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Last Week of School

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Rome is located in which country?
a)
Greece
b)
Italy
c)
Egypt
d)
France
2.
Which popular Roman attraction is pictured?
a)
Colosseum
b)
Pantheon
c)
Circus Maxiums
d)
Forum
3.
How did the Romans carry water from hills and valleys into cities?
a)
by combining a set of layers
b)
by combining a set of arches
c)
by building aqueducts
d)
by building a bridge
4.
The Pax Romana was
a)
A program to give land to the poor
b)
A period of Civil Unrest, riots, & wars
c)
Period of peace and prosperity
d)
The leader of the senate
5.

A group of nations or people ruled over by an emperor, empress or other powerful ruler or government.

a)

Confederation

b)

Empire

c)

Kingdom

d)

Country

6.
What body of water was in the center of the Roman Empire?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Caspian Sea
d)
Atlantic Ocean
7.

What are the Middle Ages?

a)

Golden Age of Islam

b)

1,000 year period after the fall of Rome

c)

500 year period before the present

d)

The last 2,000 years

8.

Which group of people took over Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

a)

Huns

b)

Germanic

c)

Swedes

d)

Visigoths

9.

This is the place monks lived?

a)

Church

b)

Monasteries

c)

Nunnery

d)

Yangtze

10.

The political and social system that took over Europe in the Middle Ages.

a)

Democracy

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Feudalism

11.

Knights lived by this code.

a)

Bushido

b)

Chivalry

c)

Constitution

d)

Hammurabi's Code

12.

Who was the highest ranking in Feudal Europe society?

a)

Church officials

b)

King

c)

Knight

d)

Peasants

13.

Who was the lowest ranking in Feudal Europe society?

a)

Church officials

b)

King

c)

Knight

d)

Peasants

14.

A series of military expeditions from Christian Europe to Palestine between the 11th and 13th century

a)

Clergy

b)

Crusade

c)

Reconquista

d)

Religious Order

15.

The series of campaigns, ending in A.D. 1492 by which Christen armies drove Muslims rulers out of Spain

a)

Clergy

b)

Crusade

c)

Reconquista

d)

Religious Order

16.
What is geography?
a)
the study of Earth
b)
the study of fossils
c)
the study of people
d)
the study of history
17.
We live on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
18.
If one inch is equivalent to five miles.  How many miles is ten inches?
a)
60
b)
20
c)
50
d)
100
19.
What does a compass rose show?
a)
Key
b)
Distance
c)
Directions
d)
States
20.

What landform is higher than the surrounding areas and formed due to volcanic eruptions and erosion of the surrounding areas?

a)

Volcano

b)

Mountain

c)

Plateau

d)

Cliff

21.

What type of landform is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides?

a)

Plateau

b)

Cliff

c)

Canyon

d)

Mountain

22.

What type of landform has high, steep slopes of rock found along coasts, mountainous areas, and along rivers?

a)

Cliff

b)

Canyon

c)

Plateau

d)

Valley

23.

What type of landform has lowers parts in land between two hills or mountains and often has a river running through it?

a)

Valley

b)

Mountain

c)

Canyon

d)

Volcano

24.

What landform is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides?

a)

Island

b)

Continent

c)

Hawaii

d)

Dunes

25.

What body of water contains saltwater?

a)

Rivers

b)

Oceans

c)

Lakes

d)

Ponds

26.

What is it?

a)

river

b)

house

c)

mountain

d)

waterfall

27.

What is it?

a)

Hill

b)

Desert

c)

Farmland

d)

Rainbow

28.

This is the code samurai warriors followed

a)

Hammurabi Code

b)

Bushido Code

c)

Seppuku Code

d)

Yamato Code

29.

The knights in Medieval Europe are the same as _______________ in Medieval Japan ?

a)

Emperor

b)

Samurai

c)

Daimyo

d)

Shoguns

30.

What is something that Japan has little of?

a)

Fish

b)

Rice

c)

Farm Land

d)

Sea water

31.
Where did Islam have its origin?
a)
Islam first emerged in Mecca, a city in Arabia in the Middle East.
b)
Canaan, later called the Land of Israel
c)
Judea, it had once been a part of the ancient Kingdom of Israel
d)
Egypt, near the ancient pyramids
32.
What is the Qu'ran?
a)
The Muslim holy book, which contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
b)
The daily prayer all Muslims must say five times a day.
c)
The Muslim house of worship that they attend every week.
d)
The holiest of Muslim holidays where they fast from sunup to sundown.
33.
What is the Hajj?
a)
The holiest holiday where Muslims fast from sunup to sundown.
b)
The Muslim holy book that contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
c)
The daily prayer all Muslims say.
d)
The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are encouraged to do at least once.
34.

Where do Muslims worship?

a)

church

b)

synagogue

c)

temple

d)

mosque

35.

When Muslims pray, where must they face?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Sumer

d)

Mecca

36.

What is the holiest city for Muslims?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Mecca

c)

Cairo

d)

Indianapolis

37.

What does "Renaissance" mean?

a)

to die

b)

rebirth

38.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Japan

c)

northern Italy

d)

Mongolia

39.

What did the Renaissance of Italy refer to?

a)

rebirth of dancing and music

b)

rebirth of art and learning

40.

Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

41.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Francesco Petrarch

b)

Dante Alighieri

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

42.

What does vernacular mean?

a)

speaking properly

b)

everyday language

43.

One of the most important ideas from the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly.

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Building designer

d)

Printing Press

44.

Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?

a)

Humanism

b)

City State

c)

Cultural relativism

d)

Behavioralism

45.

Who was the painter of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

da Vinci

b)

Raphael

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Michelangelo

46.
The Medici Family...
a)
Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
b)
Were the most famous painters in Florence
c)
Were the family of Mona Lisa
d)
Were patrons of the arts in Florence
47.

What is Isaac Newton sometimes called?

a)

The Father Of Modern Science

b)

The Science Bomb

c)

The Smartie

d)

Creator of the Atomic Bomb

48.

What did Isaac Newton discover when the apple supposedly fell on his head?

a)

Gravity

b)

Electricty

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Plasma