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Which calender first divided dates into two categories, B.C. and A.D.?

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Gregorian Calender

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Which historical era was marked the beginnings of European explorations, conquests of the Americas, trans-Atlantic slave trade and the rise of a globally intertwined economy?

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Early Modern Era

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Which of the following best explains why we traditionally categorize the world according to the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

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The lines of trade form East to West.

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In which hemisphere is Asia mostly located?

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Eastern Hemisphere

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Which of the following is NOT touched by the Mediterranean Sea?

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South America

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Which of the following had the most influence in the transition from wandering tribes to the emergence of cities?

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Food

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Advance farming techniques allowed for a surplus of food, which led to the emergence of a(n) ___________ class.

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Artisan class

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Most ancient people tended to be

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Polytheistic

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The ________ are currently known as the world's oldest civilization.

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Mesopotomians

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What is the geographic term for a plant and animal community covering a large land area?

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Biome

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What is the most complex ecosystem in the world?

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Rainforest

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Which of the following biomes is a byproduct of a human-environment interaction in the form of over-farming?

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Savana

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Soil is primarily made of minerals from the weathering of

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Rocks

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Waves crash against the shores of an island, creating beaches and gullies. In this scenario, what is the primary land form and what is the secondary land form?

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Primary Land Form: Island Secondary Land Form: Beach and Gully

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A plant using the sun to grow leaves, this is an example of

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Photosynthesis

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What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

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A food chain shows a direct relationship and a food web shows a complex relationship.

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A community of living things together with their environments is called a(n)

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ecosystem

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The different plants that replace earlier varieties in the wake of a brushfire is an example of

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Plant Succession

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Which Greek city-state was a particularly vocal supporter of the rebellion against Persia?

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Athens

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_________ was the respected teacher of Alexander the Great.

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Aristotle

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What are two main things that cause external change on Earth?

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Weathering and Erosion

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Water mixing with carbon dioxide from the air and changing the properties of limestone is an example of

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Chemical Weathering

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The Dust Bowl is an example of

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Wind Erosion

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The Grand Canyon is an example of

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Water Erosion

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A sheet glacier is also known as a __________ glacier.

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Continental

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Which civilization was the first to establish an urban society on the Italian Peninsula?

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The Estruscans

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What was the struggle of the orders?

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Friction between the Plebeians and Patricians that at times became violent.

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The Punic Wars were fought between

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Rome and Carthage.

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Pax Romana lasted from the reign of ________ to ________.

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Augustus Caesar; Marcus Aurelius.

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Which of the following was NOT a major crop produced in Rome?

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Rice

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What effect did the drop in population have on the Roman Empire?

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A weakened military.

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In the third century C.E., the Roman emperor_________ divided the Roman empire into a western half and an eastern half in order to better administer it.

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Diocletian

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Who compiled the laws of the Roman Empire into easy-to-understand codes?

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Justinian

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Which American civilization was on the rise while Gupta Empire was losing control in India, China was in an intermediate period after the fall of the Han dynasty, and Justinian was ruling the Byzantine Empire.

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Maya

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_____________ began to fill the power vacuum left behind by the dissolution of the Roman Empire in the west.

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Christianity

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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for the 'Dark Ages'?

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Classical Period

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When was the period of the greatest ignorance in Western Europe?

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850 C.E.- 1000 C.E.

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The system of feudalism served as all of the following EXCEPT as a

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System of Social Equality

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What event began to bring Western Europe out of the Dark Ages?

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The Crusades

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The crusades were a series of _________ military campaigns that took place over nearly two hundred years, which varied in strength and success, fought against the _______ of Southwest Asia for Control over _________.

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Christian; Muslims; Jerusalem

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Some historians view the Middle Ages in a more positive light, as a(n)

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Age of Faith

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Of the following positions, who ranked highest in hierarchy of the medieval church?

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Cardinal

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Which of the following represents a difference between how emperors were chosen during the Roman Empire and how leaders were chosen in Western Europe during the Middle Ages?

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In medieval times, people believed that rulers derived their authority from God.

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The schism in the west was a dispute about the authority of ________ within the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Pope

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Secular art primarily focuses on ________.

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Worldly or temporal themes.

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Where did the European Renaissance begin?

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Italian Peninsula

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Who Painted "The Last Supper?"

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Who created the sculpture David?

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

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The core of the humanist message was focused on ______.

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Human achievement

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Which of the following helped spread the plague?

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Rats

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Who spread the black death throughout China?

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Mongols

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How did geography help prevent the spread of the plague?

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Colder climates were not as effected.

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How did the labor shortage caused by the plague affect the economies of western Europe?

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So many where dying business were interrupted as workers died wages rose.

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Which of the following was a rumor spread about the Black Death?

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Christians blamed Jews for it and they said they poisoned the wells.

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Which of the following explorers stirred interest in the Silk Road?

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Marco Polo

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Of the following ships, which was the most suited for inland exploration?

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Carrack

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Who controlled much of the spice trade during the early 1400's?

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Italian and Muslim merchants.

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Which European nations led the way in the Age of Exploration?

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Spain and Portugal

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Which Portuguese explorer achieved the goal of sailing around the southern tip of Africa?

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Bartholomeu Dias

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The doctrine "Justification by Faith" would most support which of the following?

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People relying on faith alone.

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