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Coffee beans moved from:

From France to the Americas

The Aztecs to Spain

The Inca to England

The Pueblo to France

What was the Northwest Passage?

water route connecting the Atlantic & Pacific oceans

trade route across Africa

water route connecting the Atlantic & Indian Ocean

water route around S. America

Which European explorer is credited with being the first to sail around the world?

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco de Gama

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

How did the Catholic Church first respond to the Reformation?

It waged war on Germanic kingdoms

it formed the Council of Trent

it formed the Society of Jesus

It built many new cathedrals

Which tool developed during the Renaissance changed the study of astronomy?

telescope

compass

abacus

binoculars

Who rejected Catholicism in favor of a new branch of Protestantism?

John Calvin

Michelangelo

Johannes Gutenberg

Francis Drake

Which of the following changed art, education, and government during the Renaissance?

humanism

communism

feudalism

manoralism

What new class of people emerged during the Renaissance?

middle class

lower class

upper class

merchants

What does the term Renaissance mean?

rebirth

inspiration

profit

beauty

To which region did Islam spread in the 100 years after Muhammad's death?

N. Africa

South America

Australia

N. America

Japan's Shogun system can best be compared to

feudalism

communism

socialism

capitalism

Which theme do many Chinese paintings reflect?

harmony

retribution

riches

grief

What is one way that Islam spread in Africa?

By traders (salt), who brought ideas and books with them

mandatory by law

Europeans forced it on people

result of a civil war

How did the Black Death affect the social order of feudalism?

feudalism broke down & new social classes arose

renewed belief in feudalism

lords and vassals took control of communities

fewer people were able to own land

Approx. how much of Europe's population died as a result of the Black Death?

1/3

all

3/4

1/2

During the Middle Ages, which group was responsible for preserving culture from Ancient Rome?

monks

pope

university students

political leaders

What was the impact of the crusades on the exchange of goods and ideas in Eurasia?

increase

decrease

stayed the same

no exchange happened

Which of the following was the first far-reaching of the Christians to spread their religion?

Crusades

Trojan War

Persian Wars

Punic Wars

How is the Magna Carta connected to the English Parliament?

it helped create parliament

it abolished parliament

it strengthened parliament

it had no connection

What is a major principle contained in the Magna Carta?

no one is above the law

anyone can become king

only lords can have serfs

the king appoints church leaders

What is one way in which feudalism contributed to the growth of nation-states in W. Europe?

centralized military power

peasants controlled the land

caused the serfs to revolt

lords owned the land

What is a defining characteristic of feudalism?

hierarchy

equality

chaos

freedom

Which is the network of ancient trade routes that connected civilizations in Asia and Europe?

Silk Road

Great Wall

Gupta Trail

Mare Nostrum

Which of the following Hindu beliefs is supported by India's caste system?

reincarnation

hajj

resurrection

wu wei

Which of the following was the first official emperor of Rome?

Augustus

Julius

Nero

Caligula

Which of the following most likely led to the fall of the Roman Empire?

There was high unemployment among the citizens

located on the Italian peninsula

the empire controlled trade routes

Julius Caesar became the dictator

What was the ancient Greek agora?

a marketplace

a temple

a school

a theatre

Which person is a Greek mathematician who discovered a theorem about triangles still used?

Pythagoras

Alexander the Great

Socrates

Archimedes

Which architectural feature best characterizes ancient Greek civilization?

columns

flying buttresses

wooden posts

vaults

Which two religions or philosophies involve the belief in a Messiah?

Judaism and Christianity

Islam and Judaism

Taoism and Confucianism

Buddhism and Hinduism

What do Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism all have in common?

do not pray to gods

monotheistic

polytheistic

founding leaders are gods

what did ancient trade centers all have in common?

all located near water

they were all located in Europe

all located in Asia

all located in the mountains

How did the flooding of Rivers affect agricultural communities?

deposited fertile silt onto land

degraded the land

forced farmers to plant fewer crops

ruined their economies

Which civilizations used hieroglyphics?

Nile River Valley Civilization

Indus RVC

Huang He RVC

Tigris-Euphrates RVC

What is one way the Mesopotamian culture developed after the Babylonian take over of Sumer?

laws were more complex with the Code of Hammurabi

Writing became better with the invention of Cuneiform

Harappans built cities there

Sumerians invented base-60 system

located in modern day China, river is also known as the Yellow River

Huang He River Valley

Nile River Valley

Indus River Valley

Tigris-Euphrates River Valley

located in Africa along a river whose delta opened into the Mediterranean Sea

Nile River Valley

Indus River Valley

Huang He River Valley

Tigris-Euphrates River Valley

which term means having a greater amount than what is needed?

surplus

propagation

irrigation

sedentary

what effect did the domestication of animals have on early civilizations?

people could put animals to work on farms

People were finally able to eat meat

there were less crops because the animals ate them

people were able to create new species of animals

Which quality of hunter-gatherer communities made them different from later civilizations?

they were nomadic

they grew crops

they had domesticated animals

they had a written language

What was the social structure of hunter-gatherer communities?

people worked together equally

men did all of the hunting, women only gathered

one leader made all of the decisions for the group

only men made the fires

The amount of Hunting and Gathering communities decreased because

people learned how to grow crops and domesticate animals

they were conquered by Europeans

animals overpowered them

the Ice Age lead to human extinction

The Renaissance was a time of

discovery and creation

war

diplomacy

increased government