world history final exam study guide with flash cards

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World History Final Exam Study Guide1. 1.) Christianity's emphasis on a spiritual kingdom weakened Roman military virtues.

2.) Traditional Roman values declined as non-Italians gained prominence in the empire.

3.) Lead poisoning through leaden water pipes and cups caused a mental decline in the

population.

4.) Plague wiped out one-tenth of the population.5.) Rome failed to advance technologically due to slavery.6.) Rome could not create a workable political system.:Which of the following was a factor in thedecline of the Western Roman Empire?

2. a merchant class evolved:What economic change took place in Japan under the Tokugawa?3. absolutism:A political system in which a ruler holds total power is called ____________________.4. agriculture:What was the principal source of wealth in India between 500 and 1500?5.Alexander II:Who issued an emancipation edict, freeing Russian serfs?6.America was discovered and sugarcane was grown.:The demand for slaves increased when

_________________.7.Antonio Noriega:Who took control of Panama in 1983?8.Apartheid:Whites in South Africa create a system of racial segregation known as _______?9.Apennines:Whic mountain range in Italy forms a ridge that divides west from east?10. Archeology:The study of past societies through an analysis of what people call ________. 11. Asia:Many scholars believe that a land bridge in the Bering Strait allowed people from what

continent to cross into North America?12. Australopithecus:The Earliest human-like creatures, which lived in Africa as long as three to

four million years ago are called _______.13. Bantu:Which group of migrants is believed to have introduced iron working techniques ineastern and southern Africa?14. Belief, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage:The following are the Five Pillars of Islam.15. Benito Mussolini:Who was the founder of the Fascist movement and dreamed of making Italy a

great nation?16. British:Which group used the East India Company to gain power, influence, and profit in India? 17. Castro:The leader of the revolutionists in Cuba was _________.18. Cham Muslims:What group suffered under a Serbian policy of ethnic cleansing?19. cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art:The following are the basiccharacteristics of civilization.20. Constantine the Great:Which Roman ruler adopted Christianity as the offical Realign of the

Roman Empire?21. corn, beans, and squash:What crops farmed by the Iroquois were known as the "three sisters"?22. cuneiform:What do historians believe is the earliest system of writing to emerge in ancientcivilization?23. Czech Republic and Slovakia:What two countries were formed when Czechoslovakia split?24. declared that the British favored a Jewish homeland in Palestine:What did the Balfour

Declaration promote?

25. defeats of English armies in Normandy andAquitaine, the use of the cannon, Joan ofArc,and the Battle of Castillon:The following are factors in France winning the Hundred Years' War.26. dharma:Which Hindu concept describes the divine law that requires all people to do their dity?27. Egypt:What country did Great Britain, France, and Israel attack to start the Suez War of 1956?28. Emmeline Pankhurst:Who is considered the founder of the European andAmerican movement

for women's rights?

29. England/Great Britian:The Industrial Revolution begain in the 1780's in ___________.30. Established on of the the world's third largest railroad network; Developed a moderneconomy; Schools and Colleges were founded; Sanitation and public health improved; End to local


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warfare; Network of telephones, telegraph line, dams, bridges, and irrigation canals; Politicalstability:What was a benefit of British Rule in India?31. Genocide of Jews:Which of the following was a part of the Nazi's Final Solution.32. Ghana:What was the first great trading state in Africa?33. God, money, and trade(spices,etc.):The following are motives for European Expansion.34. Hammurabi:What ancient ruler created a code of laws based on a system of justice?35. Honshu:Which of the following was the main island of early Japan?36. Hyksos:The attack of what people brought Egypt's Middle Kingdom to and end?37. Inca:what early civilization in South America builtMacho Picchu?38. indirect counter-battery fire:What new technology was used in battle during World War I forthe first time in history?39. internal-combustion engine:What invention made ocean liners, airplanes, and the automobile

possible?

40. Iran:In the 1950s, who led a strong opposition movement to overthrow the government in Cuba?41. It made LatinAmerica learn support themselves:What positive impact did the Great

Depression have in Latin America?42. Joshua Slocum:Who was the first person to sail around the world?43. Julius Caesar; thenAugustus Caesar:Who became the first Roman emperor?44. Karl Marx:Who believed at a struggle between the middle class and the working class wouldultimately produce a classless society?

45. King John:Which king was forced to sign the Magna Carta?46. Kublai Khan:WhatMongolian ruler created the largest land empire in history?47. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo:All of the following are the three associatedwith the High Renaissance.

