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WorksheetsThe World at 1500/Renaissance & Reformation Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1500s, the Mughal Empire was located in present-day...
a)
India
b)
Russia
c)
Nigeria
d)
Turkey
2.
By the 1500s, which THREE continents were linked by routes like the Silk Road?
a)
Asia, Africa, Americas
b)
Africa, Australia, Asia
c)
Europe, Asia, Africa
d)
Europe, Americas, Australia
3.
What body of water did maritime trade routes cross in the 1500s?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Caspian Sea
4.
What body of water was NOT used by the European trade routes in the 1500s?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Black Sea
c)
Caspian Sea
d)
Atlantic Ocean
5.
Which is NOT a good from China that was wanted by Europeans?
a)
Silk
b)
Textiles
c)
Paper
d)
Compass
6.
What two goods did the Songhai Empire trade along the trans-Saharan trade routes?
a)
Silk and salt
b)
Gold and salt
c)
Gold and silver
d)
Coal and iron
7.
What major trade route connected Europe to Asia?
a)
Trans-Saharan trade routes
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Silk Road
d)
Triangle Trade
8.
What religion was practiced by most people in Europe?
a)
Judaism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
9.
What religion was centered in India?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
10.
What religion began in India but spread into East and SE Asia?
a)
Judaism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Christianity
11.
What description best matches that of the Incan Empire?
a)
Central Mexico
b)
North America
c)
Yucatan Peninsula
d)
South America
12.
Where was the Ottoman Empire located?
a)
Middle East/Asia Minor
b)
Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula
c)
Middle East and Russia
d)
Indian subcontinent
13.
What Eastern Asian nation exported Buddhism to Korea and Japan?
a)
Taiwan
b)
China
c)
Vietnam
d)
Japan
14.
Which empire's king was limited by the signing of the Magna Carta?
a)
France
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
England
d)
Spain
15.
Which empire did NOT practice Islam in the 1500s?
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Songhai Empire
d)
Chinese Empire
16.
Which empire, despite its large area and access to water ports, was NOT a major sea trading power in the 1500s?
a)
England
b)
Spain
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Russia
17.
Which religion is this:
Holy text: Torah
Founder: Abraham
God: Yahweh
Holy text: Torah
Founder: Abraham
God: Yahweh
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Islam
18.
What religion is this:
Founder: Muhammad
God: Allah
Holy guidelines: 5 Pillars
Holy book: Qu'ran
Founder: Muhammad
God: Allah
Holy guidelines: 5 Pillars
Holy book: Qu'ran
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
19.
What religion is this:
Guidelines: 8-Fold Path, 4 Noble Truths
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Founded in: India
Guidelines: 8-Fold Path, 4 Noble Truths
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Founded in: India
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Shintoism
20.
What Reformation figure is related to predestination?
a)
John Calvin
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Martin Luther
d)
William Shakespeare
21.
What Reformation figure wrote the 95 Theses and founded the Lutheran church?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
John Calvin
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Pope Urban II
22.
What was the most powerful institution in Europe before the Reformation?
a)
Protestant Church
b)
Catholic Church
c)
Holy Roman Empire
d)
British Empire
23.
Why did Henry VIII leave the Catholic Church?
a)
Wanted to have more than 1 wife
b)
Wanted to divorce his wife to marry Anne Boleyn
c)
Wanted to become pope and his request was refused
d)
His wife wanted to become Protestant
24.
What document was written by Martin Luther to document his grievances with the Catholic Church?
a)
Edict of Milan
b)
100 Theses
c)
Magna Carta
d)
95 Theses
25.
Who were the Huguenots?
a)
British Catholics
b)
French Protestants
c)
Italian Protestants
d)
German Catholics
26.
In what country did the Anglican Church become the official state church during the Reformation?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Russia
27.
What was the court used by the Catholic Church to punish heretics called?
a)
Inquisition
b)
Crusades
c)
Catholic Justice
d)
Papal courts
28.
What did the Edict of Nantes do?
a)
Allowed for German princes to choose their own religion
b)
Called for all German princes to become Catholic
c)
Called for all German princes to become Protestant
d)
Brought all former Holy Roman Empire rulers under the control of the Pope
29.
Who invented the printing press?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Cardinal Richelieu
c)
Johannes Gutenberg
d)
Martin Luther
30.
What does secular mean?
a)
Religious
b)
NON-religious
31.
Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Elizabeth I of England?
a)
Defeated the Spanish Armada
b)
Founded the Anglican church
c)
Expanded British Empire
d)
Member of the Anglican Church
32.
Who was a well-known Renaissance writer of sonnets?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Erasmus
c)
More
d)
Shakespeare
33.
Who wrote Utopia?
a)
Sir Thomas More
b)
Petrarch
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
Erasmus
34.
According to Machiavelli, what kind of gov't was best?
a)
Democracy
b)
Absolute monarchy/rulers
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Republic
35.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
36.
Which of the following is a composition of Leonardo Da Vinci?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
David
c)
Praise of Folly
d)
Mona Lisa
37.
Which of the following is a work of Michelangelo?
a)
Mona Lisa
b)
School of Athens
c)
Sistine Chapel ceiling
d)
Vitruvian Man
38.
True or False: Renaissance art focused on Greco-Roman (classical) themes more than medieval art did.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Which family was a famous patron of the arts during the Renaissance?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Shakespeare
c)
Zwingli
d)
Medici
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