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Global Studies
Practice test questions - Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages
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History
9th Grade
12/19/2010

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What is the chief goal of Crusades?
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To take back Holy Land (Jerusalem)
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Geography of Greece. What did it help create?
Definition
City-States
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What did Greek theater evolve out of?
Definition
Religious Festivals
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Oligarchy (definition)
Definition
Form of business class (ect.)
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What was the conflict between Athens & Sparta called?
Definition
Peloponnesian Wars
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What was the campaign that drove Muslims out of Spain called?
Definition
The reconquesta
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What is the 3 fold system (3 field)?
Definition
3 different fields-2 planted, 1 empty (rotation)
More & better crops are grown
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Who decided if you could achieve salvation?
Definition
Pope, The Church
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Who dominated town life in the late Middle Ages?
Definition
Merchant Guilds
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What is Chivalry?
Definition
Code of honor followed by noble men & women, and knights
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Why is the Battle of Tours important?
Definition
Frankish warriors stopped Muslims from taking over Tours, France and Western Europe and making it Islamic
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What group of people make up the largest population in feudalism?
Definition
Peasants and Serfs
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What were the civil wars fought over during the decline of the Roman Empire?
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Over who holds power
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After the death of what Emperor did the Pax Romana end?
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Marcus Aurelius
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Who revived Latin learning in the early Middle Ages?
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Charlamagne
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After the death of the Gracces Brothers, what happened?
Definition
Civil Wars
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What were tribunes?
Definition
Officers chosen by the plebians to represent them in the republics
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What was Alexanders most lasting achievement?
Definition
Spread of culture
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