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7th Grade Fall Semester Exam 2021

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A pueblo was a(n) __________.
a)
type of town in southwestern North America
b)
Aztec god
c)
confederacy of Indian tribes
d)
Portuguese explorer in Central America
2.
Cuzco was the capital of this empire.
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Maya
d)
Navajo
3.
Which explorer’s crew traveled around the world?
a)
Ferdinand Magellan
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Vasco da Gama
4.
Who was the conquistador that conquered Montezuma and the Aztecs?
a)
Hernando Cortés
b)
Francisco Pizarro
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Vasco da Gama
5.
Who was the Roman Catholic missionary who defended the rights of the Indians?
a)
Bartolomé de Las Casas
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Bartolomeu Dias
d)
Prester John
6.
Known for advancements in writing, math, and astronomy
a)
Maya
b)
Inca
c)
Plains
d)
Maori
7.
Known as fierce warriors and cannibals
a)
Maori
b)
Native Austrailians
c)
Aztecs
d)
Mayas
8.
One of oldest continuing cultures on earth
a)
Native Austrailians
b)
Native New Guineans
c)
Native Easter Islanders
d)
Maori
9.
Famous for almost 1000 carved statues in a small area
a)
Native Easter Islanders
b)
Native Austrailians
c)
Native New Guineans
d)
Maori
10.
__________ __________ such as indigo and tobacco were sold for cash or supplies.
a)
Cash crops
b)
Cash makers
c)
Key crops
d)
Money makers
11.
Which nation colonized the majority of Latin America?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Portugal
12.
What does Renaissance mean?
a)
“rebirth”
b)
“education”
c)
“reformation”
d)
“revolution”
13.
Who invented the movable-type printing press, making books more available to the public?
a)
Gutenberg
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Erasmus
d)
Ghiberti
14.
Who was a true Renaissance man as both an artist and inventor? He painted the Mona Lisa, among many other accomplishments.
a)
da Vinci
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Ghiberti
d)
Michelangelo
15.
Publisher of the Greek New Testament
a)
Erasmus
b)
Castiglione
c)
Machiavelli
d)
More
16.
Author of The Prince, source of the political philosophy that influenced future world leaders like Hitler.
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Castiglione
c)
More
d)
Petrarch
17.
Sculpted the doors for the baptistery of Florence after winning a contest
a)
Ghiberti
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
18.

English official under Henry VII who wrote Utopia

a)

More

b)

Castiglione

c)

