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9 World Hist Test #6 Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Herodotus

d)

Pericles

2.

Who was the great statesman of ancient Athens?

a)

Pericles

b)

Mohammed

c)

Mans a Musa

d)

Hannibal

3.

Who was called the “Morning Star of the Reformation”?

a)

John Wycliffe

b)

Canute

c)

Tertullian

d)

Tutankhamen

4.

Who was the founder of the Islamic Religion?

a)

Mohammed

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Tertullian

5.

Led war elephants against Rome

a)

Hannibal

b)

Tertullian

c)

Canute

d)

Pericles

6.

Who was the great empire builder in Africa?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Hannibal

d)

Pericles

7.

Who was an Egyptian pharaoh?

a)

Tutankhamen

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Canute

d)

Herodotus

8.

Who was an early church father and Christian martyr

a)

Tertullian

b)

John Wycliffe

c)

Herodotus

d)

Hammurabi

9.

Who was the Danish king of England?

a)

Canute

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Pericles

10.

Who created an ancient law code in Babylon

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Mohammed

d)

Herodotus

11.

What city became an Egyptian center of life?

a)

Cairo

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Israel

d)

Babylon

12.

Who is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science”?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Wilber Wright

d)

Thomas Edison

13.

Who was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecution of English Protestants?

a)

Mary Tudor

b)

Mary Stuart

c)

Mary the Athenian

d)

Mary of Scot

14.

Who was the builder of the world’s first empire?

a)

Nimrod

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Ceasar

d)

Jesus

15.

Barbar established the ((Mogul)) Empire in India

a)

True

b)

False Ottoman

16.

The Council of Nicaea ((accepted)) the teachings of Arianism.

a)

True

b)

False. Rejected

17.

Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in ((Egypt))

a)

True

b)

False. Japan

18.

Empress Theodora was very influential in ((Justinian’s)) famous law code.

a)

True

b)

False. Hammurabi’s

19.

((Albrecht Durer)) is best remember for his work “Praying Hands”

a)

True

b)

False. Sigmund Freud

20.

((Carthage)) won the Punic Wars

a)

True

b)

False. Rome

21.

Mount ((Kenya)) is the highest mountain in Africa

a)

True

b)

False. Kilimanjaro

22.

((Pedro Cabral)) discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese

a)

True

b)

False. Johannes Kepler

23.

Hernando Cortes is known for conquering the ((Aztec)) Indians of Mexico

a)

True

b)

False. Inca

24.

((Diocletian)) was the first Roman emperors to persecute Chsitains.

a)

True

b)

False. Nero

25.

The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt ((Olympus)) in northern Greece.

a)

True

b)

False. Ararat

26.

Who wrote “Don Quixote”?

a)

Miguel de Cervantes

b)

Gustavo Adolphus

c)

Rembrandt van Rijn

d)

Catherine de Medicis

27.

Proposed the heliocentric view of the universe

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Gspard de Coligmy

28.

Who is called the “Father of Dutch Liberties”?

a)

William of Orange

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Gustavo’s Adolphus

29.

Who discovered three laws of planetary motion?

a)

Johannes Kepler

b)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c)

Catherine de Medicis

d)

William of Orange

30.

Who was the child genius who wrote “The Magic Flute”?

a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

b)

Gospard de Coligny

c)

Gustavo’s Adolphus

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

31.

Who was the great musician who wrote “Moonlight Sonata”?

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Gustavo’s Adolphus

32.

Who was a Lutheran warrior-king?

a)

Gustavo’s Adolphus

b)

Rembrandt van Rijn

c)

Catherine de Medicis

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

33.

Who wrote all music “to the glory of God”?

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Justin Bieber

34.

Who was a great Dutch painter?

a)

Rembrandt van Rijn

b)

Gustavo’s Adolphus

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

William of Orange

35.

Who was a French Protestant leader?

a)

Gaspard de Coligny

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Catherine de Medicia

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

36.

What was a piece of land in feudalism called?

a)

Fief

b)

Vassal

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Homer

37.

What’s was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?

a)

St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

b)

Massacre at Twelve Pines

c)

Midnight Massacres

d)

French Day of Infamy

38.

Who invented the movable-type printing press in 1440AD?

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Phoenician

d)

Nicene

39.

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a)

Homer

b)

Gregory

c)

Johann Tetzel

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

40.

Who founded the Society of Jesus? (Jesuit Priests)

a)

Ignatius Loyola

b)

Gregory III

c)

”Bloody” Mary Tudor

d)

Catherine de Medicis

41.

What was Sumerian writing called?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Sumerian

d)

Cursive

42.

Who is perhaps the greatest English author of all time?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Johann Eck

c)

Pope Leo

d)

Kurt Von Bora

43.

What is China’s longest ruling dynasty?

a)

Chou

b)

Rijn

c)

Nicene

d)

Kahn

44.

In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?

a)

1588

b)

1066

c)

1492

d)

70

45.

Who wrote “The Book of Martyrs”?

a)

John Foxe

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Vasco de Balboa

d)

Francisco Pizarro

46.

Who was one of Egypt’s female pharaohs?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Akhenaton

c)

Tutankhamen

d)

Mentuhotep

47.

Who was Richelieu?

a)

powerful Roman cardinal

b)

Protestant leader

c)

Classical musician

d)

French explorer

48.

What English monarch began the English Reformation?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Edward VI

c)

Mary I

d)

Elizabeth I

49.

Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?

a)

Johann Eck

b)

Johann Tetzel

c)

Pope Leo

d)

Kurt Von Bora

50.

Who was the first medieval pope?

a)

Gregory

b)

Innocent

c)

Hildebrand

d)

Nicholas

51.

What was the first Protestant confession of faith?

a)

Augsburg

b)

Westphalia

c)

Nicene

d)

Apostles

52.

Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?

a)

Babylonian

b)

Persian

c)

Phoenician

d)

Assyrian

53.

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Vasco de Balboa

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

54.

Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?

a)

Desiderius Erasmus

b)

William Tyndale

c)

John Calvin

d)

Johann Reuchlin

55.

In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?

a)

Scotland

b)

Wales

c)

England

d)

Ireland

56.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Danube

d)

Huang He

57.

What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?

a)

Alexander

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Philip I

d)

Pericles

58.

Who established the great Persian empire?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Xerxes

c)

Nabopolassar

d)

Hammurabi

59.

What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?

a)

Constantine

b)

Vespasian

c)

Justinian

d)

Theodosius

60.

Who won the Peloponnesus War?

a)

Sparta

b)

Corinth

c)

Ionia

d)

Athens

61.

The rich of Rome were called what?

a)

patricians

b)

Reconquista

c)

Huguenots

d)

Inquisition

62.

A work that has stood the test of time is called what?

a)

classic

b)

Heraldry

c)

Indulgences

d)

Democracy

63.

Combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology is called what?

a)

Scholasticism

b)

democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Parthenon

64.

Who were French Protestants?

a)

Huguenots

b)

Reconquista

c)

Inquisition

d)

Parthenon

65.

A court of the Roman church established to try “heretics” is called what?

a)

Inquisition

b)

Reconquista

c)

Huguenots

d)

scholasticism

66.

“rule by the many” is called what?

a)

Democracy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Republic

d)

Communism

67.

What is a beautiful Greek temple?

a)

Parhenon

b)

Inquisition

c)

Reconquista

d)

Huguenots

68.

Who drove the Moors (Muslims) from Spain?

a)

Reconquista

b)

Inquisition

c)

Patricians

d)

Heraldry

69.

What was worn on armor for identification purposes?

a)

Heraldry

b)

Indulgences

c)

Classic

d)

Scholasticism

70.

Israel’s government before the Kings

a)

Theocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Republic

71.

Herodotus is the Greek “Father of History”

a)

True

b)

False

72.

Simon of Cyrene wrote the oldest surviving hymn.

a)

True

b)

False

73.

A worshiper of many gods is called a polytheist.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Julius Caesar defeated Sulla in Rome’s first civil war.

a)

True

b)

False

75.

The Bible sometimes calls Egypt “the Plain of Shinar”

a)

True

b)

False

76.

The great Frankish king who was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day AD 800.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Hugh Latimer

d)

Nicholas Ridley

77.

Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Thesis on October 31 of what year, beginning the Protestant Reformation.

a)

1517

b)

1519

c)

1492

d)

1066

78.

What Puritan clergyman was instrumental in forming the Royal Society?

a)

John Wilkins

b)

John Baptist

c)

John of Ark

d)

John Hawkins

79.

The Thrity Year’s War was ended by the Peace of ———

a)

Westphalia

b)

Nabopolassar

c)

Constantine

d)

Sparta

80.

What king of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215?

a)

King John

b)

King Philip

c)

King James

d)

King Henry

81.

Noah’s sons included all of the following except who?

a)

Seth

b)

Shem

c)

Japhet

d)

Ham

82.

Whas was the great ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

a)

Cush

b)

Maili

c)

Songhai

d)

Aksum

83.

Who started the largest continental empire in history?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Confucius

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Herodotus

84.

Which of the following was not a Protestant leader during the reign of Edward VI?

a)

John Hawkins

b)

Thomas Cranmer

c)

Hugh Latimer

d)

Nicholas Ridley

85.

Who wrote the best known choral piece in the world?

a)

George Frederick Handel

b)

Isaac Watts

c)

Wolfgang Mozart

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

86.

Who was the early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?

a)

John Huss

b)

William Tyndale

c)

Menno Simons

d)

Albrecht Wallenstein

87.

The Edict of ——- was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.

a)

Nantes

b)

Worms

c)

Milan

d)

Augsburg

88.

What is the way of life of a group of people called?

a)

Culture

b)

Nation

c)

Civilization

d)

Empire

89.

The great composer who is called the “Father of the English Hymn”

a)

Isaac Watts

b)

John Wilkins

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Frank Joseph Haydn

90.

What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?

a)

Hastings

b)

Lutzen

c)

Bosworth Field

d)

Agincourt