A guild was an association of
1.monks
2.farmers
3.craft and industry
4. lords
According to French priests, the basis of classification among the three orders was
1. education
2.race
3.wealth
4. nature of work
Andreas Vesalius was a professor of _____ at the University of Padua.
1.Medicine
2.Astronomy
3.Philosophy
4.Mathematics
Aztecs got power when they destroyed the power of ______
1. Montezuma
2. Incas
3.Maya
4. Toltecs
By the early fifteenth century, ______ was used for those masters who taught grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy.
1.literates
2.humanists
3. authors
4. writers
During Genghis Khan’s attempt to conquer China, North China was ruled by
1.Hsi Hsia
2. Jurchen
3.Sung dynasty
4. Ogodei
Fertile land was known as _____
1.Franks
2. Gaul
3.Manor
4.Fief
Genghis Khan mother name was:
1. Oelun-leke
2.Oelun-eke
3.Oelun-Kiyat
4. None of the above
Ibn Rushd was an Arab philosopher of _____
1.France
2. Germany
3.Britain
4.Spain
In 1519, the group that was trying to secede from the Aztec rule of king Montezuma was
1.Castillo
2. Malinchista
3.Tlaxcalans
4.Totonacs
In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun’ was
1.Plato
2.Aristotle
3.Dante
4.Ceasar
In the 3rd century BCE in China, the fortifications started to be integrated into a common defensive outwork, known as the
1.Great Wall of China
2. Humen Weiyuan Fort of China
3.Taku Forts of China
4.Wanping Castle of China
Monks who moved from one place to another, preaching to the people and living on charity. These monks were known as ______
1.Manor
2. Friars
3. Tithe
4. Serfs
One of the gradual changes that affected the social and economic ties between the lords and the vassals was
1.agricultural technology
2. environment
3.land use
4. new towns
Petrarch was given the title of Poet Laureate in Rome in
1. 1341
2.1342
3.1343
4.1344
Ptolemy’s Almagest was work on ______
1.Mathematics
2. Astronomy
3.Philosophy
4.Sociology
Renaissance is best known for its
1.cultural developments
2.social developments
3.political developments
4.economic developments
The author of the book ‘The Prince’ is
1. Lorenzo Valla
2.Gutenberg
3.Machiavelli
4.Alberti
The childhood name of Genghis Khan was:
1.Morin Khuur
2. Nominjin
3.Temujin
4.Tamujin
The Church was given the right to take one-tenth of the total produce of the peasant over the course of a year which was called a _____
1. Taille
2. Toll
3. Tithe
4.Franks
The civilization which was politically less powerful than the Aztecs in Mexico was
1. Arawaks
2.Caribs
3.Incas
4.Mayas
The earliest universities in the European continent were set up in the country of
1. France
2.Germany
3.Italy
4.England
The families that gave more importance to women during the 15th century were those of
1.aristocrats
2.artists
3.merchants
4. scholars
The first formal Portuguese capital in South America was
1.Salvador
2. Cuba
3. Bahamas
4. Bahia/Salvador
The first king who was declared the ‘Holy Roman Emperor’ was
1.Charlemagne
2. Louis I
3.Louis II
4. Louis III
The king who was declared the Holy Roman Emperor was
1.Charlemagne
2.Louis I
3. Louis II
4. Louis III
The knight was given a piece of land by the lord. This piece of land was called _______
1.Franks
2.Toll
3.Manor
4.Fief
The land granted by the lord to the knights was called:
1.Fief
2. Feud
3. Seigneur
4. Manor
The magnetic compass, used in explorations, had been known since
1.1377
2. 1378
3. 1379
4.1380
The Mongols imported _______ from China.
1.Cotton
2. Crude Oil
3.Coffee
4.Iron Utensils
The Mongols travelled with their herds to pasture lands and lived in tents called:
1.Anda
2.Gers
3. Noyan
4. Yasa
The opening of trade between Europe and China started in the
1.9th century
2.10th century
3.11th century
4. 12th century
The painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was made by
1.Leonardo da Vinci
2. Michelangelo
3.Raphael
4.Donatello
The ruler who ascended the throne after a civil war was
1.Atahualpa
2.Cuatemoc
3.Montezuma
4.Manco Capac
There was a growing uncertainty about the value and purpose of monasticism by the
1. thirteenth century
2. fourteenth century
3. fifteenth century
4.sixteenth-century
Through the 1180s and 1190s, Temujin (Genghis Khan) remained an ally of
1.Boghurchu
2.Jamuqa
3.Kereyits
4.Ong Khan
Timur, a Barlas Turk who rose to power between 1370-1405 CE, claimed descent from Genghis Khan, through the lineage of:
1.Chaghtay
2.Toluy
3. Jochi
4. Ogedei
We see the rise of absolute monarchy in Europe in the
1.15th & 16th centuries
2.13th & 14th centuries
3.12th & 13th centuries
4. 16th & 17th centuries
What was known as the yam?
1.Courier system
2.Army system
3.Cavalry system
4.Administration system
What were Cathedral towns?
1. Towns developed around plains
2. Towns developed around Churches
3.Towns developed around industries
4. Towns developed around Capital
When Christopher Columbus reached the islands of Cubanascan, he mistook it for
1.Andaman
2.Australia
3.Japan
4. Malaysia
When Renaissance occurred in Europe?
1.11th century
2.13th century
3.15th century
4.16th century
Who built roads through mountains from Ecuador to Chile.
1. German
2.Incas
3. Maya
4. Aztecs
Who destroyed the Inca civilization?
1. German
2. British
3.Spanish
4.French
Who made Chinampas, artificial islands in Lake Mexico.
1. Cuatemoc
2. Tupinambas
3. Aztecs
4.Agnocists
Who was William I?
1.Duke of Normandy
2.Duke of Exeter
3.Duke of Somerset
4.Duke of Darlington
Why Genghis Khan commanded to plunder and destroy Nishapur.
1.Because a Mongol prince was killed
2.Because Nishapur refused to export agricultural produce
3.Because they were developing industries
4.None of the above
Why was the Great Wall of China built?
1.To store grains
2. For the protection of China
3. To export materials
4. None of the above
Why were the Mongols defeated by the Egyptian army?
1.Because Mongol rulers began to take more interest in China
2.Because the Mongol army was less equipped
3.Because Mongols were less developed
4.None of the above
_______ was the science of mapping the universe.
1.Cosmography
2. Cartography
3.Calligraphy
4.Pictography