WorksheetsFinal Exam
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which one is NOT a river in Africa?
a)
The Nile River
b)
The Congo River
c)
The Amazon River
d)
The Niger River
2.
Who was Mansa Musa?
a)
Songhai ruler, overthrew Sunni Baru
b)
Mali ruler that was overthrown by Sundiata
c)
Greatest and most famous ruler of Mali. A devout Muslim and helped spread Mali’s fame
d)
The first ruler of Ghana
3.
What were the two most important goods traded in West Africa?
a)
Salt and Gold
b)
Salt and Ebony
c)
Gold and Slaves
d)
Gold and Ebony
4.
What is the economic/political system where protection/land was exchanged for service?
a)
fief
b)
feudalism
c)
barter
d)
homage
5.
Choose the correct feudalism hierarchy
a)
King, Knights, Lords, Peasants/Serf
b)
King, Peasants/Serfs, Lords, Knights
c)
King, Lords, Knights, Peasants/Serfs
d)
Knights, King, Lord, Peasants/Serfs
6.
When was the fall of the Roman Empire?
a)
411 CE
b)
476 CE
c)
514 CE
d)
496 CE
7.
The Magna Carta was an agreement between ___________ and __________
a)
King John and Richard III
b)
Richard III and the English Nobles
c)
King John and the English Nobles
d)
William the Conquerer and the English Nobles
8.
Christians refer to going to heaven and saving their souls from the penalties of sin as ____.
a)
Baptism
b)
Salvation
c)
Eucharist
d)
Ordination
9.
Who was excommunicated by the pope after challenging the pope's authority?
a)
Clovis
b)
Henry IV
c)
Pepin
d)
Charles Martel
10.
What happened as a result of Henry IV being excommunicated?
a)
Henry became Pope
b)
Henry begged the Pope to let him back into the church, the Pope wins!
c)
Henry killed the Pope
d)
The Pope took over the Holy Roman Empire
11.
Who belonged to the manor and was not able to leave without permission?
a)
peasant
b)
serf
c)
knight
d)
lord
12.
Who maintained law and order in Medieval Europe?
a)
peasant
b)
serf
c)
knight
d)
lord
13.
What is the name of the document that limited a king's power in England?
a)
Oath of Fealty
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Parliament
14.
What is Japan's greatest natural resource?
a)
Ocean
b)
People
c)
Oil
d)
Rice
15.
Why was Zen Buddhism appealing to Samurai warriors?
a)
Helped them learn more about God
b)
It taught discipline and self-control
c)
It taught concentration and purity
d)
It rid the mind of evil spirits
16.
What was the main duty of a samurai warrior?
a)
Protect the Emperor
b)
Protect the Shogun
c)
Protect his Daimyo
d)
Protect his family
17.
Which Chinese Accomplishments helped unify China?
a)
Rebuilding the Great Wall
b)
Roads and waterways
c)
Paper Money
d)
All of the above
18.
What Chinese accomplishment helped people add, subtract, multiply and divide?
a)
abacus
b)
printing press
c)
mechanical clock
d)
gunpowder
19.
Which is NOT a product of coal and iron production in medieval China?
a)
nails, needles, and stoves
b)
weapons and armor
c)
tools for a farmers and carpenters
d)
gunpowder
20.
What did the Chinese invent to prevent the spread of Smallpox?
a)
Inoculation
b)
Acupuncture
c)
Hospitals to quarantine sick people
d)
Antibiotics
21.
Why was the invention of the Spinning Wheel important?
a)
It made producing silk faster and easier
b)
The Chinese could grow more silk worms with them
c)
They were used to power water mills
d)
Boats used them for navigation
22.
Why did the Chinese use Roads and Relay Hostels?
a)
to make travelling easier
b)
to make travelling safer
c)
to improve communication and trade
d)
all of the above
23.
A religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha in which life is a cycle of death and rebirth
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Neo-Confucianism
24.
