






A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

C) Byzantium







A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ Greek word for “between the rivers”

E) Mesopotamia







A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ government ruled by God

A) theocracy







A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ human worship, making man into a god

D) humanism







A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ led the building of the tower of Babel

B) Nimrod







A) theocracy
B) Nimrod
C) Byzantium
D) ideograms
E) Mesopotamia
D) humanism
___ symbols used to express ideas

D) ideograms

________ was perhaps the greatest nation
around the year 1000 B.C.

Israel

___________ were huge temples built by
ancient Sumerians.

Ziggurats

The __________ established the world’s first
postal system.

Persians

The Bible states that the earth was divided
during the days of _______.

Peleg

What Empire’s fall marks the end of the
Ancient period of history?

Rome

Who founded the Muslim religion

Muhammad

Name the two important rivers that make up
the Fertile Crescent.

Tigris and Euphrates

What was Sumerian writing called?

cuneiform

What country was the main highway of the
ancient world?

Canaan

The world’s first civilization was developed by
the ____________.
Akkadians
 Sumerians
 Egyptians
 Medians


Sumerians

What is the leading religion of the Middle East
today?
Hinduism
 Islam
 Judaism
 Buddhism


Islam

What is the focal point of all history?
The Fall
 The Deluge
 The Creation
 The advent of Christ


The advent of Christ

What nation became a nation-state again in
1948?
Jordan
 Israel
 Turkey
 Syria


Israel

The Sumerians wrote on__________.
Papyrus
 Wood
 Clay
 Flax


Clay

“Postdiluvian” refers to things that happened
after the ______________.
Creation
 Dispersion
 Fall
 Flood


Flood

Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of
Israel?
Persians
 Babylonians
 Hittites
 Akkadians


Babylonians

Which is not a major river valley in Asia?
Tigris-Euphrates
 Nile
 Indus
 Hwang Ho


Nile

What is the caste system?
Religious ceremonies in Buddhist temples
 Socialist economies of Indochina
 Strict social structure of India
 Cultural “rules” of Chinese philosophy


Strict social structure of India

Who built the greatest ancient civilization in
Africa’s interior?
Phut
 Mali
 Sheba
 Cush


Cush

Why was the task of exploring Africa so
difficult?
Terrible disease
 Dense vegetation
 Tropical heat
 All of these


All of these

The first black president of South Africa was
__________.
Samuel Crowther
 Nelson Mandela
 Idi Amin
 Haile Selassie


Nelson Mandela

Who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one
nation?
Akhenaton
 Tutankhamen
 Menes
 Mentuhotep


Menes

Ancient India made its greatest contributions to
civilization in the realm of _________.
Mathematics
 Art
 Medicine
 Architecture


Mathematics

The Book of the Dead is important in the
history of ______________.
China
 Egypt
 Africa
 India


Egypt

Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in
____________.
China
 India
 Japan
 Korea


Japan

Which country is known to have first used
paper?
Egypt
 Persia
 India
 China


China






a. Fuji
b. Victoria
c. Sahara
d. Kilimanjaro
e. Nile
___ The longest river in the world

e. Nile






a. Fuji
b. Victoria
c. Sahara
d. Kilimanjaro
e. Nile
___ Africa’s largest lake

b. Victoria






a. Fuji
b. Victoria
c. Sahara
d. Kilimanjaro
e. Nile
___ highest mountain in Africa

d. Kilimanjaro






a. Fuji
b. Victoria
c. Sahara
d. Kilimanjaro
e. Nile
___ Japan’s highest mountain

a. Fuji






a. Fuji
b. Victoria
c. Sahara
d. Kilimanjaro
e. Nile
___ Africa’s largest desert

c. Sahara

What false religion, bounded by Siddhartha
Gautama, tries to reach a state of “nirvana”?

Buddhism

Name the African nation that was formed as a
safe haven for freed slaves.

Liberia

What term was given to the warriors, or
knights, of feudal Japan?

Samurai

Who is perhaps the most famous missionaryexplorer of Africa

David Livingstone

The Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of
_________ writing.

Egyptian

Marco Polo spent 20 years in the service of the
_________________.

Kublai Khan

____________ is the world’s oldest living
civilization.

China

Today, ___________Korea remains Communist.

North








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ image destroyer

c. iconoclast








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ educated slave

b. pedagogue








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ hilltop fortress

f. acropolis








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ Hindu belief in “life after death”

e. reincarnation








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ criminal forced to fight in a public show

g. gladiator








a. catacombs
b. pedagogue
c. iconoclast
d. democracy
e. reincarnation
f. acropolis
g. gladiator
___ rule by the many or the common people

d. democracy

The empress ______________ was a great
influence on the law code of Justinian’s reign.

Theodora

The Battle of Salamis was a great defeat for the
_____________ navy.

Persian

The Pantheon was a ___________ temple and
an excellent example of classical architecture.

Roman

___________ is the supposed king of the Greek
gods.

Zeus

What Roman emperor began the first great
persecution of the Christians?

