Midterm Review 31-61

Question 1

What country developed the first known paper form of currency?

Answer 1

China

Question 2

What religion promotes nature worship-unusual natural resources such as fire, waterfall, and mountains?

Answer 2

Shintoism

Question 3

Name the traditional religion of the Mongols

Answer 3

Polytheism

Question 4

What religion teaches the 4 noble truths and the 8 fold path

Answer 4

Buddhism

Question 5

What religion did Lao-tzu found?

Answer 5

Taoism

Question 6

What was the leading religion in early Chinese history?

Answer 6

Ancestor worship

Question 7

Name the features of gothic architecture

Answer 7

Flying buttresses, high ceilings, thin walls, large windows, and beautiful colors

Question 8

Name the features of Romanesque architecture

Answer 8

Rounded vaults, thick walls, small windows, dark and cold

Question 9

Name the church whose political powers became dominant in the Middle Ages

Answer 9

Roman Catholic Church

Question 10

Define “vernacular”

Answer 10

Language spoken by ordinary people

Question 11

Name the founder of the Norman dynasty in England after invading the country in 1066

Answer 11

William the Conquerer

Question 12

What book gives details about medieval life in England?

Answer 12

The Canterbury Tales

Question 13

Name all the natural disasters that devastated Europe during the 14th century

Answer 13

Famine, war, and plagues

Question 14

Name the types of people that made up the middle class during the Middle Ages

Answer 14

Peasants

Question 15

In feudal societies, a noble man’s estate was known as a ______

Answer 15

Manor

Question 16

The bench in which moneylenders sat was called _______

Answer 16

Bank

Question 17

The term “Renaissance” means ________

Answer 17

Rebirth

Question 18

Lorenzo de Medici was a renaissance man from ________

Answer 18

Florence, Italy

Question 19

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent that made books more available to the public

Answer 19

Printing press

Question 20

Who translated the bible into German?

Answer 20

Martin Luther

Question 21

Who wrote the ninety-five thesis?

Answer 21

Martin Luther

Question 22

What term describes the roman churches teaching that the bread and wine used during the lord’s supper becomes the actual body and blood of Christ?

Answer 22

Eucharist

Question 23

The dismissal of an individual from the roman church is called ______

Answer 23

Excommunication

Question 24

A paper sold by the church in the Middle Ages that supposedly granted pardon from the punishment of sins was called _____

Answer 24

Indulgences

Question 25

Name the pope that authorized the sale of indulgences

Answer 25

Pope Leo X

Question 26

Which explorer have the Pacific Ocean its name?

Answer 26

Magellan

Question 27

Prince Henry of Portugal started a training school for sailors and became known as Prince Henry the ________

Answer 27

Navigator

Question 28

Name the ship that was designed for efficient ocean travel

Answer 28

Caravel

Question 29

Name the explorer who was the first to find a route around Africa

Answer 29

Dias

Question 30

Name the explorer who was the first to find a trade route to India

Answer 30

Vasco de Gama

Question 31

Who founded thenYuan dynasty in China?

Answer 31

Kublai Khan