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WorksheetsWorld History Final
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Which of the following rivers led to regular cultural and economic exchanges between Kiev and the Byzantine Empire?
Dnieper River
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Which of the leaders below united the Mongols into an empire?
Constantine
Ivan II
Leo III
Chinggis Khan
Which of the following were a group of peoples that were a nomadic pastoral society with a homeland on the vast Central Asian Steppe?
The Kievans
The Mongols
The Russians
The Byzantines
Which of the following was a factor that led the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
The Bubonic Plague
Threats from the Turks and Slavs
The Fourth Crusade that sacked and destroyed much of Constantinople
All of the above
None of the above
Why did the envoys sent by Prince Vladimir believe that God dwelled among the Byzantines leading to the mass baptism of the Russian people and the conversion of Russia to Christianity?
They saw that everyone in the empire prayed at the top of each hour every day and that they received many blessings because of it
The children in the empire were all very kind and welcoming, and this reminded them of how God treats others
Priests roamed the streets and constantly asked people in the empire if they needed help
They saw the monumental architecture of the empire (like the Hagia Sophia) and believed that God must have a part in it
Which of the following rulers reunified the Roman Empire, moved its capital to Byzantium, and renamed this city Constantinople?
Constantine
Diocletian
Theodora
Justinian
This was an essential location for the transportation of goods between Asia and Europe and played an important role in the growth and expansion of the Muslim Empire after the Ottoman Turks took over the Byzantine Empire...
The Suez Canal
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Bosporus Straits
This ruler believed that the Roman Empire had grown too big and complex for a single leader and divided the Roman Empire into a Latin Speaking West and a Greek speaking East...
Diocletian
Prince Vladimir
Chinggis Khan
Justinian
What did the Hagia Sophia symbolize?
The importance of nomadism for the Mongols
The partnership between the church and the state in the Byzantine Empire
The decline of the Roman Empire
The rise of Islam in the Middle East
The Great Schism arose out of a power struggle between the Pope and the emperor of the Byzantine Empire. The church finally split into two new sects (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic) when what happened?
When the Hagia Collapsed after Mongol invasion
When Pope Leo III excommunicated the Byzantine Emperor
When Prince Vladimir was assassinated by the Pope's army
When lightening struck the top of the Sistine Chapel at midnight on Christmas Day
Muhammad was born in Mecca, meditated in the caves outside of the city, and claimed that messages were delivered to him by whom?
Theodora who was trying to save the palace from riotous commoners
The Angel Gabriel who was charged by Allah (God) to deliver them
The founder of Mecca who was told to deliver the messages by the Pope
The Byzantine Emperor who believed that Islam was an evil religion
Which of the following was not one of the khanates of the Mongol Empire?
Ilkhanate
Byzantium
Khanate of the Golden Horde
Yuan Dynasty
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Faith
Prayer
Holy Sacraments
Fasting
Which of the following religious/political groups was led directly by Muhammad, defeated the armies of Mecca, and continued to expand across the Arabian Peninsula?
Umma
Mongols
Crusaders
Umayyad Caliphate
What characteristic did the Sunni Muslims feel was important in a new leader to replace Muhammad?
They believed that the new leader should be chosen by the Islamic Community as the most "fit" person for the role
They believed that the new leader should be chosen directly by Allah
They believed that the new leader should be a merchant chosen from Mecca
The believed that the new leader should be a part of Muhammad's bloodline
What characteristic did the Shi'a Muslims feel was important in a new leader to replace Muhammad?
They believed that the new leader should be a part of Muhammad's bloodline
They believed that the new leader should be chosen by the Islamic Community as the most "fit" person for the position
They believed that the new leader should be chosen directly by Allah
They believed that the new leader should be a merchant from Mecca
What was the final breaking point that caused the split of Islam into the Sunni and Shi'a branches?
