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Question 1 of 20
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The use of fire may have
begun about:
A. 2,000,000 years ago.
B. 500,000 years ago.
C. 100,000 years ago.
D. 25,000 years ago.
Question 2 of 20
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The central aspect of the
Neolithic Revolution was the:
A. first development of
hunter gatherer cultures.
B. successful invasion of
northwestern Africa by Turkish nomads from central Asia.
C. emergence of systematic
food production through the domestication of plants and animals.
D. use of fire and the
cooking of food.
Question 3 of 20
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The people who created the
first Mesopotamian civilization were the:
A. Sumerians.
B. Akkadians.
C. Egyptians.
D. Babylonians.
Question 4 of 20
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Which of the following is
UNTRUE about the Code of Hammurabi?
A. Public officials had
numerous responsibilities.
B. It incorporated a system
of consumer protection.
C. The largest category
focused on marriage and the family.
D. Hammurabi’s code did not
mention women.
Question 5 of 20
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Which of the following is
NOT correct about the pyramids?
A. They were tombs for the
pharaohs.
B. They were constructed
during the Middle Kingdom.
C. They were symbols of
royal power.
D. The most magnificent of
the pyramids was constructed about 2500 B.C.E.
Question 6 of 20
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Egyptian hieroglyphs:
A. used sacred characters
as picture signs.
B. employed the use of an
alphabet.
C. were written only on a
paper made from papyrus reed and oak bark.
D. were introduced by the
Amorites.
Question 7 of 20
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During the reign of
Akhenaten:
A. monotheism permanently
replaced polytheism in ancient Egypt.
B. foreign affairs were
ignored and Syria and Palestine were lost.
C. Thebes was replaced by
Cairo as the capital.
D. the Hyksos invaded the
Nile Valley.
Question 8 of 20
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Which of the following
correctly describes Harappan civilization?
A. It showed no similarity
to the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
B. Its culture never
attained the status of a true civilization.
C. It was much more
agricultural than its contemporaries in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
D. It was a collection of
over fifteen hundred towns and cities, ruled by landlords and rich merchants.
Question 9 of 20
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The Aryans:
A. were an Indo European
people who spoke the German language.
B. crushed Mohenjo Daro
when the Harappan Civilization was at its peak.
C. never controlled any of
the Deccan Plateau.
D. were led by tribal
chieftains who were called rajas.
Question 10 of 20
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Chandragupta Maurya:
A. may have been a member
of the army of Alexander the Great.
B. feared assassination and
had a secret police.
C. was the last major
Mauryan ruler.
D. worshiped the god,
Mithras.
Question 11 of 20
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A major religion that was
founded by Mahavira in the sixth century was:
A. Daoism.
B. Jainism.
C. Chandrism.
D. Zoroastrianism.
Question 12 of 20
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A key difference between
Hinduism and Buddhism was that Buddhism:
A. claimed that each
individual possessed an individual, reincarnatable soul.
B. believed in an
unyielding caste structure.
C. was simpler, as it
rejected the numerous Hindu gods.
D. required belief in a
different, two tier caste system.
Question 13 of 20
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The Mahabharata:
A. describes the peaceful
relations between Aryan cousins.
B. primarily details the
activities of Hindu rulers.
C. provides an elaborate
discussion of the ethics of the dharma.
D. contains Krishna’s sermon
in which he advocates the value of success or failure as the paramount
objective in all activities.
Question 14 of 20
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Which of these ancient
civilizations survived, intact, until the twentieth century?
A. Egyptian
B. Aztec
C. Hittite
D. Chinese
Question 15 of 20
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The beginnings of
civilization in China were:
A. delayed by the marauding
raids of the Xia.
B. begun under the
political organization of the Qin.
C. the result of a
concentrated development of Kunming bureaucratic arrangements.
D. possibly first
experienced under the Xia dynasty.
Question 16 of 20
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The Shang dynasty:
A. came to power
immediately after the Han dynasty.
B. was the only one in
ancient China to master the widespread use of steel and the printing press.
C. equipped its army with
two horse chariots.
D. was the first to employ
over half of its people in various types of heavy manufacturing.
Question 17 of 20
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The idea of the Mandate of
Heaven was:
A. introduced in the
Bhaghavadgita.
B. borrowed from Tibetan
nomads in the fifth century B.C.E.
C. introduced by the Zhou
dynasty and it served to legitimize its power.
