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WorksheetsMiddle Ages Europe, Asia, Africa Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The word barbarian comes from Rome and means:
invaders from the east.
long-haired warrior.
friend of the empire.
people who don't speak Latin.
Much of what we know about ancient Greece and Rome is due to the
Vikings burning everything except for the libraries.
sections of Rome that were saved from the barbarians.
monks who preserved old texts.
Germanic tribes who retained Greco-Roman culture.
The Vikings came from:
Scandinavia.
the British Isles.
what is now Germany.
North America.
The Goths and Vandals were:
French-speaking people from the land of Gaul.
Germanic tribes.
from the area that is now Italy.
from Mongolia.
Feudalism originally developed because
the king needed serfs to work his fields.
more food was needed after the bubonic plague.
the knights went to fight the Crusades.
people needed protection from invaders.
The honor code of the samurai was called:
chivalry
bushido
the way of the kamikaze
hari kari
The types of government practiced in Japan during the Middle Ages was the:
church-based system
futile system
chivalrous system
feudal system
A large landowner in Japan was called a:
daimyo
shogun
Kami
samurai
Feudalism lasted the longest in
China
Japan
Europe
Africa
Although the Song Dynasty was a time of great artistic and scientific achievement in China, it was also when:
typhoons devastated much of the kingdom
the economy collapsed
the Mongols invaded
the Japanese tried to seize control
The first ruler of the Mali Empire was:
Sunni Ali
Sudiata Keita
Mansa Musa
Muhammad
Mansa Musa made ___________ a center of learning and education.
Constantinople
Gao
Djenne
Timbuktu
The Songhai Empire was established by:
Mansa Musa
Sundiata Keita
Sunni Ali
Muhammad Ali
The Songhai Kingdom was located in present-day
Nigeria
Ghana
Niger
Timbuktu
The Kingdom of Ghana grew rich through the trade of:
Gold and Rice
Silver and Gold
Salt and Cattle
Gold and Salt
Askia Muhammad ruled _____________ at its height of power.
Ethiopia
Songhai
Ghana
The largest desert in the world is the:
Gobi
Kalahari
Arabian
Sahara
The first people to live in Africa were the:
Egyptians
Mongols
Bantu
Cantu
Defeat by the Almoravids caused the fall of the Kingdom of:
Songhai
Mali
Ghana
Timbuktu
How did the Bantu make room for farmland?
Burning ashes
Cutting down trees
Slave labor
Slash and burn