The Shi'as poisoned many of the elders in the Ka'ba leading to their death
The Sunni's attacked the Shi'as by throwing rocks at them
Husayn became the leader of the Islamic Empire
Mu'awiya ordered for Husayn and his family to be violently executed
Which of the following is NOT a commonality between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
All believe in divinely directed messengers (prophets)
All share some of the same scripture
All are polytheistic religions
All believe that Jerusalem is an important holy place
The early African societies of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all used what to build their empires?
Medieval workshops
Salt and gold trade
Chinese catipults
Isolationist policies
This is a belief in divine forces that reside in the natural world and was a common belief of many indigenous African groups...
Animism
Naturism
Confucianism
Buddhism
What happened to traditional indigenous beliefs in Africa once Islam and Christianity began to spread in the region?
Indigenous beliefs stayed the same and were not affected by these new religions
Indigenous beliefs mixed with those of Christianity and Islam to create a blending of religions
All indigenous beliefs were dropped and forgotten because of these new and exciting religions
All religion was outlawed in Africa in order to prevent conflict
This ruler from Mali took a pilgrimage to Mecca and recruited Islamic scholars to return to Mali with him turning the city of Timbuktu into a center of Islamic scholarship...
Justinian
Sundiata
Mao Zedong
Mansa Musa
The cultivation of which crop led to the development of villages that grew into urban centers in the Mayan Civilization?
Rice
Maize
Potatoes
Bok Choy
Which of the following civilizations never reached political unity but was instead ruled by 40 independent city-states?
Mayans
Incas
Toltecs
Aztecs
Why did the Mayan civilization decline?
A flood from the pacific ocean flooded all 40 city-states
There was a detrimental potato famine that wiped out 3/4 of the Mayan's population
Its urban cities were abandoned for an unknown reason
Hernan Cortes invaded and took over all of the Mayan's territory
What are the names of the twin capitals of the Aztec Empire?
Malinalco and Zitlaltpec
Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco
Cyotepec and Tepexpan
Yautepec and Zaragoza
Montezuma II was the leader of which group of people?
Mayans
Olmecs
Incas
Aztecs
Which of the following Spanish conquistadors overtook the Aztec Empire?
Montezuma II
Francisco Pizarro
La Malinche
Hernan Cortes
Which of the following is an advantage that the Spanish had when conquering the Aztecs?
The Spanish had had military vehicles that allowed them to easily cover vast areas of land very quickly
The Spanish were better at cultivating crops which allowed them to remain healthy while taking over new territory
The Spanish brought over smallpox which devastated the Aztec population
The Spanish used cannons to break down the walls that surrounded Aztec cities
Which of the following was the leader of the Incan Empire?
Hernan Cortes
Montezuma
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizzaro
Which of the following Spanish conquistadors is known for conquering the Incan Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
Hernan Cortes
Montezuma
Which of the following is NOT a commonality between the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas?
They all practiced pastoralism
They all worshiped the sun god
They all had very accurate calendars
They were all polytheistic
What was the Columbian Exchange?
A series of intense trading events between Ecuador and Columbia that centered around the exchange of rare metals
The massive transfer of people, animals, plants, technology, language, and diseases between the Old World and New World
A triangular-shaped transfer of raw materials from the Americas to Europe, manufactured goods from Europe to Africa, and slaves from Africa to the Americas
A mutual exchange of prisoners of war between the Aztec and Incan Empires in hopes to achieve peace
The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals used which of the following substances more successfully than any other empire before them?
Concrete
Mortar
Iron
Gunpowder
During the reign of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires, walls could no longer secure cities from external threats. Why is this?
Ladders were used to quickly get soldiers over city walls
Pully systems were able to get explosives inside of city walls
Canons were able to destroy the walls that surrounded cities
Catapults used to fling large boulders were able to destroy city walls
Which of the following is the leader of the feudal system who owns all of the land and decides who to loan it out to?
