World History 1 Final Exam Review

What source of income did the majority of the African countries depend on for their prosperity?

Which group believes that Muslim leaders should be elected rather than born to the position?

What effect did the Iconoclast Controversy have on the Byzantine Empire?

Who in Inca society was responsible for the physical construction of infrastructure like roads and bridges?

What was the dominant religion in India before the Mongols arrived?

In which civilization could an individual rise in social class through personal success and determination?

How would a person learn a trade in the Middle Ages in Europe?

What city did the Ottomans use for their capitol?

How did Islam spread so rapidly and so well?

What did the voyage of Vasco da Gama achieve for Portugal?

Why was it hard for a single person or administration to govern all of Japan?

Who led the Seljuk Turks and united Muslim armies in the Middle East and Africa during the Crusades?

What parts of Japanese culture were adopted from China?

After the fall of Rome, what was the unifying force left in Europe?

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

Which of these is the Mayan Empire?

Justinian set up the end of the Byzantines by spreading his army too thin for his wars and spending too much rebuilding.

How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade affect West African peoples who were not enslaved?

Which of the following writings influenced humanist thinkers?

Which was exported (sent out) by West African empires?

Naples position on the southern coast of Italy gave it an advantage in _______.

The route in which African slaves were transported to the New World was known as _______.

What famous ruler of Mali was famous for the fabulous wealth that he displayed on his pilgrimage to Mecca?

Which ancient civilization developed an advanced, logical math system that enabled traders to communicate prices at mark

What did France focus on in the New World, giving them better relations with the Natives than the English?

Who was the Ottoman leader during its Golden Age, or the height of its power?

The Black Death spread fastest along ______.

Which of the following is true about global pandemics?

What was NOT something guilds did together?

How is our modern pandemic different from pandemics of the past?

The Prophet Muhammad was the founder and early leader of __________.

Which of these is the Aztec Empire?

Which of these is the Incan Empire?

Who overthrew the Delhi Sultanate and set up a new Islamic empire in India

What did Europeans bring with them to the New World that helped them most to conquer it?

How did Joan of Arc help unify France?

Prior to the Reformation, which of the following was true about the Catholic Church?

How did the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella unify Spain?

Who brought about the end of the Byzantine Empire by attacking and taking over Constantinople?

Which of the following dishes would be impossible to make without the Columbian Exchange?

What were some benefits of the apprenticeship system?

What are the basic beliefs of Islam?

Which of the following would likely be shown in humanist art?

What did Martin Luther believe was required for people to gain salvation?

Many modern universities began as what?

Which Roman emperor converted to and spread Christianity, and moved the capitol to Constantinople?

Much of what we know about the Aztecs was preserved by _______ after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

During the Counter-Reformation, how did the Council of Trent react to the criticisms of reformers?

What did convents and monasteries provide for their communities?

Who were the "dhimmis" in early Muslim societies?

Which was used by both the Aztec and the Spanish?

During the Renaissance, humanist writers began writing in the _________, or language of the common people.

What was the long term consequence of Viking raids on Europe?

Which is true about most European practices of slavery in the Americas?

What was NOT practiced in Italy, which allowed city-states to develop there before the rest of Europe?

Who did the Spanish first use for labor in their New World settlements?

Which king was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III?