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End of Year Coin Test

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term navigable mean?

a)

When a captain is able to find his way across an ocean

b)

When a ship is able to cross the Mediterranean in 1 day

c)

It is the term for a river that is at least 40 miles long

d)

It is the term when a river or other bodies of water are deep and wide enough for ships to use

2.

Which of these Germanic tribes developed a kingdom along the Seine river?

a)

Franks

b)

Huns

c)

Angles

d)

Visigoths

3.

Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer) and Pope worked together to stop the spread of ________ in Europe

a)

The plague

b)

A competing religion called Islam

c)

The Catholic Christian Church

d)

The Eastern Orthodox Church

4.

In the 700s and 800s what group from Scandinavia began to raid different parts of Europe?

a)

The Muslims

b)

The Vikings

c)

The Magyars

d)

The Visigoths

5.

In 725 C.E. Byzantine Emperor Leo II carried out the Iconoclasm. Why did some people dislike icons?

a)

They believed icons were a form of idol worship which the Bible forbids

b)

The icons were made by the Roman who the Byzantines hated

c)

The icons were only of Mary & Paul which made Christians angry

d)

No one disliked icons and the iconoclasm was about celebrating all icons

6.

What happened as a result of the Great Schism of 1054 C.E.?

a)

The Christian Church was split in two: Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

b)

The Christian Church was split in two: The Jewish Republics and the Roman Christian

c)

The Christian Church was split into 3 regions each ruled by a different archbishop

d)

The Christian church became united in one faith rather than split.

7.

What was the Domesday book that William the Conqueror created during his reign?

a)

A book detailing when the reign of William was going to end written by a Christian monk

b)

A record of all of Williams enemies secrets incase any of them started a war with him.

c)

A book written by Williams wizard that detailed how the world would end

d)

Every person, their lands, and farm animals were counted and recorded in a book.

8.

What was the Magna Carta?

a)

A document that limited the kings power in England.

b)

A document that allowed the Pope to name a new king when one died

c)

A time period in England when it was at peace

d)

A document stating that gave the English crown to ONLY the first born son.

9.

What is the social order called where nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services such as farming and military service?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Chivalry

c)

Socialism

d)

Fiefdom

10.

Which Roman emperor moved the capital to Constantinople?

a)

Octavian

b)

Julius Augustus

c)

Odoacer

d)

Constantine

11.

Three main factors that led to the fall of Rome were corruption, attacks by invaders, and what?

a)

Natural disasters

b)

A over production of food

c)

Religious confusion

d)

Economic weakness

12.

What emperor decided to split the Roman Empire in half after he died?

a)

Constantine

b)

Ceasar

c)

Diocletian

d)

Theodosius

13.

Arguably one of the greatest Byzantine emperors. Ruled from 527 C.E.- 565 C.E.

a)

Theodora

b)

Justin

c)

Belisarius

d)

Justinian

14.

Which of the following BEST describes the city of Constantinople?

a)

Built by the Muslims, poor economy, quickly was abandoned for a new capital

b)

Easy to attack and defeat, along a missionary route, united under one culture

c)

Large city, large army present, accepted no outsiders

d)

Easy to defend, multicultural, along trade routes

15.

Which of the following dates happened LONGER ago?

a)

400 C.E.

b)

400 B.C.E.

c)

1500 C.E.

d)

1500 B.C.E.

16.

Around what year was Jesus crucified?

a)

33 C.E.

b)

33 B.C.E.

c)

67 C.E.

d)

67 B.C.E.

17.

What does it mean to be excommunicated?

a)

You become a missionary and travel the world to spread Christianity

b)

You are now the emperor of the Holy Roman

c)

You are no longer a member of the Christian Church and are not going to heaven

d)

You need to travel to Jerusalem the holy city to ask for forgiveness

18.

Japan is a landform known as a(n)_________.

a)

Island

b)

Plateau

c)

Peninsula

d)

Archipelago

19.

The way to describe the rise and fall of dynasties in China is known as ____________.

a)

Neo-Confucianism

b)

The Mandate of Heaven

c)

The Dynastic Cycle

d)

The Dynastic Mandate

20.

The collection of trade routes that connected China to other parts of Asia and Europe was known as___________

a)

The Porcelain Road

b)

The Silver Road

c)

The Golden Road

d)

The Silk Road

21.

Who is the only woman to ever rule China?

a)

Empress Wu

b)

Empress Woo

c)

Empress Sui

d)

Empress Song

22.

In what order did these dynasties rule China?

a)

Han, Sui, Tang, Song

b)

Sui, Song, Han, Tang

c)

Tang, Sui, Han, Song

d)

Han, Sui, Song, Tang

23.

