World History Semester 1 Final

Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne to be Emperor of the Romans why?

Charlemagne crushed a rebellion in Rome

What was a result of the Treaty of Verdun?

Charlemagne's heirs split the empire into 3 regions

Part of a vassal's obligation under his feudal contract was to

provide military service

Marriage in noble society often included negotiations over

the woman's duties as lady of the manor

When the ownership of the manor changed, the serf

remained on the land to serve the new lord

to achieve the salvation, medieval christians believed that they must

receive the sacraments

under Benedictine rule, monks and nuns took vows of

obedience, poverty, and chastity

the truce of God required Christian nobles to

stop fighting between Friday and Sunday

what crop restored fertility to the soil in the three field system of rotating crops

legumes

newcomers settled outside the fields of a city because

the city was overcrowded within the walls

During the high middle ages, one method monarchs used to gain power was

strengthen ties with the middle class

what caused the dispute between Henry II and Thomas Becket

Henry claimed the right to try clergy in royal courts

which of the following statements is true about the French capetian king?

they imposed royal law over their domain

in 1122, the Concordat of Worms gave the church the sole power to

elect and invest bishops with spiritual authority

What was an effect of the Hundred Year's War

English rulers turned to new trading ventures overseas

At the council of Clermont in 1905, why did Roman Pope Urban II rally Christians to help Byzantine emperor Alexius

to drive Muslims Turks out of the Holy Land

After the Reconquista was complete in 1492, Queen Isabella

launched a crusade against Jews and Muslins

Science made little real progress in Europe in the Middle Ages because

most scholars thought knowledge must fit with church teachings

What work did Italian poet Dante Alighieri write that takes the reader on an imaginary journey into hell and purgatory?

Divine Comedy

Which of the following was an effect of the Black Death

there were large increases in wages and prices throughout Europe

In the early Roman Republic, member

patricians

One reason why most conquered people remained loyal to Rome was that Rome

allowed some of them to become citizens

In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of the lands around the Mediterranean by defeating

The Carthaginians

How did the senate change during the Roman empire compared to the republic

It held less power than under the republic

what is the basic plot of the Aenid

a hero escaped Troy to found Rome

Roman architecture emphasized

grandeur

which of the following is true of Jesus

his teachings were rooted in Jewish traditions

To join the early Christian community, a person had to

be baptized

To try to restore order to the empire, Roman emperor Diocletian

divided the empire into two parts

large numbers of Germanic people crossed into the lands of the Roman empire to escape

invading Huns

which Greek speaking people dominated the Aegean world from 1400 BC to 1200 BC and started the Trojan war

Myceneans

What was an early government in the Greek city states in which a hereditary ruler had central power

a monarchy

some spartan women had the responsibility of running the estate because

frequent warfare kept the men away from home

merchants and the poor supported Athenian tyrants because

they imposed reforms to help these groups

what was an effect of Greek victory in the Persian wars

Greeks became more convinced of their uniqueness

What Greek philosopher believed good conduct meant pursuing the "golden mean"?

Aristotle

Greeks believed the purpose of Tragic plays was to

arouse and then relieve the emotions of pity and fear

what was a result of the Peloponnesian war

It ended the Athenian domination of the Greek world

What helped Alexander the Great conquer the Persian Empire

Persian was no longer the great power it once had been

the Hellenistic scientist Archimedes

applied principles of physics to make practical inventions

A ziggurat was to

keep the gods and goddesses happy

algebra and geometry was developed by building on the number system created by

Sumerians

Hammurabi's code was important because it was the first time that a state's laws

were set down in writing

Iron was important in the ancient world because

it could be made into harder, sharper weapons

Darius improved economic life in the Persian empire by

encouraging a money economy

A major accomplishment during Egypt's Old Kingdom was

the building of the Great Pyramids

What new was technology did the Hyksos invaders bring to Egypt

horse drawn war chariots

Why was the god Osiris especially important to the Egyptians?

He was the god of the Nile

How did the beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of most nearby peoples?

they believed in one all powerful God

The Torah said that who led the Israelites out of Egypt

Moses

The study of the origins and development of human society

anthropology

the era in prehistory that dates from at least 2 million B.C. to about 10,000 B.C.

paleolothic

The study of people through material

archaeology

the prehistoric era that began about 10000 BC

neolithic

what major theme of the northern Renaissance did Durer's engravings portray

Religious upheaval

one way that the Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting

well known people of the day

The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of

John Calvin

What resulted from the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?

Each German prince could decide the religion for his lands

Anabaptists believed that infants should not be baptized because

they are too young to accept the Christian faith

Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists

tended to focus on more world subjects

sir Thomas more was executed because

he would not accept Henry VIII as head of the Church of England

the purpose of the Council of Trent was to

direct the reform of the Catholic Church

Rene Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through

human reasoning

Robert Boyle's work transformed the field of

Chemistry