World History EHS Modules 1-22

In what year were the issues of the Western Schism resolved? 1427 1378 1417 1435

1417

The Middle Kingdom Period of Ancient Egypt existed during which of these timeframes? 1,550-1,100 B.C.E. 2,050-1,800 B.C.E. 2,700-2,200 B.C.E. 1,000-343 B.C.E.

2,050-1,800 B.C.E.

In what year was Julius Caesar assassinated by a group of senators? 42 BCE 50 BCE 45 BCE 44 BCE

44 BCE

During what years were the Persian Wars fought? 605-595 BCE 499-449 BCE 499-494 BCE 550-522 BCE

499-449 BCE

What would you call a person from this time frame who excels in many different fields? A Liberal Artist A Humanist An Individualist A Renaissance Man (or Woman)

A Renaissance Man (or Woman)

Partially due to the geography of Italy, it developed into political entities known as city-states. Which of the following answers best defines a city-state? A large territory that is controlled by several large urban centers. An area that is important for trading due to its favorable geographical location. An area of land or region that the king awards to a military leader or noble person for their service to the crown. A territory where a single large urban center is the seat of power and controls much of the surrounding area.

A territory where a single large urban center is the seat of power and controls much of the surrounding area.

Why is Sanskrit vital to Indian culture? Knowledge of Sanskrit was a marker of high social class and educational achievement. All of these answers It's used extensively in religious literature. Modern Indian languages have been derived from or influenced by Sanskrit.

All of these answers

The Book of Common Prayer was created and consistently used by which Church? Anabaptist Lutheran Presbyterian Anglican

Anglican

What was the name of Henry VIII's second wife? Mary of Guise Mary, Queen of Scots Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

Which Greek philosopher emphasized the importance of observation and the gathering of data? Pythagoras Plato Socrates Aristotle

Aristotle

The Vikings lived in the Scandinavian lands, which includes all of these countries except for: Denmark Sweden Norway Ireland

Ireland

How was Gutenberg's printing press different from those used in the past? Binding of books was a new feature of his printing press, which allowed the books to be mass produced more easily. It combined two elements that were previously used in different types of printing presses, block printing and moveable type presses. The decorative writing and illustration, called illumination, was included in the press, which was previously done by hand. The rubrication process, a coloring of text in red for emphasis, was automatically printed along with unemphasized words.

It combined two elements that were previously used in different types of printing presses, block printing and moveable type presses.

Under whose leadership did the small trading outpost of Moscow become a wealthy cultural center? Ivan I Ivan IV (known as Ivan the Terrible) Yury Kalita Daniil Aleksandrovich

Ivan I

Who developed the removable-type printing press? Johannes Gutenberg Martin Luther Leonardo da Vinci Charles V

Johannes Gutenberg

Who was the leader of the Scottish Reformation? John Calvin Mary of Guise Louis II John Knox

John Knox

Which emperor set up a commission of lawyers to create a unified Roman legal code? Caesar Octavian Justinian I Constantine

Justinian I

Which class of the Indo-Aryan vardas included kings, governors, and warriors? Dalits Sudras Brahamin Kshatriyas

Kshatriyas

Which of the answers is something that did not travel along the Silk Road? Weapons & Gunpowder Information & Discoveries Laws & Mandates Foods & Spices Cloth & Precious Stones

Laws & Mandates

The Edict of Worms ordered for the arrest of ________, made it a crime to help him, and stated that anyone could kill him without consequences. John Calvin Frederick William John Knox Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Which of these answers was not one of the problems the Catholic Church made efforts to reform? Their rural parish priests were poorly trained and didn't have opportunities to for proper or additional study. There was a growing disconnect between the church's clergy and worshippers. Members and clergy were objecting to the Church's violent response to Protestantism. Absent bishops lived outside their dioceses and worked more as property managers than religious leaders.

Members and clergy were objecting to the Church's violent response to Protestantism.

