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1st 9 week exam

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first Germanic leader to convert to Christianity?

a)

Clovis

b)

Charles Martel

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Constantine

2.

What was Justinian's most important contribution to western culture?

a)

Converting the Eastern Roman Empire to Christianity

b)

Establishing a silk industry in Constantinople

c)

Defeating Persians

d)

Codifying Roman law in The Body of Civil Law (Justinian's Code)

3.

What does it mean to have a Polytheistic belief?

a)

Belief in more than one God

b)

Belief in in a singular God

c)

Belief in man

d)

Belief in ancestors

4.

Which of the following may have contributed to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?

a)

population decline due to plague and lack of a workable political system

b)

lack of religious belief

c)

lack of a strong military

d)

lack of a strong authoritarian government

5.

Which of the following statements best describes how Clovis laid the the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire?

a)

He established the Frankish Kingdom and converted to Christianity

b)

He formed an alliance with the Roman Catholic Church

c)

He was a patron of the arts

d)

He divided his kingdom between his sons

6.

Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

c)

Charles the Great

d)

Nero

7.

What did Charlemagne do that merged Roman, Christian, and German elements in his kingdom?

a)

He, a German king, was crowned emperor of the Romans by the Pope

b)

He had the Christian Bible and the works of classical Latin authors translated into German

c)

As a German king, he modeled his government on the Romans and made Christianity the official religion of the empire

d)

He was born a German, converted to Christianity, and learned Latin.

8.

Who is head of the Catholic Church

a)

Pope

b)

Patriarch

c)

Constantinople

d)

Romulus Augustulus

9.

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

a)

their widespread invasions of Asian kingdoms.

b)

the conquest of Scandinavia in 911 by Charlemagne.

c)

the Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity

d)

their desire to sail to America.

10.

The most important gift a lord could give to a vassal was

a)

a piece of land.

b)

a dragon boat.

c)

his daughter in marriage.

d)

a gold ring

11.

Which of the following was a code of ethics knights were to uphold?

a)

Chivalry

b)

The fief

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Domesday Book

12.

At the heart of feudalism was...

a)

the knight, who was the enforcer of the lord and a protector of the lord’s lands

b)

serfdom, which meant that all non-vassals labored to support the serfs.

c)

the grant of land made to loyal vassals, which was known as a fief.

d)

vassalage, which meant warriors swore loyalty to a lord, who in turn took care of their needs.

13.

Joan of Arc brought the Hundred Years’ War to a decisive turning point by

a)

spying on the English armies.

b)

inspiring the French with her faith.

c)

fleeing to the English.

d)

seducing Charles.

14.

The Bubonic plague was spread by

a)

an overall drop in temperatures known as a “little ice age.”

b)

poisoned water from the town wells.

c)

the Great Famine.

d)

rats infested with fleas carrying the bacterium.

15.

A strict warrior code by which the samurai lived

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Archipeligo

c)

Bushido

d)

Koryo

16.

Why was feudalism developed?

a)

There was a need for a clear successor to the crown.

b)

Centralized power was lost in the face of invasion.

c)

The church was losing power and failed to protect the lords.

d)

. Lords decided to reform society by establishing chivalry.

17.

One of Five Pillars of Islam, the hajj, is

a)

the observation of the holy month of July, including fasting from dawn to sunset.

b)

one’s duty to give alms to the poor and unfortunate.

c)

a pilgrimage to Mecca.

d)

a public prayer at midday on Friday to worship Allah.

18.

A crucial part of every Muslim city or town was the ____________, which was a covered market.

a)

bazaar

b)

caliphate

c)

mosque

d)

sheikh

19.

Before the trade routes were established, Arabs were primarily

a)

enslaved people.

b)

hunter-gatherers

c)

nomads

d)

warriors

20.

The Islamic religion was created as a direct result of

a)

the revelations received by Muhammad.

b)

the teachings of Jesus

c)

the Ten Commandments received by Moses.

d)

the trade practices of Arab merchants

21.

According to Islamic belief, Muhammad is

a)

the son of Allah, similar to Jesus.

b)

an angel.

c)

the highest and last prophet of Allah.

d)

the reincarnation of Moses

22.

The Islamic equivalent of the Christian Holy Bible is the

a)

Muqaddimah.

b)

Rubaiyat

c)

Five Pillars

d)

Quran.

23.

Under whose reign did Songhai become the largest empire in African history?

a)

Muhammad Ture

b)

Sunni Ali

c)

Akia Dawud

d)

Sundiata Keita

24.

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

a)

Swahili.

b)

griots

c)

grandmothers.

d)

dancers

25.

Mansa Mūsā caused Timbuktu to become

a)

an armed camp for political prisoners.

b)

an intellectual capital of the Muslim world.

c)

an oasis for traders who crossed the desert.

d)

an outpost for Christian and Jewish refugees.