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WorksheetsSocial Studies W1-9
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Western Roman Empire fell in
476 CE
2020 CE
1920 AD
47 BC
Scientific development slowed in the Middle Ages, because
people weren´t very clever
people were lazy
people didn´t have access to Greek texts
people wanted didn´t want to know the truth
The word cease means to:
crumple up some clothes
bake pancakes
stare at something for a long time
stop doing something
The Renaissance was a time when people studied Astronomy, Medicine, Physics and
Herbology
Psychology
Astronomy
Dermatology
Coppernicus´s book about the heliocentric theory was banned by
Emperor Constantine
the humanists
the Roman Catholic Church
Renaissance Men
Galileo Galilei was under house arrest for nine years, because
his telescope proved the heliocentric theory correct
he made Emperor Constantine angry
he stole Copernicus´s book on heliocentric theory
he spied on the empress with his telescope
The first book on anatomy was valuable, because
veterinarians could study better
physicists like Newton based their future findings on it
Leonardo da Vinci could model his statue David to the drawings
it became a manual for medical students at the time
to spark means to
initiate and inspire
scratch
light a fire
turn a light on
ingenuity means the same as
hardships
knowing about engines
coupled
talent and cleverness
secular means
not relating to religion
decline
escape
combined
The invention of the printing press was important because humanists´ books were distributed widely. (True/ False)
(a)
Erasmus More was a famous humanist. (True/False)
(a)
Tenochtitlán was known as the Aztec
soccer stadium
capital
public square
library
banquets are
places where people walk
smaller banks
another word for feasts
a French word for bank
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
Hernan Cortés
Christopher Columbus
La Malinche
Pope Gregory
To be polytheistic means
to believe in one god
to believe in many gods
to believe in no god
none of the above
quipu in Peru are
a kind of duck
Inca for guinea pig
a kind of food
a kind of knotted cord
The Ancient Mayas cultivated
squash and cassava
squash and spinach
spinach and brussels sprouts
oranges and strawberries
The Maya civilization declined because of communism, floods and plagues. (True/False)
(a)
A synonym for comprised is
squashed
crushed
consisted
desisted
In early navigation, a night dial was used to
measure how deep the water was
help cartographers to draw maps
measure the angle from the North Star to other major stars
the angle from the horizon to the sun
Cristóffa Cómbo is also known as
Christopher Helmsworth
Christopher Reeve
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Robin
The Treaty of Tordesillas was
a dessert made in Castille
a Spanish tortilla dish
an agreement between Portugal and Spain
a fish from Tordesillas
Vasco da Gama was
a famous Portuguese painter
a famous Portuguese novelist
a famous Portuguese prince
a famous Portugues navigator
When the Turks invaded Constantinople in 1453, and the Eastern Roman Empire fell, they closed the Silk Route. (True / False)
(a)
