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WorksheetsTCAP Review Shipley
Total questions: 102
Worksheet time: 59mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What physical feature is labeled on this map of China?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Ural Mountains
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Himalaya Mountains
2.
Which of these is Buddha's real name?
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Siddhartha Gautama
c)
Pi Pitale
d)
Sidney Guatemala
3.
Which country in the world has the largest population?
a)
Russia
b)
United States
c)
China
d)
North Korea
4.
Who was in charge of the Chinese family?
a)
Mom
b)
Dad
c)
Oldest Male
d)
King
5.
Rulers from the same family over time.
a)
Family
b)
Dynasty
c)
Kings
d)
Emperors
6.
A type of money
a)
Currency
b)
Millet
c)
Anesthetic
d)
Dynasty
7.
Where did most people build their towns?
a)
Desert
b)
Woods
c)
By Water
8.
Who was Confucius?
a)
A famous thinker
b)
A military leader
9.
This is a type of grain.
a)
Silk
b)
Millet
c)
Currency
d)
Philosophy
10.
A medicine that helps people sleep during surgery.
a)
Currency
b)
Silk
c)
Dike
d)
Anesthetic
11.
Southern China is cold
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What was the most important thing to the Chinese?
a)
religion
b)
money
c)
family
d)
school
13.
Why was the Silk Road important?
a)
trade
b)
spread of religion
c)
learn about other cultures
d)
all are correct
14.
Which items were traded on the silk road?
a)
silk, gold
b)
exotic animals
c)
grapes, walnuts, oil
d)
All were traded
15.
Confucianism is a...
a)
Philosophy that thinks a state of confusion is good.
b)
Philosophy to achieve balance and harmony in nature, in one's life, and in society.
c)
Philosophy that held everyone should have a sense of duty.
d)
Philosophy that believes having war is necessary for a peaceful society.
16.
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
a)
A law that said you had to marry someone in your own social class
b)
A law that said you had to believe in Heaven
c)
A belief that kings' right to rule came from the gods because of talent and virtue
d)
The right to get free land from aristocrats
17.
Laozi (Low-Dzuh) the founder of Daoism said Dao is...
a)
The force that guides all things, or "The Way"
b)
The chief god of Daoism
c)
The name given to the leader of the chinese overnment
d)
The goddess of wisdom
18.
Daoism is a...
a)
Philosophy that believes in a strong central government.
b)
Philosophy that believes having war is necessary for a peaceful society.
c)
Philosophy to achieve balance and harmony in nature, in one's life, and in society.
d)
Philosophy that held everyone should have a sense of duty.
19.
What were the major contributions of Ancient China?
a)
Paper & printing
b)
Magnetic compass & rudder
c)
Seismograph
d)
All of the above
20.
The Chinese worshipped many gods that mean they were...
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Atheistic
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Agnostic
21.
What helped spread Chinese ideas and art?
a)
Woodblock printing
b)
Fireworks
c)
Kites
d)
Terracotta soldiers
22.
1. After the death of Muhammad, what led to the split between the Sunni and Shia?
a)
They could not agree on who should become leader.
b)
They could not agree if they were allowed to eat pork.
c)
They could not agree on how many times they should pray each day.
d)
They could not agree on how to make Greek fire.
23.
Like Christians and Jews, the Islamic religion is -
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
c)
nontheistic
24.
The two major cities where Islam began are -
a)
Mecca & Medina
b)
Palestine & Jerusalem
c)
Israel & Syria
25.
Muslims beliefs are centered around the -
a)
Five Pillars
b)
Eightfold Path
c)
Ramadan
26.
Which of the following IS one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a)
Pray five times a day facing Mecca
b)
Muhammad is a god to be worshipped
c)
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
27.
Islam spread quickly to Asia, North Africa, and ports along the Mediterranean Sea through
a)
trade and military conquest
b)
the sharing of Muhammad's teachings by his apostles
c)
Christians being forced to convert
d)
missionaries sent by the Byzantine emperor
28.
How did the citizens of Timbuktu save manuscripts when the city and library was threatened?
a)
Pretend they were old Crossword puzzles
b)
Hide them in their homes and in walls around the city
c)
Keep giving invaders wrong directions
d)
Seal up the doors to the library
29.
What is the link between Sagmandia and Gao?
a)
Sagmandia and Gao is a popular sandwich in Mali
b)
Two famous griots who knew Mansa Musa's saga
c)
Sagmandia was a general who captured the city of Gao
d)
Gao was a famous general who captured Sagmandia
30.
The Mali army was organized into how many clans?
a)
14
b)
12
c)
18
d)
16
31.