Machiavelli

19.
Architect of the Cathedral, the Duomo, in Florence
a)
Brunelleschi
b)
da Vinci
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Ghiberti
20.
Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling and sculpted the statue of David.
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
da Vinci
d)
Ghiberti
21.
Father of the Reformation who wrote the 95 Theses
a)
Luther
b)
Calvin
c)
Wycliffe
d)
Zwingli
22.
Published the first Bible in English
a)
Wycliffe
b)
Calvin
c)
Huss
d)
Zwingli
23.
Burned at the stake for standing against the Catholic Church
a)
Huss
b)
Calvin
c)
Luther
d)
Zwingli
24.
Craftsmen perfected the production of porcelain.
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Manchu Dynasty
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
e)
Mughal Empire
25.
Repaired the Great Wall, built the Imperial City, and completed the Grand Canal.
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Manchu Dynasty
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
e)
Mughal Empire
26.
Required Jews and Christians to pay an annual tax
a)
Ottoman Empire
b)
Safavid Empire
c)
Mughal Empire
d)
Ming Dynasty
e)
Manchu Dynasty
27.
Zheng He was a great Muslim admiral whose fleet may have sailed as far as Iran
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Manchu Dynasty
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
e)
Mughal Empire
28.
Led by Babur, descendant of Chinggis Khan and Tamerlane
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Ming Dynasty
c)
Manchu Dynasty
d)
Ottoman Empire
e)
Safavid Empire
29.
Conquered India
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Ming Dynasty
c)
Manchu Dynasty
d)
Ottoman Empire
e)
Safavid Empire
30.
Followed Shia interpretation of Islam
a)
Safavid Empire
b)
Mughal Empire
c)
Ming Dynasty
d)
Manchu Dynasty
e)
Ottoman Empire
31.
Called themselves the Middle Kingdom because they considered themselves to be the center of the world
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Manchu Dynasty
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
e)
Mughal Empire
32.
Rebuilt and renamed Constantinople as Istanbul after defeating the Byzantine Empire
a)
Ottoman Empire
b)
Safavid Empire
c)
Mughal Empire
d)
Ming Dynasty
e)
Manchu Dynasty
33.
Agreed to the offer of protection from the British East India Company
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Ming Dynasty
c)
Manchu Dynasty
d)
Ottoman Empire
e)
Safavid Empire
34.
Took power from the Ming Dynasty
a)
Manchu Dynasty
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Safavid Empire
d)
Mughal Empire
e)
Ming Dynasty
35.
Declined and became vulnerable to attack because of weak leadership
a)
Ming Dynasty
b)
Manchu Dynasty
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Safavid Empire
e)
Mughal Empire
36.
Tried to become like those they had conquered
a)
Manchu Dynasty
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Safavid Empire
d)
Mughal Empire
e)
Ming Dynasty
37.
Built the Taj Mahal
a)
Mughal Empire
b)
Ming Dynasty
c)
Manchu Dynasty
d)
Ottoman Empire
e)
Safavid Empire
38.
Paper was first developed in __________.
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Mongolia
d)
Russia
39.
The Fujiwara, Ashikaga, and Tokugawa clans were each active clans in __________.
a)
Japan
b)
Burma
c)
China
d)
Thailand
40.
The name of this Japanese military code means “the way of the warrior.”
a)
Bushido
b)
hara-kiri
c)
samurai
d)
shogun
41.
Which country did Kublai Khan attempt to conquer twice, both times unsuccessfully?
a)
Japan
b)
Cambodia
c)
Vietnam
d)
China
42.
What temple, located in modern-day Cambodia, was built during the Khmer empire?
a)
Angkor Wat
b)
Lao-tzu
c)
Taj Mahal
d)
Great Yasa
43.
Japanese title meaning "great general"
a)
shogun
b)
feudalism
c)
kamikaze
d)
samurai
44.
A "divine wind" given credit for protecting Japan
a)
kamikaze
b)
samurai
c)
shogun
d)
feudalism
45.
Japanese warrior
a)
samurai
b)
shogun
c)
feudalism
d)
kamikaze
46.
Japanese religion that teaches nature worship and patriotism
a)
Shintoism
b)
Ancestor Worship
c)
Buddhism
d)
Taoism
47.
Religion founded on the Four Noble Truths
a)
Buddhism
b)
Shintoism
c)
Ancestor Worship
d)
Taoism
48.
United the Mongol tribes
a)
Chinggis Khan
b)
Buddhism
c)
Kublai Khan
d)
samurai
49.
This passive religion teaches people to live in harmony with nature.
a)
Taoism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Shintoism
d)
Ancestor Worship
50.
What is the name of China’s first foreign dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan?
a)
Yuan
b)
Ming
c)
Song
d)
T’ang
51.
What French writer described and endorsed Enlightenment ideals?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Victor Emmanuel II
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Marie Antoinette
52.
Who was the queen of France during the French Revolution?
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Marie Bonaparte
c)
Sylvia Bismarck
d)
Maria Theresa
53.
Who was the king of France at the start of the French Revolution?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Camillo di Cavour
d)
Voltaire
54.
What is the name of the committee that led France’s revolutionary government?
a)
Committee of Public Safety
b)
Committee of Terror
c)
Committee of Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Committee of the Rights of Paris
55.
In what country did Napoleon lose the majority of his men because of enemy soldiers and harsh weather?
a)
Russia
b)
England
c)
Greece
d)
Italy
56.
Who was the chancellor of Prussia who became the driving force behind political unification of the German states?
a)
Otto von Bismarck
b)
Wilhelm I
c)
Camillo di Cavour
d)
Victor Emmanuel II
57.
What nationalist formed the “Red Shirts” and conquered Sicily and Naples?
a)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
b)
Victor Emmanuel II
c)
Otto von Bismarck
d)
Giuseppe Mazzini
58.
What French colony experienced a slave rebellion and won independence from Napoleon’s rule?
a)
Haiti
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
French Guyana
d)
Canada
59.
What term describes the practice of making cloth at home?
a)
cottage industries
b)
home industries
c)
cottage factory
d)
home factory
60.
