian philosopher was accused of corrupting the youth?
socrates
plato
Aristotle
shakesphere
4
Which Russian czar admired Western technology and culture?
ivan the great
peter the terrible
ivan the terrible
peter the great
5
between what rivers did mesopotamia form?
nile and euphrates
amazon and mississippi
nile and tigris
tigris and euphrates
6
Rome most significant contribution to the reanaissance was
art
law
inventions
culture
7
Islam is divided into Sunni and Shia
True
False
8
How were the Golden Age of Greece and the Italian Renaissance similar?
Prosperity led to the creation of works of art
countries got richer
9
How are the are fall of the Roman Empire and Machu Dynasty similar?
Led to political chaos and decentralization of government
led to chaos in the empire
10
Which Japanese leader ended the warring states era in Japan?
Prince Hirohito
Oba Nobunaga
Akihito
Minamoto Yoritomo
11
How are Hammurabis code and Roman law similar?
Both written on similar parchment
Represented a step away from the arbitrary exercise of power
12
what did the glorious revolution accomplish?
weaken both parliament and monarchy
weaken the monarchy and strengthen parliament
strengthen both parliament and monarchy
weaken parliament and strengthen parliament
13
Machiavelli DID NOT support using violence in politics
True
False
14
Whose use of accurate human anatomy in La Pieta was the thematic innovation of the renaissance?
Bob Ross
Raphael
Michelangelo
Da vinci
15
what discovery did ibn sina make
compass
how diseases spread
algebra
calculus
16
What principal was basic to the development of Greek philosophy and renaissance art?
Christianity
Apparel
Culture
Individualism
17
how did the ideas of exploration differ from Columbus and de Gama?
gama = west, columbus = east
columbus = west, gama = east
18
What is inflation?
when both prices and money increase
when prices rise quickly and the value of money decrease
when prices decrease quickly and money increases
when prices decreases and money decreases
19
atahaulpa was the leader of which native civilization?
aztecs
ottomans
indians
incas
20
What is the English bill of rights?
magna carta
gave them the right of freedom of speech and religion
gave Englishmen the right to trial by jury
the first ten amendements of the British constitution
21
How was Zheng He different from other explorers?
He was a ¨failed explorer¨
He was not any different
He conquered the areas explored
He brought gifts to the lands he explored
22
Why was King Charles 1 executed in 1684?
Was captured in battle by Spain and was executed
Stole a guards sweet roll.
Went back on the promise made in the Bill of rights
Went to war against Spain causing an uprising of the people
23
Which country used a closed country policy to control the influence of foreign ideas?
china
japan
Turkey
korea
24
Why did Europeans believe Africans were a better source of slaves than Native Americans?
high work rate
Africans did not know the land
cheap labor
25
which leaders conquest spread helllenistic culture?
alexander
ganghis
ivan
julius
