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9-2 FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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History
9th Grade
05/18/2008

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Term

MUHAMMAD

Definition
WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF ISLAM?
Term

MUSLIMS

Definition
WHAT ARE FOLLOWERS OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGION CALLED?
Term
QUR'AN OR KORAN
Definition

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HOLY BOOK OF ISLAM?

Term
MECCA
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HOLIEST CITY OF ISLAM?
Term
MOSQUE
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MUSLIM PLACE OF WORSHIP?
Term

PROFESSION OF FAITH - THERE IS ONE GOD AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS PROPHET

PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY

FASTING DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN

GIVING ALMS

TAKE A HAJJ TO MECCA

Definition
WHAT ARE TTHE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM?
Term

MECCA

Definition
EVERY MUSLIM HAS AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO _________________.
Term

FASTING

NOT EATING OR DRINKING DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS OF THE MONTH OF RAMADAN

 

Definition
DURING RAMADAN, MUSLIMS MUST SHOW THEIR OBEDIENCE TO GOD BY _______________.
Term
SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD
Definition
WHAT DOES THE WORD "ISLAM" MEAN?
Term
THE IDEA THAT ALL MUSLIMS SHOULD TAKE ASPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO MECCA AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME
Definition
DEFINE "HAJJ".
Term

"SUNNI" AND "SHIITE" ARE TWO BRANCHES OF ISLAM

THESE TWO BRANCHES DIFFER OVER WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE LEADER OF ISLAM AFTER MUHAMMAD'S DEATH

Definition
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETEWEEN A "SUNNI" AND A "SHIITE" MUSLIM?
Term

ALL THREE BELIEVE:

IN ONE GOD

IN THE STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

THAT JERUSALEM IS A HOLY CITY

Definition
IN WHAT WAYS ARE THE RELIGIONS OF JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM SIMILAR?
Term
BELIEF IN ONE GOD
Definition
DEFINE "MONOTHEISM".
Term
BELIEF IN MANY GODS
Definition
DEFINE "POLYTHEISM".
Term
500-1500
Definition
WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE MIDDLE AGES?
Term
500-1000
Definition
WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES?
Term
500-1000
Definition
WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE DARK AGES?
Term
1000-1500
Definition
WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES?
Term
1000-1500
Definition
WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES?
Term
LAND
Definition
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM WAS BASED ON CONTROL OF ___________________.
Term

MONKS:

PRESERVED BOOKS BY KEEPING THEM SAFE AND COPYING THEM

SET UP HOSPITALS FOR THE PEOPLE

SET UP INNS-SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO STAY WHEN THEY WERE TRAVELING

Definition
WHAT WERE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE MONASTERIES?
Term
CHIVALRY
Definition
WHAT WAS THE CODE OF BEHAVIOR THAT KNIGHTS WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW?
Term
PROTECTION FROM ATTACK
Definition
WHAT WAS AN IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE OF LIVING ON A MANOR?
Term
THEY WERE LIKE A PRESENT DAY LABOR UNION.  THESE GUILDS WERE SET UP TO HELP PROVIDE QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PRODUCTS AND ASSIST IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE GUILD MEMBERS.
Definition
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF A "GUILD"?
Term
TO CUT OFF FROM THE CHURCH
Definition
DEFINE "EXCOMMUNICATION".
Term
MANY SMALL KINGDOMS
Definition
AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, EUROPE WAS DIVIDED INTO _________________.
Term
THE CHURCH
Definition
WHAT WAS THE STRONGEST CIVILIZING FORCE IN EUROPE DURING THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES?
Term
TURKS/MUSLIMS
Definition
THE EARLY CRUSADES WERE FOUGHT TO WIN THE HOLY LAND BACK FROM THE ___________.
Term
SERF, PEASANT, KNIGHT, NOBLE KING
Definition

PUT THE FOLLOWING IN PROPER HIERARCHY:

PEASANT, NOBLE, SERF, KING, KNIGHT

Term

EVERYTHING THAT A PERSON NEEDED COULD BE MADE ON THE MANOR.

A PERSON WOULD NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE THE MANOR TO GET SOMETHING THEY NEEDED FOR SURVIVAL.

Definition
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY THAT A MANOR WAS SELF-SUFFICIENT?
Term
FEUDALISM
Definition
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT BEST DESCRIBES EUROPE'S POLITICAL/ECONOMIC SYSTEM AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
Term
DARK AGES
Definition
BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF LEARNING DECLINED SHARPLY IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES, THAT PERIOD IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE ____________.
Term

THE BLACK DEATH

OR

THE PLAGUE

Definition
DURING THE 1300S, DISEASED RATS CAME TO EUROPE ON TRADING SHIPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST CARRYING A DISEASE CALLED THE ___________________.
Term

INCREASED TRADE, CITIES DEVELOPED, PEOPLE LEFT THE MANORS TO FIND WORK IN THE CITIES

CANNONS WERE INVENTED USING GUNPOWDER.  THIS ALLOWED PEOPLE TO BLOW HOLES IN THE SIDE OF CASTLE WALLS.

