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Which best describes the role of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire?

A
Constantinople was a main trading center.
B
Constantinople was a secondary trading center.
C
Constantinople was a Greek trading center.
D
Constantinople was a Roman trading center.
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Under Akbar, the Mughal Empire supported

A
Hindus and Christians.
B
Hindus and Sikhs.
C
Muslims and Buddhists.
D
Muslims and Christians.
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What was the impact of the Concordat of Worms?

A
The pope and Henry’s son became friends.
B
Henry V apologized for his father’s actions.
C
The pope recognized Henry V as the lawful emperor.
D
Henry V was forced to agree the pope was more powerful.
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Which person was considered to be the greatest physician in the Muslim world?

A
Al-Khwarizmi
B
Abd al-Malik
C
Al-Razi
D
Ibn al-Haytham
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Which correctly describes the Ten Commandments?

A
The Ten Commandments are written laws.
B
The Ten Commandments focus only on how people should worship God.
C
The Ten Commandments contain only advice about personal relationships.
D
The Ten Commandments are laws handed down by oral tradition.
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What was the main effect of the Persian wars?

A
Persia was no longer a threat to anyone.
B
Athens and Sparta began working together.
C
Athens became the leader of the Greek city-states.
D
Sparta became the leader of the Greek city-states.
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This is an image of the conquistadors.

Question illustration
A
the conquistadors were men doing God’s work.
B
the conquistadors were aggressive men.
C
they were thanking God for helping them meet new friends.
D
they were praying to the false god of gold.
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Read the quotation written by Martin Luther in 1517.Those who believe that they can be certain of their salvation because they have indulgence letters will be eternally damned, together with their teachers.This quotation was part of which document?

A
the Book of Common Prayer
B
the Edict of Worms
C
the Institute of the Christian Religion
D
the Ninety-Five Theses
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How did skilled artisans contribute to the successes of the Ming dynasty?

A
The artisans fulfilled the ideals of Confucianism, which encouraged employment.
B
The artisans produced beautiful items, which decorated the emperor’s palace and the Forbidden City.
C
The artisans produced silk and porcelain goods that demanded high prices, thus increasing China’s trade and wealth.
D
The artisans provided jobs to the Chinese peasants who could no longer work in agriculture because of the famine.
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Read the passage below from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography:I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation [greeting] in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness [horribleness] of the stench and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables [food]; and on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass [a part of the ship], and tied my feet, while the other flogged [beaten or whipped] me severely.What most accurately describes the narrator’s circumstance?

A
He is a passenger on the Middle Passage, a ship that carries enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas.
B
He is an enslaver who is hungry, sick, and has trouble breathing on a ship.
C
He is a person that enslavers had captured and then beaten when he became overcome with grief.
D
He is a one of many prisoners on the Middle Passage, a trade route from West Africa to Spain.
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In addition to patronage, merchant families during the Renaissance began to

A
educate their sons.
B
practice new religions.
C
establish new businesses.
D
hide their wealth.
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One reason Renaissance art looks more lifelike than Medieval art is that it uses

A
ordinary objects.
B
naturalism.
C
perspective.
D
classical influences.
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Which three major factors contributed to the Roman Empire’s decline?

A
political insurrections, military rebellions, famine
B
political instability, military conflict, economic crisis
C
political dictatorship, military genocide, severe drought
D
political stability, military peace, economic growth
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Which of these events came first?

A
Julius Caesar’s assassination
B
Rome becoming a republic
C
Caesar Augustus taking power
D
Rome becoming an empire
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What was the primary impact Confucius had on the Chinese people?

A
He restored the culture’s economy.
B
He renewed the culture’s traditional virtues.
C
He expanded the culture’s writing system.
D
He developed the culture’s legal system.
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This image shows the Great Sphinx.

Question illustration
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during the Old Kingdom
B
during the Middle Kingdom
C
during the reign of the Hyksos
D
during the New Kingdom
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What lasting effect did the Ten Commandments have?

A
Established Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
B
Influenced moral and legal codes of later cultures and time periods
C
Established Abraham as Judaism’s greatest prophet
D
Influenced other polytheistic religions
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This photo shows an early Mesoamerican structure.

Question illustration
A
creating terraces for farm fields
B
practicing rituals and ceremonies
C
playing a ball game with stone hoops
D
protecting a city from invading armies
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Why did John Calvin write the Institutes of the Christian Religion?

A
to refute the teachings of Martin Luther
B
to defend a king’s right to an annulment
C
to support the practices of the Catholic Church
D
to explain the Reformation and Protestant beliefs
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Upon the Roman emperor’s acceptance of Christianity, how did the religion’s status change?

A
Christianity was made the empire’s official religion.
B
Christianity immediately spread around the world.
C
Christianity became legal to practice.
D
Christianity developed uniform beliefs.

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