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6th Grade World History Midterm Exam Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was killed in the Roman Senate for trying to gain too much power?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Brutus
d)
Legate Lanius
2.
What form of government came from ancient Greece (that we still use today)?
a)
Democracy
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Imperial Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
3.
Which city-state was the "enemy" or rival of Athens?
a)
Sparta
b)
Olympia
c)
Delphi
d)
Rome
4.
Belief in more than one god
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Theocracy
d)
Theology
5.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
6.
_________________ was the king responsible for his written set of laws.
a)
Sargon
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Nebuchadnezzar
d)
David
7.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
8.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
9.

Hammurabi was king of where?

a)

Egypt

b)

Persia

c)

Babylon

d)

Greece

10.

The Punic Wars were fought between whom?

a)

Rome vs Greece

b)

Rome vs Carthage

c)

Rome vs Spain

d)

Rome vs Gaul

11.

The First Triumvirate was made up of who?

a)

Crassus, Caesar, Pompey

b)

Caesar, Anthony, Octivain

c)

Crassus, Cato, Flavius

d)

Pompey, Marcelus, Cato

12.

What is the shared feature of the desert regardless of location?

a)

lots of water sources

b)

visitors that go there

c)

animals that live there

d)

the amount of precipitation

13.

The _ is the official symbol of the Mojave Desert.

a)

Christmas Tree

b)

Kangaroos

c)

Joshua Tree

d)

Turtles

14.

Who was the founder of Judaism?

a)

Moses

b)

Abraham

c)

Josep

d)

Rama

15.

Minoan Civilization flourished on what Island?

a)

Crete

b)

Cyprus

c)

Rhodes

d)

Sicily

16.

Who led the Jewish people from Egypt?

a)

Moses

b)

Abraham

c)

Jessop

d)

Rama

17.

Aristotle was a teacher of who?

a)

Caesar

b)

Alexander

c)

Cows

d)

Plato

18.

Pericles was the leader of which City State?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Rome

d)

Thebes

19.

Who was the Father of History?

a)

Thucydides

b)

Herodotus

c)

Caesar

d)

Darius

20.

Alexander the Great tamed and untamable What?

a)

Horse

b)

Snake

c)

Cow

d)

Bird

21.

Alexander wanted to reach what?

a)

The end of China

b)

The end of the Ocean

c)

The end of the World

d)

The end of the War

22.

Renaissance means?

a)

Rebirth

b)

Awakening

c)

Jumping

d)

Romans

23.

The Renaissance grew in Italy because of Byzantine scholars fleeing to Italy after the Fall of Constantinople.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Who is often considered the Greatest artist of all time?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo

c)

Ralph

d)

John

25.

Leonardo Da Vinci was Known as what?

a)

Renaissance Man

b)

Renaissance Woman

c)

Renaissance Inventor

d)

Renaissance Founder

26.
Who fought in the Hundred Years' War?
a)
England and the U.S.
b)
England and France
c)
France and Spain
d)
Germany and France
27.
Why did Joan of Arc want to fight in the Hundred Years' War?
a)
Her father told her to
b)
She believed that religious visions were urging her to fight against the English
28.
Who led the French to victory in a battle at Orleans?
a)
King Henry III
b)
King Edward I
c)
Joan of Arc
29.
Why was King John forced to sign the Magna Carta?
a)
to increase the power of the monarchy
b)
to end taxation in England
c)
to force the monarchy to give up power
d)
to weaken the power of nobles
30.

William Duke of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the...............in 1066

a)

battle of Hastings

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Feudal System

d)

guilds

31.

What system developed from the power of the land-owning nobility in Europe?

a)

feudalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

mercantilism

32.

What do we call the system, customs, and spirit of knighthood?

a)

loyalty

b)

chivalry

c)

destiny

d)

validity

33.

Which European group migrated from Scandinavia to Russia?

a)

Vikings

b)

Angles and Saxons

c)

Magyars

34.

