World History - Test 4 (short answer)

Question 1

led the Ottomans to capture Constantinople in 1453

Answer 1

Mohammed II

Question 2

after the fall of Rome, they established the first large empire in western Europe

Answer 2

Franks

Question 3

the Treaty of Verdun formed the nations France and _________

Answer 3

Germany

Question 4

Jerome finished the Vulgate, a translation of the Bible in this language

Answer 4

Latin

Question 5

he wrote Divine Comedy

Answer 5

Dante

Question 6

he wrote The Prince

Answer 6

Machiavelli

Question 7

he is remembered for painting the Sistine Chapel

Answer 7

Michelangelo

Question 8

which church leaders began using the title pontifex maximus

Answer 8

popes

Question 9

this pope crowned Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans

Answer 9

Leo III

Question 10

the Holy Roman Empire was born when the pope crowned this person

Answer 10

Otto the Great

Question 11

he decreed that popes should be chosen by cardinals

Answer 11

Nicholas II

Question 12

Arabs are descendants of this son of Abraham

Answer 12

Ishmael

Question 13

he is considered the last prophet of Islam

Answer 13

Mohammed

Question 14

which battle in 732 stopped the Muslim advance into western Europe

Answer 14

Battle of Tours

Question 15

this means withdrawing from society and living in solitude

Answer 15

monasticism

Question 16

he had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time

Answer 16

John Wycliffe

Question 17

this teaching tried to combine Greek philosophy and Romanism

Answer 17

scholasticism

Question 18

this plague destroyed one third to one half of the population of Europe

Answer 18

the Black Death

Question 19

which Mayor of the Palace’s name means “hammer”

Answer 19

Charles Martel

Question 20

this set the stage for a jointly ruled Roman Empire

Answer 20

Donation of Pepin

Question 21

this duke of Germany established the Saxon line of kings

Answer 21

Henry the Fowler

Question 22

the certificate from the pope that excused a person from doing penance

Answer 22

indulgences

Question 23

this movement began to move Europe into the Modern Age

Answer 23

Renaissance

Question 24

this type of monk preached and did missionary work outside the monastery

Answer 24

friar