King
Knight
Noble
Vassal
Which of the following describes a noble?
someone at the bottom of the feudal hierarchy who worked on a feudal manor for a vassal
someone who held a fief under vassalage and ruled over a feudal manor(s)
a person who was of the lowest status of peasantry
the leader of the feudal system who owned all of the land and decided who to loan it out to
Which of the following is someone who performed military duties for the king?
Knight
Peasant
Serf
Fief
What happened to Europe under feudalism?
Social classes no longer existed
Europe became highly decentralized
Europe became highly centralized
Europeans became very interconnected
During Feudalism, Europe was highly decentralized in most aspects of life. However, Europeans were able to find unity in which of the following ways?
Spiritually through the Catholic Church
Politically through a common leader
Economically due to interconnected trade networks
Culturally frequent cultural exchanges
How did the pope use the powers of excommunication to maintain the Church's power over medieval Europe?
The pope could expel a believer from the church, thus denying them any opportunity to achieve eternal salvation
The pope could have a believer killed, thus assuring they would not speak out against the church
The pope could have a believer kicked out of Europe if they did not follow the orders of the pope
The pope could strip a believer of their social status and force them into serfdom
What was lay investiture?
The process in which the church nobles kicked nonbelievers out of the church
The process in which the pope maintained unity in Europe
The process in which kings gave up their authority to the Catholic Church
The process in which the monarchs in Europe placed allies in the church clergy
Which of the following was a major factor of the downfall of feudalism?
Peasants overthrew the nobles and forced the nobles to become peasants
Fairs that led to the growth of cities outside of the feudal system
An ice age that killed off much of the nobles in Europe
The creation of ships that allowed peasants to escape from Europe
1/3 of the population in Europe died during the Bubonic Plague. Because of this, the demand for peasant labor increased dramatically. Which of the following happened as a result of this?
Nobles willingly began to pay peasants more because they realized that they had been underpaying them the whole time
More peasants were brought in from other countries in Asia to fill this labor gap
Peasants continued to work the same as the always had under the feudal system
Peasants demanded to be paid more, but nobles refused, leading to violent peasant rebellions
Which of the following was a motivation(s) for the crusades?
Stop the spread of Protestantism in Europe and capture Martin Luther
Free Europe from the control of Roman Catholicism
Stop Muslim expansion and reclaim Jerusalem
To end Feudalism
What happened to sculpting and painting during the Renaissance?
Both of these art forms were no longer considered the works of tradesmen and were no longer simplistic
Both of these art forms ceased to exist because the Catholic Church banned them
Both of these art forms became much more simplistic because artists began to focus on symbolism
Both of these art forms were the work of peasants who were paid nothing for their creations
During the Renaissance, writing began to focus on what?
Focusing solely on the Christianity
Depicting human emotion
Revolutionary manifestos
Saying as much as possible with the least amount of words
What did humanists argue?
Faithful people had to live their lives focusing on how to please God without getting distracted by their own worldly pursuits
Faithful people could live an enjoyable life full of worldly pleasures without offending God
Christians needed to go to church daily to get forgiveness of their sins due to the sinful nature of the Renaissance
Christians could not read anything other than the Bible without offending God
Who invented the movable type printing press?
Leonardo da Vinci
Alexander Graham Bell
Johannes Gutenberg
Michaelangelo
What was the sale of indulgences?
They were sold by the king and allowed for the wealthiest of nobles to buy themselves a position in the King's government
They were sold by kings and essentially gave peasants the ability to buy their way out of peasantry into the life of a noble
They were sold by the Catholic Church and served as a pardon for sins. They allowed purchasers to avoid the penance or “good works” normally required to get forgiveness
They were sold by the Catholic Church and allowed purchasers to get a free pass out of Europe so peasants could pursue their own economic pursuits
What was the 95 Theses?
A short book outlining Karl Marx's theory of Communism
One of the first books written during the renaissance that symbolizes a new era of writing
A document posted on the door of a church by Martin Luther to express his grievances with the corruption of the Catholic Church
Adam Smith's account of Laissez-faire Capitalism written in response to the Communist Manifesto
Which of the following is a core principle of Lutheranism?
