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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 mad 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

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the Egyptian 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? horses elephants chariots spears

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horses chariots

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which of the following were developments of the Egyptian civilization? calendar chariots astronomy irrigation mathematics writing government

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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

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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

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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

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-

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-

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Ides of March

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the fifteenth day of March; on this day Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Roman senate

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triumvirate

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a ruling body composed of three members

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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 on 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? Persia Athens Italy Sparta

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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 Ides 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

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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

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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

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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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--

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--

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assimilation

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absorbing into a system; making similar

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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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1.) Danish king of England 2.) emperor in France 3.) drove the Moors of Spain 4.) united southern England 5.) conquered England in 1066

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1.) Canute 2.) Charlemagne 3.) Ferdinand and Isabella 4.) Alfred 5.) 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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diocese

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in a church system, the territory over which a bishop presides

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Nicene Creed

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an ancient Christian creed that was given by the council of Nicea in 325 A.D.

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scriptorium

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a copying room in medieval monastery set aside for the copying of books and manuscripts

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see

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a cathedral town, or the territory of a bishop in a church system

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vernacular

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the language of the common people in a region or country

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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

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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

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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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what were the three activities that took place in the medieval monastery?

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1.) preserving manuscripts 2.) caring for the sick and for the poor 3.) 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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