Chapter 10 Quiz 1 World History – Flashcards
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Egypt was settled on land along the Nile River.
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True
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King Menes ruled Egypt from his capital at Hyksos.
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False, he ruled from the capital Memphis
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The Egyptians imported tin and mixed it with copper to make bronze for decoration and weapons.
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True
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Business records were kept by scribes
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True
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Egypt was such a powerful nation it was never invaded.
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False
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The Hyksos brought what two things to Egypt?
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Horses, chariots
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What were the developments of the Egyptian civilization?
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Calendar, irrigation, writing, government
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_______ leaders were called pharaohs.
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Egyptian
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No remains of the Babylonians have ever been found.
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False, brick remains have been found
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Hammurabi, emperor of Babylonia, codified the laws of his country.
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True
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Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers."
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True
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The Great Wall of China was built after the birth of Christ.
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False
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Flooding on the Yangtze River caused great hardship for the early Chinese.
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False, Yellow river
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Ghenghis Khan drove the Mongol invaders out of northern China.
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False
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After the Crusades, Chinese demand for European products became very great.
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False, European demand for Chinese products
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In the year A.D. 800, the pope crowned Charlemagne emperor of the land we now call:
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France
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England was attacked time and again by invaders from Scandinavia called _______.
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Vikings
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The breakup of the Roman Empire was not a major cause of the invasions that swept Western Europe before the Middle Ages.
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False
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_________ is located on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Spain
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The Romans and the Germanic tribes combined to defeat the _______.
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Huns
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Danish king of England
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Canute
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Emperor in France
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Charlemagne
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Drove the Moors from Spain
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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United southern England
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Alfred
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Conquered England in 1066
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William the Conqueror
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The dominant social, economic, and political system in the Middle Ages was the _______system.
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Feudal
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Under the feudal system, the _____ owned all of the land and granted use of the land to _______ in return for their support during times of ______.
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Monarch, nobles, wars
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The land granted to a king by a noble is known as a fief.
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False
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Which group made up the large majority of medieval citizenry?
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Peasants
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A noble who received land from the king would be expected to give support in the form of money, soldiers, and equipment in return.
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True
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____________ imposed feudalism on England after 1066.
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William the Conqueror
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The Greeks were unable to raise enough food on their own because of poor soil.
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True
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The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey was ____.
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Homer
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Where did much of Greek civilization have its origins?
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Crete
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What was one of Alexander the Great's most serious mistakes?
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He failed to choose a successor himself.
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Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
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Athens, Sparta
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The plebeians were the _______ classes of Rome.
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Lower
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After defeating Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian was granted the title of ________ by the Roman senate.
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Augustus
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To make conquered peoples feel like Romans, Rome gave them Roman ________.
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Citizenship
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Who was stabbed to death on the Idea of March, 44 B.C.?
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Julius Caesar
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The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western empires by which emperor?
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Diocletian
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Pax Romana means _____.
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Roman Peace
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When Christ was born during the reign of ________, Bethlehem was a town in one of the Roman provinces.
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Augustus
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The story of Rome began with the defeat of Carthage
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False, defeat of the Etruscans
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The ancient Chinese were very primitive and had no organized formal education.
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False
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The religion of most ancient civilizations was polytheistic, which meant they worshipped many gods.
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True
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The middle class in ancient cultures was the largest group in most countries.
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False, lower class
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Confucius and Buddha both contributed to religious thought in the Far East.
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True
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Most ancient societies believed in education for boys, but only Egypt made an attempt to educate girls.
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False, Babylon
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Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, was the source of many languages that are still spoken today.
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True
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Geoffrey Chaucer wrote:
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The Canterbury Tales
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Loosely formed learning guilds in the Middle Ages were called:
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Universities
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Most of medieval music was composed for the church and sung in:
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Latin
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Medieval plays performed in groups were called:
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Cycles
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The center of medieval life was the:
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Church
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The medieval legend that pictured the poor being championed by a hero who fought for them against the rich was that of:
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Robin Hood
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The church was the most powerful unifying institution in the Middle Ages.
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True
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The Peace of God and the Truce of God forbade all warfare in the Middle Ages
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False, forbade fighting on certain days, made looting churches and monasteries a crime, made the monasteries havens of safety where no attack was permitted, and provided for punishment if the rules were broken.
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During the period of the Avignon Captivity, the papacy was moved from Rome to France.
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True
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Until the nineteenth century, Germany and Italy were the only fully unified nations in Western Europe.
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False, everyone but Germany and Italy were fully unified before the 19th century
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The Inquisition sought out heretics for punishment.
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True
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Although the church was a powerful force, the kings of Europe were always more powerful than it was.
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False
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What was the purpose of the Crusades?
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To recapture the Holy Land and Jerusalem
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The Crusades ultimately failed to keep hold of what they had captured, but they did stimulate trade.
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True
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The Franciscan and Dominican friars had none of the following except:
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Faith
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Three activities that took place in medieval monasteries.
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Preserving manuscripts, caring for the poor and sick, and conducting church activities.
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The name of the Holy City captured by the Seljuk Turks was ________.
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Jerusalem
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