Lay (normal) people cannot read the Bible and must rely on the interpretations of the Clergy
Believers can win forgiveness with faith alone, and no “good works” or penance is required
Believers can only win forgiveness by going to confession with the priest, and they must complete "good works"
Church doctrine is more important than the Bible
Which of the following is an argument of Calvinism?
Humanity is sinful by nature and God predetermines which people will achieve salvation at the beginning of time
Church doctrine is the only source of religious truth
Humans become sinful over their lifespans due to worldly pursuits, and God judges people based on the sins they commit within their lifetime
The Pope is the only true "elect" and is the only person who will go to heaven
Martin Luther and John Calvin were both leaders in which of the following reformations that undermined the authority of the Catholic Church?
Protestant Reformation
English Reformation
Counter Reformation
Catholic Reformation
Martin Luther and John Calvin both abandoned the Catholic Church for spiritual reasons, but why did Henry VIII leave the Church?
He thought that lay people should be able to read the Bible without going trough the clergy
The Pope would not annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon
He did not like how corrupt the Catholic clergy had gotten by selling indulgences
The Pope refused to make him the head of the Catholic Church
How did Queen Elizabeth ensure that the future monarchs of England would have power over the English Catholic Church?
She permanently established the monarch of England as the head of the English Church
She replaced all clergy officials with members of the royal family
She had the Pope beheaded and replaced him with her oldest son
She passed a law that made it illegal to practice Catholicism in England
What was the Counter Reformation?
A movement orchestrated by King VIII of England with the aim of kicking the Pope out of power so he could divorce his wife
A movement against the corruption of the Catholic Church that was led by Martin Luther and John Calvin; both of which started new theologies
A movement orchestrated by top clergy in response to the previous reformations to clarify church doctrine, increase membership, and curb corruption
A movement that combined the missions of the Protestant and English Reformations into one unified movement
Isolation ended in Japan once Commodore Mathew Perry of the U.S. arrived in Japan and made deals with the Tokugawa Shogun. Opponents of these deals overthrew the Shogunate in which of the following movements?
Meiji Restoration
Japanese Revolution
Counter Reformation
Tokugawa Restoration
What did Qing emperors do with Manchu and Chinese people?
They forced them to blend beliefs and culture through marriage
They kept them separate but required Chinese people to learn Manchu language and culture
They made them intermingle via large public gatherings planned by the emperor
They made Manchu people learn Chinese and encouraged them to learn traditional Chinese culture
Which of the following is NOT a discovery that was made during the Scientific Revolution?
The planets orbit the sun in an oval-shaped ellipse
We have a geo-centered universe
Regardless of mass, objects fall at the same rate if their is no air resistance
Gravity is the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
Which of the following is NOT an idea that arose out of the Enlightenment?
No taxation without representation
Limited government
King should have absolute power
Right to overthrow an oppressive government
What was one of King Louis XIV's goals when he became the king of France?
He hoped to give the nobles more power so he could focus on the issues in his personal life
He wished to completely banish Catholicism from France and replace it with Protestantism
He wanted to the Pope to have the most power in all of Europe
He wanted to consolidate his power over the nobles, church officials, and common people of France
After touring Europe, Peter the Great returned to Russia with a plan to do what?
Make Russia more modern and more like the West
Make Russia more inclusive to all types of people
Further isolate Russia from the rest of the world
Transform Russia into a Democracy like European countries
How did Peter the Great gain power over the Orthodox Church in Russia?
He repealed the Edict of Nantes which led to Protestants leaving Russia
He abolished the position of patriarch and replaced it with a Holy Synod that was directly under his control
He put church officials in positions of power to please them and to watch over them more closely
He banished all Orthodox Churched from Russia and threated to imprison anyone practicing Christianity
What was the Glorious Revolution?
