history: midterm

Question 0

In Buddhism, the way to end suffering and desire is to follow,

Answer 0

The Eightfold Path

Question 1

India’s ______ was created by the Aryans

Answer 1

Caste system

Question 2

The system of _____ provided a religious basis for rigid class divisions in India

Answer 2

Reincarnation

Question 3

Which leader extended the Persian Empire into Europe to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?

Answer 3

Darius

Question 4

Sumerians are known for establishing…

Answer 4

The first city-states

Question 5

Which Athenian ruler created a council of 500 to propose laws to the assembly, and gave the assembly final authority to pass laws?

Answer 5

Cleisthenes

Question 6

What reflects an appreciation for ideal form, balance, and harmony?

Answer 6

Classical Greek art

Question 7

The Greek language and culture spread to Southwest Asia during,

Answer 7

the Hellenistic Era

Question 8

Virgil’s epic poem that portrays the qualities of the ideal Roman is…

Answer 8

The Aeneid

Question 9

Romans borrowed the _____ from Greek architecture

Answer 9

Colonnade

Question 10

The first caliph was Muhammad’s…

Answer 10

Father-in-law, Abu Bakr

Question 11

The _____ were nomads who carried goods across the desert with camel caravans

Answer 11

Berbers

Question 12

What served as the basic building blocks of African society?

Answer 12

Lineage groups

Question 13

Despite the death of Genghis Khan, by 1279 China was conquered by the…

Answer 13

Mongols

Question 14

Medieval universities were guilds or _____ that produced educated individuals

Answer 14

Corporations

Question 15

In which century did the a Catholic Church have the most political power?

Answer 15

Thirteenth

Question 16

The Hundred Years’ War was a conflict between…

Answer 16

England and France

Question 17

Francisco Pizarro set up Spain’s American capital in…

Answer 17

Lima

Question 18

The decisive period of Inca expansion began during the rule of…

Answer 18

Pachacuti

Question 19

Who commanded the forces that destroyed the Aztec capital?

Answer 19

Hernan Cortes

Question 20

The frescos painted by _____ have long been regarded as the first masterpieces of early Renaissance art.

Answer 20

Masaccio

Question 21

_____ was the first Protestant faith

Answer 21

Lutheranism

Question 22

_____ founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.

Answer 22

Ignatius of Loyola

Question 23

_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered the westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas

Answer 23

Christopher Columbus

Question 24

What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?

Answer 24

Mercantilism

Question 25

Who were the first European settlers of the Hudson River valley?

Answer 25

The Dutch

Question 26

The _____ society of eastern Nigeria produced more slaves than practically any other continent

Answer 26

Ibo

Question 27

The Moluccas were known to the Europeans as the…

Answer 27

Spice Islands

Question 28

Originally the slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the…

Answer 28

Sugarcane plantations

Question 29

_____ became the dominant religion on the Southeast Asia mainland from 1500 to 1800

Answer 29

Buddhism