Describe where the Silk road travels.
a)
From eastern China to India
b)
From India to Japan
c)
From Eastern China to the Mediterranean sea
d)
From Western China to the Mediterranean sea
25.
Why did the Chinese develop Paper Money?
a)
Coins were too heavy to carry
b)
The needed to support Imperial papermakers
c)
Merchants stopped taking coins
d)
They ran out of metal for coins
26.
What Chinese accomplishments were needed to make guns and cannons?
a)
Gunpowder and waterways
b)
Coal and Iron Production and the Mechanical Clock
c)
Gunpowder and Coal and Iron Production
d)
Gunpowder and the abacus
27.
What is a Meritocracy?
a)
Favoritism shown to a relative or friend
b)
People are chosen for jobs by their performance/skills
c)
The prettiest person gets the job or promotion
d)
A privileged class that passes power to their children
28.
How was Buddhism introduced to China?
a)
From India by the Silk Road
b)
From Arabia on the Silk Road
c)
Buddhism started in China
d)
From India over the mountains
29.
What IDEAS or ACCOMPLISHMENTS were sent FROM China to the rest of the world on the Silk Road?
a)
Papermaking, moveable type printing, and gunpowder
b)
Buddhism
c)
ivory, spices, medicines, ebony, pearls
d)
silk, gold, silver, spices, porcelain
30.
What IDEAS or ACCOMPLISHMENTS came INTO China on the Silk Road?
a)
Papermaking, moveable type printing, and gunpowder
b)
Buddhism
c)
ivory, spices, medicines, ebony, pearls
d)
silk, gold, silver, spices, porcelain
31.
What is the central teaching of Islam?
a)
Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet.
b)
You have to pray 5 times a day
c)
Visit Mecca once in your life
d)
To establish a Muslim Caliphate (government)
32.
According to the pillar of Sawm, what do Muslim’s do during the holy month of Ramadan?
a)
fast, keep from eating or drinking, from sunrise to sunset
b)
pray 5 times a day
c)
give 2 ½% of your income to the poor
d)
travel to Mecca for a pilgrimage
33.
How many times a day should Muslims pray?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
5
34.
What is the Hajj?
a)
a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca that every Muslim should attempt to make at least once in their life
b)
fasting from dawn until dusk for a month
c)
praying 5 times a day
d)
give 2½% of your income to the poor
35.
How many times must a Muslim perform the Hajj?
a)
at least once in their life
b)
every year
c)
once every 10 years
d)
Muslims do not have to, it is optional
36.
Muslims developed a system of mathematical formulas to solve problems. What is it called?
a)
Algebra
b)
Geometry
c)
Trigonometry
d)
Engineering
37.
Muslims made great advancements in the study of animals. This science is known as __________________.
a)
Zoology
b)
Biology
c)
Medicine
d)
Anatomy
38.
What were the Muslim contributions in the area of medicine?
a)
they developed hospitals, herbal medicines, sedatives, antiseptics and pharmacies to fill prescriptions
b)
They invented brain surgery
c)
Muslims were the first people to study human anatomy
d)
They were experts at the technique of accupuncture
39.
What skill did the Muslims learn from the Chinese?
a)
the art of papermaking; they forced Chinese soldiers that they had captured to teach them. As a result, books became more popular and contributed to interest in all kinds of learning.
b)
gunpowder; Muslims stole the recipe from the Chinese during a war
c)
the system of banking; Muslims used paper money to make trade easier in the empire
d)
silk harvesting; this made the Muslim empire the richest in the world.
40.
What two Islamic cities were considered centers of culture and learning?
a)
Córdoba and Baghdad
b)
Baghdad and Mecca
c)
Cordoba and Mecca
d)
Mecca and Medina
41.
What is humanism?
a)
The idea that people and this life are important
b)
The belief that people are gods
c)
The idea that poeple can't do anything wrong
d)
A very strong super human being
42.
What did humanists study?
a)
Middle Ages art and history
b)
Medieval Chinese art and History
c)
African art and history
d)
Classical Greek and Roman art and history
43.
