Cumulative Exam Review

How does the Talmud affect the daily lives of Jewish people?

It interprets how to handle legal situations.

Which statement best compares the ideas of Martin Luther to the ideas of the Catholic Church in the 1500s?

Luther taught that salvation came from faith alone, while the Church taught that both faith and good works could bring about salvation.

Buddhism originated during which empire?

Mauryan

Where do Muslim pilgrims travel to as part of their religion?

Mecca

What was the contributing factor to Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Napoleon enlisted Spain's help in forming a strong navy, but he was defeated anyway.

Which event immediately followed the storming of the Bastille?

Peasants began attacking the aristocracy.

French soldiers brought home American ideas about government and rights, including news of the Declaration of Independence. One of the ideas presented in the Declaration of Independence is equality for all. Which philosopher of the Enlightenment believed in this equality?

Rousseau

The Golden Horde was a Mongolian state that ruled

Russia.

Which term is the Arabic word for God?

Allah

The Western Church and the Eastern Church differed in what area?

leadership

In which spiritual concept do most Hindus believe?

reincarnation

Who held the most power under Japanese feudalism?

shoguns.

Besides isolationism, another reason why China limited trade was because

the Chinese were only interested in the gold and silver Europeans had to trade.

What caused Europe's population to increase, to provoke its interest in trade, and provided its population with large amounts of gold and silver?

the Columbian Exchange

The end of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of a new era called

the Middle Ages.

Spain and Portugal competed over territory in the Americas as a result of the voyages of

Christopher Columbus.

This world map shows elevation. The mountain peak with the highest elevation is located on which continent?

Asia

Read the quotation from Al Omari, an Egyptian historian. This man [Mansa Musa] spread upon Cairo the flood of his generosity: there was no person, officer of the court, or holder of any office of the Sultanate who did not receive a sum of gold from him. The people of Cairo earned incalculable sums from him, whether by buying and selling or by gifts. So much gold was current in Cairo that it ruined the value of the money . . . -Al Omari, Egyptian historian, 1336 What does the passage state about Emperor Musa?

He spent so much money that he actually lowered the value of Cairo's currency.

Which best explains why Hans Holbein the Younger was a Renaissance artist?

He used humanistic techniques to create realistic portraits of Europeans.

A major Renaissance poem that included real people as its characters was

The Divine Comedy.

A significant achievement by the Ming dynasty was that it restored order to the country by reinstating

a Confucian government.

Which are symbolic representations on statues of Buddha?

a bump on head, long earlobes, heavy-lidded eyes

What did the Mayas develop?

a calendar based on a solar year of 365 days

Government positions under Hongwu were filled by

civil service exams.

The best definition of nationalism is devotion and loyalty to one's

country.