Download 2010 World History Semester Final Part I. River

2010 World History Semester Final
Part I. River Civilizations
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1. Historiography is the study of __________?
a. primary sources
b. secondary sources
c. the way history has been and is written
2. The Neolithic Age refers to the ________?
a. new stone age
b. old stone age
c. time when people were strictly nomadic
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3. Which of the following is NOT a result of the domestication of plants and animals?
a. farming
c. nomadic lifestyle
b. population increases
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4. . What do the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China have in common?
a. they all had geographic barriers that
c. seasonal monsoons provided much needed
protected them from invasion
rain
b. they were located in river valleys
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5. Which civilization developed along the Nile River?
a. Xia, Shang, and Zhou
c. Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
b. Egyptian
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6. Which civilization developed along the Indus River?
a. Xia, Shang, and Zhou
c. Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
b. Egyptian
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7. The process of mummification was connected to the Egyptian belief in?
a. spirits
c. an afterlife
b. magic
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8. The most sacred writings of the Jewish religion are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, known as the?
a. Torah
c. Ten Commandments
b. Old Testament
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9. Which of the following distinguished the cities of the Indus Valley?
a. cities were constantly at war despite huge c. cities were planned and had their own
defensive structures
plumbing and sewage systems
b. cities were laid down without thinking,
forming a jumble of streets
____ 10. This group of people migrated into India bringing with them their religion, language and the caste system.
a. Aryans
c. Mongols
b. Harrapans
____ 11. Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in?
a. many gods
c. the caste system
b. reincarnation
____ 12. Historians describe the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties in Ancient China as?
a. oracle bones
c. feudalism
b. the dynastic cycle
____ 13. Why did Shi Huangdi have the Great Wall built?
a. repel invaders
c. keep his subjects from moving
b. prevent flooding from the Yangtze river
Use the map to answer questions 14-20.
14. This is where Hammurabi’s Code was created.
15. Location of the Huang He (Yellow) River Valley
16. Location of the Indus Valley Civilization
17. Location of the Tigris/Euphrates River Valley
18. Location of the Ancient Chinese civilization
19. This area is also known as the “Fertile Crescent”.
20. This is where the Great Pyramids are located.
Part II. Greece and Rome
____ 21. What separated the different regions within Greece
a. Mountains
c. Dense forests
b. Rivers
____ 22. Comparing the ancient cities of Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more emphasis on
a. military service
c. family order
b. education
____ 23. What caused the decline of Athens’ golden age and the end of democracy?
a. earthquakes
c. corruption
b. military defeat
____ 24. What group of people made up the majority of Rome’s society?
a. patricians
c. plebians
b. consuls
____ 25. What group of Roman citizens did the senate represent?
a. patricians
c. plebeians
b. slaves
____ 26. One similarity between the Roman and American legislatures is that
a. They both used a system of checks and c. They both maintained absolute power
balances
b. They both elected representatives
every six years
in the government
____ 27. What conflict of interests lay between Rome and Carthage
a. control of Egypt
c. control of Anatolia
b. control of the Mediterranean sea
____ 28. The first Roman emperor to embrace Christianity was
a. Tiberius
c. Constantine
b. Diocletian
Part III. Middle Ages
____ 29. What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
a. to spread Christianity throughout
Europe, Asia, and Africa
c. to improve trade among Europe, Asia,
and Africa
b. to recover Jerusalem and the Holy
Land from the Muslim Turks
____ 30. What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?
a. weakening of the feudal nobility
c. hostility between Muslims and
Christians
b. trade between Europe and Asia
____ 31. What problem was identified by Church reformers during the Middle Ages?
a. Village priests married and had
c. All of the above are true.
families contrary to Church law.
b. Bishops sold positions in the Church
for money.
____ 32. What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
a. the end of taxation
b. a model parliament
c. basic legal rights
____ 33. Which group was most responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague to Europe?
a. invaders
c. traders
b. Crusaders
____ 34. What were John Wycliffe’s main complaints about the Church
a. Church worldliness and papal
c. papal authority and royal interference
authority
b. use of Latin instead of English and
excessive Church wealth
____ 35. What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years’ War?
a. It caused the development of national c. It destroyed formerly prosperous
identities in England and France
English towns and villages
b. It led to Joan of Arc becoming
France’s patron saint
____ 36. The bargain made between a lord and a vassal was
a. that the vassal would build a city on
c. that the lord would grant the vassal
the lord’s lands
land in exchange for military service
b. that the lord would defend the vassal in
battle
____ 37. Pope Gregory VII and the German emperor Henry IV fought over the issue of
a. rule of the Papal States
c. the Church’s collection of tithes
b. secular appointment of bishops
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The illustration suggests that the European feudal system was
a. designed to promote political and
c. controlled by a powerful middle class
economic equality
b. supported by the labor of peasants
____ 39. The illustration represents a society based on
a. social class
b. educational attainment
c. accumulated wealth
Use the Chart to answer questions 40
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What inference can be drawn from the location of the church in this diagram?
