World History Final Quiz

Question 1

__________ is the name of the land bridge believed to be used by the first inhabitants of America to reach the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Beringia

Question 2

__________________ is the religion started by Muhammad. Individuals who practice this religion are called Muslims.

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 3

As trade increased in medieval Europe, an economic system based on money or a ________________ began to emerge.

Accepted Answer

money economy

Question 4

A grant of land made to a vassal, under feudalism, was called a __________________.

Accepted Answer

fief

Question 5

What was the major difference between a serf and peasant?

Accepted Answer

Peasants were free to leave the land and serfs were bound to the land

Question 6

The bishop of Rome became known as the ______________, or the head of the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

pope

Question 7

Which statement is true about the daily life of peasants during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 8

The Scientific Revolution was a time in which scientists began making observations of the world around them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which is NOT one of the reasons for European expansion and exploration during the Age of Exploration?

Accepted Answer

persecution

Question 10

Triangle trade was the pattern of trade that connected which three continents?

Accepted Answer

Africa, Europe, America

Question 11

An economic system in which people invested in trade and goods in order to make profits is called a _________________.

Accepted Answer

commercial capitalism

Question 12

_________ are business associations associated with a particular trade or craft that evolved around the twelfth century.

Accepted Answer

guilds

Question 13

What was one characteristic that the civilizations of the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas had in common?

Accepted Answer

They all believed their leaders were descendants of the gods

Question 14

_______________________ are Muslim houses of worship.

Accepted Answer

mosques

Question 15

____________ was the massive spread of the bubonic plague throughout Europe in which almost half of the population died.

Accepted Answer

The Black Death

Question 16

The imaginary line that ran north to south through the Atlantic Ocean and some of South American was known as the ______

Accepted Answer

Line of Demarcation

Question 17

________________ was the massive spread of the bubonic plague throughout Europe in which almost 1/2 the population died.

Accepted Answer

The Black Death

Question 18

Peasants legally bound to the land they worked on were called _____________________.

Accepted Answer

serfs

Question 19

Which is an example of one of the religious orders/groups that appeared in Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 20

________________ was the Spanish explorer who conquered and destroyed the Aztec civilization.

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes

Question 21

A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade/direct government control was?

Accepted Answer

colony

Question 22

Muslims perfected the ________________, an instrument used by sailors to determine location.

Accepted Answer

astrolabe

Question 23

Which was a reason for the widespread death of Native Americans in the encomienda system?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 24

Which was not one of the three theories (discussed in class) of how the first inhabitants of America arrived there?

Accepted Answer

Nomadic theory

Question 25

People from all social classes were involved in the Enlightenment. However, it was more popular in the upper class.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

_________________ was the founder of the religious order, the Franciscans.

Accepted Answer

Saint Francis of Assisi

Question 27

___________________ is a man who pursues a life of total dedication to God.

Accepted Answer

monk

Question 28

_____________________ was the name for Spanish conquerors.

Accepted Answer

conquistadors

Question 29

How did smallpox and other epidemics effect the native civilizations in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

They wiped out entire civilizations very quickly

Question 30

Peasants legally bound to the land they lived on were called ___________________.

Accepted Answer

serfs

Question 31

The Middle Passage was _____________________.

Accepted Answer

the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas

Question 32

The worshiping of many different gods was one of the three things that were important to the average Medieval Catholic?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

The Mayan civilization was best known for its advanced writing system, calendar system, and playing of sports(ball game)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

The __________ was the court created by the Catholic Church to discover, try, and punish heretics. (AKA Holy Office)

Accepted Answer

Inquisition

Question 35

__________ is French for "philosopher" and applied to intellectuals during the Enlightenment movement.

Accepted Answer

philosophes

Question 36

____________ is an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly.

Accepted Answer

epidemic

Question 37

Rococos were the elegant drawing rooms where intellectuals would gather to discuss ideas of Enlightenment philosophers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Which is not a reasons discussed in class for the dramatic growth in population in Europe during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Decreased food production

Question 39

____________________ was political and social system, where nobles offered protection and land for service.

Accepted Answer

feudalism

Question 40

Theology is the study of infectious diseases like smallpox.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

_______________________ was the code that strictly governed the behavior of the Japanese military class (samurai)

Accepted Answer

Bushido

Question 42

Geocentric means "sun-centered" and was the system of the universe where the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

Which statement is false about Medieval cities in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Cities had plenty of space and were wide open

Question 44

_________________ is an agricultural estate run by a lord and worked by peasants.

Accepted Answer

manor

Question 45

_____________ were Christian rites that were central in importance to ordinary people in the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

sacraments

Question 46

A chain of islands is also called an __________________.

Accepted Answer

archipelago

Question 47

________________________ is the title given to a successor of Muhammad. Abu Bakr was the first one.

Accepted Answer

caliph

Question 48

___________________ is a man who served a lord in a military capacity in medieval Europe. Many of these men were knights

Accepted Answer

vassal

Question 49

The denial of basic Church doctrines is called ______________.

Accepted Answer

heresy

Question 50

__________ are business associations associated with a particular trade or craft that evolved around the 12th century.

Accepted Answer

guilds

Question 51

In the fifteenth century, government in which power had been centralized under a king or queen was called _____________.

Accepted Answer

new monarchy

Question 52

A __________________ is an area of broad grassland. These were common above and below the rain forests in Africa.

Accepted Answer

savanna

Question 53

___________________ were Japanese warriors similar to knights in medieval Europe.

Accepted Answer

samurai

Question 54

________ is the name used for areas of Mexico and Central America that were civilized before the arrival of the Spanish.

Accepted Answer

Mesoamerica

Question 55

Artifacts and human remains were important to historians when creating theories about the first inhabitants of Americas?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 56

___________________ was law that was common throughout the whole kingdom of England.

Accepted Answer

common law

Question 57

An economic system based on money is called a _________________.

Accepted Answer

money economy

Question 58

The sons of Genghis Khan divided his empire into separate territories called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

khanates

Question 59

Epidemics, outbreak of disease that spread rapidly, played a big part in the Spaniards' ability to conquer early America

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

_______ was a court established by the Catholic Church in 1232 to discover and try heretics; also called the Holy Office

Accepted Answer

Inquisition

Question 61

The _____________ was the system in which Spanish conquerors used Native Americans as laborers on plantations and mines.

Accepted Answer

encomienda system

Question 62

________________ was the founder of the religious order, the Franciscans.

Accepted Answer

Saint Francis of Assisi

Question 63

______________ is the study of religion and God.

Accepted Answer

theology

Question 64

A set of principles based on the idea that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver was?

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

World History Final Quiz

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World History Final Quiz

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