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World History Test 6

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

France

2.

What nation's beginning is marked with the coronation of Hugh Capet?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

3.

Who was the first civilization to use writing after the Flood?

a)

Egypt

b)

Babylon

c)

Sumer

d)

Minoa

4.

Under what pharaoh did Egypt reach its greatest extent?

a)

Menes

b)

Ramses II

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Thutmose III

5.

What false belief states that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic church?

a)

Petrine theory

b)

Apostolic succession

c)

Christine theory

d)

Papal bull

6.

What dates represent the Middle Ages?

a)

6000 BC - 500 AD

b)

AD 500 - AD 1500

c)

AD 1500 - AD 2000

d)

AD 2000 - Present Day

7.

What event occurred to start the Middle Ages?

a)

Decline of the Roman Empire

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

100 Years' War

d)

First Crusade

8.

What was started in Germany as a result of the peasants' desire to be free from the tyranny of the church?

a)

Twelve Articles' Revolt

b)

Thirty Years' War

c)

War of the Roses

d)

Peasants' Revolt

9.

Who built the Royal Road?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

10.

What river's name means "to make fruitful"?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Rhine

11.

Who founded the first permanent French colony in the New World?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Vasco de Balboa

e)

Francisco Pizarro

12.

Who conquered the Incas of Peru?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Vasco de Balboa

e)

Francisco Pizarro

13.

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Vasco de Balboa

e)

Francisco Pizarro

14.

Who was the first European to reach the Far East by sea?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Vasco de Balboa

e)

Francisco Pizarro

15.

Who discovered the St. Lawrence River

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Samuel de Champlain

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Vasco de Balboa

e)

Francisco Pizarro

16.

In what country was the first movable type invented?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

China

d)

Egypt

17.

Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being in history?

a)

Ghengis Khan

b)

Philip II

c)

James I

d)

Asoka

18.

What religion is a major component of the caste system?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

19.

What country developed the caste system?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

India

20.

Who defeated the New Babylonian Empire? (choose 2)

a)

Scythians

b)

Persians

c)

Medes

d)

Greeks

e)

Romans

21.

Who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time?

a)

John Wycliffe

b)

John Foxe

c)

James I

d)

Erasmus

22.

What nation would become an important international crossroads for trade?

a)

Israel

b)

Indonesia

c)

China

d)

India

23.

Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?

a)

Nero

b)

Caligula

c)

Titus

d)

Trajan

24.

What did the Phoenicians pass on to others as they traded around the Mediterranean?

a)

Wheel

b)

Printing Press

c)

Alphabet

d)

Iron

25.

What happened to Christianity as a result of Roman Persecution?

a)

Christianity grew

b)

Christianity almost disappeared

c)

Christianity moved to China

d)

Christians ran away from Rome

26.

What Mauryan ruler controlled over two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent?

a)

Shotoku

b)

Ghengis Khan

c)

Asoka

d)

Tsai-Lun

27.

Who declared Martin Luther a heretic at Worms?

a)

Leo X

b)

Charles V

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

28.

What set the stage for a Roman Empire ruled by Pope and Emperor?

a)

crowning of Charlemagne

b)

crowning of Otto the Great

c)

Donation of Pepin

d)

Treaty of Verdun

29.

Who created the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a)

Dante

b)

Chaucer

c)

Homer

d)

Machiavelli

30.

What is the most important part of a culture?

a)

Clothing

b)

Language

c)

Food

d)

Man's relationship to God

31.

What agreement divided Charlemagne's Empire into three parts?

a)

Donation of Pepin

b)

Peace of Augsburg

c)

Treaty of Verdun

d)

Peace of Westphalia

32.

Who was king of England during the 11 Years' Tyranny?

a)

Alfred

b)

Charles I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry VIII

e)

William III

33.

Who was king of England during the Model Parliament?

a)

Alfred

b)

Charles I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry VIII

e)

William III

34.

Who was king of England during the English Reformation?

a)

Alfred

b)

Charles I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry VIII

e)

William III

35.

Who was the first great king of England?

a)

Alfred

b)

Charles I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry VIII

e)

William III

36.

Who was king of England during the Glorious Revolution?

a)

Alfred

b)

Charles I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry VIII

e)

William III

37.

What is the most important difference between Islam and Christianity?

a)

Islam rejects Jesus as the Son of God

b)

Islam has Jihad, Christianity has Crusades

c)

Christianity rejects Mohammed as a prophet

d)

Islam rejects Adam as a prophet

38.

What prompted the English to settle the New World?

a)

Competition with Spain

b)

Desire for individual freedoms

c)

Missionary work

d)

Expansion of the British Empire

39.

What was Martin Luther's influence during the Protestant reformation?

a)

Reforms to church services, music and education

b)

Banning the sale of indulgences

c)

He became a university professor

d)

He showed how all believers are priests

40.

How did Greece and Rome help the world prepare for Jesus? (choose 2)

a)

Unified language

b)

Development of roads

c)

Writing to write the Gospel

d)

Architecture to build big churches

e)

Their rulers tolerated Christians

41.

How do Buddhism, Hinduism and Shinto affect the countries that follow them?

a)

Encourage education

b)

Allow for technological advancement

c)

Hinder progress and destroy individual freedom

d)

Promote centralized government

42.

What is the world's longest formation?

a)

Royal Road

b)

Great Wall of China

c)

Tower of London

d)

Hadrian's Wall

43.

Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Henry the Navigator

44.

Who was the first man to realize Columbus had discovered a new continent?

a)

Henry the Navigator

b)

Philip II

c)

Leif Ericson

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

45.

What is the oldest surviving religion of Japan?

a)

Shinto

b)

Buddhism

c)

Tao

d)

Hinduism

46.

What nation was the first to have a complete written account of its history?

a)

Sumer

b)

Babylon

c)

Israel

d)

China

47.

What is a way of life based upon the ownership and use of the land?

a)

Caste system

b)

Feudalism

c)

Chivalry

d)

Reformation

48.

What Austrian family ruled the Holy Roman Empire for almost 300 years?

a)

Plantagenets

b)

Carolingians

c)

Merovingians

d)

Hapsburgs

49.

Where did God confuse the languages?

a)

Cairo

b)

Beijing

c)

Babel

d)

Susa

50.

What was the stone that Jean Francis Champollion used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?

a)

Rosetta Stone

b)

Arken Stone

c)

Cairo Stone

d)

Poinsettia Stone

51.

Which Crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Peasants

52.

What religious organization held to the philosophy that "the end justifies the means?"

a)

Benedicitines

b)

Knights Hospitaller

c)

Jesuits

d)

Capuchins

53.

What intellectual movement lifted the darkness of the Middle Ages?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Crusades

c)

Moorish Occupation

d)

French Revolution

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