48. Many nations were unhappy with the peace settlement:The following were results of WorldWar I.49. Mehmed II:Under which Ottoman ruler did the Turks gain control of Constantinople? 50. Men herded and farmed; women raised children:How did the Neolithic Revolution affect therelationshi between men and women?51. Mikhail Gorbachev:Which Soviet leader brought and end to the Cold War?52. Moluccas:What were known in Europe as the Spice Islands?53. monotheistic, has angels and demons, virgin birth of Jesus and crucifixion, eternal heavenor hell:Islam is similar to Christianity in all of the following ways. 54. nomads:The term Aryan was originally used to describe which of the following groups of

people?

55. obligarchy:What type of government did the city-state of Sparta have?56. OmarKhayym:WhatMiddle Eastern writer composed the Rubaiyat?57. palm oil:To what new cash crop have some Colombian peasants turned?58. patricians:In early Roman government, what officials were given the power to protect the

plebeians?

59. patrilinealage:A society where descent is traced through the father is called a __________.60. Peter the Great:What Russian czar attempted to westernize Russia?61. Pope Gregory VII:Which pope fought the practice of lay investiture?62. Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Cuba:All of the following territories were acquiredby the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War.

63. radio:What invention, discovered by Marconi, led the way for a revolution in masscommunication?64. republic:A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens havethe right to vote is a ______________.65. rituals, festivals, and oracles:All of the following were ways by which ancient Greeks interactedwith their gods.


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66. Russia:Where did Catherine the Great rule from 1762 to 1796?67. second industrial revolution,expansion of government services, and lack of men to fill white-collar jobs:All of the following were factors that opened the door to new jobs for women.

68. Shanghai Massacre:What brought an end to the Communist-Nationalist alliance?69. SlaveryAbolitionAct of 1833:Slavery was abolished in all major countries of the world by

_____________.

70. socialism:A system in which society owns and controls the means of production is called__________.

71. Socialist Party:A coalition of leftist parties - Communists, Socialists, and Radicals - formedwhat government in France in 1936?

72. Soviet Union:The Cold War was primarily an ideological conflict between the United States and______________.73. Spain and Portugal:Between what two countries did the Treaty of Tordesillas divide the newlydiscovered land?

74. Spanish:Who emerged as a dominant force in Italy after the Italian wars?75. stop the spread of communism:What was the goal of the policy of containment?76. Teotihuacan:What was the first major city in Mesoamerica?77. Thailand:What was the only remaining free state in SoutheastAsia after the French conquest of

Indochina?78. the army's conquests:What was the key factor in Songhai's rise to power?79. the establishment of public trials, the establishment of freedom of the press, the eliminationof internal tariffs:Which reform was made by the NationalAssembly?80. the holy book of Islam:What is the Quran?81. the major Caribbean islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Honduras:Christopher Columbusexplored the following islands:

82. the mountains are the home of olympus ad the sea made trade ports:What role did themountains and sea play in the developnment of Greek history?83. the Open Door Policy:What ensured equal access to the Chinese market for all nations?84. the political and Economic elite of Chinese society:Most significant during the Tang and Songdynasties was the rise of the scholar gentry, who was ________________.

85. The Soviet Union counter-attacked:What caused the German army to halt its attack on theSovietUnion?86. The SpanishArmada:The fleet of warships sent by Spanish King Philip II to invade Englandwas called _______.

87. The Suez War:Why did Israel attack Egypt in 1967?88. the suffering of the epidemic, high taxes, and and power struggles:All of the following are

factors that led to peasant unrest and an eventual revolt that ended the Ming dynasty.89. The Treaty of Versailles:What was the final peace settlement of WWI called?90. The United States:Castro signed a pact with ______.91. the wagon wheel, the potters wheel, and bronze:The Sumerians are credited with inventing allof the following.

92. theocracy:The Summerians believed that gods ruled the cities, making the state a government bydivine authority, or _______.93. theology:What was the most highly regarded subject of the medieval unicersity?94. they believed it was their lifetime in India:What was Great Britain's primary interest in theSuez Canal?95. They told religious and folk legends from generation to generation.:Why were story tellersimportant in A frican societies?

96. They went to war with Austria-Hungary:What was the "Serbian Problem?"97. To help fight communism:Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?


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98. to northern China:Upon the completion of the Grand Canal, the Chinese were able to shipgoods __________.99. Triple Entente:By 1907, Great Britain, France, and Russia joined together to form the

__________.

100. United States:What was the only country to use women to fight in World War II? 101. United States and Soviet Union:What countries agreed to divide Korea into two zones at the38th Parallel?102. Wheat middlings:The development of new strains of rice, corn, and other grains that have

greater yields is referred to as the _______.103. World TradeOrganization:What is the only global international orgainzation that deals withthe rules of trade between nations?104. atalHyk:The first civilization developed _______________.

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