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Semester exam #2 Social Studies Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Empire spoke Nahuatl?

a)

Aztec Empire

b)

Mayan Empire

c)

Inca Empire

d)

Ghana Empire

2.

Which Age of Exploration Explorer conquered Inca and executed their leader, Atahualpa, leading to the downfall of the Inca Empire?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Sir Francis Drake

c)

Francisco Pizzaro

d)

Vasco da Gama

3.

Select all of the monotheistic religions below.

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

4.

Which of the following is the central teaching of Islam?

a)

Allah will grant life in paradise to all who obey him

b)

Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his prophet

c)

On the final day, Allah will judge all people

d)

Muslims must wash before praying to be pure before Allah

5.

How did Ghana's king acquire wealth?

a)

Through the oral history of griots

b)

By controlling the slave trade

c)

By controlling the gold trade and taxing gold that passed through Ghana

d)

Through the adaptations and innovations of scholars

6.

Which of these groups is NOT apart of wanting control of Jerusalem?

a)

Muslims

b)

Jews

c)

Sikhs

d)

Christians

7.

Which play by William Shakespeare had the quote, "To be, or not to be, that's the question."

(a)  

8.

What theory revolves around the idea of the Earth being the centre of the universe and other objects go around it?

a)

Heliocentric Theory

b)

Geocentric Theory

c)

Nebular Theory

d)

Globe Theory

9.

What instruments were used during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Astrolabe

b)

Caravel

c)

Sextant

d)

(Magnetic) Compass

10.

What is the Encomienda system?

a)

Forced labor

b)

Trading system

c)

Alchemy

d)

Service system

11.

Fill in the blank:

................. was the person who crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor

a)

Pope Liam III

b)

Pope Leo II

c)

Pope Leo III

d)

None of the above

12.

Which areas had major influence on Japan?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Korea

d)

Jerusalem

13.

Who created the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Leonarda da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

14.

Who invented the Cartesian Coordinate system?

a)

Rene Descartes

b)

Tycho Brahe

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Francis Bacon

15.

Fill in the Blank:


.................... was the first Emperor of the Song Dynasty who ruled from 960 until his death in 976

a)

Kublai Khan

b)

Chengzu

c)

Genghis Khan

d)

Emperor Taizu

e)

None of the above