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Year End Review Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________ was a network of trade routes linking Asia & Europe in the Middle Ages.

a)

Trade Road

b)

Silk Road

c)

Trans-Asia Trade Route

d)

Salt Road

2.

What technology was NOT traded on the silk road?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Paper

c)

Christianity

d)

Compass

3.

What sea linked Europe, Africa, and Asia and served as a major trade route in the Ancient World and Middle Ages?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

4.

Why were Ancient cities, such as Constantinople and Timbuktu, considered desirable?

a)

Wealth

b)

Location was favorable for trade

c)

Strong economy

d)

All of the above

5.

What makes a democracy different from other forms of government, such as monarchies and oligarchies.

a)

In a democracy, people have power

b)

In a democracy, people can vote

c)

In a democracy, leaders are elected by the people

d)

All of the above

6.

What development in the Roman Empire provided quick travel and trade for missionaries and merchants?

a)

Columns and Domes

b)

Agriculture

c)

Maps

d)

Roman Roads

7.

Why did ancient societies develop around waterways?

a)

Religion

b)

Sea travel for trade

c)

Protection from invaders

d)

Shipbuilding

8.

Why should historians avoid examining events and issues from the past based on todays standards?

a)

To avoid misinterpretations

b)

To avoid cultural bias

c)

To seek normalcy

d)

To avoid assumptions

9.

Why was there a growth of markets and increased trade in the middle ages?

a)

Ancient Greece had Olives

b)

Ships were being sent to Africa

c)

More people used Roman Roads

d)

Larger populations in towns desired more goods

10.

When a country or civilization specializes in the growth of a specific crop or good, what will develop over time?

a)

Disease

b)

Trade Relationships

c)

Religion

d)

Government

11.

Which civilization was the first to have a democracy?

a)

Ancient Rome

b)

Ancient Egypt

c)

Ancient Greece

d)

Medieval Europe

12.

The process of settling among and establishing control over the people of an area is called....

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Colonization

c)

Democracy

d)

Mercantilism

13.

Why did "Mother Countries" colonize the Americas and other regions around the world?

a)

To spread religion

b)

To create trade alliances

c)

To create economies that would bring more wealth to the mother country

d)

To spread disease

14.

Why did the people of Medieval Europe develop a Feudal system?

a)

To end the Bubonic Plague

b)

Need for protection and order due to lack of government

c)

In response to the Crusades

d)

To start a war with Athens

15.

The exchange of flora, fauna, goods, and pathogens between Europe and America is known as the....

a)

Black Death

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade

d)

Silk Road

16.

How did the inhabitants of West Africa become so wealthy?

a)

Slave Trade

b)

Porcelain & Silk

c)

Fauna & Flora

d)

Columbian Exchange

17.

Holy wars between Muslims and Christians to regain control of the Holy Land of Jerusalem were called the

a)

World Wars

b)

Mongol Invasions

c)

Spartan Wars

d)

Crusades

18.

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Crusades?

a)

Spread of Islamic Achievements

b)

Spread of Christianity

c)

Trade

d)

Destruction of the Silk Road

19.

How did trade routes, such as the Silk Road, impact societies in the Middle Ages?

a)

Spread of Religion

b)

Spread of Culture

c)

Spread of goods & technologies

d)

All of the above

20.

A written legal document that was signed in 1215 that limited the power if the English Monarch was called....

a)

Model Parliament

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Habeas Corpus

d)

Diffusion

21.

How did the Magna Carta lead to the decline of Feudalism?

a)

Gave more power to the King

b)

Took power away from the King

c)

Made Knights less effective

d)

Gave power to the Serfs

22.

A movement aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church was called the.....

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Calvinism

c)

Protestant Reformation

d)

Manioral System

23.

How did the Protestant Reformation reduce the power of the Catholic Church

a)

People started leaving the Catholic Church

b)

The Pope was no longer allowed to lead his people

c)

The Catholic Church gained more followers

d)

Feudal Knights took over power in the Church

24.

A type of government in which all citizens vote directly on laws and policies......

a)

Monarchy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Representative Democracy

25.

A type of government in which citizens vote on representatives to create laws and policies.....

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Democracy

26.

Which Ancient Civilization created the world's first democracy?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

Egypt

d)

North America

27.

What civilization was the first to use Roads?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

Mongols

d)

Japan

28.

How did Christianity spread so quickly throughout the Roman Empire?

a)

Roman Roads

b)

Ships

c)

Trade Routes

d)

All of the above

29.

Self sufficient system in which serfs and peasants provide food and services in return for protection and land from Kings, Lords, and Knights is called....

a)

Manioral System

b)

Nation State

c)

Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

30.

An independent country with defined boarders, a strong central government, and common culture is called a

a)

Feudal System

b)

Manioral System

c)

Nation State

d)

Commonwealth

31.

What civilization as the first to create world maps?

a)

Greeks

b)

Muslims

c)

Romans

d)

Chinese

32.

How did world maps help traders?

a)

Navigation & Exploration

b)

Economic Diversity

c)

Cultural Living Standards

d)

Advanced Mathematics

33.

The act of analyzing the costs (money, time, etc) and the benefits (desired outcome) when it comes to making a decision is called.....

a)

Merchant

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

d)

Specialization

34.

What is the desired benefit when using a cost-benefit analysis?

a)

The costs outweigh the benefits

b)

The benefits outweigh the costs

c)

The costs and benefits are equal

d)

All of the above

35.

Nomadic people from Central Asia that were known as fierce warriors were called....

a)

Samurai

b)

Mongols

c)

Dynasties

d)

Knights

36.

What nation did the Mongol's fail to conquer?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

All of the above

37.

What two nations were unified under Mongol rule in the 13th and 14th centuries?

a)

China & Japan

b)

Korea & Japan

c)

China & Korea

d)

Germany & Spain

38.

The trade of _________ and ___________ made Timbuktu a desired commercial and cultural center.

a)

Gold & Silk

b)

Silk & Porcelain

c)

Gold & Salt

d)

Salt & Slik

39.

Which of the following was NOT an African Empire?

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Ming

d)

Songhai

40.

What does "Trans-Saharan" mean?

a)

In the Sahara Desert

b)

Across the Sahara Desert

c)

Above the Sahara Desert

d)

Below the Sahara Desert