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European History Trimester 2 Exam Review
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04/18/2011

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Which Greek philosopher wrote "The Republic"?
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Plato
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Who is the father of Alexander the Great?
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Philip of Macedon
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What philosopher studied the philosophy of pleasure?
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Epicurus
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What Alexandrian mathematician created geometry?
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Euclid
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The spreading of Greek culture to conquered lands is called:
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"Hellenization"
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Sappho was best noted for her:
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Lyric love poems
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The "Golden Age of Athens" occured during the tenure of:
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Pericles
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What is "Koine"?
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A Greek Dialect
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Carthage was originally founded by the:
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Phoenicians
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"Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" were written by:
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Sophocles
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Minoan civilization was located on the island of:
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Crete
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Which Greek philosopher's method of teaching involved persistent questioning?
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Socrates
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The "Father of History" is:
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Herodotus
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A turning point for the Greeks in the Persian War, 300 Spartans vs. the Persians at this battle:
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Battle of Thermopyle
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Who was victorious in the Peloponnesian War?
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Sparta
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Of the Italic Tribes, they were the first true Italians on the peninsula:
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Etruscans
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Succeeding his stepfather, Caesar Augustus, he served as Emperor during the public ministry of Jesus:
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Tiberius
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In 31 BC, Marcus Agrippa led the forces of Octavian to a decisive victory over Marc Antony at:
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Actium
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Who divided the Roman Empire in the 3rd century?
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Diocletian
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Succeeded his uncle, Tiberius; Appointed a horse to the Roman Senate; Married his sister...
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Caligula
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Conquered Britain; "The Stammerer"
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Claudius
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What was Caesar Augustus' original name?
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Octavian
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Wrote "The Aneid"
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Vergil
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In the late 18th century, he authored the landmark historical work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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Edward Gibbon
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Plebeians in Ancient Rome were:
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The lower classes
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In 476, the Germanic Ostrogoths overthrew the "last" Roman Emperor:
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Romulus Augustulus
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Visigoths, Vandals, and Angles are examples of what kind of tribe?
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Germanic
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Who was in the First Triumverate?
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Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
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The language of the Carthaginians and Hannibal was:
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Punic
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Is English a Romantic language?
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No
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Who was the first true king of England?
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Alfred the Great
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"Braveheart"; Scottish national hero
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William Wallace
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Victor at Agincourt; "band of brothers speech" from Shakespeare
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Henry V
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His claim to the French throne precipitated the Hundred Years War:
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Edward III
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Holy Roman Emperor that was drowned en route to the Crusades
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Frederick Barbarossa
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Who called the First Crusade?
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Pope Urban II
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What year was the First Crusade?
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1094
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"Flagellants" were:
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Cult members who whipped each other in quasi-religious ceremonies; ("flagella"=tail tail=whip)
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"Interdict":
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Denies an entire region from participating in the sacraments
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The medieval system of local government based on the relationship of overlord and vassal is called:
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Feudalism
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During Babylonian Captivity of the Church, the Papacy resided in:
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Avignon
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Flying buttresses, stained glass windows, and ribbed vaults are characteristics of this type of architecture:
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Gothic
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She was the wife of Henry II and the mother of kings Richard the Lionhearted and John:
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Eleanor of Aquitane
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At the conclusion of the Hundred Years War in 1453; the only remaining English possession in France was:
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Calais
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The author of "Divine Comedy" and the "Father of Modern Italian" is:
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Dante
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Hungarians derive from this horesmen tribe from Anatolia:
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Magyars
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732, He repulsed the Moors at Tours (Poitiers); Frankish leader that is said to have "Saved Western Civilization":
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Charles Martel
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Hagia Sophia is located in
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Istanbul
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Where was the Dauphin or Charles VII crowned as foretold by St. Joan of Arc?
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Rheims
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Who is Charlemagne's son?
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Louis the Pious
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Who are Louis the Pious' three sons amongst whom he divides the Empire?
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Lothair, Louis the German, and Charles the Bald
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The Black Death took place in what century?
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The 14th
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What is "Salic Law"?
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Put in place so that Edward III couldn't inherit the French throne through his mother Isabelle of France; Prohibits the inheritance of the French throne through the female line
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Who was murdered by Henry II in Canterbury Cathedral for opposing overstepping boundaries as secularly appointed Bishop of Canterbury?
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Thomas Beckett
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What year was Magna Carta?
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1215
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What year was the Battle of Bosworth Field?
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1485
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What year was the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
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1588
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Explusion of Moors and Jews from Spain occured in what year?
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1415
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The Renaissance began in the city of:
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Florence
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Who created a free-standing nude marble statue of David?
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Michaelangelo
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The Birth of Venus was a combination of pagan mythology with the Christian Madonna by:
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Botticelli
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Erasmus and Thomas More were __________ Humanists.
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Christian
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"Gargantua" and "Perpetua"
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Rabelais
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"The Decameron"; he was a pupil of Petrarch
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Boccaccio
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"Areopagatica" and "Paradise Lost"
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John Milton
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"The Courtier"
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Castiglione
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The Prince
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Machiavelli
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"Storm Over Toledo"; Mannerist style
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El Greco
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"Thomas More"; "Henry VIII"
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Hans Holbein
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Venus of Urbino; Assumption of the Virgin; has his own shade of red; no0dz
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Titian
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"St. George"
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Donatello
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Luther refused to recant his protests of the Church at:
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Worms
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Jesuit religious order was founded by:
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
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What year was Charlemagne crowned Emperor?
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800
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Who was buried in the Pantheon; School of Athens?
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Raphael
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Mary Tudor's mom is?
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Catherine of Aragon
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"Fires of Smithfield" caused by who?
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Mary Tudor
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Who are Edward VI's two protectors?
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Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour; Earl of Warwick
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Edward IV is married to:
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Elizabeth Woodville
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Who are Edward the IV's two sons?
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Edward V and Richard
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Richard III is named "_______ __ ________"
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Protector of the Children
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Who is the "Gentleman-king of the Renaissance"?
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Francis I
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Who were the "Huguenots"?
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French Calvinists; made inroads in upper layer of society
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St. Batholomew's Night was a massacre of Huguenots brought about by:
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Catherine de Medici
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What were "sea beggars":
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Dutch Calvinist sailors
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