3rd Quarter

The Catholic Church increased the tensions that started the Protestant Reformation by (choose 2)

• continuing to sell indulges to the wealthy

• ending the crusades to gain control of the Holy Lands

• decreasing the social and political power of the Pope

• demanding tax revenues be paid directly to the pope

Leasders of China built a wall around the boundaries. The Qin dynasty connected several of the walls together for stronger protection. The Han, Tang, and Song dynasties expanded the wall over time. Then, _______

• Korean Diplomats built gates through the wall

• The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the wall

• European explorers established trade routes along the wall

• The Ming dynasty completed the wall

One of the main conflicts of the Middle Ages was between

• European Monarchs and Catholic Church

• European Monarchs and Islamic traders

• European Monarchs and peasants

• European Monarchs and vassals

Which historical European family founded a large bank in Florence, increased the support for the arts in Italy, financed the construction of Saint Peter's Basiica, and helped spark the Renaissance?

• Galilei Family

• Medici Family

• Newton Family

• Shakespeare Family

One of the reasons why Mansa Musa made the pilgrimage from Mali to Mecca was

• to show the wealth of Mali

• to end the trade of gold

• to protect the borders of Mali

• to spread traditional religions

Traditional African religions practice ancestor worship because

• they believe the spirits live on in wild animals

• the shrines allow the spirits to enter the afterlife

• they believe illnesses can harm the spirits of ancestors

• they believe the spirits can directly impact daily life

Spanish Words were influenced by Arabic words because

• Islam became less popular in Spain after Buddhism spread into the region

• Islam became popular in Spain after Muslim civilizations expanded in the 700s

• Islam was created in Spain

• Islam was banned in Spain in the 700s

Growth of Literacy, Spread of Books, Dissemination of knowledge happened because of which invention?

• algebra

• collapsing telescope

• gunpowder

• printing press

Thomas Aquinas promoted which Renaissance belief

• Confucian belief of the importance of family relationships

• Buddhist belief of the concept of enlightenment

• humanistic belief in the balance between reason and faith

• animistic belief in the power of nature and ancestral spirits

Islam is

• animistic

• polytheistic

• atheistic

• monotheistic