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WorksheetsWorld History 2nd Semester Final 2025/2026
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins
"Renaissance" means:
return
rebirth
festival
Where did the Renaissance start?
Florence, Italy
Hamburg, Germany
Killeen, Texas
Which family was the patrons in Florence?
The Sforza family
The Michelangelo family
The Medici family
What is Humanism?
A philosophy that emphasizes human values.
A philosophy that emphasizes religion.
A philosophy that emphasizes violence.
What was the most important invention of the Renaissance?
eyeglasses
the printing press
the telescope
Who was the most famous artist of the Renaissance period?
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
Who was the most famous writer of the Renaissance period?
Descartes
Machiavelli
Shakespeare
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenburg
Otis Boykin
William Shakespeare
The period in the 1400/1500s when Europeans started searching for lands they did not know is called the:
Age of Exploration
Explorers
New World
What were explorers looking for when the New World was discovered?
gold
a trade route to Asia
new lands for their country
Who was the first explorer from Europe to come to the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Balboa
Leif Eriksson
What were the 3 Gs of European exploration?
gold, glory, giraffes
God, gold, glory
gold, giglet, God
Even though American Indians had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans called the Americas:
The New World
Explorers
The Old World
Europeans were eager to trade with Asia because they wanted:
clocks, mirrors, and beads
wood, sea shells, and silver
silk, spices, and gold
Spanish explorers who claimed land for their country were called:
natives
conquistadors
Aztecs
What is another name for the Age of Exploration?
Age of Renaissance
Age of Discovery
Age of Aquarius
What were the social classes in France called?
vassals
estates
castes
MOST of the people of France were in the _estate.
1st estate
2nd estate
3rd estate
Which of the following was a cause of the French Revolution?
An unfair tax system among the Estates
An increase in the cost of living.
Government debt from wars
all of the above
Which of the following best describes the tax system in France before the French Revolution?
The poor people paid almost all of the taxes.
Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.
The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.
When did the French Revolution begin?
1789
1989
2089
Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?
George Washington
King George
Louis XVI
What role did bread play in the French Revolution?
The King ate all the bread.
The people were angry they were forced to buy stale bread.
Poor harvests led to higher bread prices and the poor could not afford to buy bread.
What was the main reason the New England colonies were set up?
religious freedom
That's just where the ship landed.
lots of beaches
How many original colonies were there?
50
13
3
Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey
Who ruled the 13 colonies?
France
Canada
Britain
The _ Colonies was known for their religious tolerance:
New England
Middle
Southern
How did the Southern Colonies make a living?
fishing
rich soil that was good for farming.
building ships
Why were there very few farms in the New England Colonies?
The climate was too cold to farm for much of the year.
There were not enough people willing to work on the farms.
There were too few ports to ship products to other places.
What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
A main cause of the Revolutionary War was:
Great Britain took control of New Ansterdam
Great Britain imposed a lot of taxes on the colonists.
The colonists lost the French and Indian War.
Why did Great Britain tax the colonists?
They were in debt after the French and Indian War
They lost all of their money.
to punish the colonists
What was the name given to the colonists who wanted independence?
patriots
separatists
loyalists
The best example of colonists using boycotts successfully is:
Parliament lowering taxes on molasses by enacting the Sugar Act.
Parliament repealing the Stamp Act because businesses lost so much money.
Colonial leaders using propaganda after the Boston Massacre.
The Intolerable Acts were enacted by Parliament to punish the colonists for the:
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
What saying was used to protest the Stamp Act?
We the people.
Live free or die hard.
No taxation without representation.
This battle ended the revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Saratoga
This person was largely responsible for the Reign of Terror.
Robespierre
Napolean
King Louis XVI
Which of the following is not one of the original 13 colonies?
California
Georgia
Rhode Island
Which tax act was the first one put on the colonists?
The Unfair Act
the Stamp Act
the Sugar Act
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A decree from the colonists that said they could do whatever they wanted.
A British government decree that said colonists could not go west.
A decree that said Great Britain ruled and the colonists drooled.
What two countries were involved in the French and Indian war?
Canada and South America
France and Great Britain
Great Britain and Spain
All Chinese people consider themselves to be descendants of:
Blue Emperor
Yellow Emperor
White Emperor
Most ancient Chinese people were:
farmers
nobles
enslaved people
In traditional Chinese history, what was the first dynasty?
Zhou
Xia
Han
What was China's first dynasty, according to archeological record?
Shang
Qin
Zhou
Under Qin rule:
China became unified.
China had more poverty than ever before.
China became divided.
The Zhou dynasty was also known as the _ of Chinese history.
Crying Period
Party Period
Warring Period
The purpose of the Great Wall was to:
protect China's northern border from Mongol invaders
protect China's southern border from Indian invaders
enclose a military base
