Mapping
Which type of map best shows land elevations?
Physical Map
What is the term for a government led by one person?
Monarchy
Which of the following is not an example of culture?
A. traditions
B. language
C. wealth
D. art and architecture
Wealth
What is the importance of Jesus of Nazareth?
He is the son of God in Christianity
Which of the following people was not a conqueror of the ancient world?
A. Genghis Khan
B. Alexander the Great
C. Julius Caesar
D. Adolf Hitler
D. Adolf Hitler
What is the difference between a location and a place?
Location is a specific point on Earth,
Place is what makes somewhere unique
During the Middle Ages, the _________ often had more power than kings.
The Pope
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michaelangelo
The ancient Greeks believed _____________ was the king of the gods.
Zeus
The group of Norse sailors who often raided coast villages in Northern Europe were ____________?
the Vikings
The equator splits the Earth into Northern and Southern ________________.
Hemispheres
Which of the following groups was responsible for the first democratic government?
A. The Romans
B. The Greeks
C. The Egyptians
D. The Anglo-Saxons
The Greeks
During the renaissance, who wrote many plays including Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.
William Shakespeare
Many ancient cultures practiced polytheism. This means that they ______________.
Worshipped many different gods.
What is another name for the Bubonic Plague?
A. Black Mamba
B. Angel of Death
C. Black Death
D. Swine Flu
C. Black Death
The trade route that connected the European world with most of Asia was called ____________.
The Silk Road
This famous document was the first to limit the power of European kings.
The Magna Carta
The author best known for writing The Divine Comedy and Inferno is ___________.
A. Machiavelli
B. Da Vinci
C. Chaucer
D. Dante
Dante
The Torah, synangogues, and rabbis are important parts of what major world religion?
Judaism (Jewish)
The Middle Ages were also known as __________ because of the lack of cultural and scientific advancement in society during that period.
A. the Bleak Ages
B. the Dark Ages
C. the Ignorant Ages
D. the Bronze Ages
B. the Dark Ages
Which of the following does not affect how people interact with their environment?
A. Volcanic Eruptions
B. Longitude
C. Tsunamis
D. Earthquakes
B. Longitude
During the Middle Ages, a new way of governing developed where farming communities were ruled by a noble and tended by serfs and freeman. This system is known as ___________.
Feudalism
The word renaissance means _____________. It was a period of time where are and culture became important after the Middle Ages.
Rebirth or Reawakening
The Crusades were a series of many military campaigns to free what area from Muslim control?
A. The Holy Land and Jerusalem
B. England
C. France
D. The Cradle of Civilization
A. The Holy Land and Jerusalem
The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar is believed to have created the __________, but no evidence has been found to prove its existence.
A. Library of Alexandria
B. Colossus of Rhodes
C. Great Wall of China
D. Hanging Gardens
D. Hanging Gardens