Mid-term

5 Written Questions

1. Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.
2. Refers to civilizations that were considered far more advanced than others. These included: Han, Gupta, Greek, and Roman. They all had major advanced in technology, art, trade, and political systems.
3. Mongolian Emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
4. This Italian painter and inventor is best known for his painting called the "Mona Lisa"
5. everyday language

5 Matching Questions

1. Knight
2. Chinese dynasty
3. River valley civilizations
4. Chivalry
5. Silk Road

1. a A line of rulers from the same family
2. b 1st civilizations developed in river valleys.
   - fertile soil; allowed for surpluses.
   MESOPOTAMIA- Tigris & Euphrates
   EGYPT- Nile
   INDUS VALLEY- the Indus
   1st CHINESE CIVILIZATION- Huang He
3. c an ancient trade route between China and Europe
4. d Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages
5. e Noble in Europe who served as a mounted warrior for a lord in the Middle Ages

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. king of the franks who conquered much of western Europe
   1. Chivalry
   2. Charlemagne
   3. Mayan
   4. Crusades
2. Advanced Indian society located in present day Mexico City. Engaged in the most human sacrifices. Conquered by Cortes in 1519
   1. Troy
   2. Aztec
   3. Inca
   4. serf
3. The division or conflict in the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, when there were rival popes at Avignon and Rome
   1. Humanism
   2. Great Schisim
   3. feudalism
   4. Coat of Arms
4. 356-323 b.c., king of Macedonia 336-323: conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India.
   1. Alexander the Great
   2. Leonardo Da Vinci
   3. Black Death
   4. Cathedral
5. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
   1. Aztec
   2. Galileo
   3. Manor
   4. Knight

5 True/False Questions

1. Marco Polo → Italian explorer; spent many years in China or near it; his return to Europe in 1295 sparked a European interest in finding a quicker route to Asia.

   True        False

2. Pope Urban II → Old Stone Age when people made tools from stones and were hunters and gatherers

   True        False

3. serf → Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.

   True        False

4. Cathedral → Holy wars

   True        False

5. Johann Gutenburg → invented the printing press

   True        False