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Midterm Review
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• The theocracy of ancient Egypt was a belief in
the divinity of __________.
• Ra.
• Priests
• Isis.
• the pharaoh
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• What ruler was famous for a uniform code of
laws that unified his empire?
• Harappan
• Hammurabi
• Shang
• Mesopotamia
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• What is a series of rulers that come from a
single family?
• dynasty
• loess
• pictographs
• edict
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What is the belief in many gods?
monotheism
autocracy
theocracy
polytheism
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• How did the Mandate of Heaven affect
government in China?
• The Mandate of Heaven led to long periods of
peace among families.
• Religious leaders read oracle bones to select new
Rulers.
• It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of
a declining dynasty.
• The ruler received a direct mandate from heaven
that he should resign.
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How did Buddhism spread across Asia?
trade
missionary efforts
conquest
pilgrimages by the faithful
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• What is one belief shared by Hinduism and
Buddhism?
• many gods
• the caste system
• reincarnation
• the sacredness of all life
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• What is one Phoenician contribution that
people still benefit from today?
• the introduction of Indo-Aryan languages to
Europe.
• the invention of the sail.
• the invention of the phonetic alphabet.
• the invention of the labyrinth.
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• What is the belief of Confucius that states a
person should be respectful to their parents
and elders is called?
• Filial Piety
• Daoism
• bureaucracy
• Autocracy
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• Who is China's most influential scholar, whose
teachings are found in the Analects?
• Confucius
• Shi Huangdi
• Ramses
• Chandragupta
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• Which civilization on the chart lasted the
longest?
• Sumerian
• Harappan
• Shang/Zhou
• Egyptian
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• Which civilizations existed at the same time as
the Phoenicians?
• Israelite, Egyptian, Aryan, and Shang/Zhou
• Egyptian, Minoan, Israelite, and Sumerian
• Sumerian, Aryan, Shang/Zhou, and Minoan
• Israelite, Hittite, Babylonian, and Sumarian
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• What civilization probably built on the ideas of
the Sumerian civilization?
• Minoan
• Israelite
• Aryan
• Babylonian
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What is another term for a Greek city-state?
Polis
acropolis
Agora
Parthenon
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• What happened to Julius Caesar after he
declared himself dictator for life?
• Traveled to far reaches of empire
• Adopted Christianity as official language
• Embraced by the people
• Assassinated
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• What emperor adopts Christianity as the
official religion of the Roman Empire?
• Augustus IV
• Socrates
• Julius Caesar
• Constantine
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• What was an economic factor that led to the
fall of the Roman Empire?
• The spread of Christianity
• lack of patriotism
• Invaders disrupted trade
• letters from Paul
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• What was the period of peace and prosperity
that began during the reign of Augustus and
lasted 207 years?
• Golden Age
• Age of Enlightenment
• Pax Romana
• Zhou Dynasty
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• What were the reasons that Christianity
spread throughout the Roman Empire?
• It embraced all people: men and women, rich
and poor
• Rome’s excellent roads encouraged the spread
of ideas
• Jesus promised eternal life
• All of the above
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• What was the body of civil law created for the
Byzantine Empire?
• Roman law
• Orthodox law
• Justinian Code
• Greek Code
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• What was the major effect of the Great
Schism?
• The Christian church united under one pope
• The church split into Roman Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox
• The Christian church united under the
Emperor
• Jesus was no longer the supreme authority
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• What was the most important enduring
contribution of the Mongol empire?
• Using cruelty as a weapon became acceptable
• They used the same type of attack for every
battle
• Different cultures were not tolerated
• Trade between Europe and Asia thrived
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• What famous religious structure was built by
Justinian to show the greatness of the
Byzantine Empire?
• Aqueducts
• Coliseum
• Hagia Sophia
• Hippodrome
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What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?
He was the last and greatest of the prophets
He was the only son of the one true God, Allah
He was the first and only prophet of Allah
He was a combination of god and man
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• What division of Islam believes that only a
relative of Muhammad is qualified to be a
leader?
• Sufi
• Sunni
• Shi’a
• Fatimid
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How do Muslims lead a moral life?
through obedience to God's law
through a personal relationship with God
through submission to God's will
through following the Five Pillars
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• What are two important teachings that are
common to all three faiths?
• Judgment Day and dietary laws
• one God and life after death
• one God and dietary laws
• Judgment Day and Five Pillars
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• In which faith(s) are spiritual leaders required
to remain unmarried?
