World History 1 SOL Review

World History 1 SOL Review Who was the leader of the Norman Conquest that united most of England? - William the Conqueror What early American civilization is represented by Chichén Itzá? - Mayan What event increased the demand for Middle Eastern products and encouraged the use of credit and banking? - Crusades What did humanism celebrate? - The individual What couple unified Spain and expelled the Jews and Moors? - Ferdinand and Isabella Who gave a speech that is said to have launched the Crusades? - Pope Urban In the first centuries of Islam, who spread the religion? - Muhammad and his followers To what parts of the world did Islam spread? - Across Africa into Spain What were three of the foundations of early medieval society? - Classical heritage or Rome, Christian beliefs, and customs of Germanic Tribes What are some of trhe achievements of the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations? - Calendars, mathematics, writing, and other record keeping systems. The Hundred Years' War was between what two countries? - England and France What served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade during the Renaissance? - Letters of credit What Russian ruler threw off the rule of the Mongols centralizing power in Moscow? - Ivan the Great True or False: Axum was a polytheistic kingdom. - False During the Middle Ages what grew in influence as the Roman authority declined? - The authority of the church What event decimated the population of much of Asia and then Europe in the fourteenth century? - The Black Death The Incan civilization is represented by what architectural structure? - The Machu Piccu What Muslim leader won the battle for Jerusalem (in 1187 A.D.) during the Crusades? - Saladin Who wrote a treatise on government that maintained that the end justifies means? - Machivelli What was the treatise on government that Machivelli wrote called? - The Prince Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? - Michelangelo Under what ruler did the Spanish Empire expand in the Western Hemisphere? - Philip ll of Spain Who invented a moveable type printing press that enabled the production and the sale of books during the Renaissance? - Gutenberg Name three Italian Renaissance cities that had access to trade routes connecting Europe with the Middle Eastern markets. - Florence, Venice, and Genoa True or False: During the Age of Charlemagne, the Franks became less forceful in Western Europe? - False