What are the Old and New Worlds?
a)
New World is North America and Old World is South America
b)
New World in Australia and Old World is UK
c)
New World is the Americas, Old World is Europe, Asia and Africa
d)
New World is Canada, Old World is Scotland
32.
The difference between a horon and a sofa is...
a)
A sofa has a nice floral pattern, a horon is plain
b)
Horon is a type of bird and a sofa is a fish
c)
Nothing
d)
A horon is a free commoner and a sofa is a slave
33.
Mali controlled part of what trade route?
a)
The Silk Road
b)
Trans-Siberian Road
c)
Trans-Saharan Route
d)
The Beltline
34.
Mansa Musa was a religious man and tried to spread _______________ wherever he went.
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Buddhism
35.
How many people went on the Hajj with Mansa Musa?
a)
60,000
b)
50,000
c)
6,000
d)
5,000
36.
Mansa Musa gave out so much gold that he caused what economic term for devaluing currency?
a)
deflation
b)
inflation
c)
conflation
d)
deregulation
37.
What library was burnt by the Greeks and wasn't equaled in size until Sankore University collected 1,000,000 manuscripts?
a)
Alexandria
b)
Cairo
c)
Damascus
d)
Marrakesh
38.
Columbus thought that you could reach Asia by sailing ____ across the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
east
b)
west
c)
north
d)
south
39.
The first country that Columbus asked was ______, but the king said NO.
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Portugal
40.
Columbus promised the King & Queen great riches, new lands, and the conversion of poeple to Catholicism.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
A small, fast sailing ship
a)
Coast
b)
Cruise
c)
Carnival
d)
Caravel
42.
A person who sells and trades
a)
Indigenous
b)
Apprentice
c)
Maize
d)
Merchant
43.
An act of rebellion
a)
Money
b)
Mutiny
c)
Monarchs
d)
Voyage
44.
Where was Columbus born?
a)
Paris, France
b)
Genoa, Italy
c)
Memphis, Tennessee
d)
Sicily, Italy
45.
What was the name of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus read about?
a)
Mark Wahlberg
b)
Marco Rubio
c)
Mark Paul Gosselaar
d)
Marco Polo
46.
Which was the name given to a network of trade routes, led to a search for a water route to Asia: (7-1.1)
a)
Cooper River Bridge
b)
Bering Strait land bridge
c)
Great Silk Road
d)
Great Wall of China
47.
What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?
a)
Steam Engine
b)
Compass
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Rudder
48.
Which of the following inventions, created by Chinese, contributed most to the European military domination of the foreign nations? (7-1.2)
a)
caravel
b)
guillotine
c)
compass
d)
gunpowder
49.
Which country was the leader in exploration? (7-1.1)
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
Germany
d)
England
50.
Which country claims the land occupied by letter B?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Spain
d)
Portugal
51.
The relationship was friendly between the Native Americans and French in what type of colony?
a)
Trade
b)
Swap
c)
Plantation
d)
Settlement
52.
Economic pattern that imported and exported goods among the West Indies, England, Africa and the 13 original colonies.
a)
Sea Commerce
b)
Economic Caravels
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Three-port Dollar Route
53.
Which country claimed the most territory in the Americas?
a)
England
b)
Portugal
c)
France
d)
Spain
54.
An economic policy where nations increased their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
a)
Socialism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Militarism
55.
What group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
a)
the Dutch
b)
the English
c)
the Spanish
d)
the Vikings
56.
Which of the following was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe?
a)
to find a more direct water route to Asia
b)
to set up colonies
c)
to spread the Catholic religion
d)
to stay home
57.
What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)
a)
Balboa
b)
Cabot
c)
Magellan
d)
De Soto
58.
Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
a)
De Soto
b)
Cortes
c)
Cabot
d)
Balboa
59.
What did Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson all search for?
a)
the Fountain of Youth
b)
the Indies
c)
the Northwest Passage
d)
the Cities of Gold
60.
Who was the Americas named after?
a)
Giovanni Cabato
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Henry Hudson
61.
What was the time in history when the Roman Catholic Church was questioned?
a)
Middle Ages
b)
Renaissance
c)
Reformation
d)
All of the Above
62.
Why did the Reformation begin?
a)
Luther wanted to start a new religion.
b)
The Church was poor and needed a new leader.
c)
Calvin wanted to head the Church.
d)
There were abuses in the Church that needed changing.
63.
Before the Reformation, Christian churches were ___________
a)
Jewish
b)
Roman Catholic
c)
Muslim
d)
None of the Above
64.
What was the list of complaints against the Church called?
a)
95 Theses
b)
Peace of Augsburg
c)
Magna Carta
d)
New Testament
65.
Which of the following was the Council of Trent NOT responsible for?
a)
Protestant Reformation
b)
missions
c)
changes to Catholic Church
d)
seminaries
66.