D. contained in the Rites
of Mao.
Question 18 of 20
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During the Zhou dynasty,
China:
A. abolished slavery in
order to increase agricultural production.
B. large-scale water
control programs were undertaken to regulate the flow of rivers and distribute
water to the fields.
C. continued to consider
merchants as the property of the Buddhist monasteries.
D. moved from a largely
agricultural to an industrial society.
Question 19 of 20
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The conversations between
Confucius and his disciples are found in the:
A. Book of Changes.
B. Book of Histories.
C. Analects.
D. Book of Songs.
Question 20 of 20
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“If the government seeks to
rule by decree, and to maintain order by the use of punishment, the people will
seek to evade punishment and have no sense of shame. But if the government
leads by virtue and governs through the rules of propriety, the people will
feel shame and seek to correct their mistakes.” This statement reflects the
ideas of:
A. Legalism.
B. Doaism.
C. Zhouism.
D. Confucianism.
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Question 1 of 20
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In the aftermath of
Columbus and voyages of encounter, Europeans believed the first humans in the
Americas might have been:
A. Chinese pirates.
B. the lost tribes of Axum.
C. Phoenician seafarers
from Carthage.
D. Mongol tribesmen.
Question 2 of 20
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The first civilization in
Mesoamerica was the:
A. Toltec.
B. Olmec.
C. Maya.
D. Aztec.
Question 3 of 20
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Which of the following is
NOT true of the Olmec culture?
A. Its La Venta pyramid was
the largest structure of it type for its era.
B. It created a writing
system of some sort.
C. It developed in the
high, mountainous areas of central Mexico.
D. It produced many stone
carvings, tools, and monuments.
Question 4 of 20
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The civilization of the
Maya developed in:
A. the Valley of Mexico.
B. Pacific coastal region
of northern Mexico.
C. mountainous areas of
Nicaragua and Honduras.
D. Guatemala and theYucatan
Peninsula.
Question 5 of 20
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The Aztec capital was:
A. Tenochtitlán.
B. Huitzilopochtli.
C. Texcoco.
D. Mexica.
Question 6 of 20
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The massive Aztec stone
carving in the form of a disc portraying the struggle between the forces of
good and evil in the universe is the:
A. Disc of Forces.
B. Stone of the Fifth Sun.
C. Temple of Inscriptions.
D. Sun Disc.
Question 7 of 20
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Which of the following
statements is the most accurate depiction of the Aztec Empire?
A. It was a highly
centralized, tightly administered monarchy developed through military conquest.
B. It was a confederation
of localities linked by a feudal allegiance system in which a central ruler
controlled an empire developed through military conquest.
C. It was a highly
centralized maritime society that had evolved from a foundation of intense
religious piety.
D. It was followed by the
Mayan civilization.
Question 8 of 20
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Aztec society was:
A. an egalitarian
democracy.
B. a hierarchical
dictatorship, with a privileged upper class and a downtrodden majority.
C. primarily involved in
the trading of slaves.
D. unique in giving women
major political power.
Question 9 of 20
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Who was the Inka king who
began the conquests that led to the creation of their empire?
A. Pizarro
B. Huayna Inca
C. Pachakuti
D. Topa Inca
Question 10 of 20
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The tuber cultivated by the
Arawak, that is used today to manufacture tapioca, is:
A. millet.
B. manioc.
C. maize.
D. squash.
Question 11 of 20
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The ruling member of a
Bedouin tribe was called the:
A. majlis.
B. jihad.
C. sheikh.
D. Ka’aba.
Question 12 of 20
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The official calendar of
Islam begins:
A. in 222 C.E.
B. when Muhammad and his
closest supporters left Yathrib and went to Mecca.
C. with the occurrence of
the Hijrah.
D. with Muhammad’s death in
632 C.E.
Question 13 of 20
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The Persian empire which
experienced defeats at the hands of the Arab armies was the:
A. Sassanid.
B. Umayyad.
C. Abbasid.
D. Fatimid.
Question 14 of 20
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Muhammad’s teachings:
A. stressed that Islam was
not just a religion but also a way of life.
B. required all Muslims to
follow the Six Suras and the Seven Pillars.
C. accepted polygyny, but
permitted men to take only one wife.
D. were entirely
theological with almost no ethical nor moral aspects.