Which Chinese philosophy supported the idea of "universal love," which meant that people should care equally about others regardless of their relationship? Mohism Confucianism Legalism Daoism

Mohism

Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of _______________, the proof of his prophethood, and the culmination of a series of divine messages revealed by the angel Gabriel from 609-632 CE. Abraham Jesus Muhammad Allah

Muhammad

The Crusades were a series of military conflicts conducted by Christian knights to defend Christians and the Christian empire against __________ forces. Germanic Muslim Black Death Viking

Muslim

Who stated that a strong leader should not be hated, but rather feared and loved? Niccolo Machiavelli Leonardo da Vinci Cesare Borgia Giovanni de' Medici

Niccolo Machiavelli

None of the achievements of the remarkable ancient Egyptian civilization would have been possible without the _______ River. Yellow Nile Euphrates Tigris

Nile

According to Chinese Legend, who was the first living being who created the universe? Fuxi Pangu Huangdi Nüwa

Pangu

Which of these Spanish kings was considered to be the strongest leader, with the most emphasis on politics? Philip IV Philip III Philip II

Philip II

Which Greek philosopher wrote The Republic, which envisioned a society with many classes in which each class contributed what it could? Socrates Aristotle Euclid Plato

Plato

The Scottish Reformation helped to develop and spread worldwide the _________________ denomination. Lutheran Presbyterian Evangelical Anabaptist

Presbyterian

What was the primary carrier of the bubonic plague, otherwise known as the Black Death? Humid Weather Rat Fleas Black Rats Fumes from Poor Sanitation

Rat Fleas

Jan Hus and John Wycliffe are both examples of what? Government Leaders Religious Reformers Ordained Priests Humanist Scholars

Religious Reformers

Which of the four Vedas is the oldest, and considered to be the most important of the texts? Yajur Vedia Rig Veda Sam Veda Atharva Veda

Rig Veda

What type of geographic area was most attractive for a new civilization to be located near? Rivers Plains Mountains Forests

Rivers

____________ is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and has been used as a philosophical language in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Vyakarana Sanskrit Vedas Samhitas

Sanskrit

Choose the option that is not part of the focus of a humanist academic discipline (otherwise known as humanities or liberal arts). Science Poetry History Music

Science

Which one of these Roman officials were not elected officials? Quaestors Plebeian Tribunes Magistrates Senators

Senators

Which Greek philosopher taught through questioning, starting with simple questions and then moving to more complex and deeper ones? Socrates Aristotle Plato Hippocrates

Socrates

Which of these Greek city-states gave women a respect that was unequaled by any other in the area? Athens Macedonia Sparta Persia

Sparta

What was Genghis Khan's name before he became the leader of Mongolia? Temujin Jamukha Möngke Kublai

Temujin

Which of these events declared official, governmental tolerance of the Protestant minority? The Edict of Nantes The Affair of the Placards The Edict of Fontainebleau The Chambre Ardente

The Edict of Nantes

Which dynasty is generally known as a period of stable & effective government? The Yuan Dynasty The Ming Dynasty The Mongol Dynasty The Tang Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty

What book, authored by Niccolo Machiavelli, was a guide to attaining and maintaining power over a territory? The Book of the Courtier The Divine Comedy Arcadia The Prince

The Prince

What idea states that a species must constantly evolve in order to compete with co-evolving animals around them? The Savannah Hypothesis The Social Brain Hypothesis The Turnover Pulse Hypothesis The Red Queen Hypothesis

The Red Queen Hypothesis

What event was a split in the Roman Catholic Church in which a series of events led two men to claim themselves the "true Pope?" The Radical Reformation The East-West Schism The Great Schism The Western Schism

The Western Schism

What event prompted the Wars of Religion? The death of King Henry II of France The Edict of Nantes The Dutch Revolt The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

The death of King Henry II of France

Which of these was not a direct result of the Spanish Inquisition? Church members were jailed if they appeared to be sympathetic to Reform. The empire was suddenly plunged into a debt they hadn't experienced before. Students were forbidden to study outside of Church-sanctioned educational institutions. Intellectual and cultural life in Spain lost some importance

The empire was suddenly plunged into a debt they hadn't experienced before.

Which answer did not lead to continued discontent toward the Roman Catholic Church? The invention of the printing press. The wide distribution of religious literature. The sense of nationalism from reading religious text. The translation of religious books into local languages.

The sense of nationalism from reading religious text.

Which of these answers is not one of the contributing factors that helped Moscow become a prosperous city? There was plenty of fertile land for farmers to grow and produce goods to sell for profit, bolstering the economy. The relative safety started to bring in tax-paying citizens who wanted a safe place to build a home and earn a livelihood. It was situated between other major principalities on the east and west, so it was often protected from the more devastating invasions. It was set up perfectly along the trade route from Novgorod to the Volga River, giving it an economic advantage from the start.