What is the name of the era during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that was characterized by immense manufacturing changes?
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Agricultural Revolution
c)
Impossible Revolution
d)
Anarchical Revolution
61.
John Newton wrote the words to what famous hymn?
a)
Amazing Grace
b)
How Great Thou Art
c)
It Is Well
d)
Holy, Holy, Holy
62.
What is the term for men who developed businesses and sold their inventions?
a)
entrepreneur
b)
entretenire
c)
entrefriener
d)
entrelenier
63.
The __________ __________ was a spiritual movement in the American colonies from 1720 to 1760 that prepared the American colonies for independence.
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Industrial Revolution
c)
Agricultural Revolution
64.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Cyrus McCormick
d)
James Watt
65.
Who invented the reaping machine?
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
James Hargreaves
c)
John Kay
d)
Jethro Tull
66.
Which of the following did not occur during the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
migration from cities to farms
b)
invention of a horse-drawn reaping machine
c)
invention of a threshing machine
d)
development of cottage industries
67.
Who developed a self-propelled steam engine and a steam tractor?
a)
John Fowler
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Andrew Meikle
d)
Jethro Tull
68.
This man improved the steam engine.
a)
James Watt
b)
Richard Arkwright
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
John Kay
69.
What Methodist preacher traveled throughout Britain on horseback?
a)
John Wesley
b)
William Wilberforce
c)
George Whitefield
d)
John Newton
70.
Who was a slave-ship captain before he was saved?
a)
John Newton
b)
Richard Arkwright
c)
Andrew Meikle
d)
John Wesley
71.
Which was the first religious group known to fight against the slave trade?
a)
Quakers
b)
Anglicans
c)
Baptists
d)
Methodists
72.
Who led the British parliament to end the British slave trade?
a)
William Wilberforce
b)
James Watt
c)
John Wesley
d)
George Whitefield
73.
The 1833 Factory Act placed limits on __________.
a)
child labor
b)
agricultural production
c)
work hours for men
d)
slavery
74.
[Believed body is made up of chemicals and should be treated with chemicals]
a)
Paracelsus
b)
Vesalius
c)
Harvey
d)
Jenner
e)
Boyle
75.
[Studied human anatomy by dissecting human bodies]
a)
Vesalius
b)
Harvey
c)
Jenner
d)
Boyle
e)
Lavoisier
76.
[Studied the human circulatory system]
a)
Harvey
b)
Paracelsus
c)
Jenner
d)
Boyle
e)
Lavoisier
77.
[Discovered the smallpox vaccine]
a)
Jenner
b)
Boyle
c)
Lavoisier
d)
Paracelsus
e)
Vesalius
78.
[Christian scientist who spoke out against enemies of Christianity.]
a)
Boyle
b)
Lavoisier
c)
Paracelsus
d)
Vesalius
e)
Harvey
79.
[Father of Modern Chemistry]
a)
Lavoisier
b)
Paracelsus
c)
Vesalius
d)
Harvey
e)
Jenner
80.
[Theorized that the Earth revolves around the Sun]
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Newton
d)
Halley
e)
Herschel
81.
[Confirmed that the Earth revolves around the Sun with his telescope]
a)
Galileo
b)
Newton
c)
Halley
d)
Herschel
e)
Copernicus
82.
[Developed the laws of gravity and motion]
a)
Newton
b)
Halley
c)
Herschel
d)
Copernicus
e)
Galileo
83.
[Accurately predicted the arrival of a comet, later named after him]
a)
Halley
b)
Herschel
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
e)
Newton
84.
[Astronomer who discovered Uranus and the moons around Saturn]
a)
Herschel
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
e)
Halley
85.
[Absolute monarch of France]
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Charles I
c)
Oliver Cromwell
d)
Charles II
e)
James II
86.
[Catholic king of England who attempted to arrest his enemies in Parliament, leading to a Civil War]
a)
Charles I
b)
Oliver Cromwell
c)
Charles II
d)
James II
e)
William and Mary
87.
[Led forces of Parliament against Charles I and became Lord Protector of England]
a)
Oliver Cromwell
b)
Charles II
c)
James II
d)
William and Mary
e)
Louis XIV
88.
[Asked by Parliament to take the throne after Cromwell's death]
a)
Charles II
b)
James II
c)
William and Mary
d)
Louis XIV
e)
Charles I
89.
[Catholic king of England who took over after the death of his brother]
a)
James II
b)
William and Mary
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Charles I
e)
Oliver Cromwell
90.
[Invited by Parliament to rule England, leading to the Glorious Revolution; approved the English Bill of Rights]
a)
William and Mary
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Charles I
d)
Oliver Cromwell
e)
Charles II
91.
[Father of Modern Medicine]
a)
Hippocrates
b)
Euclid
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Albert the Great
e)
Roger Bacon
92.
[Father of Geometry]
a)
Euclid
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Albert the Great
e)
Roger Bacon
93.
[Greek who studied astronomy and geography]
a)
Eratosthenes
b)
Euclid
c)
Hippocrates
d)
Albert the Great
e)
Roger Bacon
94.
[Priest who brought Muslim documents to Europe]
a)
Albert the Great
b)
Eratosthenes
c)
Euclid
d)
Hippocrates
e)
Roger Bacon
95.
[Studied optics and astronomy]
a)
Roger Bacon
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Euclid
d)
Eratosthenes
e)
Albert the Great
96.
[The __________ __________ was the only political body with the authority to reform the tax system in France.]
a)
Estates-General
b)
National Assembly
c)
Tennis Court Oath
d)
Waterloo
e)
Nationalism
97.
[Members of the Third Estate formed the __________ of France.]
a)
National Assembly
b)
Estates-General
c)
Tennis Court Oath
d)
Waterloo
e)
Nationalism
98.
[The members of the National Assembly signed the famous __________, which stated that they would not disband until a constitution was approved.]
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Estates-General
c)
National Assembly
d)
Waterloo
e)
Nationalism
99.
[On June 18, 1815, the armies of Prussia and Britain confronted and defeated Napoleon and his forces at ______________.]
a)
Waterloo
b)
Nationalism
c)
Estates-General
d)
National Assembly
e)
Tennis Court Oath
100.
[______________ is an intense devotion and loyalty to one’s own people.]
a)
Nationalism
b)
Estates-General
c)
National Assembly
d)
Tennis Court Oath
e)
Waterloo