C F 3333 MID-TERM EXAMINATION: FALL 2005

 

1. _______________ may be seen as problem-solving mechanisms, concerned with meeting social needs.    INSTITUTIONS

 

2. The ________  -ordered mode of production is found in stateless societies.    KIN

 

3. In contrast to bands and _____________ , chiefdoms are non-egalitarian.    TRIBES

 

4. A major feature of world affairs during the period from 1450 to 1850 was the emergence of the modern __________ ___________ as a dominant political and economic formation throughout the world.    NATION STATE

 

5. The four institutional domains on which we focus in this course are: economic, political, religious, and _____________ .    SOCIAL

 

6. Askia Mohammad seized the throne of the ____________ Empire in 1493.    SONGHAY

 

7. The rulers of the Mughal Empire were Muslim; most of their subjects practiced the ___________ religion.      HINDU

8. The Chinese bureaucracy in 1450 was guided by the teachings of ____________ , a great philosopher.     CONFUCIUS

 

9. The ___________ Empire was the Muslim state that posed the greatest danger to Europe in 1450.     OTTOMAN

 

10. In Islamic political and religious thought the caliph is considered the successor of the Prophet; it is an office that combines political and  ___________ authority.     RELIGIOUS

 

11. The new world crop trilogy consisted of ____________, beans, and squash.    CORN (MAIZE)

 

12. The founders of the League of the Iroquois were ________________ and Deganawidah.     HIAWATHA

 

13. The League of the Iroquois was a representative government composed of 50 sachems selected from the member tribes and they were selected and approved by Iroquois _____________ .    WOMEN

14. The common and still most accepted view is that humankind came into the new world from _____________ .    ASIA

 

15.  When humankind entered the new world their subsistence base was one of __________ and gathering.    HUNTING

 

16.  In 1540, based on the words of Marcus de Niza, ________________ led an expedition into the Pueblo world looking for gold and silver.    CORONADO

 

17. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 as led by ____________ and Fransisco de Ollita.    POPE

 

18. The world of the Natchez was controlled by a ruler known as _______________ and his younger brother and ÒWhite Woman.Ó    GREAT SUN

 

19. The Hudson Bay Company is a good example of the economic ÒismÓ called ________________ .    MERCANTILISM

 

20. At the time of the contact, the European powers that clashed for control over Southeast North America were Spain, _______________ , and Britain.    FRANCE

 

21. In Northeast North America, with the Dutch and Swedes forced out, the French and the ______________ fought for control of the fur trade and the land.     ENGLISH/BRITISH

 

22.  Among the Incas, the basic kin group was the ____________ , which was a form of extended family.     AYLLU

 

23. The Inca emperor was known as _________ ___________ ,  which in Quechua means ÒPeerless Lord.Ó    SAPA INCA

 

24. The Aztecs believed that if the Sun did not receive __________ the universe would come to an end.    BLOOD

 

25. In ____________ society nuclear families were organized into residential groups or wards called calpolli.    AZTEC

 

26.  In 1494 the Treaty of __________________ divided the world between Spain and Portugal for the purpose of converting native peoples to Christianity.    TORDESILLAS

 

27.  In ÒThe Buried Mirror,Ó  Carlos Fuentes described one social effect of the conquest of Mexico as the creation of a new ethnic category called __________ or Òmixed-bloods.Ó These were children of Spanish fathers and native mothers.    MESTIZO

 

28. In 1532 ________________________ and his partner Diego de Almagro entered the Inca Empire and captured its ruler, Atahuallpa, at the town of Cajamarca.    FRANSISCO DE PIZARRO

 

29. In 1453 the ______________ conquered the remains of the Byzantine Empire, establishing their capitol at Istanbul and changing the trade routes between Europe and Asia.     OTTOMANS/TURKS

 

30. When the CortŽs expedition and its native allies arrived at Tenochtitl‡n, the Aztec capitol, they were greeted by _________________ , the Aztec ruler, whom they took captive to ensure their safety.    MONTEZUMA

 

31.  After an unsuccessful rebellion some Incas retreated to the jungle, establishing a holdout polity in Vilcamba that remained independent until 1572 when ________ ______________ , the last ruler, was captured and executed.    TUPA AMARU

 

32.  A political and economic consequence of Spanish conquest in the Americas was the establishment of the _______________ system, where the Spanish asserted the right to demand uncompensated labor from the natives as a reward for the risks and hardships of exploration.    ENCOMIENDA

 

33. The 14^th century Pope Boniface VIII issued a papal bull entitled _________ ______________ , which emphasized both the temporal and spiritual power of the Church.    UNAM SANCTAM

 

34. In the late 1300s-early 1400s the Roman Catholic Church went through a period where there were first two, then three, popes competing for authority. This period of division is often refered to as the ________________ ________________.    GREAT SCHISM  (AVIGNON CAPTIVITY/ BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY also accepted)

 

35. Throughout most of Europe in the period we have been studying, the law required that family property could only be inherited by the eldest son.  This is known as the rule of ________________ .     PRIMOGENITURE

 

36.  The Protestant Reformation is said to have begun in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed the document known as the ___________  ___________ to the door of the church at Wittenberg.     95 THESES

 

37.  King Henry IV of France issued an important proclamation in 1598, called the Edict of Nantes, which granted religious tolerance and freedom to worship to the _______________ in France.     HUGENOTS/PROTESTANTS

 

38. Sometimes called the Òpope of Geneva,Ó the reformer _________ ___________ attempted to govern the city of Geneva by Christian/Reformed principles and practices.     JOHN CALVIN

 

39. In the 1540s, in response to the Protestant Reformatiom, the Catholic Church began making internal reforms of its own. These reform measures are known as the ______________ __________________ .     COUNTER REFORMATION/CATHOLIC REFORMATION

 

40.  A group of radical reformers, called _________________ (by their opponents), practiced only adult baptism, shared their worldly possessions, opposed private property, and were oppressed by those of other religious beliefs.     ANABAPTISTS

 

41.  Because the Reformation emphasized permitting believers to read and study the Bible for themselves, it probably could not have happened before the invention of the ____________ _____________ .     PRINTING PRESS

 

42. With the Act of Supremacy of 1534, King ________________ ______ declared himself the supreme head of the Church of England.     HENRY VIII