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World History - Unit 3

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who had the largest land empire in the world?

a)

Mongols

b)

Rome

c)

Greece

d)

China

2.

What philosophy did Chinese dynasty rulers use to take power?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Mandate of Heaven

c)

They claimed to be Coach Greene

d)

Buddhism

3.

What was Genghis Khan known for doing as the Mongol leader?

a)

Building the last part of the Great Wall of China

b)

Singing to his troops

c)

Opening many schools

d)

Uniting nomadic tribes

4.

What was the trade route over land that connected Europe to China?

a)

Cotton Trail

b)

Polyester Path

c)

Silk Road

d)

Fleece Highway

5.

What infrastructure project was completed to ease the movement of rice from Southern China to the populated North?

a)

The Rice Railroad

b)

The Grand Canal

c)

The Great Wall of China

d)

The Chinese Expressway

6.

Who is known for advanced astrology, math, and calendars?

a)

Mayan

b)

Aztec

c)

Olmec

d)

Inca

7.

What was traded in the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

a)

pepper and gold

b)

salt and silver

c)

pepper and silver

d)

salt and gold

8.

Who gave away so much gold on his hajj that it depleted the value of gold?

a)

Ibn Battuta

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Coach Greene

d)

The King of Ghana

9.

Which battle stopped the spread of Islam into Europe?

a)

Battle of Sunni

b)

Paris Battle

c)

Battle of Tours

d)

London Battle

10.

Early Islam focused on CONQUERING land over converting people.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

People who practice Judaism are called Jews. People who follow Christianity are called Christians. What is the name of people who follow Islam?

a)

Islamics

b)

Islamists

c)

Islams

d)

Muslims

12.

What is the group of Muslims who believe the caliph (leader of Islamic faith) should be politically elected, and does not need to be from the bloodline of Muhammad?

a)

Sunni

b)

Shia

13.

What was the name of the various attacks by Christian Europeans on Muslims in order to gain back the holy land?

a)

Ramadan

b)

Battle of Tours

c)

The Crusades

d)

Battle of Thermopylae

14.

What is the name of the colored rope that the Inca used to create a series of knots to record their history?

a)

quipu

b)

diviner

c)

griot

d)

minaret

15.

In the Chinese dynastic cycles, which of the following did NOT lead to the collapse of the dynasties?

a)

corruption

b)

apathy

c)

greed

d)

weak military

e)

good agriculture

16.

What is the name of the Indian warriors who united northern India and defended it against the Muslim Mughals?

a)

The Griots

b)

The Rajputs

c)

The Songhai

d)

The Sultanates

17.

Who engaged in human sacrifice to appease their gods?

a)

Mayan

b)

Inca

c)

Aztecs

d)

Olmec

18.

African storyteller

a)

bazaar

b)

griot

c)

savannah

d)

deviner

19.

Arab marketplace

a)

bazaar

b)

griot

c)

minaret

d)

muezzin

20.

A slender tower, usually of a mosque, where the call to prayer is made

a)

deviner

b)

griot

c)

minaret

d)

muezzin

21.

The man who makes the call to prayer from a minaret of a mosque.

a)

deviner

b)

bazaar

c)

griot

d)

muezzin

22.

Place of worship in Islam

a)

temple

b)

mosque

c)

synagogue

d)

church

23.

Place of worship in Judaism

a)

church

b)

synagogue

c)

mosque

d)

tower