When the British colonies in North America declared and achieved independence from Great Britain
The overthrowal of King James II of England by his daughter Mary and her husband William
A rebellion in France by the Third Estate, but its affects were short lived
When Saint Domingue declared independence from France after a successful slave rebellion
At the end of the Glorious Revolution, Queen Mary and King William did what?
Signed the English Bill of Rights and got mutual consent from Parliament to govern
Made England more conservative than it ever had been
Attempted to rule as absolute monarchs by consolidating their power over the Church, nobles, and common people
Refused to sign the English Bill of Rights and went behind Parliaments back on many issues
What was the main cause of the American Revolution?
After the Glorious Revolution, the King and Queen in England decided that the American colonies deserved to function on their own
After the French and Indian War, Britain began to overtax the American colonies
The enslaved peoples in the South were able to rebel against white slave owners after the Louisiana Purchase
The colonists wanted to declare independence so they could have their own king in the Americas
The British colonists in America claimed that they should not have to pay taxes because they what?
Had no representation in the British Parliament
Did not have their own governments, so they didn't need taxes
Were poor and could not afford them
Did not believe in the idea of taxation
The British colonies in America declared their independence using which of the following documents?
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
How was the French Revolution different from the Glorious Revolution and the American Revolution?
The French Revolution was a slave rebellion
France did not have an absolutist king
The changes that occurred during the French Revolution were all quickly undone
The French Revolution had nothing to do with political power
What was the Haitian Revolution?
When the British colonies in North America declared and achieved independence from Great Britain
The overthrowal of King James II of England by his daughter Mary and her husband William
When Saint Domingue declared independence from France after a successful slave rebellion
A rebellion in France by the Third Estate, but its affects were short lived
Which country was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
France
Germany
The U.S.
Britain
Before the Industrial Revolution, the production of goods was typically done in small-scale workshops and homes, but once the Revolution began, the production of goods shifted to where?
Convention centers
Factories
Office buildings
Ships in the Pacific
What was Josiah Wedgwood's idea of division of labor?
Half of the people in a country work on 1 day while the other half work the next
Each worker is given a very small and simple task in the manufacturing of a product
Women work in the home while men work "real" jobs
The labor force is split up based on different groups of people in society
Which of the following are identical parts that are mass produced and allow for easy and uniform construction of products as well as easy repairs?
Interchangeable parts
Identical plates
Printing press
Iron parts
Industrialization in Europe and the U.S. created an endless demand for more raw materials leading to American and European what in the mid-1800s?
Isolation
Trade barriers
Imperialism
Alliances
Which of the following statements is true?
The Industrial Revolution incresed the standard of living for all groups in society
The standard of living for those of the upper class increased during the Industrial Revolution but decreased for those in the working class
The Industrial Revolution decreased the standard of living for all groups in society
The standard of living for those of the working class increased during the Industrial Revolution but decreased for those in the upper class
Which of the following describes Adam Smith's account of Laissez-faire Capitalism?
economic inequality is the driving force of human history and history is just a series of class struggles
All private property should be sieved by the government and redistributed equally to ensure equality in society
He argues that when people work for their own self-interests, society benefits as a whole; the government should completely deregulate the economy to allow for this to happen
the working class should rise in a revolution and overthrow the capitalist social order to create a utopian communist society
Which of the following describes Karl Marx's theory of Communism?
he argues that when people work for their own self-interests, society benefits as a whole
economic inequality is the driving force of human history; the working class should rise in a revolution and overthrow the capitalist social order to create a utopian communist society
he argues that the government should completely deregulate the economy and allow for a free communist market
a nation’s wealth is best calculated by totaling the amounts of goods and services produced by a nation (GDP)
Why have no countries ever truly become a communist country?
Communist countries throughout history have been always been attacked before they can truly become Communist
Most countries that attempt Communism quickly realize it is not a good theory, so they switch to Capitalism
Once countries reach the "communist utopia" stage, they realize that perfection really isn't ideal
They get stuck in the “dictatorship of the proletariat” stage and never achieve the communist utopia
Which of the following events initiated World War I?
