World History Exam

World History Mid-Term Exam (Ch. 3 -22) Mr. Halliday Choose the letter of the best answer. (1 point each) ____ 1. Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of A. trade. B. conquest. C. missionary efforts. D. pilgrimages by the faithful.

____ 2. A Phoenician contribution that people still benefit from today was A. the introduction of Indo-Aryan languages to C. the invention of the phonetic alphabet. Europe. B. the invention of the sail. D. the invention of the labyrinth. ____ 3. Monotheism describes the Hebrews' belief-unusual for the time-that their God was A. the one and only God. C. a spiritual, not a physical, presence. B. a forgiving and protective God. D. associated not with a place but with a people. ____ 4. The most sacred writings
___ was NOT a reason for the decline of the Roman Empire. A. A strong military C. The invasions by Germanic tribes and by Huns B. The huge amount of money spent on defense, D. The disruption of trade coupled with inflation ____ 37. What regions of the world today are still strongly influenced by the achievements of Rome? A. Europe and the Middle East C. the Middle East and Africa B. Europe and the United States D. Africa and the United States ____ 38. All of the following resulted from the repeated invasions of the Germanic tribes that led to the fall of the Roman Empire EXCEPT A. the disruption of trade. C. the ruralization of the population. B. the declining in learning. D. the establishment of a common language. ____ 39. Why did learning decline during the last years of Roman Empire? A. Invaders burned most of the empire's C. Everything written in Greek was destroyed by collections of manuscripts. the invaders. B. Invaders could neither read nor write and did D. All of the above are true. not understand Latin. ____ 40. The achievement for which Charlemagne is most remembered was A. traveling to Rome to crush a mob threatening C. visiting every part of his kingdom to ensure the pope. justice. B. building an empire larger than any since Rome. D. halting the expansion of the Muslim empire. ____ 41. What was the significance of Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne emperor? A. It started the tradition of popes crowning C. It gave a great deal of power to the Germanic emperors in the city of Aachen. people. B. Charlemagne was under the Pope's control D. It joined Germanic power with the Church and from that time on. the heritage of Rome. ____ 42. According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for all of the following EXCEPT A. his lady. C. his feudal lord. B. his country. D. his heavenly Lord. ____ 43. The bargain made between a lord and a vassal was A. that the vassal would build a city on the lord's C. that the lord would grant the vassal land in lands.