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Year End Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Fall of Rome?

a)

Slave Rebellions

b)

Barbarian Invasion

c)

Size

d)

Corruption

2.
Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome?
a)
Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Diocletian
d)
Constantine
3.

After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the ________________ empire arose in what was Eastern Rome

a)

Ottoman

b)

Mongol

c)

Persian

d)

Byzantine

4.

Pax Romana is Latin for:

a)

Roman Peace

b)

Roman Trouble

c)

Augustus's Empire

d)

Freedom and Joy

5.

This connected Rome to China

a)

The Mediterranean Sea

b)

The Mongol Empire

c)

The Silk Road

d)

The Indian Ocean

6.

The capital of the Byzantine Empire was

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Carthage

7.
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
8.

The area in yellow is called Scandinavia. Who came from there?

a)

Vikings

b)

Magyars

c)

Franks

d)

Muslims

9.
Feudalism began to spread to Britain soon after?
a)
Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans
b)
William the Conqueror invaded Britain
c)
Vikings began raiding northern Europe
d)
Clovis, King of the Franks, invaded
10.
After what event did the "Dark Ages" start?
a)
Fall of Western Rome
b)
The Great Schism
c)
Battle of Tours
d)
Christianity starts
11.

Why did feudalism develop?

a)

to provide protection

b)

to unite Europe

c)

to increase trade

d)

to encourage Christianity

12.
Who was most likely to be educated during the Early Middle Ages?
a)
Priests
b)
Kings
c)
Nobles
d)
Peasants
13.
Which was the most powerful institution in Medieval Europe?
a)
Eastern Orthodox Church
b)
Kings
c)
Roman Catholic Church
d)
Barbarians
14.

Who was the head of the Roman Catholic Church?

a)

Pope

b)

Priest

c)

Vassal

d)

Fief

15.
The ________________________ led to wage increases for peasants due to causing mass shortages of available workforce in feudal society.
a)
Black Plague
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Domesday
d)
Crusades
16.
The Hundred Years' War was a long lasting war between which two archrivals?
a)
England and France
b)
Texas and Oklahoma
c)
Spain and Portugal
d)
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
17.
One effect of the Hundred Years' War that weakened feudal society was -
a)
military advancements which reduced the dependence of knights
b)
the increased dependence of knights to fight wars
c)
the peasants distrust of monarchs
d)
the peasants distrust of the church
18.
One positive effect of the Crusades was -
a)
increased trade due to the demand of goods available in the Arabian Peninsula. 
b)
the lasting peace between Christianity and Muslims.
c)
the unity created between Christianity and Judaism to fight against Islam.
d)
the end of the schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
19.
What was the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition?
a)
To burn the old towns that were infected with the plague
b)
To punish the heretics
c)
To expel the Muslim spies from the country
d)
To reorganize the church
20.

What did the Magna Carta do?

a)

extended property rights to serfs and peasants

b)

made the king subject to the rule of law

c)

organized barons into a parliament

d)

restored and organized English common law

21.

What killed a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s?

a)

bubonic plague

b)

invasion of the Turks

c)

religious persecution

d)

wars among kingdoms

22.

Against what group of people did Pope Urban II declare the Crusades?

a)

heretics

b)

Jews

c)

Muslims

d)

renegades

23.

What did the conflict between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII signify?

a)

competition for influence between Christianity and Islam

b)

contest for power between kings and popes

c)

struggle for control between monarchy and barons

d)

war for supremacy between European kingdoms

24.

Whose selfless actions helped bring about an end to the Hundred Years' War?

a)

King John

b)

Robin Hood

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Joan of Arc

25.

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Louvre

b)

the Coliseum

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Eiffel Tower

26.

Developments in cartography made it easier for explorers in their travels to new lands. Which of the following best describes cartography?

a)

the study of the Earth's natural processes

b)

the study of the Earth's weather patterns

c)

the study and practice of making maps

d)

the study of past human societies

27.

• Venetian explorer who visited the court of Kublai Khan

• One of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China

• Travels increased the interest of Europeans in the lands of the East


Who is described above?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

28.

What invention from the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly?

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

galleon

d)

printing press

29.
The Medici Family...
a)
Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
b)
Were the most famous painters in Florence
c)
Were the family of Mona Lisa
d)
Were patrons of the arts in Florence
30.

What was the theory that said that the Earth and all the planets revolve around the sun?

