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Unit 2 Review MWH

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Great Schism of 1054 CE was the division of which churches?
a)
Roman Catholic and Protestant
b)
Roman Catholic and Islam
c)
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
d)
Protestant and Eastern Orthodox
2.

Who moved the capital city from Rome to the ancient city of Byzantium?

a)

Justinian

b)

Procopius

c)

Justin

d)

Constantine

3.
The importance of Justinian's Code is that:
a)
It provided equality for women
b)
It outlawed slavery
c)
It was based on Christian beliefs
d)
It was the basis of western law codes 
4.

Who conquered the Byzantines in 1453?

a)

The Franks

b)

The Ottoman Turks

c)

The Holy Roman Empire

d)

The Mongols

5.

Which Byzantine emperor rebuilt the Hagia Sophia, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture?

a)

Justinian

b)

Constantine

c)

Zeno

d)

Irene

6.

1. The _______ was the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

a)

The Pope

b)

The Bishop

c)

The Choir Director

7.

This important trade route with Asia ended in Constantinople, allowing them to control many valuable trade goods coming into Europe.

a)

The Milk Road

b)

The Bamboo Highway

c)

The Silk Road

d)

The China Path

8.

A new religion rose against the Christian Byzantine Empire, challenging it and eventually conquering Byzantium. What religion is this?

a)

Judaism

b)

Zoroastrianism

c)

Islam

d)

Paganism

9.

Which city-state was the center of trade, particularly obsidian?

a)

Chichen Itzá

b)

Tenochtitlán

c)

Tikal

d)

Teotihuacán

10.

The __ god seemed to be most important to the Aztec.

a)

Sun

b)

Jaguar

c)

Serpent

d)

Quetzal

11.

The body of water located East of the Aztec Empire is the...?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Persian Gulf

d)

Gulf of Mexico

12.

Which Aztec God needed "blood" to continue his fight against evil every night?

a)

Creator

b)

Sun

c)

War

d)

Sky

13.
A woman in the Aztec culture was expected to 
a)
take care of the house
b)
Help with farming
c)
Join the military
14.

Machu Pichu contains the ruins of which civilization?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

All of the above

15.

What civilization had a system of roads through the Andes Mountains?

a)

Maya

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

All of the above

16.

Which of these animals was MOST USED by the Incas?

a)

Horses

b)

LLamas

c)

Oxen

d)

Sheep

17.

The majority of the Swahili people practice which religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hindu

d)

Islam

18.

This ethnic groups language is a mix of Bantu and Arabic

a)

Bandu

b)

Arab

c)

Ashanti

d)

Swahili

19.

Where was the Mali Empire located?

a)

southern Europe

b)

South Africa

c)

West Africa

d)

south of Egypt

20.

What is the name of the river that flows through part of the empire of Mali?

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Niger River

d)

Amazon River

21.

One of the leaders of the Mali Empire was VERY rich. He is considered one of the world's richest people. (There is a very famous picture of this leader holding a golden nugget.)

a)

Sundiata Keita

b)

Mansa Musa I

c)

King Tut

d)

KIng Narmer

22.

During Mansa Musa I's rule of the Mali Empire there was a lot of _____ and that brought wealth to the empire.

a)

war

b)

struggles

c)

agriculture

d)

trade

23.

An abundance of ______ and salt deposits helped to expand the Mali Empire’s commercial assets and wealth.

a)

gold

b)

sugar

c)

sand

d)

wood

24.

Mali included the city of Timbuktu, which became known as an important center of knowledge. Mali also developed into a hub for the ____________.

a)

pharoahs of Egypt

b)

Islamic faith

c)

many religions

d)

farming/agriculture

25.
West African culture was shaped by the ________________________  trade network
a)
Trans-Saharan
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Middle Eastern
d)
Mediterranean 
26.

What was the name of the most famous Mali city?

a)

Cairo

b)

Nairobi

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Zaire

27.

Which of the following pillars of Islam was Mansa Musa practicing when he visited Mecca, Saudi Arabia?

a)

Zakat (Almsgiving)

b)

Hajj (Pilgrimage)

c)

Shahaadah (Faith)

d)

Sawn (Fasting)

28.

Why did merchants travel the silk road?

a)

to learn new tricks

b)

to gain new ideas, tools and gold

c)

to go on vacation

d)

to find themselves

29.

What year did Columbus begin his first voyage for Spain?

a)

1515

b)

1492

c)

1923

d)

2022

30.

Which explorer voyage circumnavigated the world ub 1519-1522?

a)

Magellan

b)

de Leon

c)

columbus

d)

erickson

31.

An expedition is...

a)

a sports drink

b)

a hair style

c)

a journey or voyage

d)

a type of food

32.

A person who trades, buys, and/or sells goods is a ______________.

a)

captain

b)

merchant

c)

hairstylist

d)

teacher

33.

People who bought and sold humans were called_______

a)

slave traders

b)

farmers

c)

magicians

d)

lawyers

34.

A Spanish conqueror is a

a)

conquistador

b)

fish

c)

ship

d)

empire

35.

A tool that measured the height of the sun/star above the horizon is an ____________.

a)

compass

b)

sail

c)

astroble

d)

map

36.

Who were the very first explorers?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Vikings

c)

Movie Stars

37.

The movement of people, animals, plants, and culture between the western and eastern hemispheres was called the ______________.

a)

The Water Route

b)

The silk road

c)

The Makarena

d)

Columbian Exchange

38.

During the Age of Discovery, the reason explorers went exploring was for...

a)

Gold

b)

Glory

c)

God

d)

All of the above

39.

Which explorer began the New World by discovering the Americas?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Captain James Cook

c)

Abel Tasman

d)

Zheng He

40.

Which country were most of the European explorers working for? 

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Germany

41.

Why did European countries want to find a different route to Asia?

a)

They were bored traveling by land

b)

The taxes for land trade was too expensive

c)

Exploration was more interesting than land travel

d)

The Asians wouldn’t allow them to trade on land

42.

What country was the first to find a sea route to Asia?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

43.

A Portuguese explorer best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

Henry Hudson

c)

John Cabot

d)

Jacques Cartier

44.

Why did Zheng He go to the seas?

a)

To look treasure and money

b)

To trade and explore new trade routes

c)

The emperor wants to show off their power and wealth

d)

To capture people to work for them

e)

To trade, explore new trade routes, and to show off their power

45.

Zheng He was which of the following?

a)

China's greatest explorer (was Muslim)

b)

A chef from China

c)

A Russian worker

d)

A Japenese builder

46.

Zheng He and the treasure ships carried-

a)

horses and wheat

b)

slaves

c)

soldiers and prisoners

d)

silk and porcelain

47.

Goods sold to other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

48.

Goods brought in from other countries

a)

export

b)

import

c)

mercantilism

d)

triangle trade

49.
Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Vasco de Gama
50.

The majority of enslaved people brought to the Americas

a)

were captured from West African coastal tribes.

b)

were mainly women captured through tribal wars.

c)

were obtained through slave trade with Muslim merchants

d)

were captured from the Cape of South Africa by Dutch traders.

51.

What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?

a)

North America, South America, and Brazil

b)

North America, South America, Europe, and Africa

c)

North America, Europe, and Africa

d)

South America, Asia, and Europe

52.
Each ship traveled all three sides of the triangle formed between the American colonies, Africa, and Great Britain.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
About six million slaves were forced from Africa to America.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
The slave trade, or triangular trade, ran from the 1500's to the 1800's.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in 1619.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
Some estimate that between 15%-25% of Africans died during the Middle Passage.
a)
True
b)
False
57.
Slave traders captured Africans from different parts of Africa and purchased some slaves from African rulers.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made harvesting cotton easier, so slaves weren't needed. 
a)
True
b)
False
59.
Purchasing Africans from Africa as slaves was prohibited in 1807-1808.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
In the 1440's, the first African slaves were forced to Portugal. 
a)
True
b)
False
61.
Ships used to transport slaves were also used to transport cotton, rum, and beads.
a)
True
b)
False
62.

Which of these animals are from the New World?

a)

turkeys and llamas

b)

koalas and kangaroos

c)

cows and horses

d)

lions and tigers

63.

Which of these is a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?

a)

exchange of plants

b)

exchange of diseases

c)

exchange of ideas

d)

exchange of animals

64.

What effect did the Columbian exchange have on the Native Americans?

a)

it had no effect

b)

it allowed them to get new food to increase their population

c)

Native Americans were not involved with the Columbian exchange

d)

the majority of Native Americans died from being exposed to new diseases

65.

Mercantilism is a/an ___________ system.

a)

social

b)

governmental

c)

economic

d)

environmental

66.

Who gains wealth and power in the mercantilist system?

a)

the mother country (such as England)

b)

the colonies

c)

both the mother country and the colonies

d)

no one gains wealth and power

67.

What are shipped from the colonies to the mother country?

a)

manufactured goods

b)

finished materials

c)

ideas

d)

raw materials

68.

Slaves were shipped from __________ to ___________.

a)

Africa to the Americas

b)

the Americas to Africa

c)

Europe to Africa

d)

Africa to Europe

69.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)

Death

b)
Remade
c)
Rebirth
70.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)
Spain
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
71.

The _________ expanded ideas and increased cultural diffusion.

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Printing Press

72.

Who inspired Renaissance artists?

a)

Chinese and Koreans

b)

Romans and Greeks

73.

This is a famous Renaissance painting called the _______

a)
Madonna
b)
Mona Lisa
c)

Ms. Badamo

74.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Japan

c)

Florence, Italy

d)

Mongolia

75.

What did the Renaissance of Italy refer to?

a)

HIndu Beliefs

b)

rebirth of art and learning

76.

__________ celebrates the individual

a)

Humanism

b)

Dogism

c)

sonnets

d)

Protestant

77.

When was the Renaissance ?

a)

1300s–1600s

b)

1999-2009

c)

2005- 2021

78.

Who was the German monk that wrote the 95 Theses?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Cardinal Richelieu

79.

What was the new church headed by King Henry VIII?

a)

Church of England

b)

Catholic Church

c)

Calvin Church

d)

Lutheran Church

80.

What sect of Christianity believes in predestination?

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Methodist

d)

Calvinism

81.

What group was founded to spread Catholic Doctrine around the world?

a)

Calvinists

b)

Jesuits

c)

Missionaries of America

d)

European Crusaders

82.

During the Counter-Reformation ___________________ reaffirmed most Church doctrine.

a)

The Congress of Vienna

b)

The Council of Trent

83.

Believing that church and government should be kept separate.

a)

Secularism

b)

Humanism

c)

Reformation

84.

Who wrote In Praise of Folly, which criticized the Catholic Church?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Erasmus

d)

Cardinal Richelieu

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