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World History Fall Final Exam
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Ancient Civilization
Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
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Question 4
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World Religions
Use the following words to fill in the blank for questions 5-7:
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Judaism
Question 5
5.
_______ : Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of this religion
Question 6
6.
_______ : This religion follows the teachings in the Bible
Question 7
7.
_______ : Muslims practice this religion
Ancient Greece & Rome
Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
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Middle Ages
Question 12
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Question 13
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Question 14
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Question 15
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Question 16
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Renaissance & Reformation
Question 17
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Question 18
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Question 19
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Question 20
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Age of Exploration
Question 21
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Question 22
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Question 23
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Question 24
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Question 25
25.
Choose ONE of the following people and explain why your choice represents the person most important of this time period:
• Julius Caesar
• Martin Luther
• Christopher Columbus
Question 26
26.
Written Response:
Egyptian civilization developed
A. On the shores of the Euphrates River
B. Above the first cataract on the Tigris River
C. In the cool highlands above Victoria Falls
D. Along the banks of the Nile Rive
Which statement about the Great Wall is true?
A. It kept invaders out
B. It caused the downfall of the Qin Dynasty
C. It proved China’s resources could be mobilized
D. It led to Hammurabi’s policy of expansionism
Hammurabi’s Code was important because it was the first time that a state’s laws
A. Applied to the royal household
B. Provided prisons for punishments
C. were set down in writing
D. imposed taxes on citizens
Which of the following means the belief in many gods?
A. Monotheistic
B. Tritheistic
C. Ditheistic
D. Polytheistic
The city-state of Sparta was characterized by
A. Democratic institutions
B. An emphasis on temple worship
C. An emphasis on warfare
D. Dependence upon the sea
It is the type of government favored in Athens
A. Monarchy
B. Aristocracy
C. Oligarchy
D. Democracy
Why did a group of senators murder Julius Caesar?
A. Because he was extremely unpopular with the Roman people
B. To dismantle the Republic and return governing power to the monarchy
C. Because he was waging a civil war
D. They thought of him as a threat to the Roman Republic
Which of the following contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?
A. Constantine's mental illness
B. Serious economic problems
C. Moving the capital to Byzantium
D. An army rebellion
Europe became a feudal society because
A. The rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
B. Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
C. Overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
D. Skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.
Plague that killed off a large percentage of Europe's population during the Middle Ages.
A. Black Scourge
B. Bubonic Flu
C. Black Death
D. Bleak Death
Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?
A. Peasants
B. Knights
C. Lords
D. Vassals
Document signed by King John that limited the power of the English Monarchy.
A. Constitution
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Twelve Tables
D. Magna Carta
What were the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims called?
A. War of the Roses
B. The Crusades
C. The Hundred Years War
D. The Islamic Wars
Martin Luther was a Catholic priest who broke away from the Catholic Church and started the first Protestant Church. Which of these did Luther do?
A. He posted a list of arguments, called theses, against indulgences and Church abuses on a church door for everyone to see.
B. He convinced the pope he was right
C. He closed his Protestant Church and later re-joined the Catholic Church
D. He stopped reading the Bible and stopped going to church.
A reformation is
A. A period marked by great achievements
B. A religious reform movement
C. Characterized by a utopian society
D. Catholicism
Henry VIII was motivated to break from the Catholic church because _______.
A. He needed a daughter to take over after his death
B. Henry needed a divorce so he could remarry and have a son
C. He was a follower of Luther and disagreed with indulgences
D. His wife Catherine was a Protestant and she influenced him to break with the Pope.
The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the:
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Renaissance
C. Reformation
D. The Middle Ages
What is a conquistador?
A. A Christian priest who converts people
B. A weapon used by the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs
C. A special ship used to sail the Atlantic
D. A Spanish conqueror
Which of the following explorers is given the credit as the first to circumnavigate the world?
A. Ferdinand Magellan
B. Christopher Columbus
C. Vasco da Gama
D. Henry Hudson
Which of the following was the leader of the Aztecs at the time of Cortes’ arrival?
A. Atahualpa
B. Hiawatha
C. Pizarro
D. Moctezuma II
Which of the following best describes the motivation that caused European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia, otherwise known as the “three G’s”?
A. Gifts, Gold, and Glory
B. God, Glory, and Silver
C. God, Gold, and Glory
D. Gold, God, and Gluten
What was the Middle Passage?
A. The largest slave trading ship ever built
B. A route along the African Coast to the Indian Ocean
C. A road across the Sahara
D. The route by which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas