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WorksheetsWorld History Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 40mins
This religion is based off the idea that everyone goes through suffering & the way to ease suffering is by giving up worldly desires and seeking enlightenment. Which religion is this describing?
Daosim
Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism
Buddhism
Kublai Kahn ended the Song Dynasty in China to create the ________ Dynasty.
Ming
Song
Qin
Yuan
Which leader of the Mongols created a legal code & wanted to unify Mongol clans?
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Which of the following time periods was considered the Golden Age of Arts in Japan?
Nara Period
Heian Period
Feudalism
Tang Period
Which ancient philosophy in China states that families are at the core of society, and that children should honor their parents?
Confucianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Shinto
Which of the following is the indigenous religion of Japan?
Buddhism
Shinto
Hinduism
Christianity
Which religion was first banned in the Roman Empire & then went on to spread throughout the Roman Empire becoming the dominant religion?
Christianity
Polytheism
Judaism
Islam
is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum at the Turkish Republic
Consul
Hagia Sophia
Hannibal
Carthage
What made Constantinople a successful city during the Byzantine Empire?
Their use of concrete, domes, & arches.
It was the capital during the Pax Romana when the entire empire flourished.
It resembled other cities in the Roman Empire & was called "New Rome"
It was in the center of the world & was the crossroad of trade between Europe & Asia.
Which Mongolian ruler completed the conquest of China conquering Southern China and starting the Yuan Dynasty?
Kubali Khan
Marco Polo
Genghis Khan
Zheng He
Samurai's protection for Daimyo's in exchange for land, food, etc. What is this relationship an example of?
Hierarchy
Feudalism
Manorialism
Confucianism
Which of the following are important advancements Muslim scholars made in Math & Science? Select three.
Arabic Numerals
Geometry
Improved the Astrolabe
Proved the earth was round by measuring it.
What main source provides guidance to Islam's followers?
teachings in the Holy Bible
stories handed down by word of mouth
lessons in the Torah
written text in the Quran
Which of the following was the great Mali Emperor that Mali on the map & made Timbuktu a replica of Mecca?
Sunni Ali
Mansa Musa
Sulieman I
Askia Muhammad
What is the name of the trade routes that connect North and West Africa?
Cross-Saharan Trade Route
Gold-Saharan Trade Route
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Sub-Saharan Trade Route
Which of the following religions were Europeans trying to spread during the Middle Ages?
Islam
Catholic Christianity
Buddhism
Shinto
Who is considered to be the greatest King of the Dark Ages due to the fact he united most of Western Europeans?
Ferdinand
John I
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
The Holy Wars that took place between Muslims & Christians were best known as?
The Crusades
Hundred Years War
Battle of Tours
The Black Death
What is the nickname for the Plague that swept through Europe in the 1300's that killed 1/3 of its population?
Flea Plague
Justinian Disease
The Black Death
The Crusades
Who is the famous female that led the French in the Hundred Years' War and was burned at the stake for it?
Mona Lisa
Theodora
Cleopatra
Joan of Arc
Who is considered to by the most famous playwright of the Northern Renaissance?
Dante Alighieri
Geoffrey Chaucer
Francesco Petrarch
Johannes Gutenberg
William Shakespeare
Luther wanted to reform the Catholic Church but after the 95 Theses was posted it became known as the
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Inquisition
Counter-Reformation
The following describes which South American civilization? Quipu, advanced roads, empire, terrace farming.
Aztec
Comanche
Inca
Iroquois
This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortez
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
What is the Columbian Exhange?
Exchange of ideas between America and Europe
Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.
Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.
Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal
Which of the following is defined as 1,000 year period between ancient & modern times?
Renaissance
The Bubonic Plague
Middle Ages
Isolationism
Which of the following was the organization most responsible for the spread of Christianity in the Middle Ages?
Roman Catholic Church
Spanish Inquisition
The Holy Roman Empire
Which of the following is a system where local lords divided their lands among lesser lords in exchange for loyalty & service?
Manorialism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Feudalism
What was the economic system of the Middle Ages?