There was plenty of fertile land for farmers to grow and produce goods to sell for profit, bolstering the economy.

The city of Rome was located in an advantageous location--the middle of the Italian peninsula along the ________ River, which had quick and easy access to the Mediterranean Sea. Tiber Nile Villeins Danube

Tiber

What mined resource did Carthaginian merchants try to keep secret, due to its importance? Copper Tin Lead Silver

Tin

Which of these answers is not one of the reasons that Spain joined the Thirty Years' War? To continue to advance Roman Catholicism. To help the Austrian Branch of the House of Habsburg retain power. To regain enough capital to continue importing precious metals from the Americas. To recover the Dutch provinces that were once controlled by Spain.

To regain enough capital to continue importing precious metals from the Americas.

What was the main interest of "secular" popes? Artistic Commissions Wealth & Self-Promotion Spiritual Teachings The Reformation Movement

Wealth & Self-Promotion

The economy of the Ming dynasty was marked by innovations and reforms in the ____________ industry. agriculture trading manufacturing fishing

agriculture

The Vikings were renowned for their ships, which were an important part of their ______________. all of these answers exploration none of these answers warfare efforts culture trade facilitation

all of these answers

Which of these is not an example of popular piety? celebration of the Eucharist a rosary, candles, wreaths new days of worship or devotion pictures or artwork of saints

celebration of the Eucharist

The Aztec empire created a raised bed gardening technique by layering mud and plant vegetation in the lake to create moist gardens. What were these raised beds called? chattels maizes chinampas madrasas

chinampas

The discovery of _________ enabled Roman architectural advances, including rounded arches and domes. aqueducts concrete stone stola

concrete

What is the term for history that is within living memory? modern history prehistory contemporary history ancient history

contemporary history

What is the term for the wedge-shaped characters written on Sumerian clay tablets? pictograms hieroglyphics ideograms cuneiform script

cuneiform script

Lutherans believe that ______ is the only way for humans to gain God's grace. penance baptism faith communion

faith

The Songhai economy was based on a clan system, where the clan a person belonged to ultimately decided one's occupation. Which of these was not one of the most common clans? metalworkers fishermen carpenters farmers

farmers

The African Mali Empire flourished because of trade above all else, due to the _______________ within its borders. gold mines Niger River university tributary states

gold mines

Which of these answers is not one of the three social classes under Hammurabi's reign? ardu ka amelu mushkenu

ka

Spartan laws forbade a girl's marriage until what age range? 16 to 18 years old 12 or 13 years old late teens to early twenties late childhood to early teens

late teens to early twenties

Linear perspective portrays and object using _________________________ to create imagery that appears three-dimensional on a two-dimensional, flat plane. technique, culture, and science nature, art, and culture experimentation, light, and shadow. light, shadow, and technique

light, shadow, and technique

What main theme do these three books have in common? -Machiavelli's The Prince -Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier -Dante's Divine Comedy politics romance religion the afterlife

politics

Traditional Romans had a _____________ religious approach, which involved viewing emperors and some of their family members being worshiped as divine figures. animistic polytheistic dualistic monotheistic

polytheistic

Human evolution began with _________. chiroptera synapsids mammalia primates

primates

The change in philosophy from _______ to _______ deprived the Catholic Church of their ultimate control over people's learning? humanism; scholasticism individualism; scholasticism scholasticism; individualism scholasticism; humanism

scholasticism; humanism

During what time period did the Mongol Empire exist? the 13th and 14th centuries the 11th and 12th centuries the 12th and 13th centuries the 14th and 15th centuries

the 13th and 14th centuries

The first humans evolved in Africa during ___________. the Mesopotamian Era the Paleolithic Era the Sumerian Revolution the Neolithic Revolution

the Paleolithic Era

Which of these answers is not one of the things that the Assyrians are remembered for? written history of conquests military victories their political structure technological advancements

their political structure

The Roman Empire was split into two administrative halves, a ________ region and ________ region. western; eastern northern; eastern northern; southern western; southern

western; eastern

In general, the sources of historical knowledge can be separated into three categories, which of these is not one of those three? what is written what is said what is physically preserved what is criticized

what is criticized

How did artwork change from Medieval styles to Renaissance styles? Art moved to more realistic and expressive styles using linear perspective, shading, and color. Art became more abstract and conceptual in an effort to represent Classical characters well. Miniatures became a common form of artistic expression. Religious portraiture became excessively common, almost wiping out other art styles.

