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He helped establish English common law. |
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Why was the Magna Carta important? |
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It asserted that the moarch must obey the law. |
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A major conflict between the Holy Roman emperors and the poped concerned |
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who would appoint bishops |
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What was the chief goal of the crusades |
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The Crusades affected the world by |
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increasing trade between Europe and the Middle East. |
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The key feature of Gothic architecture is |
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How did medieval cathedrals help to educate poeple who could not read? |
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They featured sculptures and stained glass that portrayed biblical stories |
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What change in education developed in the Middle Ages? |
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The first universities evolved |
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What was a result of the plague in Europe? |
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Why is Joan of Arc remembered? |
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She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years' War. |
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The Byzantine Empire reached its greatest size under |
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Of all Justinian's works, he is best remebered for his |
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Which of the follorwing groups finally conquered the Byzantine empire? |
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Early Ryssian civilazation was strongly influenced by the culture of |
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How did the Mongol rule affect Russia's relations with western Europe? |
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It isolated Russia from the West. |
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Which of the following cities became the capital of Czars |
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What did Ivan the Great beilive about Czars |
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Which of the following groups of poeple took refuge in Poland during the late Middle ages |
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Eastern Europe is a region of |
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diverse people and cultures |
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Which of the following religions took hold in Poland and Hungary? |
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Which of the following beliefs is helf by Musdlims, Jews, and Christians? |
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the final authority on all matters |
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According to the five Pillars of Islam, every Muslim must |
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The key reason for Muslim success in conquest was |
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The split between Sunni and Chiite Muslims began with disagreement over |
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Extensive trade led Muslims to invent new |
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Which of the following events created a Muslim empire in India? |
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The etablishment of the Delhi sultanate |
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Sikhism blended the beilifs of Islam with those of |
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Which of the following statements describes the Ottoman and Safavid empires |
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Both based their government on Muslim traditions. |
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How did the arts fare under Suleiman |
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What geogaphic deatures created a barrier to the movement of poeple and goods in africa? |
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Trade across the Sahara was revolutionized by this |
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The sahara trade was dominated by what two products |
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How did Islam influence Mali emperor Mansa Musa? |
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He based his system of justice on the Quran |
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Axum prospered partly because it had a port on the |
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What religious tradition did the Azumites pass on to the Ethiopians? |
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Over the centuries, Ethiopian Christians |
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borrowed many traditions from other cultures |
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In dry desert areas, poeple adapted by practicing |
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African art masks were tied to |
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The griots of West Africa preserved |
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Under the Tang, the Chinease empire |
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In Chinease society under the Tang and Song, peasants ranked |
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Mongol rule in China was time of |
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The ming dynasty came about when |
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The Mongols were pushed out of China |
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Korea's role between China and Japan has been that of |
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Which had the greatest cultural influence on Korea |
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Because most of Japan is mountainour, its people lived mostly |
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in river valleys and coastal plains |
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Heian nobles influenced Japanese culture by |
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producing important works of literature |
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Who held the real power in Japan's feudal society? |
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The Tokugawa shoguns created an orderly society by |
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imposing restrictions on social classes |
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The artists of the Renaissance focused on |
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Humans and thier experiences |
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Which of the following best explains why the Renaissance occured in northern Europe later than it did in Italy |
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The Black death delayed economic growth in nothern Europe |
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How did the printing press affect Europe |
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More popele learned to read and write |
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The Roman Catholic Church reacted to Luther's idea by |
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Luther believed that Christians could reach heaven only through |
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Calvin taught that humans were born |
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Why did Henry VIII break from the Catholic church |
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Which of the following was a result of the Catholic Reformation |
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new schools to train the clergy |
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The new scientific method was based on |
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experimentation and observation |
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Descartes beilives poeple could discover basic truths through |
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Why was the astrolable helpful to sailors? |
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It helped them determine their latitiude |
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Who was the first explorer to round the southern tip of Africa? |
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Which of the following best describes Southeast Asia |
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a region composed of a mainland and scattered islands |
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Why did Chinease influences have a greater effect on Vietnam than Indian influences? |
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Indian influences were spread through trade, while Chinease influences were spread through conquest. |
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How did the Portugese gain control of trade in Southeast Asia |
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In the 1600s, the portuguese lost control of trade in the Indian Ocean to the |
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What began the decline of the Mughal empire in India |
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Why were the Chinease uninterested in trading with Europeans |
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Europena goods were inferior to Chinease goods |
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The Ming and Qing dynasties followed which of the following policies regarding foreign trade |
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they restricted foreign trade |
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Which event(s) led Koread to adopt a policy of isolationism |
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war with Japan and the Manchus |
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Conquistadors were attracted to the Americas by |
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stories of riches and Spanish religios zeal |
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Which of the following resulted frm encounters between the Spanish and Native Americans |
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The Native American population declined |
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Why did the Spanish bring enslaves Africans to the Americas |
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to provide labor for working Spanish plantaions |
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Which of the following groups was at the bottom of the new social structure |
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In North America, power struggles between France and Britain resultes in the |
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As part of the terms of the Treaty of Paris, France was forces to give up |
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By the 1500s, the most important elements of African trade with Europeans was |
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The Middle Passage was a horror due to |
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What was one cause of European inflation |
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increased supplies of gold and silver |
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How were European peasants affected by Europe's growing involvement with the world? |
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Their lives did not change very much |
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What role did Philip II of Spain play in regard to the Catholic Church |
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He was a protector of the Church |
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What was one reason that the arts and literature were able to flourish during the golden century in Spain |
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What was the effect on the French army of Louis XIV reign? |
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It became the strongest in Europe |
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What was the result of Louis XIV's persecution of Huguenots |
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They left France, causing a blow to the French economy |
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The staurt kings' claims to absolute power in Englan were challanged by |
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What were William and Mary required to accept before taking the throne of England |
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Which of the following was divided into many small states as a result of the thirty Years' war |
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By 1750, the great powers of Europe had formed alliances to maintain the |
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Peter the Great forced Russians to accept social reforms that would maket eheir culture more like that of |
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What Russian dream did Catherine the Great achieve |
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