ABeka History 7 - Semester Exam Review
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- Who did the Crusades revive an interest in trading with?
- the Orient
- Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of which nation?
- French
- What number did the Sumerians divide by?
- 60
- Who rallied England to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588?
- Elizabeth I
- Who was known as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"?
- John Wycliffe
- What Ocean was discovered by Vasco de Balboa?
- the Pacific Ocean
- Christopher Columbus's voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of what country?
- Spain
- How many people saw the resurrected Christ?
- over 500
- What word refers to Egyptian writing?
- hieroglyphics
- What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
- Jamestown
- A Scottish preacher
- John Knox
- A Viking explorer
- Leif Ericson
- Defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours
- Charles Martel
- a reformer in Zurich
- Ulrich Zwingli
- He discovered Florida
- Ponce de Leon
- A famous Greek philosopher
- Aristotle
- The man for whom America is named
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Pharaoh's chief assistant
- Joseph
- a great Athenian statesman
- Pericles
- led the building of the Tower of Babel
- Nimrod
- Greek conqueror of Persia
- Alexander
- founder of Islam
- Mohammed
- Greek "Father of History"
- Herodotus
- Great Frankish king
- Charlemagne
- Father of the nation of Israel
- Abraham
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A group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit is called a ____.
A. nation
B. race
C. culture
D. country - A. nation
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Who was Confucius?
a. Japanese emperor
b. Chinese philosopher
c. Mongol invader
d. Indian god - b. Chinese philosopher
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What agreement ended the Thirty Years' War?
a. Treaty of Paris
b. Peace of Augsburg
c. Peace of Westphalia
d. Treaty of Worms - c. Peace of Westphalia
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What edict, issued by Constantine, granted Christians the freedom to worship?
a. Edict of Rome
b. Edict of Milan
c. Edict of Jerusalem
d. Edict of Byzantium - b. Edit of Milan
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Who founded China Inland Mission?
a. Robert Morrison
b. J. Hudson Taylor
c. Matthew Perry
d. Townsend Harris - b. J. Hudson Taylor
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When was the King James version of the Bible completed?
a. 1066
b. 1215
c. 1440
d. 1611 - d. 1611
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What is the belief in a continuous process of rebirth called?
a. reincarnation
b. Yamato
c. Nirvana
d. Buddhism - a. reincarnation
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Which Crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth - a. First
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Who is credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey?
a. Dante
b. Homer
c. Chaucer
d. Achilles - b. Homer
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What king, when offered whatever he wanted from God, asked for wisdom?
a. Solomon
b. David
c. Samuel
d. Saul - a. Solomon
- founder of Rome
- Latins
- sea-traders near Israel
- Phoenicians
- followers of Wycliffe
- Lollards
- lived on Crete
- Minoans
- Arab nomads
- Bedouins
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Which ancient empire was founded by Hammurabi?
a. Babylonian
b. Egyptian
c. Akkadian
d. Assyrian - a. Babylonian
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Who built the "hanging gardens" for his wife?
a. Darius
b. Cyrus
c. Belshazzar
d. Nebuchadnezzar - d. Nebuchadnezzar
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Who was the Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Indians?
a. Jacques Cartier
b. Hernando Cortes
c. Marco Polo
d. John Cabot - b. Hernando Cortes
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Who was the first great king of England?
a. Henry
b. William
c. Alfred
d. James - c. Alfred
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Who was the Roman emperor who was first to persecute Christians?
a. Nero
b. Vespasian
c. Titus
d. Trajan - a. Nero
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Which French explorer founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in the New World?
a. Jacques Cartier
b. Pedro Cabral
c. John Cabot
d. Samuel de Champlain - d. Samuel de Champlain
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What country developed the caste system?
a. China
b. Indonesia
c. India
d. Japan - c. India
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What river's name means "arrow"?
a. Nile
b. Jordan
c. Tigris
d. Euphrates - c. Tigris
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Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?
a. Philip II
b. Ferdinand
c. James I
d. Prince Henry - a. Philip II
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Who is considered the greatest English author of all time?
a. Shakespeare
b. Chaucer
c. Dante
d. Bunyan - a. Shakespeare
- What European landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, starting the settlement of the New World?
- Christopher Columbus
- Who invented the movable-type printing press c. 1440?
- Johann Gutenberg
- In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin?
- 1517
- What Hebrew was the chief adviser to Nebuchadnezzar?
- Daniel
- Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?
- Marco Polo
- Who is the god of the Muslims?
- Allah
- What Carthaginian general marched elephants across the Alps to attack Rome?
- Hannibal
- What is the world's longest fortification?
- Great Wall of China
- Name the Greek city-state whose citizens constantly trained for war.
- Sparta
- Which philosophy puts man in place of or above God?
- humanism