Art moved to more realistic and expressive styles using linear perspective, shading, and color.

The seat of the Papacy was moved from Rome to _________, and the area became the center of trade and mercantilism. Flanders Borgia Aragon Avignon

Avignon

"All history is contemporary history" is a quote by what Italian philosopher and historian? Andrea del Castagno Benedetto Croce Jean-Vincent Scheil Euphrates Tigris

Benedetto Croce

Japanese samurai warrior took a creed known as the "Way of the Warrior," or __________, which was a rigid value system of discipline and honor. Shôgun Jujitsu Shinto Bushidô

Bushidô

One of the more notable applications of printing technology in China was the ________, the paper money of the Yuan, which became one of the first instances of a unified paper money economy in the world. Kahn Chao Kami Mali

Chao

Which answer is not one of the Mediterranean staples that the Roman diet revolved around? Grain Olives Grapes Cheese

Cheese

_______ humanism was a philosophical and scholarly movement that tied the concepts of humanism to the study of religious documents. Christian Northern Roman Catholic Protestant

Christian

The Italian Renaissance was a period of rebirth based on _______ sources, writings, and texts. Dark Age Classical Byzantine Medici

Classical

What term states that individuals should be held responsible for others' actions, even if they aren't actively involved in the action? Individualism Collective Responsibility Classical Liability Humanism

Collective Responsibility

Which Chinese philosophy stressed tradition and believed that people should strive to be good and virtuous in order to fit into their place in society? Daoism Legalism Mohism Confucianism

Confucianism

Who was the first emperor to stop Christian persecutions and legalize Christianity and all other religions in the Roman Empire? Justinian I Octavian Caesar Constantine

Constantine

The Byzantine Empire, founded by Constantine "the Great," was centered around what city? Rome Thessalonica Constantinople Medina

Constantinople

Who was the author of The Divine Comedy, a portrayal of the Christian afterlife with an important political and satirical twist? Ludovico Ariosto Giovanni Boccaccio Dante Alighieri Jacopo Sannazzaro

Dante Alighieri

Which Chinese philosophy advocated for the oneness of all things, and maintained that people should follow a force called "The Way" of the universe to act in accordance with nature? Confucianism Mohism Legalism Daoism

Daoism

In what area of Europe was religious reformation markedly different from other areas? Germany England France Italy

England

What is the term for when a Church member is deprived of their benefits or privileges of membership? Excommunication Prohibition Apartheid Banishment

Excommunication

Peasants in Medieval villages spent the majority of their time doing what? Clearing Forests Building Roads Farming Land Producing Weaponry

Farming Land

Who married Isabella of Castile in an effort to unite Spain as well as consolidate power and resources for government purposes? Louis XI Alfonso VIII Ferdinand II Henry VII

Ferdinand II

What do you call a system in which a king awards land to people, leaving them responsible for it? City-States Feudalism Oligarchy Mercantilism

Feudalism

In what Italian city did the Medici family reside and rule? Naples Venice Rome Florence

Florence

Choose the answer that is the belief referred to as Unconditional Election, one of the five points of Calvinism. Every person, because of the consequence of Original Sin, is born into a life enslaved to sin. Saints are chosen by God, and nothing can subvert His will and those individuals whom God have called into His Communion will continue in their faith. God chooses those who will receive salvation, and this is not based on foreseen virtue, merit, or faith. Jesus's atonement for humanity's sins was done as a substitution for specific sinners, atonement is not for all, but only God knows who those will be saved.

God chooses those who will receive salvation, and this is not based on foreseen virtue, merit, or faith.

The Classical world of ______ and ______ have been the source of modern politics, literature, language, science, art, and architecture and were the fuel for the Renaissance. Egypt; Persia Rome; Persia Greece; Rome Italy; Egypt

Greece; Rome

Which is now known as the largest religion in India? Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Islam

Hinduism

Which Chinese leader, due to his peasant upbringing, made special efforts to help farmers and distribute land to peasants? Great Khan Ögedei Hongwu Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi Möngke Khan

Hongwu Emperor

French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin were called ____________. Huguenots Puritans Hapsburgs Anabaptists

Huguenots

The ________ Empire was the largest in pre-Columbian America. Ming Mongol Inca Songhai

Inca