World History A Exam Review Name:_________________ Hour:______
1. What is an Islamic Place of Worship called?
2. Who is the Islamic prophet?
3. What was the first major religion to teach that there was only one God?
4. A person who practices the religion of Islam is called what?
5. The religious founder of Buddhism.
6. According to Christians, who is Jesus
7. Geographer and historians taking different points of view on a single topic
8. The holiest city in the Islamic religion
9. Many traders traveled to and from China on the route called the ____________ road.
10. The achievements for which Charlemagne is most remembered?
11. According to the code of chivalry, a knight fought for what reasons?
12. Name given to a lord’s estate
13. During the Middle Ages, what was a grant of land from a lord to a vassal called?
14. A mock battle that served as a training exercise for young knights.
15. Name of a community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God.
16. The act of taking away a person’s right to membership in the Church.
17. System of government based on the exchange of land for protection and services.
18. Leader who halted (stopped) the invasion of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
19. What was the effect of the 3-field system?
20. What was the major cause of the Great Schism?
21. The name given to the leader of the medieval Christian Church
22. Church tax of 10% of a family’s income
23. Which group was responsible for the spread of the bubonic plague?
24. What was the central issue of the Hundred Years’ War?
25. The person who received land from a lord
26. Muslims who invaded Spain and began to push their way their way northward into
France before being pushed back.
27. A name given to a person who is originally from the Middle East
28. What is a Sunni Muslim?
29. What’s a Shiite Muslim?
30. What were some contributions from the Muslim’s to the world?
31. The group that selects the next Pope once the previous Pope dies.
32. What are clergy?
33. Laws that govern the Christian church?
34. What is culture?
35. A person who controlled land in medieval feudal European society.
36. What are the sacraments?
37. Code of behavior for knights?
38. Followers of Judaism?
39. Supreme political and religious leader in the Muslim government?
40. Concern with worldly rather religious matters?
41. The exchange of goods and services for the benefit of each?
42. Appointing of religious leaders by kings or nobles?
43. Jewish place of worship?
44. Founder of Christianity:
45. What are the 5 Pillars of Faith?
46. Religion with largest world wide following:
47. Religion that has had the most growth in the past few decades and is now the second
largest single religion?
48. What does the term monotheism mean?
49. Which religions trace their origin to Abraham?
50. What are sects of a religion?
51. The leader of the Catholic Church?
52. The religion of all Muslims?
53. The Middle Ages is also known by what other name?
54. A philosophy that guides the actions and thoughts of many Chinese and other East
Asian people.
55. What caused the Bubonic Plague to spread throughout Europe in such a short time
period?
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56. What were some criticisms people had with the Church?
58. Describe the 95 Theses.
59. What are indulgences?
60. What was the Reformation?
61. Who was Martin Luther and what were some of his teachings?
62. Who are Protestants?
63. Why did England’s Henry VIII decide to split from the Church?
64. What was the Act of Supremacy?
65. How did Queen Elizabeth attempt to please both Protestants and Catholics in the
Anglican Church?
66. Who was John Calvin and what were his ideas of predestination?
67. Who were the Presbyterians?
68. What were some teachings of the Anabaptists?
70. What agreements came out of the Council of Trent