History Final

Question 1

The Medes & the Persians settled in an area known as ?

Answer 1

Iran

Question 2

The armies of the Medes & the Persians united under control of the ?

Answer 2

Medes

Question 3

Cyrus led his army to conquer the ?

Answer 3

Babylonian Empire

Question 4

Darius managed his empire without maintaining a strong, well trained ?

Answer 4

Military

Question 5

Trade grew in the Persian Empire because of a common currency, Persian roads, and a growing demand for ?

Answer 5

Goods

Question 6

Zoroastrianism teaches that there are two uncreated ?

Answer 6

Spirits

Question 7

? Was the Athenian general who had a plan to ram & sink Persian ships

Answer 7

Themistocles

Question 8

King ? And his army sailed the plain of Marathon where they were defeated

Answer 8

Darius

Question 9

What did Cyrus do with his defeated enemies?

Answer 9

Allowed them to have some self-rule

Question 10

Which empire did Cyrus conquer after its ruler saw a hand write on the wall of his palace?

Answer 10

Babylon

Question 11

Under which king did the Persian Empire reach its greatest size and power?

Answer 11

Darius

Question 12

What did Darius build to keep his empire connected?

Answer 12

A road system

Question 13

What did Darius use as in international means of trade?

Answer 13

Gold coins

Question 14

Herodotus was a Greek ?

Answer 14

Historian

Question 15

What was the main religion of ancient Persia?

Answer 15

Zoroastrianism

Question 16

What were the priests of the Persian Empire called?

Answer 16

Magi

Question 17

After which battle did the Greek runner run back to Athens and collapse after delivering the Greek victory?

Answer 17

Battle of Marathon

Question 18

Which battle was a Greek naval victory over the Persians

Answer 18

Battle of Salamis

Question 19

Which Persian king ruled when Ezra and Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem?

Answer 19

Artaxerxes

Question 20

Who invaded and conquered the Persian Empire?

Answer 20

Alex the Great

Question 21

After Alexander’s family, the next family that came to rule Syria and Persia was the ?

Answer 21

Seleucids

Question 22

The Minoans gained wealth through trade with other ?

Answer 22

People

Question 23

The government of Sparta was mainly concerned with the individual rights of ?

Answer 23

People

Question 24

Spartan women were allowed to own property and received physical training like ?

Answer 24

The men

Question 25

The Mycenaeans attacked and pirated ?

Answer 25

Ships

Question 26

? Was a historian who recorded one of Pericles most famous speeches during the war

Answer 26

Thucydides

Question 27

The three major Greek ? In Athens where Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Answer 27

Philosophers

Question 28

? Was poisened for causing young men to question belief in the gods

Answer 28

Socrates

Question 29

? Developed the scientific method of careful observation and records

Answer 29

Aristotle

Question 30

What was the earliest known civilization in Greece?

Answer 30

Minoan

Question 31

How did the Minoans gain their wealth?

Answer 31

Trade

Question 32

Which term is the name of the busy marketplace in the center of Athens?

Answer 32

Agora

Question 33

Who was the most famous leader of Athens?

Answer 33

Pericles

Question 34

At what age did Spartan boys begin training to be a soldier?

Answer 34

Seven

Question 35

Where was the center of religious life in Athens?

Answer 35

The Acropolis

Question 36

How did Socrates teach his students?

Answer 36

With thought provoking questions

Question 37

Who wrote the first geometry textbook?

Answer 37

Euclid

Question 38

Who estimated the circumference of the world with reasonable accuracy?

Answer 38

Eratosthenes

Question 39

This city state was more concerned with having a strong army than individual rights?

Answer 39

Sparta

Question 40

The Roman Empire was strengthened when Diocletian put assistant rulers over each ?

Answer 40

Half

Question 41

Romes early form of government was a ?

Answer 41

Democracy

Question 42

Laws were never recorded on tables and displayed publicly in ?

Answer 42

Rome

Question 43

Roman laws were built on the Law of the ?

Answer 43

Twelve Tables

Question 44

? Believed that doing ones duty leads to happiness and that fate governs all things

Answer 44

Stoics

Question 45

Nero persecuted ? By putting them to death

Answer 45

Christians

Question 46

The ? Calendar is based on the birth of Christ and adds a few days to February every four years

Answer 46

Gregorian

Question 47

Plebeians were allowed to have their own ? And to serve as tribunes

Answer 47

Assembly

Question 48

The triumvirate included Crassus, Pompey, and ?

Answer 48

Julius Ceaser

Question 49

The ? Was a period of peace that began under Octavian

Answer 49

Pax Romana

Question 50

? Believed that true happiness in this life can be found if people are free from fear

Answer 50

Epicureans

Question 51

The main architectural feature of the Collosseum is the ?

Answer 51

Arch

Question 52

Where did the Roman civilization begin?