MANORS NO LONGER PROVIDED PROTECTION.

Definition
WHY DID FEUDALISM IN WESTERN EUROPE DECLINE BY THE 1400S?
Term
WESTERN EUROPE
Definition

THE TERM MEDIEVAL REFERS TO WHAT PLACE IN THE WORLD?

Term
PROTECTION AND FOOD
Definition
TWO IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM WAS THAT IT PROVIDED _____________.
Term

INCREASE IN TRADE BETWEEN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

EXCHANGE OF CULTURE BETWEEN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

ANIMOSITY BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS

Definition
WHAT WAS A LASTING OUTCOME OF THE CRUSADES?
Term
THE DEATH OF APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE POPULATION
Definition
THE PLAGUE'S SPREAD THROUGH EUROPE CAUSED ____________________________.
Term
MANORS TO CITIES
Definition
ONE WAY THAT LIFE IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES CHANGED FROM THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES WAS THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM ________________ TO ____________________.
Term
MIDDLE AGES
Definition

THE LATE MIDDLE AGES SAW THE RISE OF A NEW SOCIAL, ECONOMIC GROUP IN EUROPE CALLED THE ____________________.

Term
ITALY
Definition
WHERE DID THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE BEGIN?
Term

ITALY WAS A PERFECT PLACE FOR CITIES TO DEVELOP TO ENGAGE IN TRADE BETWEEN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST AS A RESULT OF THE CRUSADES.

THE ECONOMY IMPROVED VERY QUICKLY IN ITALY AS A RESULT OF THE RISE OF TRADE AND CITIES.

Definition
WHY DID THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE BEGIN IN ITALY?
Term
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE ARTS.
Definition
DURING THE RENAISSANCE, WHAT WERE "PATRONS"?
Term
LORENZO DE MEDICI
Definition
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A FAMOUS ITALIAN PATRON OF THE ARTS.
Term

SOMEONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND PURSUES THESE INTERESTS.

IE. READS, DANCES, SPEAKS MANY LANGUAGES, PAINTS, ETC.

Definition
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A "RENAISSANCE MAN"?
Term

GREEKS

AND

ROMANS

Definition
THE RENAISSANCE GREW OUT OF NEW IDEAS COMBINED WITH THE IDEAS OF THE __________ AND THE __________________.
Term
MICHELANGELO
Definition
THE ITALIAN PAINTER AND SCULPTOR WHO PAINTED THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL WAS _____________________________.
Term
THE PRINTING PRESS
Definition
WHAT INVENTION CONTRIBUTED TO THE SPREAD OF IDEAS IN THE 1440S?
Term
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Definition

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE RENAISSANCE ARTIST WHO PAINTED THE MONA LISA?

Term

FLORENCE

Definition
WHAT CITY LED THE RENAISSANCE IN ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE/WHERE DID MOST OF THE FAMOUS PAINTERS LIVE DURING THE RENAISSANCE?
Term
PERSPECTIVE
Definition

TO GIVE PICTURES THE ILLUSION OF DEPTH, RENAISSANCE ARTISTS BEGAN USING THE PRINCIPLE OF ______________________.

Term
INVENTING THE PRINTING PRESS
Definition
JOHANNES GUTENBERG INFLUENCED THE RENAISSANCE BY _____________________.
Term
MEDICI
Definition
THE FAMILY WHO RULED FLORENCE DURING ITS GOLDEN AGE WAS THE _____________ FAMILY.
Term
MICHELANGELO
Definition
WHO CARVED THE MOST FAMOUS STATUE OF "DAVID"?
Term

MERCHANTS

PEOPLE WHO ENGAGED IN TRADE AS A RESULT OF THE CRUSADES

Definition
THE START OF THE RENAISSANCE WAS BASED LARGELY ON THE WEALTH OF _______________.
Term
A TYPE OF PAINTING - PAINTING ON WET PLASTER
Definition
WHAT IS A "FRESCO"?
Term
POPE JULIUS II
Definition
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE POPE WHO COMMISSIONED MICHELANGELO TO PAINT THE SISTINE CHAPEL?
Term

RENAISSANCE ART:

HAD "PERSPECTIVE"

THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED EVERYDAY LIFE AND REAL PEOPLE

Definition

HOW WAS THE RENAISSANCE ART DIFFERENT FROM THE ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES?

