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WorksheetsEnd of Year Coin Test
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What does the term navigable mean?
When a captain is able to find his way across an ocean
When a ship is able to cross the Mediterranean in 1 day
It is the term for a river that is at least 40 miles long
It is the term when a river or other bodies of water are deep and wide enough for ships to use
Which of these Germanic tribes developed a kingdom along the Seine river?
Franks
Huns
Angles
Visigoths
Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer) and Pope worked together to stop the spread of ________ in Europe
The plague
A competing religion called Islam
The Catholic Christian Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church
In the 700s and 800s what group from Scandinavia began to raid different parts of Europe?
The Muslims
The Vikings
The Magyars
The Visigoths
In 725 C.E. Byzantine Emperor Leo II carried out the Iconoclasm. Why did some people dislike icons?
They believed icons were a form of idol worship which the Bible forbids
The icons were made by the Roman who the Byzantines hated
The icons were only of Mary & Paul which made Christians angry
No one disliked icons and the iconoclasm was about celebrating all icons
What happened as a result of the Great Schism of 1054 C.E.?
The Christian Church was split in two: Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
The Christian Church was split in two: The Jewish Republics and the Roman Christian
The Christian Church was split into 3 regions each ruled by a different archbishop
The Christian church became united in one faith rather than split.
What was the Domesday book that William the Conqueror created during his reign?
A book detailing when the reign of William was going to end written by a Christian monk
A record of all of Williams enemies secrets incase any of them started a war with him.
A book written by Williams wizard that detailed how the world would end
Every person, their lands, and farm animals were counted and recorded in a book.
What was the Magna Carta?
A document that limited the kings power in England.
A document that allowed the Pope to name a new king when one died
A time period in England when it was at peace
A document stating that gave the English crown to ONLY the first born son.
What is the social order called where nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services such as farming and military service?
Feudalism
Chivalry
Socialism
Fiefdom
Which Roman emperor moved the capital to Constantinople?
Octavian
Julius Augustus
Odoacer
Constantine
Three main factors that led to the fall of Rome were corruption, attacks by invaders, and what?
Natural disasters
A over production of food
Religious confusion
Economic weakness
What emperor decided to split the Roman Empire in half after he died?
Constantine
Ceasar
Diocletian
Theodosius
Arguably one of the greatest Byzantine emperors. Ruled from 527 C.E.- 565 C.E.
Theodora
Justin
Belisarius
Justinian
Which of the following BEST describes the city of Constantinople?
Built by the Muslims, poor economy, quickly was abandoned for a new capital
Easy to attack and defeat, along a missionary route, united under one culture
Large city, large army present, accepted no outsiders
Easy to defend, multicultural, along trade routes
Which of the following dates happened LONGER ago?
400 C.E.
400 B.C.E.
1500 C.E.
1500 B.C.E.
Around what year was Jesus crucified?
33 C.E.
33 B.C.E.
67 C.E.
67 B.C.E.
What does it mean to be excommunicated?
You become a missionary and travel the world to spread Christianity
You are now the emperor of the Holy Roman
You are no longer a member of the Christian Church and are not going to heaven
You need to travel to Jerusalem the holy city to ask for forgiveness
Japan is a landform known as a(n)_________.
Island
Plateau
Peninsula
Archipelago
The way to describe the rise and fall of dynasties in China is known as ____________.
Neo-Confucianism
The Mandate of Heaven
The Dynastic Cycle
The Dynastic Mandate
The collection of trade routes that connected China to other parts of Asia and Europe was known as___________
The Porcelain Road
The Silver Road
The Golden Road
The Silk Road
Who is the only woman to ever rule China?
Empress Wu
Empress Woo
Empress Sui
Empress Song
In what order did these dynasties rule China?
Han, Sui, Tang, Song
Sui, Song, Han, Tang
Tang, Sui, Han, Song
Han, Sui, Song, Tang
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?
Movable Type
Paper
Woodblock Printing
Gutenberg Press
What dynasty did Kublai Khan begin after taking over China? Hint: It means "beginning"
Yuan
Ywan
Yzhou
Yia
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.
Martin Luther
Rene Descartes
John Wycliffe
Desiderius Erasmus
What was the major reason that Henry VIII created the Protestant Church of England?
He wanted to get out of his marriage because he didn't have a male heir.
He disagreed with what the Pope was doing in Rome with the money from indulgences.
Henry VIII attempted to choose who would be the next pope.
Henry VIII read the Bible and realized it never mentioned the pope.
What is the holy book of Islam?
Torah
Bible
Quran
Vedas
Which of the follow BEST describes the meaning of Quipu?
A system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
A tool with a system of knots used for mathematics and communication.
To rise in rebellion or fight against those in power
The branch of science which deals with celestial objects and space
What was the capital city of the Incas?
Teotihuacan
Cuzco
Tenochtitlan
Mississippi
What city was created by the Aztecs and became the largest city in Mesoamerica and was the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan
Zapotec
Montezuma
What is the Pax Romana?
The time period that the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, ruled
The name given to the greatest emperors of the Roman Empire
The two century period of peace in the Roman Empire following the rule of Augustus
The time period where Roman was declining and eventually was destroyed due to economic weakness
What is the economic term for the principle that the more money that is in an economy the more things cost?
Inflation
Price Gouging
Price caps
Price Freezes
What did the Catholic Church sell to raise money that forgave a person of one sin?
Indenture
Indulgence
Indictment
Indelication
What was the major reason that Henry VIII created the Protestant Church of England?
He wanted to get out of his marriage because he didn't have a male heir.
He disagreed with what the Pope was doing in Rome with the money from indulgences.
Henry VIII attempted to choose who would be the next pope.
Henry VIII read the Bible and realized it never mentioned the pope.
What is the social order called where nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services such as farming and military service?
Socialism
Feudalism
Chivalry
Fiefdom
All knights were united under this code of rules for how to live and fight honorably.
Serfdom
Bushido
Feudalism
Chivalry
Who were the Japanese warriors who fought on behalf of their masters and their lords?
Shinto
Knights
Samurai
Shaman
What is Bushido?
A religion that believes ALL things in nature have a spirit.
The rules that the Regents of Japan had to follow to rule instead of the emperor
A strict code of honor, loyalty, and bravery that the Samurai lived by
The main crop grown in Japan that helped them become successful
The Mongols were nomad who lived in moveable tents called what?
Yachts
Yangdis
Yurts
Yasmaks
What is the name of the prophet of Islam?
Abraham
Jesus
Issac
Muhammad
What are the two most important and largest rivers of the Americas?
The Amazon
The Mississippi
The Nile
The Yellow River
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The idea that there could only be only legitimate ruler of China at a time and they were blessed by the Heaven
The idea that there was always a prophet of Buddha on earth to guide the emperor
The rule that only one religion could be allowed in China at a time
The rule that the emperor of China HAD to be Buddhist or it would anger the gods
What is irrigation?
The amount of crops that a farmer can get from his land
A new invention that made books more available in China
The term when water is brought to places that don't have enough naturally to support crops
A type of crop that was resistant to diseases
What was the MONGOL term for leader or ruler?
Chief
Khan
Sheikh
Sultan