I was a reformer that encouraged people to reject Catholicism. Who am I?
a)
John Calvin
b)
John Knox
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Queen Mary
67.
I started the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. Who am I?
a)
John Calvin
b)
John Knox
c)
Martin Luther
d)
King Henry VIII
68.
I am a queen that tried to restore the people of England to the Catholic Church. Who am I?
a)
Elizabeth
b)
Isabella
c)
Mary
d)
None of Above
69.
If a person was accused of heresy, he/she could be kicked out of the church or ______________________.
a)
ordained
b)
crowned
c)
excommunicated
d)
reformed
70.
Which was NOT a cause of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Bibles being available for people to read.
b)
Luther's 95 Theses
c)
Crusades
d)
People becoming more educated and a focus on humanism
71.
Which was NOT an effect of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Counter Reformation
b)
Peace of Augsburg
c)
Lutheranism and other protestant forms of Christianity
d)
Luther being troubled by the sell of indulgences
72.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
73.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
74.
What is the first step to the scientific method?
a)
Make a hypothesis
b)
State a question or problem
c)
Do the experiment
d)
Analyze the data
75.
Who created the heliocentric theory?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
76.
What did Galileo Improve?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
the stars
c)
The Telescope
d)
cat food.
77.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
78.
Nicolaus Copernicus used _________________ to come up with his theory.
a)
Luck
b)
Mathematical formulas
c)
Guesses
d)
Friends
79.
During the scientific revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________
a)
King
b)
Family
c)
Church
d)
Sir Salami
80.
Government in which leaders rule without restrictions.
a)
Autocratic
b)
Unlimited
c)
Republic
d)
Limited
81.
Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?
a)
power and privilege
b)
money and fame
c)
good looks and charm
d)
reason and logic
82.
Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries?
a)
Catholic Church
b)
Roman Gods
c)
Baptist ministers
d)
The Queen of Spain
83.
Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of:
a)
Supreme Law
b)
Divine Right
c)
Their Opinion
d)
Poor Judgement
84.
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called the
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
The Preamble
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Rules of Law
85.
The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:
a)
A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
b)
The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists
c)
period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
d)
Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth
86.
This diagram is representative of which theory that was supported by the Catholic Church?
a)
Geocentric
b)
Concentric
c)
Heliocentric
d)
Geothermantic
87.
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of:
a)
Electricity
b)
Motion and gravity
c)
Human biology
d)
Astronomy
88.
This diagram is representative of which theory that was challenged by the Catholic Church
a)
Geocentric
b)
Concentric
c)
Heliocentric
d)
Geothermantic
89.
This tool used latitude to determine location.
a)
astrolabe
b)
compass
c)
caravel
d)
rudder
90.
Which of the following would NOT be found in Japanese culture?
a)
Large, pyramid shaped temples
b)
Tea-drinking
ceremonies
c)
Tanka and haiku poems about nature
and emotions
d)
Martial arts competitions
91.
Decorative handwriting often used in Japan is called
a)
Finger painting
b)
Moveable type
c)
Katakana
d)
Calligraphy
92.
Before being introduced to outside ideas, Japan practiced the religion of
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Shintoism
d)
Taoism
93.
Which statement best describes Japan’s geography?
a)
A large,
flat area of land
b)
A long,
narrow peninsula
c)
A single,
large island with many rivers
d)
Small group
of mountainous islands
94.
What religion spread to Japan from China?
a)
Confucianism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Taoism
95.
The martial arts in Japan was a way for the Japanese to learn to control their bodies and movements. It is often practiced by followers of
a)
Kung
Fucianism
b)
Ying
Yang Daoism
c)
Bushido
Buddhism
d)
Zen Buddhism
96.
The picture shows
a)
Zen Garden
b)
Sand Box
c)
Rock Garden
d)
Zen Pin
97.
Samurai follow a code of honor called
a)
Kamikaze
b)
Bushido
c)
Sidoku
d)
Hiragana
98.
In Shintoism, Japanese worship spirits of their ancestors found in
a)
nature
b)
animals
c)
other people
d)
statues
99.
The spirits of Japanese ancestors are called
a)
Zen
b)
Kami
c)
Mimi
d)
Souls
100.
This image shows
a)
A Shinto shrine
b)
a Buddhist Temple
c)
A Samurai
d)
Origami
101.
This map of Japan shows us that
a)
Japan was unified under a strong ruler
b)
Japan had many different groups with their own local leader
c)
Japan was once part of China's empire
d)
Japan was strongly influenced by many other cultures.
102.
The warrior class in Japan was called
a)
ninja
b)
daimyo
c)
samurai
d)
shogun
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