Unit 10: Quiz 1

Question 1

was called the Promised Land by the Hebrews.

Answer 1

Canaan

Question 2

The Hebrews solidified their beliefs while in

Answer 2

Babylon

Question 3

What man did God choose to be the father of the Hebrew nation?

Answer 3

Abraham

Question 4

The scattering of the Hebrew people all over the world was called the

Answer 4

Dispora

Question 5

The Hyksos brought what two things to Egypt?

Answer 5

horses and chariots

Question 6

Which of the following were developments of the Egyptian civilization?

Answer 6

calendars, irrigation, writing, and government

Question 7

Egyptian leaders were callaed

Answer 7

Pharaohs

Question 8

Mesopotamia means

Answer 8

land between two rivers

Question 9

The Greeks were unable to raise enough food on their own because of

Answer 9

poor soil

Question 10

The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey was

Answer 10

Homer

Question 11

Where did much of Greek civilization have its origins?

Answer 11

Crete

Question 12

What was one of Alexander the Great’s most serious mistakes?

Answer 12

He failed to choose a successor himself.

Question 13

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 13

Athens and Sparta

Question 14

The lower class of Rome

Answer 14

plebeians

Question 15

After defeating Antony and Cleopatra, Octavian was granted the title of

Answer 15

Augustus

Question 16

To make conquered peoples feel like Romans, Rome gave them Roman

Answer 16

citizenship

Question 17

Who was stabbed to death on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.?

Answer 17

Julius Caesar

Question 18

The Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western empires by

Answer 18

Diocletian

Question 19

Roman Peace

Answer 19

Pax Romana

Question 20

In the year A.D. 800, the pope crowned Charlemagne emperor of the land we now call

Answer 20

France

Question 21

England was attacked time and again by

Answer 21

Scandinavian Vikings

Question 22

Spain is located on the

Answer 22

Iberian Peninsula

Question 23

The Romans and the Germanic tribes combined to defeat the

Answer 23

Huns

Question 24

Danish king of England

Answer 24

Canute

Question 25

emperor in France

Answer 25

Charlemagne

Question 26

drove the Moors from Spain

Answer 26

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 27

united southern England

Answer 27

Alfred

Question 28

conquered England in 1066

Answer 28

William the Conqueror

Question 29

The dominant social, economic, and political system in the Middle Ages was the

Answer 29

feudel system

Question 30

____________ imposed feudalism on England after 1066.

Answer 30

William the Conqueror

Question 31

In a church system, the territory over which a bishop presides.

Answer 31

diocese

Question 32

An ancient Christian creed that was given by the council of Nicea in 325 A.D.

Answer 32

Nicene Creed

Question 33

A copying room in a medieval monastery set aside for the copying of books and manuscripts.

Answer 33

scriptorium

Question 34

A cathedral town, or the territory of a bishop in a church system.

Answer 34

see

Question 35

The language of the common people in a region or country.

Answer 35

vernacular

Question 36

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote

Answer 36

The Canterbury Tales

Question 37

Loosely formed learning guilds in the Middle Ages were called

Answer 37

universities

Question 38

Most of medieval music was composed for the church and sung in

Answer 38

Latin

Question 39

Medieval plays performed in groups were called

Answer 39

cycles

Question 40

The center of medieval life was the

Answer 40

church

Question 41

The medieval legend that pictured the poor being championed by a hero who fought for them against the rich was that of

Answer 41

Robin Hood

Question 42

The name of the Holy City captured by the Seljuk Turks was

Answer 42

Jerusalem