Final Review

List of questions from Previous exams

Test I

The Mongol Tribes were first united by:

Symptoms of the Black death first appear in:

The Great Schism was finally ended by:

The Lollards were followers of:

The Byzantine Empire finally fell to an invasion from:

Who was the Father of Humanism?

The longest lasting of the sub-khanates after the breakup of the Mongol empire was:

The Divine Comedy was written by

The War of the Roses was a civil war in:

The Family that traditionally controlled Austria, and in turn the Holy Roman Empire was:

What city was referred to by its ruler as “The Third Rome”

The most famous of the Northern Humanists was:

The Father of Renaissance Art is:

During the “Babylonian Captivity,” the seat of the papacy was moved from Rome to:

The First English King to claim both the English and French Throne was

Which “Hundred Years War” battle (that we discussed) resulted in a French victory?

Spain was created by the unification of:

The Caravel was developed by:

What were the three primary Trade focuses of West Africa?

What nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Machiavelli argues that the ends justify the means in the book:

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was also known as

The Incas were conquered by:

The first squadron of ships to circumnavigate the globe were originally led by:

The 95 Theses were proposed by:

England officially separated from the Catholic Church with the:

The first Tsar of Russia was:

The Peace of Augsburg ended the struggle between Charles V and:

An Indulgence is:

Ulrich Zwingli led the Protestant Reformation in:

The Longbow was introduced at the Battle of

The Parliament Statue of 1341 gave parliament control of

First Great Master of Renaissance Sculpture:

Landgrave Philip of Hesse tried to unite which two reformation leaders?

Encomienda was

The oldest still active diplomatic agreement is:

The Founder of Brazil was:

John Tetzel was best known

“The Warrior Pope” refers to

Test II

The Edict of Nantes:

The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was directed against:

The Battle of Lepanto was fought between:

The leader of the rebellion against Spain in the Netherlands was:

The first English attempt at colonization was:

The Catholic Counter-Reformation was responsible for:

Which English King was executed by parliament?

Leviathan was written by:

Oliver Cromwell’s constitution was called the:

The Act of Settlement:

Europe's first intercontinental war was the:

The ruler most associated with absolutism is:

First European to propose a "Heliocentric" universe:

Isaac Newton’s most important work was:

Tycho Brahe’s major contribution to science was his:

Considered the father of the Scientific Method of Research

The Telescope was first turned to the heavens by:

The Defenestration of Prague started the:

The primary unifying force in Prussia was:

The Pragmatic Sanction:

War of Jenkins’s Ear was fought between

Mercantilism is defined as:

The Diplomatic Revolution was:

The Philosophes sought to apply reason to:

The Most influential of the Philosophes was:

Many Philosophes believed in a “rational” version of religion known as:

Who wrote The Social Contract

The Encyclopedia was compiled by:

Gustavus Adolphus was King of:

The Quote “Life, Liberty, and Property” is attributed to:

New Netherlands becomes:

The siege of La Rochelle was directed against what group?

The Great Migration occurred due to what conflict?

King George's War was part of what larger conflict?

Much of the credit for Britain’s success in the Seven Years’ War should be given to:

Test III

The leader of the rebellion in Haiti was:

The Continental System was designed to:

The chief revolutionary leader in Rio de la Plata was:

In 1822, Dom Pedro became emperor of:

The period of Napoleon’s return to power after escaping Elba is known as the:

The English commander fighting Napoleon's forces in Spain was:

The Treaty of Tilsit:

The “Battle of Nations” was:

The Congress of Vienna combined Piedmont and:

The Four Ordinances were issued by:

“Bloody Sunday” was responsible for the beginnings of:

The first war to be covered by war correspondents and photographers was:

The primary mover behind the unification of Italy was:

The Danish War was fought over the territories of:

The Dual Monarchy is associated with which Empire?

The only territory to change hands after the Austro Prussian War was:

The Dual Alliance allied:

The ruler who dismissed Bismarck was:

The Entente Cordiale was between which two nations?

The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand took place in:

The Tank was developed by the:

The head of the Petrograd Soviet, during the Bolshevik Revolution was:

The German plan to attack France in the First World War was:

The "Hero of the Battle of Verdun" was:

The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) dealt with:

The "Armenian Genocide" occurred in:

Japan first won European recognition with the:

The October Revolution saw the fall of the:

The 1848 revolutions:

The Franco Prussian war saw the collapse of:

The man most responsible for the unification of Germany was:

“La Reforma” was under:

The Opium war was fought between:

Commodore Matthew C. Perry forcibly opened trade with:

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk:

Which of these countries did NOT come from the division of Austria-Hungary?

Lenin's secret police organization was called the:

Lenin's successor as head of the Communist Party in Russia was:

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while:

In Europe, World War II began with the German invasion of:

The Spanish Civil War was caused by:

The Sturmabteilung, or “brown shirts,” were founded by:

The Enabling Act:

The Fasci di Combattimento was founded by:

The Anschluss was:

True / False• The Turning point of the Hundred Year War the arrival of Joan of Arc• The fall of the Byzantine Empire and the End of the Hundred Years War signal the end of the Renaissance.• Movable Type was developed by Johann Gutenberg.• The Medici’s were a powerful German family.• The primary goal of Spanish colonization was precious metals.• Alexander VI (Borgia) is considered the church’s most corrupt Pope.• The Institutes of the Christian Faith was written by Ulrich Zwingli.• The Marburg Colloquy tried to bring Luther and Calvin’s reformation together.• The furthest Mongol advance into Europe was Vienna.• William Wallace led a rebellion in Wales.• The Guise were one of the most powerful Families of France.• The Table of Ranks made lineage the determinant of an individual’s social status.• Sir Robert Walpole is widely considered England’s first Prime Minister.• The Acts of Union (1707) joined Scotland and England.• The first King of Prussia was Frederick William I.• The Napoleonic Code abolished privileges of birth. • The pope crowned Napoleon Emperor.• Convention of 1839 guaranteed Belgian Neutrality.• The Lateran Accord was negotiated by Adolf Hitler. • Collectivization was an initiative started by Leon Trotsky.