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World History Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Daosim

b)

Confucianism

c)

Neo-Confucianism

d)

Buddhism

2.

Kublai Kahn ended the Song Dynasty in China to create the ________ Dynasty.

a)

Ming

b)

Song

c)

Qin

d)

Yuan

3.

Which leader of the Mongols created a legal code & wanted to unify Mongol clans?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Kublai Khan

4.

Which of the following time periods was considered the Golden Age of Arts in Japan?

a)

Nara Period

b)

Heian Period

c)

Feudalism

d)

Tang Period

5.
This map shows the _________ empire
a)
Mongol
b)
Tong
c)
Khan
d)
Byzantine
6.

Which ancient philosophy in China states that families are at the core of society, and that children should honor their parents?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shinto

7.

Which of the following is the indigenous religion of Japan?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Shinto

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

8.
After the Roman Empire split into separate eastern and western empires, the eastern portion continued to rule the region for over 1,000 years under what name?
a)
the Carolingian Empire
b)
the Byzantine Empire
c)
the Roman Republic
d)
the Trojan Republic
9.

Which religion was first banned in the Roman Empire & then went on to spread throughout the Roman Empire becoming the dominant religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Polytheism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

10.

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

a)

Consul

b)

Hagia Sophia

c)

Hannibal

d)

Carthage

11.
The name of the emperor of the Byzantine Empire who revised the Roman law was
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus Caesar
c)
Marc Antony
d)
Justinian
12.
Why was Constantinople such a prosperous city?
a)
Trade hub for Europe, Asia, and Africa
b)
Great architecture 
c)
Autocratic rulers 
d)
The pope lives there
13.

What made Constantinople a successful city during the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Their use of concrete, domes, & arches.

b)

It was the capital during the Pax Romana when the entire empire flourished.

c)

It resembled other cities in the Roman Empire & was called "New Rome"

d)

It was in the center of the world & was the crossroad of trade between Europe & Asia.

14.

Which Mongolian ruler completed the conquest of China conquering Southern China and starting the Yuan Dynasty?

a)

Kubali Khan

b)

Marco Polo

c)

Genghis Khan

d)

Zheng He

15.

Samurai's protection for Daimyo's in exchange for land, food, etc. What is this relationship an example of?

a)

Hierarchy

b)

Feudalism

c)

Manorialism

d)

Confucianism

16.
Where did Islam originate?
a)
Abrabian peninsula
b)
China
c)
North Africa
d)
India
17.

Which of the following are important advancements Muslim scholars made in Math & Science? Select three.

a)

Arabic Numerals

b)

Geometry

c)

Improved the Astrolabe

d)

Proved the earth was round by measuring it.

18.

What main source provides guidance to Islam's followers?

a)

teachings in the Holy Bible

b)

stories handed down by word of mouth

c)

lessons in the Torah

d)

written text in the Quran

19.

Which of the following was the great Mali Emperor that Mali on the map & made Timbuktu a replica of Mecca?

a)

Sunni Ali

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Sulieman I

d)

Askia Muhammad

20.
Who was the founder of Islam?
a)
Muhammad
b)
Moses
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Jesus Christ
21.

What is the name of the trade routes that connect North and West Africa?

a)

Cross-Saharan Trade Route

b)

Gold-Saharan Trade Route

c)

Trans-Saharan Trade Route

d)

Sub-Saharan Trade Route

22.
Who led the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which eventually started the modern English monarchy?
a)
Charlemagne
b)
Charles “The Hammer” Martel
c)
William the Conqueror
d)
Ivar the Skullsplitter
23.

Which of the following religions were Europeans trying to spread during the Middle Ages?

a)

Islam

b)

Catholic Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shinto

24.

Who is considered to be the greatest King of the Dark Ages due to the fact he united most of Western Europeans?

a)

Ferdinand

b)

John I

c)

Charlemagne

d)

William the Conqueror

25.

The Holy Wars that took place between Muslims & Christians were best known as?

a)

The Crusades

b)

Hundred Years War

c)

Battle of Tours

d)

The Black Death

26.

What is the nickname for the Plague that swept through Europe in the 1300's that killed 1/3 of its population?

a)

Flea Plague

b)

Justinian Disease

c)

The Black Death

d)

The Crusades

27.

Who is the famous female that led the French in the Hundred Years' War and was burned at the stake for it?

a)

Mona Lisa

b)

Theodora

c)

Cleopatra

d)

Joan of Arc

28.

Who is considered to by the most famous playwright of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Dante Alighieri

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Francesco Petrarch

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

e)

William Shakespeare

29.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
30.

Luther wanted to reform the Catholic Church but after the 95 Theses was posted it became known as the

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Renaissance

c)

Inquisition

d)

Counter-Reformation

31.
This group was established to spread Catholicism around the world 
a)
Huguenots
b)
Lutherans 
c)
Jesuits
d)
Monks
32.
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of:
a)
Electricity
b)
Motion and gravity
c)
Human biology
d)
Astronomy 
33.
 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 
a)
a. Isaac Newton
b)
b. Galileo Galilei 
c)
c. Adam Smith
d)
d. Dennis Diderot
34.

The following describes which South American civilization? Quipu, advanced roads, empire, terrace farming.

a)

Aztec

b)

Comanche

c)

Inca

d)

Iroquois

35.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

36.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

37.