a. The water mill was managed by the
c. The church controlled trade within the
church
manor
b. Religion played a significant role in
the lives of the residents
Part IV. Renaissance and Reformation
____ 41. What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
a. Christian devotion
b. art and learning
c. chivalry and tournaments
____ 42. The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?
a. human potential and achievements
c. an understanding of ancient Muslim
values
b. an understanding of early Christianity
____ 43. For what is the Medici family famous?
a. for being artists
c. for being rulers and supporters of the
arts
b. for being writers
____ 44. In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?
a. He was a painter, sculptor, inventor,
c. He lived in Italy during the 1500s
and scientist.
b. He painted the Mona Lisa while
holding scientific discussions
____ 45. What was the first full sized book Gutenberg printed?
a. Utopia
c. the Bible
b. Romeo and Juliet
____ 46. Who declared himself head of the English Church?
a. Henry VIII
c. Martin Luther
b. John Knox
____ 47. Who was the important Chatlolic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?
a. Katarina Zell
c. Ignatius of Loyola
b. Girolamo Savonarola
____ 48. What was the main reason for Henry VIII’s split with the Roman Catholic Church?
a. his religious beliefs
c. his treatment of Catherine of Aragon
b. his desire for a male heir
____ 49. Which of the following was agreed upon at the Council of Trent?
a. The Church’s interpretation of the
c. Local priests had to originate the
Bible was final
process of excommunication.
b. Purchasing indulgences would
encourage God’s forgiveness
____ 50. Predestination was one of the main doctrines of
a. Theocracies
c. Lutheranism
b. Calvinism
____ 51. The education of children and missionaries was the principal goal of
a. the Jesuits
c. the Anabaptists
b. the Huguenots
____ 52. Only the baptism of adults was valid to the
a. Anabaptists
c. Calvinists
b. Anglicans
Part V. Mesoamerica
Use the Map to answer questions 53-56
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The Maya, known for their development of math and astronomy were located here.
a. A
c. C
b. B
d. D
____ 54. An extensive road system linked the empire of the Inca together. This empire could be found where?
a. A
c. C
b. B
d. D
____ 55. The Aztec used human sacrifice for religious offerings and built their capital city on a lake. Their empire can
be found where?
a. A
c. C
b. B
d. D
____ 56. The Treaty of Tordisillas created spheres of influence for Portugal and Spain. The treaty allowed Portugal to
start a colony here?
a. A
c. C
b. B
d. D
Part VI. Age of Exploration
____ 57. What were Europeans’ main motives for making voyages of exploration?
a. to test their new technology
c. to break the Portuguese monopoly on
trade
b. to grow wealthy and spread
Christianity
____ 58. Where in the Americas did Christopher Columbus land first
a. an island int the Caribbean Sea
c. the coast of what is today Panama
b. the southern tip of South America
____ 59. Who conquered the Aztec empire
a. Hernando Cortes
b. Fransisco Pizarro
c. Fedinand Magellan
____ 60. Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?
a. Africans were looking for other ways c. Africans were strangers in the
to get to the Americas
Americas, so they wouldn’t have allies
or places to hide.
b. Africans had no experience in farming,
so they wouldn’t try to do things their
way.
____ 61. What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?
a. more land
c. a cheap labor source
b. more settlers
____ 62. On what assumption was the encomienda system based?
a. that Europeans had the right to demand labor from Native Americans
b. that exposure to European culture would help educate Native Americans
c. that living on Spanish plantations would convert Native Americans to Christianity
____ 63. Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?
a. disease
c. native enemies
b. larger forces
____ 64. What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?
a. a severe shortage of labor in the
c. fewer battles between the colonists and
colonies
natives over land
b. a growing tolerance between the
colonists and the natives
____ 65. How was Africa affected by the Atlantic slave trade?
a. Many cultures lost ther fittest
c. Kings were able to stop rebellions with
members, and families were torn apart.
b. All African countries prospered from
the trade and grew to be world powers.
the firearms they received in trade.
____ 66. Which of these events during the Age of Exploration was a cause of the other three?
a. Europeans use of African slaves in the c. warfare increased as European nations
Americas.
b. advances in learning and technology
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competed for land and power.
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made long ocean voyages possible
____ 67. Which European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas?
a. Spain
c. England
b. France
____ 68. According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be
a. acquired as markets and sources of raw c. granted independence as soos as
materials
b. considered an economic burden for the
colonial power.
Use this Chart to answer questions 69-70
____ 69. What did ships transport on the "middle passage"?
a. coins, enslaved Africans, and sugar
b. gold and enslaved Africans
c. rum, trade goods, and currency
____ 70. What did England export?
a. salt, fruit, and wines
b. sugar, molasses, and fruit
c. manufactured goods
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