• Islam
• Catholicism
• Judaism
• Islam and Catholicism
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• What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
• to spread Christianity throughout the
Americas
• to take control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land
from the Muslims
• to improve trade among Europe, Asia, and
Africa
• to force the Byzantines to become Catholics
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• What was one negative effect of the Crusades
that has continued to the present?
• weakening of the feudal nobility
• trade between Europe and Asia
• hostility between Muslims and Christians
• strengthening of papal authority
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• What is feudalism?
• An economic system in which merchants held
power through trade.
• A system during the Renaissance in which
wealthy merchants supported artists.
• In exchange for military protection and other
services, a lord (landowner) granted land to other
people.
• A situation during the Middle Ages in which
families feuded with one another.
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What is a synonym for secular?
new
humane
worldly
religious
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• Toward the end of Medieval times, what was
one factor that led to the growth of towns and
cities?
• Discovery of antibiotics
• Improved agriculture led to a population
growth + a merchant class
• End of the influenza epidemic
• The Ice Age
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• Why was Italy an ideal place for the birth of
the Renaissance?
• It had many thriving cities
• It had a wealthy merchant class
• It had the classical heritage of Greece and
Rome
• All of the above
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What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
Christian devotion
chivalry and tournaments
art and learning
good health after the plague
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• Which of the following best describes the
characteristics of a “Renaissance Man”?
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A military leader
An athlete
Someone who concentrates on school work
A man who excelled in many fields
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• The intellectual and cultural movement known
as humanism arose from the study of
__________.
• medieval scholarship
• original Christian writings
• classical Greek and Roman culture
• the contributions of the Tang and Song
dynasties
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• What was the practice of selling indulgences?
• Clergy members bought indulgences to reach
higher offices.
• The clergy sold pardons that released people
from performing penalties for their sins.
• Charles V told his people that buying indulgences
as a way to become a noble.
• Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have
children.
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• John Calvin’s teachings about predestination
asserted which of the following:
• nobody goes to heaven
• only a select few are saved
• everybody goes to heaven
• everybody goes to purgatory
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• . The Reformation got under way when Martin
Luther's stapled this to the church door at
Wittenberg?
• The 95 theses
• An essay entitled “Changing the Church”
• A dissertation on salvation
• “The Republic”
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Who invented the printing press?
Jan van Eyck
Johann Gutenberg
Peter Bruegel the Elder
Hans Holbein the Younger
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• . What was the main reason for Henry VIII's
split with the Roman Catholic Church?
• his religious beliefs
• his desire for a male heir
• his treatment of Catherine of Aragon
• his unwillingness to pay Church taxes
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How did Islam spread through Africa?
It spread by conquest and trade
Muslim teachers traveled to teach the faith
Ibn Battuta traveled through 27 countries to
teach the Qur’an
• Universities were established to teach the
religion
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• What language helped unite Southern Africa?
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Arabic
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Bantu
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Chadic
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Berber
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• How did the empire of Ghana gain wealth and
power?
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Gold and salt trade
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War and conquest
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controlling Muslim armies
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Camel trading
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• What was a major negative effect of the
Columbian Exchange?
• many cultures lost their fittest members and
families were torn apart
• Europeans adopted pagan rituals of the Americas
• Diseases spread to the Americas and killed many
people
• African civilizations became safer because they
captured and traded their criminals.
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• Which of the following BEST describes the Bantu
Migrations?
• The Bantu people fleeing Africa because of an
earthquake.
• The Bantu people slowly moving south while
spreading their culture and language throughout
Africa.
• The Bantu people’s unwillingness to move from
their homeland.
• A large scale war between the Bantu people of
Africa and Germanic invaders
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• Christopher Columbus is credited with finding
what?
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Caribbean islands and the Americas
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A safe route around the world
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Portugal and the East Indies
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None of the above
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• What theories are there for the decline of the
Mayan civilization?
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overpopulation and overuse of the land
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endemic warfare
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extreme drought
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all the above
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• What did the Aztecs sacrifice to please their
gods?
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food offerings
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human sacrifice
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golden statues of sacred animals
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self-inflicted pain
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• The Incan system of government was similar
to which modern day form of
government/economy?
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Democracy
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Socialism
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Republic
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Oligarchy
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• The global transfer of plants, animals, and
diseases that occurred during the European
colonization of the
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Americas is known as
_____________________________________.
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the Atlantic Slave Trade
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Mercantilism
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Capitalism
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the Columbian Exchange
MATCHING EXPLORERS
53. AC
54. C
55. A
56. E
57. AD
58. B
59. D
60. AB