Ancient & Classical
What is one of important characteristics of the Roman republic?
A. power rests with the nobility and the wealthy.
B. power rests with a small minority who are supported by the military.
C. power rests with citizens who participate directly in law-making.
D. power rests with citizens who have the right to select their leaders.
Power rests with citizens who have the right to select their leaders.
The combination of church and state influenced which of the following?
A. the Mongol invasions
B. the Nika Rebellion
C. the Viking journeys
D. Vladimir’s rule
D. Vladimir’s rule
How did Islam spread throughout Africa?
A. It spread by conquest and through trade.
B. Muslim teachers traveled throughout Africa to introduce the faith.
C. Ibn Battuta traveled through 27 countries to teach the Qur’an.
D. Universities were established to teach the religion.
It spread by conquest and through trade.
How did Italy’s location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?
A. Ideas could be spread easily by means of Italy’s fleet.
B. Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps.
C. Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.
D. The bubonic plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe.
Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.
What did John Wycliffe and Jan Hus have in common with each other?
A. They both advocated Church reform.
B. They both lived in Germany in the late 1300s.
C. They both believed that the pope had the right to worldly power.
D. They both taught that Church leaders had more authority than the Bible.
They both advocated Church reform.
The emperor’s purpose for dividing the Roman Empire was ___.
A. to decrease the authority of the Senate.
B. to protect the west from Greek influences.
C. to make control of the Empire more efficient.
D. to separate groups whose conflicts threatened unity.
C. to make control of the Empire more efficient.
What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
A. the end of taxation
B. a model parliament
C. basic legal rights
D. a House of Commons
C. basic legal rights
The Hopewell and the Mississippian peoples were similar in what way?
A. They both belonged to the Iroquois League.
B. They both were Mound Builders.
C. They both lived in the Pacific Northwest.
D. They both lasted from A.D. 800 to the 1500s.
They both were Mound Builders.
In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?
A. He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
B. He painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions.
C. He lived in Italy during the 1500s.
D. He used perspective in all of his drawings and paintings.
He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
How are the actions during the Inquisition of the 1500s viewed today?
A. as an abuse of power
B. as a necessary way to punish wrongdoers
C. as a key element that helped people reform
D. as an avenue to discover scientific knowledge
as an abuse of power
Which event took place after the death of Constantine?
A. The empire was divided again.
B. The capital was moved to Byzantium.
C. The army recruited mercenaries again.
D. The economic policies of Diocletian were adopted.
The empire was divided again.
What was the major cause of the Great Schism?
A. arguments about which man holding the position of pope was the true pope
B. ethics and wealth within the Church
C. arguments about whether Jesus or the pope was the head of the Church
D. the morality of the Crusades
arguments about which man holding the position of pope was the true pope
Conquered provinces resented Aztec rule because the Aztecs
A. forced conquered people to migrate.
B. used conquered people as soldiers.
C. forced conquered people to change their agricultural methods.
D. used conquered people for human sacrifice.
used conquered people for human sacrifice.
What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?
A. Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists.
B. It led to the development of public libraries.
C. It led to a renewed study of Latin and Greek.
D. It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.
It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.
What ultimately caused the end of the great Incan empire?
A. The Incan military joined forces with the Aztecs.
B. The Spanish divided and conquered the empire.
C. The sons of the Incan king refused to take power.
D. The people of Ecuador waged war on the Incan people.
The Spanish divided and conquered the empire.
Which modern-day language developed from Latin?
A. English
B. Greek
C. Portuguese
D. Turkish
C. Portuguese.
Which of the following did Pope Gelasius I suggest to help solve the conflict between popes and emperors?
A. to grant popes authority on religious matters
B. to grant emperors authority on religious matters
C. to have popes and emperors compete for supreme power
D. to eliminate clear boundaries between the religious and political realms
to grant popes authority on religious matters
What advantage did the Bantu-speaking people have over the Mbuti and San?
A. The Bantu-speaking people had a written language.
B. The Bantu-speaking people were hunter-gatherers.
C. The Bantu-speaking people lived in an unpopulated land.
D. The Bantu-speaking people used iron-tipped spears as weapons.
The Bantu-speaking people used iron-tipped spears as weapons.
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
A. Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
B. The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
C. Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven.
D. Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.
The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
How did warfare change during the Hundred Years’ War?
A. Armies began to rely more on heavily armored knights.
B. Archers with longbows became more important to the army.
C. Armies realized that they needed more soldiers to gain victories.
D. Soldiers on horseback became the most important part of the army.
Archers with longbows became more important to the army.
Which statement accurately describes the Byzantine Empire?
A. Its first ruler was Romulus Augustulus.
B. Its army defeated the Huns.
C. It preserved Roman culture.
D. It fell to the Ottoman Turks.
C. It preserved Roman culture.
Which of the following was a problem that troubled the Church during the medieval period?
A. Many priests refused to marry and have families even though the Church encouraged it.
B. Many bishops cared more about their spiritual duties than their duties as feudal lords.
C. Many bishops participated in the practice of selling positions in the Church.
D. Many people refused to pay tithes to the Church.
Many bishops participated in the practice of selling positions in the Church.
How were the Sundiata and Mansa Musa similar to each other?
A. They were both animists.
B. They both built elaborate mosques.
C. They both ruled the Empire of Songhai.
D. They were both skilled military leaders.
They were both skilled military leaders.
What was the main reason for Henry VIII’s split with the Roman Catholic Church?
A. his religious beliefs
B. his unwillingness to pay Church taxes
C. his treatment of Catherine of Aragon
D. his desire for a male heir
his desire for a male heir
Which of the following was an expectation of a knight under the code of chivalry?
A. to treat lower classes with brutality
B. to protect the weak and the poor
C. to fight bravely for one master
D. to stop practicing religion
to protect the weak and the poor