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Geographic

d)

The Earth is flat

31.
What was the Ninety-Five Thesis
a)
95 things the Catholic Church was doing wrong according to the Bible
b)
95 things the Catholic Church were doing right according to the Bible
c)
95 things the Catholic Church did according to the Bible
d)
95 complaints from Catholics about the Catholic Church
32.
What was the Catholic Church promising with if you bought indulgences?
a)
automatic entrance into Heaven
b)
predestination 
c)
charity 
d)
A chance to fight in the 30 years war
33.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
d)
a call for a new pope
34.
The idea that God has already determined who will be saved is called
a)
indulgence
b)
diet
c)
predestination
d)
theocracy
35.
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?
a)
Henry VIII had deep theological disagreements with the Church
b)
The Pope Excommunicated Henry VIII
c)
Henry VIII started a war with the king of Spain, the Pope's distant cousin
d)
He wanted to annul his marriage to marry his girlfriend to get an heir to the throne
36.

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Rudder

37.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
38.

What was the motivation for exploration?

a)

Write a book about it

b)

Gold, God, Glory

c)

Land, food, water

d)

Position in the government

39.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

40.

A mosque is

a)

a Christian house of worship

b)

a Muslim house of worship

c)

a Jewish house of worship

41.

What three religions began in the Middle East?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

42.

What is the holy book of Islam called?

a)

Allah

b)

Qur'an

c)

Muslim

d)

Mosque

43.

Muslim merchants could trade with people in many different areas because

a)

Islam had spread to many lands.

b)

the Ottoman Empire had gained control of many regions.

c)

they established many new trade routes.

d)

Arabia was at a crossroads location.

44.

What language was spoken throughout most of the Muslim world?

a)

Latin

b)

Arabic

c)

Ottoman

d)

Janissary

45.

These people passed on traditions of their people through songs and stories in West Africa.

a)

Griots

b)

Doctors

c)

Kings

d)

Berbers

46.

This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.

a)

Mecca

b)

Rome

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Timbuktu

47.

He was a king of the Mali empire and was considered the richest man to ever live.

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Askia Muhammad

c)

Suni Ali

d)

Pumba

48.

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

a)

millet

b)

salt

c)

books

d)

textiles

49.
This was a way of peaceful trading so that the locations of the salt and gold mines would not be discovered.
a)
silent economy
b)
silent majority
c)
silent night
d)
silent bartering
50.

The Tang and Song is known as the

a)

End of Chinese Civilization

b)

Dynastic Cycle

c)

Golden Age of China

d)

Beginnings of the Mongol Empire

51.

Who was the Mongol emperor of the Yuan dynasty?

a)

Kublai Khan

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Ogedei Khan

d)

Mr. Givens

52.
Zheng He
a)
was great Mongol leader
b)
was the greatest Ming emperor
c)
defeated the  Mongols in China
d)
was the leader of the Ming Treasure Fleet and a great mariner (sailor)
53.

What Chinese invention was first used for fireworks, but then adapted for weaponry, such as for its use in cannons.

a)

Magnetic Compass

b)

Gunpowder

c)

Paper money

d)

Porcelain

54.

Lao-Tzu is considered the founder of?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Taoism

d)

Shinto

55.

Confucius believed the social and political order would improve if people followed....

a)

the 5 relationships

b)

the middle path

c)

the 4 noble truths

d)

the universe

56.

This civilization used quipus, which are colored, knotted strings used to record information.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

57.

This civilization built its capital city of Tenochtitlan on an island in a lake.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

58.

Which civilization built chinampas, or floating gardens?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

59.

Which empire was conquered by Francisco Pizarro?

a)

Aztec

b)

Inca

c)

Maya

d)

Maya and Aztec

60.
Which civilization was polytheistic?
a)
Mayas
b)
Incas
c)
Aztecs
d)
All the above
61.

Even though the Inca had a large and strong army, the Spanish successfully defeated them because they had

a)

Atahualpa

b)

horses and superior metal weapons

c)

terraced farming

d)

Francisco Pizarro

62.

The official language of the Incas was called what?

a)

Cuzco

b)

Spanish

c)

Quechua

d)

Quipu

63.

Why would the Maya make sacrifices to their gods?

a)

to please the gods and get a good harvest

b)

to use the temple

c)

to establish the power of their city-state

64.

Whats the name of the stone city built high up in the Andes including religious temples, royal residences, and houses for workers?

a)

Andes

b)

Cusco

c)

Machu Picchu

d)

Nahuatl

65.

The Maya believed every aspect of life was controlled by the

a)

People

b)

Sun

c)

Gods

d)

Moon

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