Nero

What were the wars between Rome and
Carthage called?

Punic

Name the magnificent cathedral built by
Justinian.

Hagia Sophia

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Homer

What type of government means “rule by the
best”?

oligarchy









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ greatest of the Byzantine rulers

Justinian









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ crossed the Rubicon and became master of
Rome

Caesar









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ great Carthaginian general

Hannibal









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ wrote City of God

Augustine









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ toleration to Christians with the edict of
Milan

Constantine









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ initiated the tenth and greatest
persecution

Diocletian









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ greatest Athenian statesman

Pericles









a. Constantine
b. Octavian
c. Augustine
d. Hannibal
e. Diocletian
f. Caesar
g. Justinian
h. Pericles
____ defeated Antony at the Battle of Actium

Octavian

The first major naval battle in history was
____________.
Salamis
 Plataea
 Cannae
 Actium


Salamis

What was the Pax Romana?
Magnificent temple in Rome
 The division of the Roman Empire
 Ancient law code of the Latins
 Period of peace and prosperity


Period of peace and prosperity

On March 15, 44 B.C. ___________ was
murdered by a group of Roman senators.
Marius
 Julius Caesar
 Mark Antony

 Lepodis

Julius Caesar

Mt. ______________ erupted, burying
Herculaneum and Pompeii in volcanic ash.
Penine
 Etna
 Olympus
 Vesuvius


Vesuvius

What church is known for its use of the Greek
liturgy?
Roman Catholic
 Independent
 Gentile
 Eastern Orthodox


Eastern Orthodox

Why was it wrong for Theodosius to make
Christianity the only legal religion in the
empire?




God’s church does not need Roman law to aid its
growth, as evidenced by the persecutions.
To force someone to make a confession of
Christianity does nothing for their relationship with
God.
It brings unregenerate pagan thinking into the
church as many joint the church because it is the
legal thing to do.
All of the above.

All of the above.

The __________theory stated that Christ
founded His Church on Peter, not Himself.

Petrine

The Latin work “pope” means_________.

father

The ____________were sacred acts that
“earned” God’s grace.

Sacraments

_______________was the famous missionary
who took the gospel to the people of Ireland.

Patrick

A ___________was a service and worship book.

Breviary

The Council of _____________made it illegal for
anyone but the church to own a copy of the
Bible.

Toulouse

Monks that preach and do missionary work are
called___________.

Friars

_______________was a type of withdrawing
from society.

Monasticism

____________________defeated the Muslims at
the Battle of Tours preventing Europe from
being conquered by the Muslim Empire.

Charles Martel

The largest empire since the Roman Empire
was built by_____________, most famous of the
Carolingian line.

Charlemagne

__________gave the Papal States, a huge tract
of land across central Italy, to the pope.

Pepin

______________was crowned “Emperor of the
Romans” on Christmas Day, 800.

Charlemagne

The treaty of _____________divided
Charlemagne’s empire into three parts.

Verdun

The papacy attained its zenith of power and
prestige under________________.

Innocent III

The ______________was a time of rival popes
within the Roman Church.

Great Schism

What was the Great Schism?
A time of rival popes within the Roman church
 The conflict between Saladin and Richard
 Louis’ and Lothair’s rivalry for the throne
 The breakup of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman
churches


A time of rival popes within the Roman church

The oldest German university was located at
________?
Hamburg
 Hesse
 Bruges
 Prague


Prague

Who wrote the classic The Imitation of Christ?
John Huss
 Thomas Aquinas
 Johann Wessel
 Thomas a Kempis


Thomas a Kempis

For which good was Flanders known?
linen
 silk
 wool
 cotton


wool

Around what year did Johan Gutenberg invent
the movable-type printing press?
1215
 1440
 1300
 1054


1440

_______________What sultan of Egypt
successfully united the Muslims against the
Crusaders?

Saladin

________________Give the name of the
powerful banking family in Florence.

Medici

_______________What is the code of conduct
for the knights and nobility of the Middle Ages
called?

chivalry

_______________ Who wrote the Divine
Comedy?

Dante

_______________ What invaders from
Scandinavia pillaged the coastline of Europe
and England?

Vikings

_______________ Which crusade met with
limited success, establishing four kingdoms in
Palestine?

The First

The first medieval university was established
in _________________.

Salerno

The terrible ___________________ killed 1/3 to
½ of the entire population of Europe.

Black Plague











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology

Scholasticism











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ A way of life based upon the ownership and use of land

Feudalism











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe


___ association of trade unions

Guild











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ piece of land owned by the lord

fief











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ middle class town

Burg











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe


___ supported the arts

Patron











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ painted the School of Athens

Raphael











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ Italian sculptor of David and Moses

Michelangelo











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe


___ promoted scholasticism and Thomism

Aquinas











fief
Leonardo da Vinci
Guild
Raphael
Burg
Patron
Feudalism
Scholasticism
Michelangelo
Aquinas
Wycliffe

___ “Morning Star of the Reformation”

Wycliffe