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WorksheetsCh 4 Geography Review--Europe: Early History
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
The period of peace and prosperity initiated by Caesar Augustus was the ____.
(a)
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Socrates was a great ____.
Roman general
Greek general
Roman philosopher
Greek philosopher
During the Age of Exploration, the Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India was ____.
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomeu Dias
Michelangelo Buonarotti
Leonardo da Vinci
The Middle Ages ended and the pre-modern period began with the (a) .
The inventor of movable type was ____.
(a)
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Locke
John Calvin
A written document that granted privileges and freedoms to city residents was ____.
(a)
an indulgence
a convent
a consul
Renaissance writers reached a wider audience by writing in ____.
Latin
French
the language of the educated
the language they spoke every day
When Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, he thought he had sailed to ____.
the East Indies
Africa
France
Portugal
Sparta defeated Athens in the ____.
(a)
Persian Wars
Alexandrian War
Crusades
Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire under (a) .
Workers’ organizations that controlled industries were called ____.
guilds
consuls
apprentices
Parliaments
The mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by ____.
(a)
Leonardo da Vinci
Napoleon Bonaparte
Miguel de Cervantes
Alexander the Great conquered and spread the culture of (a) .
A castle was often part of a ____.
manor
convent
monastery
church
A philosopher who believed that government should serve and protect the people and their freedom was ____.
John Calvin
John Locke
Geoffrey Chaucer
Martin Luther
Julius Caesar was killed by ____.
(a)
a rival
the Huns
his nephew Octavian
The idea that kings and queens ruled by the will of God was called the ____.
divine right of kings
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Columbian Exchange
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Crusades?
new trade routes
mistreatment of Jews
cooperation between Muslims and Christians
growth of towns in western Europe
During the Middle Ages, the political and social system was known as ____.
(a)
democracy
communism
anarchy
Nobles who swore allegiance to the king were known as (a) .
