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Respess History 9 Spring Final Quiz Questions
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9th Grade
05/23/2012

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Where was Askia Muhammad's empire?
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West Africa
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What was the name of Askia Muhammad's empire?
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Songhai
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What religion did Askia Muhammad follow?
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Islam
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A certain city had been sacked by Sonni Ali, but was restored by Askia Muhammad. Name this city
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Timbuktu
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Tell 3 things studied in the university in Timbuktu
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Math, medicine, music, astronomy, and literature
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Where was Charlemagne's empire?
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Europe
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When Charlemagne moved into a new territory, he forced people to accept... (what religion?)
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Christianity
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Charlemagne's soldiers destroyed the Irminsul, a ... that was sacred to the people
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Tree
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How did Missi domenici help Charlemagne?
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They reported back to Charlemagne on what was happening
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Who or what was Carolingian miniscule?
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New improved handwriting
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Tell 2 ways monks contributed to a rebirth of civilization in the Carolingian Empire
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Taught schools and made hand copies of books
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The big event of Christmas Day, in the year 800, was Charlemagne's being crowned as "emperor of the ..." (whom or what?)
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Romans
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An "ethical code" is a set of beliefs about... (what?)
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Right and wrong ways to treat people
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In the 7th century CE, Muhammad lived... (where?)
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Mecca
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Muhammad was disturbed, because all around him, he saw evidence of... (what?)
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A rising gap between the rich and poor
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When Arabs lived as Bedouins (desert nomads), their culture had been different. In what ways, different?
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No upper class and orphans were always adopted
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Who or what is zakat?
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Money to the poor, one of the Five Pillars of Islam
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What did Islam's ethical code say about business deals and contracts?
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Don't try to cheat people
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If a man had 4 wives, what was a rule about the husband's responsibilities?
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Must be able to take car of all of them
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On the new kind of ship called the caravel, the combination of square and triangular sails made it possible to ... (what?)
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Sail against the wind
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An astrolabe helped sea voyagers by telling ... (what?)
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Your latitude
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A compass helped sea voyagers by telling... (what?)
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Which way is north
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Cannons mean that cities with heavy stone walls could be ... (what?)
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Successfully attacked
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Why were cannons on caravels a "deadly combination?"
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Ships took Europeans anywhere, and cannons can blast anything
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Tell the effect of the printing press on cost of books
Definition
Lowered the cost
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Tell the effect of the printing press on literacy
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More people were motivated to learn to read
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How did the printing press contribute to change like the Protestant Reformation?
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Ideas spread fast
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How did the printing press contribute to political and religious satire?
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Cartoons and 1-page satires were cheap to produce and could be spread quickly
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The palace at Versailles was the king's residence. It was also the place where... (any other two things that happened there)
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Government offices, nobles lived there
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Louis XIV changed the royal council, by making it ... (what?)
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Middle class, no nobles
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How did life at Versailles weaken the nobles?
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Distracted them with lives of pleasure
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Who or what was levee?
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A ceremony where the nobles dressed the king
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Who or what were Huguenots?
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French Protestants
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What was Louis XIV's policy concerning Huguenots?
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Destroyed their churches and schools, and then made their religion illegal.
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Louis XIV's finance minister Colbert's mercantilism (government actions) was to be sure that the value of France's exports would be...
Definition
Greater than the value of their imports
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Under the leadership of Colbert, what were 3 ways the government helped industry and trade
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Subsidies to new industries, improved network of roads and bridges, and high tariffs to keep out foreign manufactured goods
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What advice Louis XIV have for the next king?
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"Try to have peace with your neighbors. I liked war too much."
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What did the Taipings say they would do, concerning women?
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Left them compete for government offices and no more footbinding
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What did the Taipings say their policy would be about land ownership?
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No more private property and land redistribution
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Which dynasty fought to keep the Taipings from taking control of the government?
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Qing
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Name 2 foreign countries that sent armies to help the Qing dynasty stay in power
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Britain and Franch
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The Qing dynasty had a young emperor whose advisorKAng Youwei developed a policy ... (what?)
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Self-strengthening
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Tell the 2 main ideas of self-strengthening
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Adopt Western technology and keep Confucian values
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The Boxers had 2 big concerns. What were they?
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Poverty and kill all Christians
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How were the Boxers defeated?
Definition
Qing dynasty plus 8 nations invaded and trashed the city of Beijing
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