Question 15 of 20
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Under the Umayyad Dynasty:
A. Ethiopia became an
Islamic state.
B. the Islamic Arab empire
expanded enormously.
C. Iraqi Shi’ite and
Sunnite forces became united.
D. internal authority was
strengthened by the propriety of the caliphs’ behavior.
Question 16 of 20
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The caliphate that is often
described as the Abbasid “Golden Age” was the reign of:
A. Muhammad Ali.
B. Harun al Rashid.
C. Abu Bakr.
D. Kabia al Kahn.
Question 17 of 20
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The Shi’ite capital at
Cairo was established under the dynasty of the:
A. Umayyads.
B. Abbasids.
C. Fatimids.
D. Seljuk Turks.
Question 18 of 20
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The Seljuk Turks:
A. provoked the Byzantine
request for European aid that led to the Crusades.
B. brought a permanent halt
to the conflict between the Sunnites and the Shi’ites.
C. temporarily abandoned
the guidelines of the Koran as a means to reconcile the Byzantines to Turkish
rule.
D. conquered Constantinople
in 1453.
Question 19 of 20
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Which of the following is
an accurate statement about the Arab Empire?
A. It was strongly united
under the tight control of the caliph in Baghdad.
B. It created an era of
great economic prosperity in the Middle East region.
C. It contained fewer urban
centers than any other regime of its era.
D. Under Islamic principles
trade was limited and every Muslim received the same income.
Question 20 of 20
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The major Muslim outpost in
Europe was:
A. the Maghreb.
B. Andalusia.
C. Savoy.
D. Attica.
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Question 1 of 20
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The great river that
dominates the western region of Africa, the so called “hump of Africa,” is the:
A. Nile.
B. Niger.
C. Congo.
D. Zaire.
Question 2 of 20
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Karl Mauch found the ruins
of:
A. Katmandu.
B. Pietermar Teburg.
C. Great Zimbabwe.
D. Kilwa.
Question 3 of 20
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The ancient civilization
that was located in the highlands of what is known today as Ethiopia was:
A. Yoruba.
B. Kush.
C. Sahara.
D. Axum.
Question 4 of 20
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The people of North Africa,
who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans Saharan commerce, were
the:
A. Kurds.
B. Phoenicians.
C. Carthaginians.
D. Berbers.
Question 5 of 20
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Malayan traders and
settlers:
A. brought oranges and
rayon to East Asia.
B. may have introduced yams
and bananas to Africa.
C. were the first Khoisan
speakers in southern Africa.
D. composed just under half
of the population of Zanj.
Question 6 of 20
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In southern Africa:
A. an integration of
Khoisan and Bantu speaking peoples took place.
B. the people of the area
were generally darker and taller than the migrants from the north.
C. the culture of the
Khoisan speaking society came to dominate the area.
D. Islam became dominant in
the 700s.
Question 7 of 20
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Which of the following is a
correct statement about Swahili?
A. It was a culture
reflecting a mixture of Indian and African influences.
B. As a language, it
employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms.
C. The term derives from
the Arab word for “jungle.”
D. It was exclusively a
written language.
Question 8 of 20
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The local chieftain of a
Mali farming village was called a:
A. mansa.
B. nkisi.
C. bantu.
D. saba.
Question 9 of 20
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The San:
A. was the largest tribal
grouping in West Africa.
B. kept the Bantu out of
their lands for eight centuries by using a guerrilla war strategy.
C. created the largest city
in southern Africa in the eleventh century.
D. linguistically were
related to the Khoi, distinguished by the use of “clicking” sounds.
Question 10 of 20
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Before Islam developed in
Africa:
A. most of the continent,
aside from Egypt and Axum, did not have organized religions.
B. many religions believed
that human life had two stages, one earthly and the other “external.”
C. the Ashanti worshiped a
supreme god, Siva.
D. all Africans were
agnostics.
Question 11 of 20
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The Kushan peoples:
A. were, originally,
inhabitants of Mesopotamia.
B. had been herder nomads
until they moved into the Irrawaddy Valley.
C. were of Indo European
background, driven out of Central Asia by the Xiongnu.
D. settled in Sri Lanka.
Question 12 of 20
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The capital of the Gupta
Dynasty under Chandragupta I was at:
A. Pataliputra.
B. Bactria.
C. Chang’an.
D. Bombay.
Question 13 of 20
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Which of the following was
NOT a factor in the decline of Buddhism in India?