 

Term
HE BELIEVED HIMSELF TO BE A SCULPTOR, NOT A PAINTER
Definition
WHY DID MICHELANGELO NOT WANT TO PAINT THE SISTINE CHAPEL?
Term
IN THE CLOUDS
Definition
WHERE DID MICHELANGELO FIND INSPIRATION FOR THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL?
Term

DRAW THE PICTURE ON LARGE PAPER, ON THE FLOOR

POKE HOLES IN THE PAPER, OUTLINING THE IMAGE

PUT THE PAPER UP NEXT TO THE CEILING AND HIT WITH A "SACK" CLOTH TO LEAVE BLACK MARKS ON THE CEILING THROUGH THE HOLES THAT HAD BEEN PUNCHED

USING THE OUTLINE, PAINT ON THE CEILING

Definition
WHAT WERE THE STEPS MICHELANGELO TOOK TO TRANSFER HIS IDEAS FOR THE CEILING TO THE FINAL PAINTING ON THE CEILING?
Term
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Definition
WHAT WAS REFORMED IN THE REFORMATION?
Term
THE DOOR OF THE WITTENBERG CHURCH IN WITTENBERG, GERMANY
Definition
WHERE DID MARTIN LUTHER POST HIS 95 THESES?
Term
95 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WRITTEN BY MARTIN LUTHER
Definition
WHAT WERE THE "95 THESES"?
Term
GERMANY
Definition
WHERE WAS MARTIN LUTHER BORN?
Term
MONK, PRIEST, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Definition
WHAT DID MARTIN LUTHER DO FOR A LIVING?
Term

NOTHING INITIALLY, EXCEPT TO TRY TO SQUELCH THOSE PROTESTING

LATER THEY STAGED THE "COUNTER-REFORMATION"

Definition
WHAT DID THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DO IN RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION?
Term

THE CHURCH SOLD PIECES OF PAPER (SUPPOSEDLY SIGNED BY THE POPE) THAT FORGAVE A PERSON OF THEIR SINS

THIS PERSON COULD BE LIVING OR DEAD

THE "INDULGENCE" WAS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE A PERSON'S TIME IN PURGATORY

Definition
DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, SOME MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SOLD "INDULGENCES".  WHAT WERE "INDULGENCES"?
Term
THE CHURCH SOLD POSITIONS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (SUCH AS PRIEST, BISHOP, CARDINAL) SO THAT THEY COULD RAISE FUNDS
Definition
DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, SOME MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH "SOLD CHURCH OFFICES".  WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Term
FAITH - BELIEVING IN GOD
Definition
ACCORDING TO MARTIN LUTHER, PEOPLE COULD BE SAVED FROM THEIR SINS BY _______________.
Term
THE BIBLE
Definition
ACCORDING TO MARTIN LUTHER, WHAT WAS THE ONLY AUTHORITY EXPLAINING HOW TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN?
Term
PROTESTANT
Definition
WHAT BRANCH OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BEGAN IN EUROPE AS A RESULT OF MARTIN LUTHERS' ACTIONS?
Term
THE BELIEF THAT HUMANS ARE THE CENTER OF ALL THINGS
Definition
WHAT IS "HUMANISM"?
Term
COPERNICUS
Definition
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SCHOLAR WHO FIRST ARGUED THAT THE EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN?
Term
GALILEO
Definition
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST WHO WROTE A BOOK IN SUPPORT OF THE IDEA OF THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY.
Term

1.  PROBLEM

2. HYPOTHESIS

3. EXPERIMENT

4. RESULTS

5. CONCLUSION

Definition
LIST THE FIVE STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
Term
EARTH
Definition
IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE WAS BELIEVED TO BE _______________.
Term
THE BELIEF THAT THE SUN IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
Definition

DEFINE "HELIOCENTRIC".

Term
THE BELIEF THAT THE EARTH IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
Definition
DEFINE "GEOCENTRIC".
Term
SAYING/BELIEVING SOMETHING CONTRARY TO THE CHURCHES' TEACHINGS
Definition
DEFINE "HERESY".
Term
HE WROTE A BOOK THAT THE SUN WAS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, NOT THE EARTH AS THE CHURCH TAUGHT.
Definition
WHY DID THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CHARGE GALILEO WITH HERESY?
Term

HE RECANTED HIS BELIEFS/TEACHINGS, BUT WAS PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

WHILE UNDER HOUSE ARREST, HE CONTINUED TO SECRETLY WRITE ABOUT THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORY.  HIS WRITING WERE PUBLISHED AFTER HIS DEATH.

