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_______ was called the Promised Land by the Hebrews.

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Canaan

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The Hebrews solidified their beliefs while in _______.

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Babylon

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What man did God choose to be the father of the Hebrew nation?

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Abraham

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The scattering of the Hebrew people all over the world was called the ________.

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Diaspora

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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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