A. Hinduism’s increasing
appeal
B. Buddhism’s reinforcement
of the Indian caste system
C. Hinduism’s increasing
religious ardor
D. The growing
attractiveness of bhakti to the Indian masses
Question 14 of 20
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In India, Muslims:
A. destroyed the caste
system.
B. converted many lower
caste Hindus to Islam.
C. gave up the tradition of
purdah which they practiced elsewhere.
D. converted to Buddhism in
large numbers between 800 and 930 C.E.
Question 15 of 20
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The group which dominated
banking and the textile industry, and the group which dominated trade and
manufacturing, respectively, were the:
A. Parsis and Jains.
B. Jains and Sikhs.
C. Muslims and Christians.
D. Kutch and Mahayana
Buddhists.
Question 16 of 20
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Which of the following is
NOT true about the caves of Ajanta?
A. They served only as
shrines that were nothing more than holes in the cliffs.
B. They contain elaborate
wall paintings relating to Buddha and his incarnations.
C. They are great sources
of historical knowledge of fifth century India.
D. They are examples of
some of India’s greatest artistic achievements.
Question 17 of 20
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Which of the following
statements is NOT true about ancient Indian music?
A. It was derived from
Vedic chants.
B. It had no spiritual connection
at all.
C. It emphasized the
performer’s creativity.
D. Classical Indian music
is based on a scale called a raga.
Question 18 of 20
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The Burmese and Thai
originally came from, respectively:
A. Manchuria and Taiwan.
B. Tibetan highlands and
southwestern China.
C. Sinkiang and Nepal.
D. South India and Honshu.
Question 19 of 20
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Two major trading states on
the Southeast Asian archipelago were:
A. Chosen and Payoni.
B. Srivijaya and Majapahit.
C. Cola and Hainan.
D. Colombo and Mombai.
Question 20 of 20
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The most famous example of
the Buddhist architecture that employed a massive empty stupa with sculpted
terraces is the temple on Java at:
A. Kuala Lumpur.
B. Borobudur.
C. Mount Meru.
D. Rangoon.
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Question 1 of 20
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In an effort to avoid the
potential mayhem of the Germanic system of personal revenge for the punishment
of crimes, an alternative system arose that made use of a fine called:
A. wergeld.
B. wingard.
C. wodoms.
D. wargast.
Question 2 of 20
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Monasticism in medieval
Europe:
A. was entirely a male area
of activity.
B. involved an egalitarian
governance structure.
C. included women, many of
whom belonged to royal families
D. was based upon the model
established by St. Basil.
Question 3 of 20
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All of the following are
correct regarding the development of fief holding EXCEPT it:
A. was a response by local
leaders who gathered military retainers to protect themselves, as the remnants
of the imperial government could not adequately defend the state.
B. led to the creation of a
large number of knights who literally owed their livings to the lord who
granted them a fief.
C. led to a five hundred
year period when warfare was dominated by heavily armed cavalry.
D. was a result of the
Church’s attempt to give serfs and peasants more social mobility.
Question 4 of 20
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By the end of the
thirteenth century, the institutionalization of the English Parliament:
A. provided the foundation
for the absolute rule of the monarch.
B. enabled the barons and
church lords to establish themselves in the House of Commons.
C. was a system of power
sharing between the monarch and groups within the society.
D. enabled the knights and
burgesses to establish themselves in the House of Lords.
Question 5 of 20
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France’s first parliament,
begun under Philip IV, was the:
A. Chambre des Comptes.
B. Parlement.
C. Diet of Paris.
D. Estates-General.
Question 6 of 20
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Alexander Nevsky, prince of
Novgorad, defeated the:
A. Russians.
B. Byzantines.
C. Germans.
D. Mongols.
Question 7 of 20
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The Dominican friars:
A. were established in the
ninth century.
B. were first led by the
highly intellectual Dominic de Guzmán.
C. lived among the people
and helped the poor.
D. became key factors in
combating heresy under the leadership of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Question 8 of 20
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Which of the following was
NOT true about medieval towns and cities?
A. Many towns were
receiving charters of liberties by the 1100s and 1200s.
B. Their location near
transportation routes was essential.
C. They were food
producing, self sufficient units, in which commerce was secondary.
D. Many were revived Roman
cities whose size and populations grew as trade increased.