What religion did the Frankish kingdom practice?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shintoism

35.
The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Cairo
c)
Mecca
d)
Rome
36.
Which of the following was a lasting effect on Europe as a result of the Crusades?
a)
many Muslims moved to Europe
b)
many Europeans converted to Islam
c)
Europe became more isolated
d)
trade between Europe and the East increased
37.
Which Frankish king was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, uniting their powers?
a)
Charlemagne
b)
King John
c)
King Henry
d)
St. Cyril
38.
Where did Islam originate?
a)
Arabian peninsula
b)
China
c)
North Africa
d)
India
39.
What holy city are Muslims expected to make a pilgrimage to in their lifetime?
a)
Medina
b)
Mecca
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Damsacus
40.
Who was the founder of Islam?
a)
Muhammad
b)
Moses
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Jesus Christ
41.
Many of the traditions of Islam were influenced by which other religions? 
a)
Hinduism and Judaism
b)
Buddhism and Judaism
c)
Christianity and Judaism
d)
Zoronastrianism and Judaism
42.
What is the name of the holy book of Islam?
a)
Bible
b)
Torah
c)
Qu'ran 
d)
Sunna
43.

Which two cultures or cultures were the focus of studies by many humanists and scholars during the Renaissance

a)

Frank and Anglo-Saxon

b)

Greece & Rome

c)

China and India

d)

Mesopotamia and Egypt

44.
The first form of Christianity was...
a)
Catholicism
b)
Lutheran
c)
Judaism
d)
Protestantism
45.
The leader of the Catholic church is known as...
a)
the King
b)
the Bishop
c)
the Cardinal
d)
the Pope
46.
Indulgences said that you could get into Heaven if you...
a)
prayed 7 times a day.
b)
paid money to the church for past sins.
c)
prayed to the Test Gods.
d)
worshiped Catholicism and wore Pope hats.
47.
The process of people "protesting" in order to "reform" the Catholic Church was known as...
a)
Religious persecution
b)
Protestant Reformation
c)
Christianity
d)
Lutherism
48.
Who was the deeply religious German Monk who disagreed with the ways of the Catholic Church.
a)
John Calvin
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Protestants
49.
What were the statements against the Catholic Church and posted to the door of the church called?
a)
88 Theses
b)
95 Theses
c)
99 Theses
d)
None of the above
50.
Who broke with the Catholic Church for political reasons; he wanted to end papal control over the English church, and personal reasons: he wanted an annulment ( divorce ) from his wife.
a)
Henry VIII (8)
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Mary Tutor
d)
None of the above
51.
Who was known as the most successful ruler of England. She was religiously tolerant and her people admired her.
a)
Mary
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Charles V
52.

What other Protestant leader was influenced by Martin Luther?

a)

John Knox

b)

John Calvin

c)

Henry II

d)

Mary Stuart

53.

What was the 95 Theses?

a)

A new Constitution for England

b)

A proclamation made by the Pope

c)

An indulgence

d)

Martin Luther's list of complaints against the Church

54.

What role did the printing press play in the Protestant Reformation?

a)

It allowed for Martin Luther's ideas to spread

b)

It allowed people to write more books

c)

It was used to produce the indulgences

d)

it allowed people to travel quickly

55.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Henry VIII

56.

What was the first full sized book printed on the printing press?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Dictionary

c)

World History Textbook

d)

Autobiography of Martin Luther

57.

Who was Henry VIII?

a)

King of England

b)

The pope

c)

King of Holy Roman Empire

d)

King of France

58.

The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation is known as

a)

the Answer to the Reformation

b)

the Other Reformation

c)

the Counter Reformation

d)

the Anti Reformation

59.

What is Calvinism?

a)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of John Calvin

b)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of the Pope

c)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of Calvin Coolidge

60.

What is Predestination?

a)

Belief that you are in control of your own destiny

b)

Belief that God has already decided your destiny

61.

A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.

a)

Archbishop

b)

Heretic

c)

Council of Trent

d)

Bishop

62.

Protestant sect founded by John Calvin. Emphasized a strong moral code and believed in predestination (the idea that God decided whether or not a person would be saved as soon as they were born)

a)

Calvinism

b)

Anabaptism

c)

Anglicanism

d)

Protestantism

63.

A Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England

a)

Anabaptism

b)

Anglicanism

c)

Lutherism

d)

Presbyterian

64.

a branch of the Protestant reformation that grew in Scotland, many of their ideas are rooted in Calvinism. They believed in a method of church governance where there were no bishops

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Anabaptism

c)

Presbyterianism

d)

Anglicanism

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