World History Final Exam

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which classical civilization would have relied on monsoon winds to transport trade goods?

Ancient India

the Eightfold path is a guiding principle of what belief system?

Buddhism

who was the Frankish leader that was know as the light of the dark ages?

Charlemagne

what pyramid building civilization used hieroglyphics as their for of writing?

Egyptians

What happened to Constantinople in 1453?

Fell to the Ottoman Turks

What did Emperor Diocletian do?

He divided the Roman Empire into two parts.

monotheism, the belief in one god, was first practiced by which group?

Hebrews

the Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by what?

Himalayas

who was the emperor that collected and codified the laws of the Byzantine age?

Justinian

In Thomas Aquinas's Summas Theologica, the medieval monk argued that what human quality could be used to understand the nature of god?

Reason

who was the last emperor of western Rome?

Romulus Augustus

the Ottoman Empire expanded farthest west under the rule of what man>?

Suleyman

what term means the international blending of old traditions with new ones?

Syncretism

Who was the Byzantine empress, the wife of Justinian l, that was know for her powerful influence at court and for getting laws enacted which elevated the status of woman?

Theodora

The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers

Tigris and Euphrates

What is primogeniture?

When the oldest son inherits everything

Why did the bubonic plague most likely first occur in Europe in port town Italy and France?

because of boats with infected passengers and rodents

the Mayans contributed astronomy, biology and what mathematical concept?

concept of zero

the Sumerian for of writing was called?

cuneiform

"Culturally, the Phoenicians are most important for being the first large scale civilization to do what?

develop the alphabet

What was the most important factor in explaining the Spanish victory over the Aztecs and Incas?

diseases

Before an important battle, Constantine believed he saw the sign of Christ in a dream. What did he do because of that?

he converted to Christianity

what makes the Rosetta stone such an important archaeological find?

it helped historians decode hieroglyphics

When Akbar the great , ruler of the Mughal Empire, came to power, how did he chose to bring peace and unite the Muslims and Hindus

promoting religious tolerance

why did Romans put Jesus to death?

the Romans feared that he would lead an uprising

Judaism spread in the ancient world primarily by what

the forced movement of the Jews

What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?

to keep the mongols from invading

What is karma according to the Hindu faith?

what comes around goes around


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