Question 9 of 20
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All of the following are
true about scholasticism EXCEPT:
A. it is a term used to
depict the philosophical and theological system of medieval universities.
B. it attempted to prove
the unity of faith and reason.
C. it was preoccupied with
establishing the concurrence between Christian and Aristotelian thought.
D. the author of the Summa
Theologica was Abelard dun Scotus.
Question 10 of 20
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The pope who gave his
blessing and authorized the First Crusade was:
A. Urban II.
B. Gregory VII.
C. Gregory the Great.
D. Innocent III.
Question 11 of 20
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Justinian’s most lasting
accomplishment was:
A. his victory over the
Ostrogoths.
B. his defeat of the Muslim
armies outside of Constantinople.
C. the Corpus Iuris
Civilis.
D. his victory over the
Nika rioters.
Question 12 of 20
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Iconoclasm:
A. created a division in
the Roman Church but not the Orthodox Church.
B. required the worship of
icons by Orthodox Christians.
C. outlawed the use of
icons in the Byzantine Empire.
D. was imposed upon the
East by Charlemagne.
Question 13 of 20
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The major threat to the
Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century came from the:
A. Arabs.
B. Seljuk Turks.
C. Ottoman Turks.
D. Austrians.
Question 14 of 20
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The Mongols:
A. facilitated the spread
of the plague with the creation of its Silk Road empire.
B. stopped the spread of
the plague to China, but allowed it to decimate the West.
C. stopped the spread of
the plague to the West, but allowed it to decimate China.
D. were immune from the
Yersinia pestis.
Question 15 of 20
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As a result of the Black
Death:
A. there was a decrease in
Anti-Semitism.
B. there was an increase in
Anti-Semitism.
C. flagellation
disappeared.
D. the population rose in
Italian cities but fell in English and French cities and towns.
Question 16 of 20
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All of the following
regarding the Hundred Years’ War are correct EXCEPT:
A. traditional nobles
fighting on horseback were the keys to victory.
B. new weapons were used in
the war, including the long bow and gunpowder.
C. the English were
victorious at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt.
D. Joan of Arc was burnt at
the stake.
Question 17 of 20
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The Renaissance began in:
A. Byzantium.
B. France.
C. Italy.
D. Spain.
Question 18 of 20
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The ideal of early
fifteenth century Humanists was to:
A. reject religion and the
Church.
B. serve the state.
C. abandon history and the
past.
D. work only for the most
powerful states.
Question 19 of 20
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The architect Filippo
Brunelleschi was inspired by:
A. Greek models.
B. Roman models.
C. Byzantine models.
D. Chinese models.
Question 20 of 20
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Which area failed to
establish a centralized territorial state by the end of the fifteenth century?
A. France
B. Italy
C. Spain
D. England
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Question 1 of 20
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A Hindu society in
Southeast Asia that resisted both Buddhism and Islam was:
A. Bali.
B. Indonesia.
C. Thailand.
D. Cambodia.
Question 2 of 20
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By the twelfth century,
great center of Islamic learning in West Africa was:
A. Great Zimbabwe.
B. Timbuktu.
C. Mansa Musa.
D. Niger.
Question 3 of 20
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The Cape of Good Hope was
rounded in 1487 by:
A. Abram Voorhies.
B. Vasco da Gama.
C. Ferdinand Magellan.
D. Bartolomeu Dias.
Question 4 of 20
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The Treaty of Tordesillas:
A. divided the “new” areas
discovered by Europeans between the English and the French.
B. divided the “new” areas
discovered by Europeans between Spain and Portugal.
C. gave the English the
eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope.
D. gave the French the
eastern route around the Cape of Good Hope.
Question 5 of 20
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As a result of the
publications of Bartolomé de Las Casas:
A. Amerindian rights were
recognized and respected.
B. the encomienda system was
established.
C. Amerindians became more
maltreated than before.
D. the Spanish government
was more attentive to the needs of the native populations.
Question 6 of 20
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All of the following were
part of the Columbia Exchange EXCEPT:
A. cows and horses were
introduced into the Western hemisphere.
B. potatoes and corn was
introduced into Europe from the Americas.
C. potatoes and corn was
introduced into the Americas from Europe.
D. smallpox arrived in the
Americas from Europe.
Question 7 of 20
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The Dutch and Portuguese:
A. worked together in
Southeast Asia to counter the strength of the French and the Danes.
