Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation

  1. Under which English ruler did the English Parliament first emerge?
  2. The Magna Carta officially recognized mutual rights and obligations between:
  3. Renaissance thinkers looked to _____ thinkers for inspiration.
  4. In 1258, the Arab Empire was brought to an end by?
  5. The Byzantine ruler who appointed scholars to collect and organize the laws of the Roman Empire was?
  6. The ruler who established Orthodox Christianity in Russia was?
  7. “The main reason for the conquest was the desire for wealth.” This hypothesis applies best to?
  8. What was the Koran?
  9. According to Islam, the last and greatest of the profits was?
  10. After the fall of Rome, the Christian Church provided Europe with?
  11. The battle of Tours in 732:
  12. Charlemagne’s empire represented a new civilization, one that?
  13. In 1066, William of Normandy:
  14. The Muslims’ reasons for starting jihads, or holy wars, were most similar to the reasons behind?
  15. The English king’s attempt to claim the French in 1337 led to?
  16. Which of the following is notone of the Five Pillars of Islam?
  17. The Flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 marked?
  18. Early Muslims used military conquest as a means to?
  19. Unlike the Sunni Muslims, the Shiites:
  20. Two famous Muslim scholars who studied Aristotle were?
  21. Timbuktu was famous for all of the following except?
  22. The Germanic system of justice was based on?
  23. The early Middle Ages are sometimes called a “Dark Age” because?
  24. After the breakup of Charlemagne’s empire, feudalism:
  25. What was Chivalry?
  26. What /who was the Roman Empire ruled by?
  27. “Pope Gregory VII is now not Pope, but false monk.” What did Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV mean when he said this?
  28. Which of the following was a lasting outcome of the Crusades?
  29. The organization of early universities was similar to that of?
  30. What did Thomas Aquinas teach?
  31. What was Dante the author of?
  32. What were Troubadours’ songs full of praise for?
  33. Compared with the Romanesque style, Gothic architecture was?
  34. With what could Archer shoot farther and faster with?
  35. Wealthy people who support the arts are known as?
  36. Which of the following attitudes was more characteristic of Medieval Times than of the Renaissance?
  37. The writer who argued that rulers should do whatever was necessary to gain and keep power was?
  38. Which of the following was not one of the affects of the invention of movable type?
  39. The organization of an ideal society is described in?
  40. What did Michelangelo paint?
  41. In 1517, what happened at a church in Wittenberg?
  42. What was the Reformation?
  43. Why did a number of German princes back Luther?
  44. What did John Calvin’s doctrine of predestination state?
  45. For both Luther and Calvin, in supreme authority what was in matters of faith?
  46. Which happened first?
  47. What did curiosity and a desire for adventure characterize?
  48. Which explorer, sailing for Spain, set out to find a westward route to India?
  49. Spain and Portugal were allowed to divide the non-Christian world between them as a result of?
  50. Who was the Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs?