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World History Final Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Raj?

a)

The British Empire in India

b)

The American Empire in Philippines

c)

The successor to the Khmer Empire in Cambodia

d)

An explorer who discovered Australia

2.

Where was the Khmer Empire located?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Cambodia

d)

Indonesia

3.

What was the center of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Florence

b)

Rome

c)

Flanders

d)

London

4.

Tenochtitlán was the center of which empire?

a)

Incan

b)

Mexican

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

5.

Which of the following was not a Chinese dynasty?

a)

Ming

b)

Song

c)

Tang

d)

Choson

6.

Which empire was the largest connected land empire?

a)

Mongolian

b)

British

c)

Russian

d)

Spanish

7.

Which empire was the largest non-connected land empire?

a)

Mongolian

b)

British

c)

Russian

d)

Spanish

8.

T/F: Hangul is the Japanese Alphabet

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What was a shogunate?

a)

A feudal system led by a shogun, or Japanese military leader

b)

A communist society led by a shogun, or Japanese military leader

c)

A democracy led by a shogun, or Japanese military leader

d)

A Japanese restaurant

10.

Selective borrowing was when the ___________ took from ___________ culture what they liked and left the rest

a)

Chinese; Japanese

b)

Japanese; Chinese

c)

Korean; Chinese

d)

Korean; Japanese

11.

The Tale of Gengi was written by:

a)

A Japanese woman

b)

A Chinese woman

c)

A Korean man

d)

A Cambodian man

12.

The Tale of Gengi was the world's first:

a)

full-length novel

b)

book

c)

poem

d)

musical

13.

Which of the following was a Korean dynasty?

a)

Silla Dynasty

b)

Yuan Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Tokoguwa Shogunate

14.

We get the term Korea from the:

a)

Koryo Dynasty

b)

Silla Dynasty

c)

Choson Dynasty

d)

Korean Peninsula

15.

The grandson of Genghis Khan who took power and defeated the Song army in 1279, giving the Mongols control over all of China.

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Zheng He

16.

The admiral of the imperial Ming dynasty who made seven voyages to India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa.

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Zheng He

17.

The Mongol leader who united the Mongol tribes around A.D. 1206 and began a campaign of conquest, forging an empire that covered northern China and Central Asia.

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Zheng He

18.

A test given to qualify candidates for positions in the government.

a)

Mongolian Test

b)

imperialist SAT

c)

Confucianism exam

d)

civil service examination

19.

The civil service exam was based on which philosophical system?

a)

Daoism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Shinto

20.

In Japan, the warrior class (equal to knights in England) was known as the:

a)

knights

b)

kabuki

c)

haiku

d)

samurai

21.

Who was the Japanese shogun who limited the power of the daimyo in Japan?

a)

Toyotomi Hideoyoshi

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Zhang He

d)

Genghis Khan

22.

The period of peace in the Mongolian Empire was also called:

a)

Pax Mongolica

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Pax Khan

d)

Peace over all of Mongolia

23.

What was the center of the Southern Renaissance?

a)

Rome

b)

Flanders

c)

Florence

d)

Venice

24.

Which of these artists was not associated with Florence/the Southern Renaissance?

a)

Albrecht Dürer

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Raphael

25.

Which of the following are works of art by Leonardo Da Vinci? (select all that apply)

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Which of the following are works of art by Raphael (select all that apply)

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

Which of the following are works of art by Michelangelo (select all that apply)

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

Which of the following was not a Renaissance artist?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Albrecht Durer

c)

Ulrich Zwingli

d)

Raphael

29.

Book written by Machiavelli on how to gain and keep political power

a)

The Prince

b)

Utopia

c)

Macbeth

d)

How to Win Friends and Influence People

30.

Which of the following men started the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Ulrich Zwingli

b)

John Calvin

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Henry VIII

31.

T/F: A patron was a wealthy supporter of the arts in the Renaissance

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which of the following were patrons in the Italian Renaissance?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

The Medicis

c)

Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller

d)

Isabella and Ferdinand

33.
Release from punishments due for a sin
a)
Perspective
b)
Vernacular
c)
Indulgence
d)
Reformation
34.

This Catholic priest sold indulgences in Germany and sparked the outrage of Martin Luther

a)

Johann Tetzel

b)

Ulrich Zwingli

c)

John Calvin

d)

Nicholas Von Zinzendorf

35.

This "Third Man of the Reformation", a priest and theologian who believed the Lord's Supper was merely symbolic

a)

John Calvin

b)

Ulrich Zwingli

c)

Martin Luther

d)

St. Augustine

36.

The nailing of the ____________________ to the church door in Wittenburg began the Protestant Reformation

a)

95 Theses

b)

Act of Supremacy

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Line of Demarcation

37.

During the Renaissance and Reformation Jews were confined to:

a)

Catholic monastaries

b)

ghettos

c)

apartment buildings

d)

country clubs

38.

Johannes Gutenburg is famous for inventing the:

a)

Bible

b)

Printing Press

c)

Steam Engine

d)

Cotton Gin

39.

Which famous playwright is known for inventing new words?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Arthur Miller

c)

Sophocles

d)

Samuel Beckett

40.

The word Renaissance means:

a)

Rebirth

b)

New World

c)

Art and Artists

d)

Civic Resurrection

41.

What book did Thomas Cranmer write?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Book of Common Prayer

c)

The Valley of Vision

d)

The Hunger Games

42.

What was Mary Tudor's nickname?

a)

Glorious Mary

b)

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

c)

Bloody Mary

d)

Mary, Queen of Scots

43.

What Protestant Sect was known for baptizing adults instead of infants?

a)

Calvinists

b)

Lutherans

c)

Anabaptists

d)

Paedobaptists

44.

True or False: Vernacular is a term for the common language of the people

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Henry VIII created the Church of England. Why?

a)

He wanted to divorce his wife and the Pope would not let him.

b)

He wanted his daughters to be baptized and the Pope would not allow it.

c)

He disagreed theologically with the Pope over salvation.

d)

His wife asked him to start a church for her since she was Protestant.

46.

The Catholic Church re-affirmed its doctrines during which period?

a)

The Peace of Augsburg

b)

New Renaissance

c)

Reorganization of the Catholic Church

d)

Catholic Counter-Reformation

47.
In his attempt to reform the Catholic Church, what did Martin Luther do?
a)
Bought a certificate of indulgence to be pardoned.
b)
Helped Pope Leo X rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
c)
Prepared a list of 95 arguments against indulgences.
d)
Decided to become a lawyer. 
48.

A devout Catholic who hated Martin Luther, _______________ created the Anglican Church so he could divorce his wife.

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Charles V

c)

Leo X

d)

Edward VI

49.

Who was the first archbishop of the Church of England?

a)

Thomas Cranmer

b)

Thomas Becket

c)

Oliver Cromwell

d)

Justin Welby

50.

Who is the head of the Anglican Church?

a)

The Archbishop

b)

The King or Queen of England

c)

The Pope

d)

The Cardinal of Canterbury

51.

True or False: Elizabeth I of England was married.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The belief that the solar system revolves around the sun is called:

a)

Geocentrism

b)

Solar Systemism

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Solar Eclipse

53.

Proposed a theory that the earth revolved around the sun

a)

Nicholas Copernicus

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Adam Smith

54.

Discovered the laws of gravity and the laws of motion

a)

Nicholas Copernicus

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Adam Smith

55.

French mathematician who said "I think, therefore I am"

a)

Nicholas Copernicus

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Adam Smith

56.
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