WORLD HISTORY
FINAL EXAM REVIEW:
FALL SEMESTER
UNITS III AND IV
DIRECTIONS
 Use the accompanying worksheet to
review Units III and IV for our fall
semester final exam
 Turn this in at the end of the period
 Do not use books, the internet, notes or
anyone else…you have a final coming
up, see what you remember and what
you need to review!
S1: MATCH THESE TERMS!!
1. a church tax, usually 10%
2. self-sufficient economic unit
 Excommunication
 Feudalism
3.
 Tithe
4.
 “Holy Roman Emperor”
 Manor
5.
6.
 Monasteries
 guilds
7.
of Middle Ages
system of give and take
to be formally kicked out of
the Catholic Church
title given to Charlemagne
places of learning during the
Middle Ages
group of workers in the
same profession, designed
to regulate work, material
and prices
S2: Feudal Pyramid
1. Label the Feudal Pyramid on your
worksheet
2. Which group is also a vassal? Which
group is also a lord? Label these on the
pyramid.
3. What is a fief?
S3: Middle Ages
1. During the Middle Ages the jobs of
people were those who ________,
those who _________ and those who
_______.
2. How important was the Church to
people of the Middle Ages?
3. What power did the Church have over
monarchs?
S4: Middle Ages (cont’d)
1. Remember the rhyme: “Charles Martel
defeated the Moors (Muslims) at the
Battle of Tours”. What is significant
about this battle?
2. Who is considered to be the greatest
ruler of the European Middle Ages? His
empire extended across modern day
Germany and France.
S5: Bubonic Plague
1. What is the Bubonic Plague?
2. Where did it come from and how did it
get to Europe?
3. How did it affect Europe’s population?
4. How did it inspire the Renaissance?
S6: The Renaissance
1. Why did the Renaissance begin in
Italy?
2. How did the Renaissance differ from
the Middle Ages in Europe?
3. Give examples of Renaissance artists
and their works and Renaissance
authors and their works.
S7: MATCH THESE TERMS!!
 Renaissance
1.
 Humanism
2.
 Secularism
3.
4.
 Realism
 Enlightenment
 Scientific
Revolution
5.
6.
Theme of northern Renaissance,
using more realistic subjects
“Rebirth”
Moving away from the religious
and more towards the worldly
philosophical movement of the
18th century, characterized by
belief in the power of human
reason and by innovations in
political, religious, and educational
doctrine
Period of great advances,
especially concerning the earth’s
position in the universe
Value that stressed the worth and
potential of the individual
S8: MATCH THESE PEOPLE!
1.
 Henry VIII
 Elizabeth I
2.
 Martin Luther
 Medici family
3.
4.
Defeated the Spanish
Armada, one of the
longest reigning rulers
in England
Catholic monk who was
against corrupt
practices of the Church
Started the Church of
England or Anglican
Church over the issue
of divorce
Italian patrons of the
arts
S9: MATCH THESE PEOPLE!
1.
 Bacon
 Copernicus
 Descartes
2.
3.
 Galileo
 Newton
4.
5.
Defined gravity, developed
calculus, father of modern
science
Advancements in astronomy,
came up w/ ideas behind
Newton’s law of motion
Rejected scientific decisions
on assumptions or emotions
and instead relied on what
could be seen, “I think,
therefore I am”
Credited with the heliocentric
theory
Helped popularize the
scientific method as a way of
going through scientific
procedure
S10: Printing Press
1. What ethnic group first developed
printing?
2. What was the first book printed on the
press?
3. Many historians agree that the printing
press is the greatest invention in human
history. Name 3 ways the printing press
impacted the world.
S11: The Protestant
Reformation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Why was Luther upset at the Church?
Define indulgences.
What was the core element of Luther’s
belief?
What was the purpose of the Council of
Trent?
What does recant mean?
What happened to Luther?
What are the 3 branches of Christianity
now?
S12: MATCH THESE TERMS!
1.
 Matrilineal
 Astrolabe
2.
3.
4.
 Caravel
 Middle Passage
 Triangular trade
5.
Instrument used to help determine
location using position of the sun
Tracing ancestry through your
mother’s side of the family
Small sailing vessel
part of the Atlantic Ocean between
the west coast of Africa and the
West Indies: the longest part of
the journey formerly made by
slave ships
pattern of colonial commerce in
which slaves were bought on the
African Gold Coast with New
England rum and then traded in
the West Indies for sugar or
molasses, which was brought
back to New England to be
manufactured into rum
S13: Africa
1. What is oral tradition? How do girots
relate?
2. Why is there little known about African
history before 1500?
3. What is the Great Zimbabwe?
4. Describe Mansa Musa.
S14: MATCH THESE
PEOPLE AND EMPIRES!
1.
 Prince Henry
2.
 Conquistadors
 Olmec
 Aztec
3.
4.
 Inca
 Maya
5.
6.
One of the earliest civilizations in
the Americas, believed in jaguar
headed god, used slash and burn
Religion was center of life, had a
theocracy, economy based on
agriculture and trade, one of the
first civilizations to have a writing
system
Spanish soldiers who defeated
Mesoamerican civilizations
Built Tenochtitlan, had hierarchal
system for gov’t, religious
sacrifices, brought down by
Spanish
Capital at Cuzco, terraced farming
and irrigation used, also used
human sacrifices to appease the
gods
Funded many expeditions for
Portugal and supported
exploration
S15: Exploration
1. What were the 3 G’s?
2. What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
3. What is the Columbian Exchange?
4. What is mercantilism?
5. Name 2 ways the natives were
conquered by the Europeans.
REMINDERS!!
 You need to review on your own for the
final (remember it counts 15% of your
grade). Your study guide is nice, but it
will not guarantee you an A.
 You will need a pencil for your final
exam.
 COME PREPARED SO YOU CAN
LEAVE FOR BREAK KNOWING YOU
DID YOUR BEST!!