What invention in the Tang dynasty was created by Chinese monks and helped make books much more available to average people by cutting an entire page of a book into wood?

a)

Movable Type

b)

Paper

c)

Woodblock Printing

d)

Gutenberg Press

24.

What dynasty did Kublai Khan begin after taking over China? Hint: It means "beginning"

a)

Yuan

b)

Ywan

c)

Yzhou

d)

Yia

25.

Who was so upset with the Church that he nailed 95 things the Church needed to do to change and then formed the FIRST Protestant Christian Church.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

26.

What was the major reason that Henry VIII created the Protestant Church of England?

a)

He wanted to get out of his marriage because he didn't have a male heir.

b)

He disagreed with what the Pope was doing in Rome with the money from indulgences.

c)

Henry VIII attempted to choose who would be the next pope.

d)

Henry VIII read the Bible and realized it never mentioned the pope.

27.

What is the holy book of Islam?

a)

Torah

b)

Bible

c)

Quran

d)

Vedas

28.

Which of the follow BEST describes the meaning of Quipu?

a)

A system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

b)

A tool with a system of knots used for mathematics and communication.

c)

To rise in rebellion or fight against those in power

d)

The branch of science which deals with celestial objects and space

29.

What was the capital city of the Incas?

a)

Teotihuacan

b)

Cuzco

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Mississippi

30.

What city was created by the Aztecs and became the largest city in Mesoamerica and was the Aztec capital?

a)

Tenochtitlan

b)

Teotihuacan

c)

Zapotec

d)

Montezuma

31.

What is the Pax Romana?

a)

The time period that the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, ruled

b)

The name given to the greatest emperors of the Roman Empire

c)

The two century period of peace in the Roman Empire following the rule of Augustus

d)

The time period where Roman was declining and eventually was destroyed due to economic weakness

32.

What is the economic term for the principle that the more money that is in an economy the more things cost?

a)

Inflation

b)

Price Gouging

c)

Price caps

d)

Price Freezes

33.
This Italian traveled to the court of Kublai Khan and wrote of his journeys.
a)
Emperor Yongle
b)
Kublai Khan
c)
Marco Polo
d)
Genghis Khan
34.

What did the Catholic Church sell to raise money that forgave a person of one sin?

a)

Indenture

b)

Indulgence

c)

Indictment

d)

Indelication

35.

What was the major reason that Henry VIII created the Protestant Church of England?

a)

He wanted to get out of his marriage because he didn't have a male heir.

b)

He disagreed with what the Pope was doing in Rome with the money from indulgences.

c)

Henry VIII attempted to choose who would be the next pope.

d)

Henry VIII read the Bible and realized it never mentioned the pope.

36.

What is the social order called where nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services such as farming and military service?

a)

Socialism

b)

Feudalism

c)

Chivalry

d)

Fiefdom

37.

All knights were united under this code of rules for how to live and fight honorably.

a)

Serfdom

b)

Bushido

c)

Feudalism

d)

Chivalry

38.

Who were the Japanese warriors who fought on behalf of their masters and their lords?

a)

Shinto

b)

Knights

c)

Samurai

d)

Shaman

39.

What is Bushido?

a)

A religion that believes ALL things in nature have a spirit.

b)

The rules that the Regents of Japan had to follow to rule instead of the emperor

c)

A strict code of honor, loyalty, and bravery that the Samurai lived by

d)

The main crop grown in Japan that helped them become successful

40.

The Mongols were nomad who lived in moveable tents called what?

a)

Yachts

b)

Yangdis

c)

Yurts

d)

Yasmaks

41.

What is the name of the prophet of Islam?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Issac

d)

Muhammad

42.

What are the two most important and largest rivers of the Americas?

a)

The Amazon

b)

The Mississippi

c)

The Nile

d)

The Yellow River

43.

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

The idea that there could only be only legitimate ruler of China at a time and they were blessed by the Heaven

b)

The idea that there was always a prophet of Buddha on earth to guide the emperor

c)

The rule that only one religion could be allowed in China at a time

d)

The rule that the emperor of China HAD to be Buddhist or it would anger the gods

44.

What is irrigation?

a)

The amount of crops that a farmer can get from his land

b)

A new invention that made books more available in China

c)

The term when water is brought to places that don't have enough naturally to support crops

d)

A type of crop that was resistant to diseases

45.

What was the MONGOL term for leader or ruler?

a)

Chief

b)

Khan

c)

Sheikh

d)

Sultan