What would a "Renaissance Man" be like?
a)
An old man who had a beard who dressed nice
b)
A well rounded person who exceeded society's expectations
c)
Someone who was really good at war and military tactics
d)
A man who ruled his kingdom with an iron fist
44.
Why was Florence so influential during the Renaissance?
a)
The wealthy promoted banking and art
b)
The best people were born in Florence
c)
Florence was the closest city to China
d)
They had the biggest and best trained military
45.
Who was the best example of a Renaissance person?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Donatello
c)
Raphael
d)
Da Vinci
46.
Which Renaissance person wrote an anatomy book that gave specific names to our internal organs?
a)
Niccolo Machiavelli
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Andreas Vesalius
d)
Dante Aligheri
47.
What is geocentric theory?
a)
The Earth travels around the sun
b)
An invisible force (gravity) pulls objects together
c)
Everything revolves around the Earth
d)
Planets move in elipses
48.
What is heliocentric theory?
a)
The Earth travels around the sun
b)
An invisible force (gravity) pulls objects together
c)
Everything revolves around the Earth
d)
Planets move in elipses
49.
Which one of these was one of Newton's ideas?
a)
The Earth travels around the sun
b)
An invisible force (gravity) pulls objects together
c)
Everything revolves around the Earth
d)
Planets move in elipses
50.
Who came up with the Theory of Gravity?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Galileo
51.
What two philosophers are credited with creating the Scientific Method?
a)
Copernicus and Kepler
b)
Bacon and Newton
c)
Descartes and Galileo
d)
Bacon and Descartes
52.
Who wrote the 95 Theses?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
John Calvin
d)
William Tyndale
53.
What was NOT one of Martin Luther's complaints listed in the 95 Theses?
a)
Simony was bad
b)
Indulgences hurt the Church
c)
The clergy were corrupt
d)
The Church should raise more money
54.
What was the purpose of the Inquisition?
a)
Convert or punish non-Catholics in Spain
b)
Put Muslims in special communities
c)
Expel Jews from Spain
d)
Unify the Spanish crown
55.
What was the official language of the Roman Empire?
a)
Greek
b)
Italian
c)
Latin
d)
There was no official language
56.
A republic is a government...
a)
that has citizens vote to choose their leaders.
b)
that has a king
c)
where an army rules over the country.
d)
where the leader is chosen by only the wealthiest members of the community
57.
The capital of the Eastern (Byzantine) Roman empire was
a)
Athens
b)
Constantinople
c)
Rome
d)
Florence
58.
Which statement best describes the relationship between the court at Kyoto and life in the provinces?
a)
The court was unconcerned with life in the provinces
b)
The court was concerned about conditions in the provinces
c)
The courtiers were a constant presence at villages and farms
d)
The courtiers were unconcerned because of their own property and poor living conditions
59.
The Inca civilization was located
a)
In the Andes mountains, along the 'spine' of South America
b)
Mexico
c)
Yucatan Peninsula
d)
Lake Texoco
60.
According to Aztec legend, the Aztec civilization started when what happened?
a)
The sun god told his son and daughter to go forth and stick a rod into the ground – where it sank into the ground was where they would settle
b)
They defeated the Mayans in glorious battle
c)
A volcano erupted on the shores of Lake Texoco
d)
Early people saw the sign they had been told of, the eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth
61.
What was NOT a reason that the Aztecs were defeated by the Spanish?
a)
The Aztec's neighbors joined with the Spanish
b)
Diseases such as smallpox devastated the Aztec population
c)
The Spanish had swords and guns
d)
The Spanish had better boats
62.
When the Spanish arrived, the Inca and Aztec empires had already been weakened by
a)
civil wars
b)
Christianity
c)
Too many human sacrifices
d)
diseases like smallpox and measles
63.
Why did Christopher Columbus sail from Spain in the first place?
a)
To find a route to India
b)
To find a route to China
c)
To discover new lands for Spain
d)
To look for people to convert to Christianity
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