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SS6G10a&b Cultural Characteristics of Europe

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All European languages have the same roots--Where do they all originate?

a)

North American l

b)

Indo-European

c)

European

d)

Southwest Asia

2.

What are the three language families we have studied?

a)

Southwest Asian, North American, and European

b)

Russian, Polish, and Czech

c)

Germanic, Romance, and Slavic

d)

English, Dutch, and German

3.

Which language family comes from Latin?

a)

Germanic

b)

Slavic

c)

English

d)

Romance

4.

The Cyrillic Alphabet is used in which language family?

a)

Slavic

b)

Germanic

c)

Romance

d)

English

5.

Latin is the basis of the Romance family of languages such as Italian, French, and Spanish. Latin was the language of a powerful empire known as....

a)

The Persian Empire

b)

The Roman Empire

c)

The French Empire

d)

They Dutch Empire

6.

Which language family has the most native speakers & is also where you will find our native language-English....

a)

Romance

b)

Slavic

c)

Persian

d)

Germanic

7.

All three religions we are studying originated from the same place. Where is this place?

a)

Central Asia in Mongolia

b)

South Russia/Indo-European

c)

Southwest Asia/Middle East

d)

North America/Canada

8.

Which one of the religions we are studying has the most followers around the world today?

a)

Christians

b)

Jews

c)

Muslims

d)

Hindus

9.

Which one of the religions we are studying is the oldest?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hindu

10.

Which religion that we are studying has the star of David as its prominent symbol?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hindu

11.

The holy book of teachings for Judaism is known as ....?

a)

Bible

b)

Torah

c)

Koran

d)

Encyclopedia

12.

The Koran is the holy book of teachings for which religion we are studying?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hindu

13.

Followers of Islam are called __.

a)

Jews

b)

Christians

c)

Muslims

d)

Hindus

14.

Followers of Judaism are called?

a)

Christians

b)

Jews

c)

Muslims

d)

Hindus

15.

Which religion believes in the Five Pillars of Faith and means "surrender" to the will of Allah.

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

16.

Which of the three religions we are studying is the fastest growing religion in Western Europe?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

17.

The holy book of teaching for Christians is...

a)

Torah

b)

Koran

c)

Bible

d)

Encyclopedia

18.

Which religions has split into 2 major sections-Sunnis and Shias because they don't agree on who should have succeeded Muhammad after his death.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

19.

Which religion believes that Muhammad was the last and greatest prophet of all.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

20.

What do you call the place where a Jew worships?

a)

Synagogue or temple

b)

Church or cathedral

c)

Mosque or church

d)

Chapel or cathedral