B. tried to induce the
inhabitants of areas under their control to accept Islam, and thus make them
easier to control.
C. played no part in
European trade with Africa.
D. were bitter trade rivals
in Southeast Asia until the Dutch won out.
Question 8 of 20
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As a result of European
expansion into Africa:
A. the Mwene Metapa was
entirely eliminated by the Portuguese.
B. the economic conditions
of the continent were unaltered.
C. North African political
regimes were toppled by French forces.
D. internal conflict among
native African groups was intensified.
Question 9 of 20
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The Spanish base of
operations in Southeast Asia was established in:
A. Malacca.
B. Vietnam.
C. Burman lands.
D. the Philippines.
Question 10 of 20
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Life in Southeast Asia in
the seventeenth century was probably better than it was in other parts of Asia
during the same time period because:
A. the region had a very
cool climate.
B. the region’s geography
provided soils that produced many beneficial products.
C. most of the region was
heavily populated.
D. its society was
dominated by numerous very large cities.
Question 11 of 20
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Machiavelli’s emphasis that
the ends justify the means had been expressed earlier by:
A. China’s Confucius.
B. Japan’s Minamoto.
C. India’s Kautilya.
D. Rome’s Cicero.
Question 12 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
The individual who “laid
the egg that Luther hatched” was:
A. Machiavelli.
B. Erasmus.
C. Gutenberg.
D. Calvin.
Question 13 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
Among the complaints of
religious Europeans around 1500 was:
A. the belief that Catholic
Christianity was being infiltrated by Eastern Orthodox and even Islamic
doctrines.
B. the belief that the
clergy were too interested in financial matters and disinterested in religion.
C. dissatisfaction with the
orthodox beliefs and practices of the church.
D. the charge that Pope
Erasmus wanted to divide the church.
Question 14 of 20
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The city most associated
with Calvin is:
A. Berne.
B. Paris.
C. Geneva.
D. Rome.
Question 15 of 20
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After Henry VIII’s marriage
to Catherine of Aragon was annulled by the Archbishop of Canterbury:
A. the English clergy
forced him to take her back.
B. Pope Clement VII
reinstated the marriage.
C. Charles V attacked
England.
D. Parliament finalized
England’s religious break with Rome by passing the Act of Supremacy, making
Henry the head of the Anglican Church.
Question 16 of 20
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Which of the following is a
correct statement about life in Protestant Europe in the 1500s and 1600s?
A. Clergy were required to
remain celibate.
B. Ministers were allowed
to get married and have families.
C. England’s Henry VIII
established the Lutheran Church in his kingdom.
D. Differences with
Catholics were always resolved peacefully.
Question 17 of 20
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The legacy Louis XIV left
to France was:
A. control, finally, over
the foreign trade of the Netherlands.
B. a hugely expanded
territorial domain.
C. a nation that was
financially destitute.
D. the friendship of the
rest of Europe.
Question 18 of 20
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James I alienated England’s
Parliament because of his advocacy of:
A. Catholicism.
B. religious toleration.
C. Puritanism.
D. divine right of kings.
Question 19 of 20
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After the Turks were
defeated in 1687 all of Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, and Slovenia came under
Habsburg rule, thus establishing in southeastern Europe the:
A. German Empire.
B. Holy Roman Empire.
C. Austrian Empire.
D. Bohemian Empire.
Question 20 of 20
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As a result of the Glorious
Revolution, England became a:
A. republic.
B. divine right monarchy.
C. federated commonwealth.
D. constitutional monarchy.
ashworth college HS150
Online Exams 8 attempt 1 latest 2016 Feb.
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Question 1 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
All of the following
statements about Ottoman expansion are true EXCEPT:
A. their geographical
location gave them a definite advantage for expansion.
B. after taking advantage
of Byzantine weakness, they established a base at Gallipoli, and then allied
with the Serbs and Bulgars to continue fighting the Byzantine Empire.
C. after the Kurdish
seizure of Constantinople in 1521, Ottoman support of the new Kurdish ruler
gave them greater control over Asia Minor.
D. as they established
European settlements, Turkish beys replaced local landlords, and became the
only recipients of taxes collected from the Slavic peasant population.
Question 2 of 20
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Which of the following
statements is NOT an accurate characterization of the nature of Ottoman
governmental processes?
A. Originally, Ottoman rule
was dominated by tribal law and augmented by Muslim law.