Answer 52

Italian Peninsula

Question 53

Which Roman social class was made up of the wealthy landowners and nobles?

Answer 53

The Patricians

Question 54

Which Roman social class was made up of farmers, traders, and craftsman?

Answer 54

The Plebeians

Question 55

Who did Rome fight in the Punic War?

Answer 55

Carthage

Question 56

Who became dictator of Rome after being part of the Triumvirate?

Answer 56

Julius Ceaser

Question 57

Who became the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

Answer 57

Julius Ceaser

Question 58

From which civilization did Rome borrow much of its culture?

Answer 58

Greece

Question 59

Who was the first emperor when Jesus was born on earth?

Answer 59

Ceaser Augustus

Question 60

Which date is considered to be the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 60

476

Question 61

The Muslim invasion of Constantinople was stopped by a drought, a famine, and the use of ?

Answer 61

Gun powder

Question 62

Leo lll stopped the Muslims at Constantinople and took back ?

Answer 62

Asia Minor

Question 63

Controversy arose In the church over the use of ?

Answer 63

Icons

Question 64

Christian missionaries helped, standerize language, laws, and ethics in Eastern ?

Answer 64

Europe

Question 65

The city of Constantinople had a good location for trade, and ?

Answer 65

Defense

Question 66

After Justinian’s time, the Byzantine army grew weaker because it used many ?

Answer 66

Mercenaries

Question 67

Muhammonds teachings were compiled by his followers into the ?

Answer 67

Avesta

Question 68

Leo lll ordered the destruction of all icons because he believed they were ?

Answer 68

Idols

Question 69

1/3 of Europe’s people died in a flu epidemic in the ?

Answer 69

1300s

Question 70

One lasting contribution of the Byzantine empire was the preservation of Greek learning, philosophy, and ?

Answer 70

Literature

Question 71

He had the Roman law simplified?

Answer 71

Justinian l

Question 72

This decree guaranteed freedom of religion in the Roman Empire?

Answer 72

Edict of Milan

Question 73

This term describes those who support traditionally excepted principles of the faith

Answer 73

Orthodox

Question 74

His revelations developed into the religion of Islam?

Answer 74

Muhammad

Question 75

The Turks, who conquered all of the Byzantine empire were the ?

Answer 75

Ottomans

Question 76

These were nomadic people groups who invaded the western Roman Empire?

Answer 76

Barbarians

Question 77

a holy war, fought for the cause of Islam is called ?

Answer 77

Jihad

Question 78

How does the teachings of Islam differ from the biblical truth?

Answer 78

Islam considers Jesus to be just a prophet

Question 79

Islamic scholars made all these intellectual contributions, EXCEPT ?

Answer 79

They copyed the Bible in Arabic

Question 80

How did the location of Mecca contribute to the development of Islam?

Answer 80

Its position along trade routes brought new ideas and religious beliefs

Question 81

Which belief do protestant Christians and the eastern orthodox church agree on?

Answer 81

God is a Trinity

Question 82

What contribution did Christian missionaries from Constantinople make during the Byzantine emperors golden age?

Answer 82

Standardized, the language, laws, and political patterns of the people of Eastern Europe

Question 83

His revelations were complied in the Qur ‘an?

Answer 83

Muhammad

Question 84

The medieval period began with the fall of the western Roman ?

Answer 84

Empire

Question 85

The Vikings caused uncertainty and fear in Western Europe, because their attacks were sudden and ?

Answer 85

Destructive

Question 86

Under the feudal system, lords had much power, and peasants had little

Answer 86

Freedom

Question 87

English peasants started a revolt that led to the singing of the magna ?

Answer 87

Carta

Question 88

The Benedictine rule, was a set of rules for nuns to ?

Answer 88

Follow

Question 89

Charlemagne was crowned emperor of a revive, eastern Roman ?

Answer 89

Empire

Question 90

The renaissance brought a rebirth of ?

Answer 90

Learning

Question 91

a ? Received a portion of a fee for an exchange for service to a Lord.

Answer 91

Vassal

Question 92

William the conquer begin a new royal land, called the ?

Answer 92

Normans

Question 93

Castles served as both homes and ? Fortresses.

Answer 93

Military

Question 94

The influence of the Magna Carta can be seen in the US Constitution and in the bill of ?

Answer 94

Rights

Question 95

Local land owners provided protection for people, because there was no strong central government. This is the definition of the word…

Answer 95

Feudalism

Question 96

How did William or Normandy win the battle of Hastings?

Answer 96

His army attacked Harold Godwinsons shield wall repeatedly until it broke through

Question 97

Which term refers to attractive land given by a lord to a vassal?

Answer 97

Fief

Question 98

Where were the Vikings from?

Answer 98

Scandinavia

Question 99

Which king was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

Answer 99

John

Question 100

What effect did the Magna Carta have?

Answer 100

It required the king to submit to laws