Ilo World History:Segment 1 2015 Test Questions – Flashcards
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What did Japan adopt from China?
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Ideographic writing and forms of poetry
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What certain item of the mercantile system in Europe especially motivated explorers to find?
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Gold
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What is true about global pandemics?
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They hit the hardest the cities with the largest populations.
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How did the Council of Trent react to the criticisms of reformers?
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It attempted to correct the injustices of the Church
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What was humanism like during the Renaissance?
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It portrayed everyday life.
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In the era just prior to the Reformation, what was true about the Catholic Church?
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It was in equal standing with Islam
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What practice was not in place in Italy, which allowed city-states to develop there before the rest of Europe?
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Trade
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Erasmus, a Roman Catholic priest, criticized what?
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Indulgences and penance
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Who was Sunni Ali the Great?
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The founder of Songhai
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What is true about the Olmec and Mayan cultures?
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They really influenced one another
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What was a source of wealth for the Mali empire?
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Arabic writing
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How were the cities on the southern and eastern coast, such as Mombasa, different from those in the African kingdoms?
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They helped connect Eastern markets
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What was something that monasteries and convents provided for their communities?
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Farming techniques
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In ancient Ghana, the next king would be the son of the current king's sister. What word describes this system?
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Matrilineal
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Which group is largely credited with recording and preserving Aztec culture after the Spanish conquest?
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Missionaries
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Who was famous for his strong government and military, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III?
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Charlemagne
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What was one of the aspects of the rule of Moctezuma I over the Aztecs?
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Human sacrifice
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What shared belief of both Justinian and Charlemagne helped build cultural unity in Europe?
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To save Roman law
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What was used by both the Aztec civilization and the Spanish?
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A written calender with religious observance
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Which commodity was the most important source of wealth for central African kingdoms?
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Spices
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What problem was common to both the Mali and Songhai empires?
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They could not enforce trade regulations
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What was an important genre of Medieval architecture?
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Gothic
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Who started the call for the Crusades in Medieval Europe?
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Pope Urban II
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Why is Alfred the Great important to the national identity of England?
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He freed England from Spanish rule
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What was a trend of medieval Europe?
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Urbanization
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What was a set of basic Islamic beliefs?
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The Five Pillars of Beliefs
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The Ottoman Empire reached the height of its power under which leader?
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Sulyman I
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What is another name for "dhimmis" in early Muslim society?
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People of the Book
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Under whose leadership did people in India from different faiths live in peace?
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Akbar
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What was as a result of the development of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire?
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Unification of diverse groups
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Which general led the Byzantine troops against the Vandals and Ostrogoths, under the reign of Emperor Justinian?
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Nika
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