Which of the following is defined as 1,000 year period between ancient & modern times?

a)

Renaissance

b)

The Bubonic Plague

c)

Middle Ages

d)

Isolationism

38.

Which of the following was the organization most responsible for the spread of Christianity in the Middle Ages?

a)

Roman Catholic Church

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

The Holy Roman Empire

39.

Which of the following is a system where local lords divided their lands among lesser lords in exchange for loyalty & service?

a)

Manorialism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Feudalism

40.

What was the economic system of the Middle Ages?

a)

Manorialism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Feudalism

d)

Isolationism

41.

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)  

42.

Which Pope called on all Christians to begin a crusade against the Muslim Turks?

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Pope William X

c)

Pope Urban II

d)

Pope Innocent III

43.

The _____________ _______ _________ was the intermittent struggle between England and France in the 14th–15th century over a series of disputes.

(a)  

44.

Which English King led the English to victory at Agincourt and was known for spreading English culture & language throughout his kingdom?

a)

King Henry V

b)

King John

c)

King Richard I

d)

King William I

45.

What was the movement where Christians began to drive the Muslims out of Spain lasting from 714 to 1492?

a)

Spanish Inquisition

b)

Reconquista

c)

Crusades

d)

Hundred Years War

46.

The belief in which spirits, present in all animals, plants, & trees that help the living is best defined as?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Janism

c)

Christianity

d)

Animism

47.
What is the correct order of the rise and fall of the 3 great west African empires? The country on the left is the first to rise and the country on the right is the last to rise. 
a)
Ghana, Songhai, and Mali
b)
Songhai, Ghana, and Mali
c)
Mali, Ghana, and Songhai
d)
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
48.

Which individual was responsible of the transmission of West African history & culture?

a)

Shaman

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

Griot

d)

Wakan Tanka

49.

Which family created the largest bank & helped to make Florence one of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the Italian Renaissance?

a)

The Brunelleschi Family

b)

The Medici Family

c)

The Machiavelli Family

d)

The Lorenzo Family

50.

Which Renaissance Humanist believed that to gain knowledge there needed to be a balance between reason and faith?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Michelangelo

51.

Which Reformation leader believed in a hard work ethic and Predestination?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Queen Elizabeth

52.

What statement explains the religious role Mary I played in England?

a)

Mary I was tolerant of both branches of Christianity (Protestantism & Catholicism)

b)

Mary I restored the Catholic Church in England.

c)

Mary I re-embraced Protestantism following King Henry VIII's death.

d)

Mary I brought Calvinism to England.

53.

The Spanish soldier who founded the Jesuits

a)

George of Madrid

b)

Hernando of Seville

c)

Ignatius of Loyola

d)

Martin of Granda

54.
The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:
a)
A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
b)
The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
c)
period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
d)
 Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth
55.

This civilization built observatories, used glyphs, had math symbols, and created a calendar based on their knowledge of the planets and stars.

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Olmec

56.

What is Mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother country gains power by exporting more goods than they import.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

A theory that global wars that start over money so countries should avoid it.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

57.

Which English Explorer helped England claim land in Canada & has two bodies of water named after him?

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

58.

Which of the following Spanish Explorers explored the southeast region of North America, including present-day Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, & the Mississippi River?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Hernando de Soto

d)

Christopher Columbus

59.

Which of the following Spanish Explorers is credited with discovering the New World?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Jacques Cartier

60.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

61.

Bartolome de la Casa became an outspoken critic of what system, which lead to the begging of African slavery in the Americas?

a)

the Encomienda System

b)

the Columbian Exchange

c)

the Protestant Reformation

d)

the Spanish Mission System

62.

The Spanish civilizing and spreading Christianity to the indigenous people became known as which of the following Systems?

a)

Encomienda System

b)

Spanish Mission System

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Catholic Mission System

63.

Which of the following were tools that helped advance exploration? Select three

a)

Compass

b)

Chronometer

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Telescope

e)

Junks

64.

How did Great Plains natives use buffalo?

a)

They worshipped the buffalo as the one supreme god.

b)

They used buffalo hides for teepees and clothing.

c)

They hunted buffalo for food.

d)

They killed buffalo so they wouldn't destroy farm fields.

65.

This civilization practiced cultural rituals like human sacrifice to honor the gods.

a)

Mayas

b)

Incas

c)

Aztecs

d)

Pueblo

66.

Is this a map of North America or South America?

a)

North America

b)

South America

67.

Which of the following is a similarity between Northeastern and Southeastern Natives in North America?

a)

Use of agricultural techniques

b)

Adobe houses

c)

their reliance on fishing

d)

their isolation from other natives

68.

Which of the following took place during the Tudor Golden Age? Select three.

a)

Queen Mary I was ruling and restoring Catholicism.

b)

England defeated the Spanish Armada

c)

Rule of Queen Elizabeth I

d)

The success of England allowed to rise as a powerful Protestant Country in Europe.

e)

England began to colonize territory in North America.

69.

The clothing shown in the picture would best classified with what indigenous group?

a)

Northeast Indians

b)

Plains Indians

c)

West Indians

d)

Southeast Indians

70.

Which of the following were the three main building projects/achievements of the Ming Dynasty? Select three.

a)

The Grand Canal

b)

Reconstructed the Great Wall

c)

Junks - sea voyages

d)

Forbidden City

e)

Taj Mahal