Germany sank the British passenger liner known as the Lusitania
Italy, Germany, and Japan all began conquering new territory, and eventually the League of Nations decided to fight back
An organization, called the Black Hand, from Serbia carried out the assassination of Austro-Hungarian crown prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A build up of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. led to uncertainty in the international system
World War I was fought between which two alliance groups?
Allied Powers vs. Axis Powers
German-Austro-Hungarian Group vs. the Western Powers
Allied Powers vs. Central Powers
Black Hand Organization vs. the Brown Shirts
After a German U-boat sank a British passenger liner known as the Lusitania, what happened that led to the end of WWI?
The U.S. entered the war
Britain entered the war
The Central Powers retreated from the English Canal out of fear of retribution
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Which of the following was NOT a provision in the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany was punished for WWI
The League of Nations was formed
Many new countries were created out of the lands held by the Central Powers
The Soviet Union was disbanded from all international organizations
Russia became the Soviet Union after which of the following events?
Vladimir Lenin and the communist Bolshevik Party came to power in a violent coup
Russia was punished for setting the Reichstag on fire
After a German U-boat sank the Lusitania
After the U.S. entered WWI
After Lenin died, Stalin came to power in the Soviet Union and did what?
Instituted a more rapid conversion of the Soviet Union into a communist state in a series of Five Year Plans
Immediately declared war on the U.S. to punish them for WWI
Undid everything from the revolution making the Soviet Union back into the country it once was
Transformed the Soviet economy into a free-market system to be more like the Western nations
What did the fascist regimes of Italy, Germany, and Japan argue?
That the Soviet Union was a stain on our globe and should be eliminated
That the conquest of new territory is irresponsible and unnecessary
That communism is the best way to lead a county and formulate an economy
That democracy was ineffective in solving the problems faced by their countries
Unlike Mussolini, Hitler's fascist ideology included what?
A racial component that argued that the German "race" were superior to all others
A call for the abolition of democracy
A ban on all opposition political parties
A call for limited speech and censored press
Describe how the League of Nations performed in the lead up to World War II?
Was successful at preventing WWII because the League gave into the demands of Germany, so the invasions stopped
Was unsuccessful in preventing WWII because the League was all talk but no action
Was unsuccessful in preventing WWII because even though the League sent in troops to stop the war, it was not enough
Was successful at preventing WWII because the League promptly and swiftly used military forces to stop new invasions
What was the final event in a series of actions that led to the start of World War II?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Germany invaded Rhineland
Members of the Black Hand organization assassinated Austro-Hungarian Prince, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Germany invaded Poland
How was the fascist regime of Japan different than Italy's and Germany's?
Japan never had a single leader with total government control but instead had a small group of military leaders with all of the power
Japan never fully converted to Communism, so it didn't have a true fascist government
Japan was the only fascist regime to have a single leader while Germany's and Italy's governments had multiple fascist leaders
Japan never fully devoted itself to the Mein Kampf like the other two countries
Which of the following is NOT a tool that was used by the fascist regimes of Italy, Germany, and Japan to maintain power?
Extensive networks of police
State-run propaganda networks
Giving citizens some say in government affairs to keep them satisfied
Complex layers of legislation that legalized dictatorial rule
Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo all believed that success was dependent on what?
Conquering new territory
Defeating America
Keeping their populations as happy as possible
Converting the world to democracy
After WWI, what happened to Austria-Hungary?
It fell to Communism
It was absorbed by Germany
It was split into multiple new countries
It became the country responsible for peace in Europe
How did the assassination of one person lead to so many countries getting involved in WWI?
Each country was in a tangled network of military alliances
According to NATO, if one country is attacked, all other countries must defend them
Each country wanted to enter the war in hopes to gain more wealth and land
Everyone wanted to stop future Soviet aggression