Definition
WHAT HAPPENED TO GALILEO AFTER THE TRIAL?
Term
ASTROLABE, PRINTING PRESS, TELESCOPE
Definition
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE INVENTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?
Term

KING FERDINAND

AND

QUEEN ISABELLA

OF SPAIN

Definition
WHICH TWO EUROPEAN RULERS FINANCED COLUMBUS' VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD?
Term

THE EAST INDIES

Definition
ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE, WHERE DID COLUMBUS THINK HE WAS WHEN HE LANDED AT SAN SALVADOR?
Term
CONQUISTADORS
Definition
WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO SPANISH CONQUERORS.
Term

FIND A QUICKER TO THE EAST

Definition
WHAT WAS COLUMBUS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN HE SET SAIL IN 1492?
Term
HE SAILED AFTER THE INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS.  HIS WRITINGS AND MAPS WERE PRINTED AND SENT THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
Definition
WHY IS COLUMBUS GIVEN CREDIT FOR "DISCOVERING" AMERICA, WHEN HE WAS NOT THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD?
Term

THE ASTROLABE

Definition

WHAT NEWLY DISCOVERED INSTRUMENT HELPED SAILORS CHART THE POSITION OF THEIR SHIPS?

 

Term

THOSE ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, ANIMALS, AND DISEASES THAT WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERE (AND VICE VERSA) AS A RESULT OF COLUMBUS' VOYAGE.

Definition
WHAT WAS THE "COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE"?
Term
EQUATOR
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE IMAGINARY CIRCLE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NORTH POLE AND THE SOUTH POLE?
Term
THE PRIME MERIDIAN
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LONGITUDE THAT PASSES THROUGH GREENWICH, ENGLAND AND IS CONSIDERED "0" DEGREES?
Term
LATITUDE
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN EAST AND WEST AROUND THE GLOBE?
Term
LONGITUDE
Definition
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH AROUND THE GLOBE?
Term

GOD

GLORY

GOLD

Definition
THE CONQUISTADORS SOUGHT _____________ AND _________________ AND _____________.
Term
MONTEZUMA II
Definition

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LEADER OF THE AZTECS, WHEN THE CONQUISTADORS ARRIVED?

Term
INCA
Definition
ATAHUALPA WAS THE LEADER OF WHAT CULTURE?
Term
INCA
Definition
MACHU PICCHU WAS A CITY OF WHAT CULTURE?
Term

SPANISH CONQUISTADOR

CONQUEROR OF THE AZTEC

Definition
WHO WAS HERNANDO CORTES?
Term

SPANISH CONQUISTADOR

CONQUEROR OF THE INCA

Definition
WHO WAS FRANCISCO PIZARRO?
Term

EARLY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN MESOAMERICA (CENTRAL AMERICA)

THIS CULTURE FELL PRIOR TO SPANISH EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT

Definition
WHO WERE THE MAYA?
Term

EARLY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN MESOAMERICA (CENTRAL AMERICA) IN WHAT IS CURRENT DAY MEXICO

CONQUERED BY CORTES

WAS A VERY SOPHISTICATED CULTURE, BUILT THE CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN

Definition
WHO WERE THE AZTEC?
Term

EARLY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN SOUTH AMERICA, IN CURRENT DAY PERU

CONQUERED BY FRANCISCO PIZARRO

VERY SOPHISTICATED CULTURE, BUILT MACHU PICCHU

Definition
WHO WERE THE INCA?
Term

TREAURE HUNTER WHO FOUND THE SPANISH GALLEON - THE ATOCHA

BECAME THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE DETERMING WHO WOULD GET POSSESSION OF SUNKEN SHIPS FOUND OFF SHORE

Definition
WHO WAS MEL FISHER?
Term

SPANISH GALLEON, LOADED WITH GOLD, SILVER, AND EMERALDS TAKEN FROM MESOAMERICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA

SUNK OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

Definition
WHAT WAS THE ATOCHA?
Term

OVERUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT THEIR CIVILIZATION/CITY.

Definition
WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE MAYAN CULTURE?
Term
LARGE STONE HEADS
Definition

WHAT UNUSUAL ARTIFACTS CAN BE FOUND ON EASTER ISLAND?

Term
LINES DRAWN ON A HUGE PLAIN SOUTH OF CUZCO (INCA TERRITORY)
Definition
WHAT ARE THE NAZCA LINES?
Term

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

MAYBE FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES

Definition
WHY WERE THE NAZCA LINES MADE?
Term

THE BELIEF THAT KINGS WERE SELECTED/APPOINTED/ANOINTED BY GOD HIMSELF

WHAT EVER A KING DID, HE DID ON BEHALF OF GOD

TO ARGUE WITH THE KING IS TO ARGUE WITH GOD

Definition
WHAT WAS MEANT BY "DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS"?
Term

A PERIOD IN HISTORY IN WHICH PEOPLE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THEIR WORLD IN A NEW WAY

THEY BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR WORLD BY USING REASON

Definition
WHAT WAS THE ENLIGHTENMENT/AGE OF REASON?
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