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History Final Sem.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the interdict, who had the power to decree it? | The Pope, when the Catholic Church refuses to perform sacraments as punishment. |
| What promises did pope Urban II make to people who joined the First Crusade? | He promised forgiveness of sin for those who died in the crusade. |
| Who was Joan of Arc, what war was she a part of, what army did she belong to, who did she help defeat? | She was a French peasant girl who was given leadership of the French army during the 100 years war. She defeated the English. |
| Who were the Hopewell, where did they live, and what did they build? | The Ohio River Valley and they built mounds. American Indian Society. |
| The Fourth Crusade attacked a well known Christian city in eastern Europe. What city? | Constantinople |
| The Bantu people migrated across Africa, what technology spread with them? | Iron-smelting |
| After the Bantu migrated to east Africa, a new culture mixing Arab and African traditions developed. What is the name of this culture? | Swahili Culture |
| The largest city of the Mississippian culture is located in Illinois, near St. Louis. What is the name of this city? | Cahokia |
| Who started the Protestant Reformation by making public his 95 Theses? | Martin Luther |
| How did Anabaptists view the sacrament of baptism? | They don’t believe in baptism for infants. |
| Even though he died during the expedition, who led the first voyage to circumnavigate the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| In the 1500s and 1600s, the leading countries of Europe adopted a new economic principle called ‘Mercantilism’. Mercantilists believed that the prosperity of a nation depended on its supply of what? | gold;silver |
| After ‘discovering’ America, European nations set up a ‘triangular trade system’ that linked together what three continents? | Europe, America, Africa |
| England has a historical event known as the ‘Restoration’. What was restored to England during this event? | When they restored the monarchy. |
| During the French Revolution, why did Robespierre pursue a policy of de-Christianization in France? | He felt like that was superstition, he wanted France to be a place of reason. |
| How many social classes, or ‘estates’, existed in France before its Revolution? | 3 |
| How did Russia defeat Napoleon’s invasion? | They burned their own land and supplies so the enemy couldn’t use it, and so that they would starve and die. |
| Name the islands of Napoleon’s birth, 1st, and 2nd exiles. | Corsica-born, Elba-1st exile, St. Helena-2nd exile (died) |
| What major power left World War 1 early because of a revolution? | Russia |
| What is the name of the passenger ship sunk by German submarines in World War 1 that angered the United States? | The Lusitania |
| One factor that led to World War 1 was that European countries were rivals instead of friends. One reason for these rivalries was competition between countries for the right to create colonies on what continent? | Africa |
| What was the Western Front of World War 1 like? | It was trench warfare. |
| Why did France send military troops to seize German factories and mines in the Ruhr Valley in 1923? | Preparation Payments - Germany stopped making payments. |
| Joseph Stalin created Five Year Plans for the Soviet Union. What were these designed to do? | Make the Soviet Union industrialized. |
| What did the Nuremberg Laws in Germany do? | Made Jews 2nd class citizens. |
| November 9, 1938. Nazi’s throughout Germany and Austria attack Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues. What is this night called? | Kristalbacht |
| As a result of farm collectivism in the Soviet Union, a severe famine caused the deaths of millions. What region of the Soviet Union was at the center of this famine? | Ukraine |
| World War 2 in Europe began when Germany invaded what country? | Poland |
| Instead of invading Japan, what did the US do to end World War 2? | They bombed them with an atomic bond. |
| Early in World War 2, the British army was trapped in France. How was the British army saved from destruction at Dunkirk? | Civilians in their own boats. |
| What is World War 2 called in Russia? | Great Patriotic War |
| What happened to Germany after its defeat in World War 2? | They were split into 4 parts with the 4 countries who “won” in leadership |
| What two European countries came under German control BEFORE World War 2 began? | Austria, Czechoslovakia |
| Pachacuti…who was he? | Leader of the Inca |
| What King of England broke away from the Catholic church and created the Anglican church? | King Henry the 8th |
| John Calvin was a leader of the Anabaptists. What European city became most closely associated with his movement? | Geneva, Switzerland |
| After America was discovered, the Pope signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the unexplored parts of the Americas between what two countries? | Spain and Portugal |
| World War 1 was largely caused by an assassination. Who was killed, and who killed them? | Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand |
| Rasputin, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin are most closely associated with what country? | Russia/Soviet Union |
| Henry VIII, Elizabeth II, and Oliver Cromwell are most closely associated with what country? | England |
| Heinrich Himmler, William II, and Joseph Gobbels are most closely associated with what country? | Germany |
| Hideki Tojo, Isoroku Yamamoto, and Hirohito are most closely associated with what country? | Japan |
| What was the largest ‘death camp’ of the German Holocaust of the European Jews? | Auschwitz |
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