Practice questions for our 1st Semester Exam.
Minoan
Mycenae
Athens
Sparta
Were especially brave, even though they were outnumbered
Were all poisoned by the enemy
Refused to fight
Were defeated easily
Within the hearts of the people
In natural objects such as rocks, trees, etc...
On Mount Olympus
On the Moon
Plato
Euripides
Thucydides
Aristotle
Discussion of specific gravity
Treatise on the geometry of spheres and cylinders
Revolutionary exploration of art, including the value of painting
A textbook on plane geometry that has been used up to modern times.
Polis
Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
Constantine
Diocletian
Nero
Julius Caesar
Ostrogoths
Visigoths
Aryans
Huns
Twelve Tables
Ten Commandments
Constitution of the Roman Republic
Law of Nations
Crassus, Marc Antony, Lepidus
Julius Caesar, Lepidus, Pompey
Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey
Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian
Constantine
Theodosius the Great
Julius Caesar
Nero
Were able to obtain products from Spain and Egypt
Recovered the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers
Developed an appreciation for painting and sculpture
Discovered tobacco
One's duty to give alms to the poor and unfortunate
A public prayer on Friday at midday
The observation of the holy month of July
A pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah)
A bloody war that lasted seven hours
The split of Islam into two groups, the Shiites and the Sunni
The strengthening of the Umayyad dynasty
A total disregard of the burial place of Muhammad
A law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives.
An elaborate burial ritual still performed at Muslim funerals today
A collection of Muhammad's wisdom and teachings that was added to the Q'uran.
Also known as the Six Pillars of Islam
Dozer
Carruca
Shovel
Cabochan
Owned the land they worked on
Could live anywhere they chose except land that was part of a lord's estate
Were legally bound to the land upon which they worked and lived
Lived in cities and were not farmers like the peasants
Biblical
Philosophical
Complex
Vernacular
A yearly amount of money based on the number of pets in their family
Ten percent of their produce
A weekly amount of money determined by the lord of the manor
One-third of their goats
Allowed the pope to choose a king's successor
Forbade certain groups from having children
Prohibited priests from giving the sacraments of the church to a particular group of people
Declared a holy war against the enemies of the church
A collapse of the caste system
A severe famine
Severe economic consequences
The collapse of the Catholic church
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Christian Humanism
Lutheranism
A court created by the Catholic church to try find and try heretics
A ruthless group of nuns who enjoyed torture and execution
Remarkably effective in its hunt for heretics because no one expected it
An organization whose hidden purpose was to increase the political power of the Catholic Church
Was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement
Came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in society
Wrote grand romantic poetry an insightful political treatises.
Was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician
Made Martin Luther the patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire
Accepted the division of Christianity in Germany
Established the doctrine of Lutheranism
Ended the war between France and Morocco