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Worksheets1st 9 week exam
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who was the first Germanic leader to convert to Christianity?
Clovis
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Constantine
What was Justinian's most important contribution to western culture?
Converting the Eastern Roman Empire to Christianity
Establishing a silk industry in Constantinople
Defeating Persians
Codifying Roman law in The Body of Civil Law (Justinian's Code)
What does it mean to have a Polytheistic belief?
Belief in more than one God
Belief in in a singular God
Belief in man
Belief in ancestors
Which of the following may have contributed to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?
population decline due to plague and lack of a workable political system
lack of religious belief
lack of a strong military
lack of a strong authoritarian government
Which of the following statements best describes how Clovis laid the the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire?
He established the Frankish Kingdom and converted to Christianity
He formed an alliance with the Roman Catholic Church
He was a patron of the arts
He divided his kingdom between his sons
Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Constantine
Diocletian
Charles the Great
Nero
What did Charlemagne do that merged Roman, Christian, and German elements in his kingdom?
He, a German king, was crowned emperor of the Romans by the Pope
He had the Christian Bible and the works of classical Latin authors translated into German
As a German king, he modeled his government on the Romans and made Christianity the official religion of the empire
He was born a German, converted to Christianity, and learned Latin.
Who is head of the Catholic Church
Pope
Patriarch
Constantinople
Romulus Augustulus
The Vikings were made part of European civilization by
their widespread invasions of Asian kingdoms.
the conquest of Scandinavia in 911 by Charlemagne.
the Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity
their desire to sail to America.
The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was
a piece of land.
a dragon boat.
his daughter in marriage.
a gold ring
Which of the following was a code of ethics knights were to uphold?
Chivalry
The fief
The Magna Carta
The Domesday Book
At the heart of feudalism was...
the knight, who was the enforcer of the lord and a protector of the lord’s lands
serfdom, which meant that all non-vassals labored to support the serfs.
the grant of land made to loyal vassals, which was known as a fief.
vassalage, which meant warriors swore loyalty to a lord, who in turn took care of their needs.
Joan of Arc brought the Hundred Years’ War to a decisive turning point by
spying on the English armies.
inspiring the French with her faith.
fleeing to the English.
seducing Charles.
The Bubonic plague was spread by
an overall drop in temperatures known as a “little ice age.”
poisoned water from the town wells.
the Great Famine.
rats infested with fleas carrying the bacterium.
A strict warrior code by which the samurai lived
Genghis Khan
Archipeligo
Bushido
Koryo
Why was feudalism developed?
There was a need for a clear successor to the crown.
Centralized power was lost in the face of invasion.
The church was losing power and failed to protect the lords.
. Lords decided to reform society by establishing chivalry.
One of Five Pillars of Islam, the hajj, is
the observation of the holy month of July, including fasting from dawn to sunset.
one’s duty to give alms to the poor and unfortunate.
a pilgrimage to Mecca.
a public prayer at midday on Friday to worship Allah.
A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ____________, which was a covered market.
bazaar
caliphate
mosque
sheikh
Before the trade routes were established, Arabs were primarily
enslaved people.
hunter-gatherers
nomads
warriors
The Islamic religion was created as a direct result of
the revelations received by Muhammad.
the teachings of Jesus
the Ten Commandments received by Moses.
the trade practices of Arab merchants
According to Islamic belief, Muhammad is
the son of Allah, similar to Jesus.
an angel.
the highest and last prophet of Allah.
the reincarnation of Moses
The Islamic equivalent of the Christian Holy Bible is the
Muqaddimah.
Rubaiyat
Five Pillars
Quran.
Under whose reign did Songhai become the largest empire in African history?
Muhammad Ture
Sunni Ali
Akia Dawud
Sundiata Keita
Since there was no written language, the job of passing historical information down from generation to generation fell to singers and to a special class of storytellers called
Swahili.
griots
grandmothers.
dancers
Mansa Mūsā caused Timbuktu to become
an armed camp for political prisoners.
an intellectual capital of the Muslim world.
an oasis for traders who crossed the desert.
an outpost for Christian and Jewish refugees.
