History Final Study Guide

What is the most important type of primary source?

What is the name of the command for man to control the earth by exercising dominion over it?

Which of the following is not one of three steps the historian goes through to compile his record?

Who were the first people to live in cities?

What term refers to a rule by a few?

The basic political unit of Greece was the

What term refers to a rule by the people?

What term refers to a rule by one?

What term refers to a rule by force?

Which of the following would not represent citizenship in Japan during this time period?

What was the native religion of Japan?

Japanese warriors were called

What was the basic social, religious, and political unit in early Japanese society?

Which of the following was not an achievement of the Tang dynasty?

What became the leading class in Japanese society?

What was the official religion of the Tang dynasty?

Which of the following was not an achievement of the Song dynasty?

The growth of towns brought about the emergence of what new social class?

Near the end of the Middle Ages, what institutions became the places of learning?

What political entity involved an independent king who ruled a group of people having common interests?

What was the name for a group of merchants who banded together to protect their interests within a town?

Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the

The primary centers of education during the early Middle Ages were

Which of the following was not true about the Crusades?

What was the period called in which the papacy did not reside in Rome?

The War of Roses were what type of war?

In which country was absolitism defeated?

Which document made it illegal for the government to arbitrarily hold someone in jail?

The eighteenth-century intellectual movement is known as the

Who originally proposed the heliocentric theory?

Who discovered the chemical substances of ammonia, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?

Which of the following is not true concerning the eighteenth-century philosophers?

Who devised a way to map the earth on a flat surface?

The seventeenth and eighteenth exaltation of reason is known as the

Civil authority for the Plymouth Colony was established by the

The basic difference between the American and French Revolution is that the American movement

The purpose of the Reign of Terror was to get rid of

Napoleon’s accomplishments included all the following except

Which of the following nations was not part of the Quadruple Alliance?

The architect of German unification was

What terms is defined as doing whatever is necessary to advance national goals”?

Who was the first emperor of unified Germany?

What cultural movement gave literary and artistic expression to the concepts,” Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”?

The Industrial Revolution had its start in what industry?

All the following contributed to the tremendous industrial growth in Europe and American between 1870 and 1914 except

What brought workers, raw materials, and machinery under one roof?

The man who was responsible for an inexpensive and efficient process for making steel was

Who founded the Salvation Army?

Which of the following land acquisitions doubled the size of the United States

Most of Australia’s original settlers were

What terms best describes US foreign policy form the time of Washington to World War 1

Britain gained Canada as a result of a war with

The first major international conflict after the defeat of Napoleon was the

The most positive result of imperialism was the

Which American opened Japan’s doors to trade with the United States

What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression?

What occurred in October 1929?

Which US president received most of the blame for the Depression?

According to Mein Kampf, what group of people was to blame for Germany’s problems?

What political party in Germany did the Nazis blame for the Reichstag fire?

The Facist Party was founded by

During World War II, the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as the

Which Jewish concentration camp was the largest?

What was the turning point of the Pacific War for the Americans?

Who was the Japanese military leader during World War II

“A date which will live in infamy” refers to an attack on

Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?

The island hopping technique was successful because

The purpose of NATO was

What began in 1949 when the Soviets developed their first atomic bomb?

The immediate cause of the Korean War was the

After an attack on American warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress effectively authorized the president to fight a war in

Which of the following was not a result of the Korean War

What president brought renewed confidence and hopes to America in the 1980s by reducing government regulations and lowering taxes?

Brexit refers to

What was the purpose of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq?

Kim Jong Un is the ruthless dictator of

What country did Iraq invade in August 1990

Why have many African countries suffered civil wars?

A major reason for migration from the Middle East to Western Europe has been the

Legends, religious beliefs, and social customs are examples of

What geographic factor helped preserve the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?

Sumerian temple towers were called

The first people known to have a solar calendrer were the

Which period of Egyptian history is known as “The Age of the Pharaohs”

Which two rivers cradled the first civilizations

What group of people was favored in Egyptian society but not in many of the other ancient civilizations?

The Chaldeans can also be called the

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism are called the

Purple dye and cedar trees were tow valuable natural resources of the

The Persians ruled the ancient world until the arrival of

The dispersion, or scattering, of the Jews is known as

The Law of Twelve Tables was important primarly because it

The victory of Sulla in the first civil war increased the power of the

What culture greatly influenced Roman culture?

The first official Roman persecution of Christianity began under the emperor

At what council was Christ’s deity affirmed

Who established the Mauryan Empire

Which of the following was not a cultural accomplishment of Aksum?

Which of the following was not a cultural achievement of China during this period?