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History for sweats

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the countrys below is a world power

a)

Iceland

b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

Uzbekistan

2.

Who had the Nukes after the soviet union disbanded

a)

Ukraine

b)

Russia

c)

Belarus

d)

Kyrgyzstan

3.
Who was overthrown as the leader of Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution?
a)
Ivan the Terrible
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Nicholas II
d)
Joseph Stalin
4.
What leader tried to improve the economy by increasing freedom in Russia?
a)
Boris Yeltsin
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Joseph Stalin
5.
Who moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg?
a)
Peter the Great
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Ivan IV
d)
Nicholas II
6.
What was Ivan IV's nickname?
a)
Ivan the Great
b)
Ivan of Moscow
c)
The Great Ivan
d)
Ivan the Terrible
7.
Who led the Bolsheviks in their revolution against czarism in Russia?
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Vladimir Putin
d)
Joseph Stalin
8.
This group of invaders conquered Russia and taxed the people heavily: 
a)
Huns 
b)
Polish 
c)
Muslims 
d)
Mongols 
9.
The early trade city that developed at the beginning of the Russian empire: 
a)
Moscow 
b)
St. Petersburg 
c)
Leningrad 
d)
Kiev
10.

Who wrote The Pillow Book?

a)

Lady Murasaki

b)

Prince Shotoku

c)

Tokugawa Leyasu

d)

Sei Shonagon

11.

What were some of the reasons we remember Prince Shotoku?

a)

He taught Confucian values.

b)

He was a Buddhist monk.

c)

He was a Samurai Warrior

d)

All of the above

12.

Which of the following were things that the Japanese learned from the Chinese and the Koreans?

a)

A written language.

b)

The form of government.

c)

The spoken language.

d)

All of the above.

13.

What is Shinto?

a)

A religion the Japanese imported from China.

b)

The religion that worship the Buddha.

c)

The traditional religion of Japan.

d)

The traditional religion of Korea.

14.

Who were the Ainu People?

a)

They spoke a dialect of Hebrew

b)

They came from Siberia

c)

They formed the warrior class in Japanese culture.

d)

All of the above.

15.

How did the geography of Japan influenced the way that people lived?

a)

The Japanese ate lots of fish.

b)

They build buildings to resist earthquakes.

c)

Their culture was isolated for hundreds of years.

d)

All of the above

16.

Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?

a)

Unified all of Japan.

b)

Ruled from the capital at Edo.

c)

Began the Tokugawa Shogunate

d)

All of the above

17.

What was "bushido"?

a)

The Emperor's advisory group

b)

Traditional Japanese religion

c)

The warrior code

d)

The principals of Japanese manufacturing

18.

Which of the following best describes the Shoguns?

a)

Business executives

b)

Powerful military leaders

c)

The navigators on ocean liners

d)

All of the above

19.

Who were the Samurai?

a)

Warriors

b)

Peasants

c)

Daimyo

d)

Shoguns

20.

Who was Lady Murasaki Shikibu?

a)

She wrote The Tale of Genji

b)

Tom Sayer

c)

Starbucks Owner

d)

A lady who owned Wal-Mart

21.

What were the core ideas of Zen Buddhism?

a)

To seek wisdom

b)

To practice self-discipline

c)

To practice meditation

d)

All of the above

22.

What is "Noh" Theater?

a)

Heian athletic competition

b)

Heian architecture

c)

Heian drama

d)

Calligraphy

23.

What was architecture like in the Heian Period?

a)

Copy of Vietnamese architecture

b)

Copy of Chinese architecture

c)

Copy of Italian

d)

Copy of Greek