Manorialism
Mercantilism
Feudalism
Isolationism
The __________ __________ was a document signed in England in 1215 that stated the king must abide by the law of the land, but also promised certain rights to the people.
(a)
Which Pope called on all Christians to begin a crusade against the Muslim Turks?
Pope Gregory I
Pope William X
Pope Urban II
Pope Innocent III
The _____________ _______ _________ was the intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th–15th century over a series of disputes.
(a)
Which English King led the English to victory at Agincourt and was known for spreading English culture & language throughout his kingdom?
King Henry V
King John
King Richard I
King William I
What was the movement where Christians began to drive the Muslims out of Spain lasting from 714 to 1492?
Spanish Inquisition
Reconquista
Crusades
Hundred Years War
The belief in which spirits, present in all animals, plants, & trees that help the living is best defined as?
Shintoism
Janism
Christianity
Animism
Which individual was responsible of the transmission of West African history & culture?
Shaman
Mansa Musa
Griot
Wakan Tanka
Which family created the largest bank & helped to make Florence one of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the Italian Renaissance?
The Brunelleschi Family
The Medici Family
The Machiavelli Family
The Lorenzo Family
Which Renaissance Humanist believed that to gain knowledge there needed to be a balance between reason and faith?
Petrarch
Thomas Aquinas
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Which Reformation leader believed in a hard work ethic and Predestination?
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth
What statement explains the religious role Mary I played in England?
Mary I was tolerant of both branches of Christianity (Protestantism & Catholicism)
Mary I restored the Catholic Church in England.
Mary I re-embraced Protestantism following King Henry VIII's death.
Mary I brought Calvinism to England.
The Spanish soldier who founded the Jesuits
George of Madrid
Hernando of Seville
Ignatius of Loyola
Martin of Granda
This civilization built observatories, used glyphs, had math symbols, and created a calendar based on their knowledge of the planets and stars.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
What is Mercantilism?
A system where a mother country gains power by exporting more goods than they import.
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
A theory that global wars that start over money so countries should avoid it.
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
Which English Explorer helped England claim land in Canada & has two bodies of water named after him?
Henry Hudson
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Which of the following Spanish Explorers explored the southeast region of North America, including present-day Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, & the Mississippi River?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
Christopher Columbus
Which of the following Spanish Explorers is credited with discovering the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Jacques Cartier
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.
Francisco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Franz Ferdinand
Francisco Pizarro
Bartolome de la Casa became an outspoken critic of what system, which lead to the begging of African slavery in the Americas?
the Encomienda System
the Columbian Exchange
the Protestant Reformation
the Spanish Mission System
The Spanish civilizing and spreading Christianity to the indigenous people became known as which of the following Systems?
Encomienda System
Spanish Mission System
Columbian Exchange
Catholic Mission System
Which of the following were tools that helped advance exploration? Select three
Compass
Chronometer
Astrolabe
Telescope
Junks
How did Great Plains natives use buffalo?
They worshipped the buffalo as the one supreme god.
They used buffalo hides for teepees and clothing.
They hunted buffalo for food.
They killed buffalo so they wouldn't destroy farm fields.
This civilization practiced cultural rituals like human sacrifice to honor the gods.
Mayas
Incas
Aztecs
Pueblo
Is this a map of North America or South America?
North America
South America
Which of the following is a similarity between Northeastern and Southeastern Natives in North America?
Use of agricultural techniques
Adobe houses
their reliance on fishing
their isolation from other natives
Which of the following took place during the Tudor Golden Age? Select three.
Queen Mary I was ruling and restoring Catholicism.
England defeated the Spanish Armada
Rule of Queen Elizabeth I
The success of England allowed to rise as a powerful Protestant Country in Europe.
England began to colonize territory in North America.
The clothing shown in the picture would best classified with what indigenous group?
Northeast Indians
Plains Indians
West Indians
Southeast Indians
Which of the following were the three main building projects/achievements of the Ming Dynasty? Select three.
The Grand Canal
Reconstructed the Great Wall
Junks - sea voyages
Forbidden City
Taj Mahal