B. The Ottoman Empire was
influenced by Byzantine and Persian rule.
C. The sultan ruled from
the Topkapi with the assistance of the Grand Vezirs, who were primarily the
products of the devshirme process.
D. The government refused
to allow any religion to be practiced in the empire except for Islam.
Question 3 of 20
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Ottoman religious policy:
A. applied Islamic law to
everyone in the empire.
B. required all Shi’ite
Muslims to convert to Sunni Islam.
C. was more tolerant of
Hindu beliefs than the Mughal Dynasty.
D. placed the members of
each religious group under a patriarch or grand rabbi, who served in an
intermediary capacity in governmental matters effecting his group.
Question 4 of 20
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Safavid Iran:
A. was a purely Persian society.
B. was strongly influenced
by Turkish elements within the society.
C. adopted Sunni Islam as
its state religion.
D. was a thoroughly
egalitarian society.
Question 5 of 20
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Mughal decline was most
probably NOT caused by the:
A. fall of the Safavid
dynasty.
B. rise in local power and
wealth.
C. return of Muslim
strictness after the rule of Shah Jahan ended.
D. effect of the European
presence on the subcontinent.
Question 6 of 20
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The British presence in
India significantly began in 1616 when they:
A. successfully attacked
Puna.
B. established their first
factory at Delhi.
C. were granted the right
to have their own representative at the court in Agra.
D. forced the Mughals to
provide them with light weight textiles.
Question 7 of 20
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The peasant revolt that
brought down the preoccupied Ming Dynasty, and precipitated the ascension to
control of the Manchus, was led by the disgruntled postal worker:
A. Yuan Shi Kai.
B. Li Zicheng.
C. Zheng Chenggong.
D. Koxinga.
Question 8 of 20
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The first major ruler of
the Qing Dynasty was:
A. Kangxi.
B. Hongwu.
C. Qianling.
D. Yongle.
Question 9 of 20
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Qianlong:
A. ended civil service
corruption by demanding his standards of permanence and by ordering the public
executions of a number of corrupt officials.
B. was the first emperor to
have a French concubine given to him by the Japanese emperor.
C. was a great soldier who
was killed in battle in Tibet.
D. was dissatisfied by Lord
Macartney’s behavior in China.
Question 10 of 20
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Which of the following is
accurate regarding of the effects of Qianlong’s trade policy with England?
A. It showed Lord Macartney
that he could not continue to attack the Emperor.
B. It set the stage for a future
of harmonious trade relations between the two powers.
C. It showed the
compromising nature of the Chinese attitude.
D. It set the stage for a
future of Chinese degradation and decline.
Question 11 of 20
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As manufacturing and
commerce began to grow in Ming and Qing China:
A. the elite retained a
preference for agriculture.
B. industrialization became
the preferred area of activity for all Chinese.
C. Europeans became the
predominant force in all areas of Chinese production.
D. government tax policies
favored the industrial sector over the agricultural one.
Question 12 of 20
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The Japanese who seized
Kyoto and spent his last years trying to consolidate his rule was:
A. Yamato Ryutu.
B. Iza Shotoku.
C. Oda Nobunaga.
D. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Question 13 of 20
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Hideyoshi expelled
missionaries from his domain in 1587 because the missionaries were:
A. supportive of the
emperor rather than the shogun.
B. selling indulgences.
C. destroying local
Christian religious shrines.
D. interfering in local
Japanese political matters.
Question 14 of 20
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Newton’s Principia:
A. placed the earth at the
center of the universe.
B. rejected the ideas of
Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
C. mathematically disproved
the universal law of gravitation.
D. supplied the new theory
of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
Question 15 of 20
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Which of the following was
NOT one of the positive buzzwords of the Enlightenment?
A. Reason
B. Divine revelation
C. Natural law
D. Hope
Question 16 of 20
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Enlightenment advocates of
economic liberalism:
A. urged rulers to guide
their societies in rationally determined directions.
B. were vigorously opposed
by Adams Smith.
C. opposed attempts to
establish laissez-faire policies.
D. believed that
individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest.
Question 17 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
Outside of Europe, the
major scenes of battle in the Seven Years War were:
A. North America and
Africa.
B. Central America and
India.
C. India and North America.
D. Latin America and
Africa.
Question 18 of 20
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Which of the following
statements is an accurate depict