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Semester 1 Review

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The dynasty that was the result of the defeat of the Mongols and reuniting China.

a)

Ming

b)

Han

c)

Yuan

d)

Tang

2.
Zheng He
a)
was great Mongol leader
b)
was the greatest Ming emperor
c)
defeated the  Mongols in China
d)
was the leader of the Ming Treasure Fleet and a great mariner (sailor)
3.
Who were the nomadic people from the north who conquered China?
a)
Mongols
b)
Merchants
c)
Buddhists
d)
Berbers
4.
What palace complex were common people not allowed into?
a)
The one with the sign that said no common people allowed
b)
Forbidden city
c)
Forbidden palace
d)
Forbidden area
5.

The Ming started their decline with what policy?

a)

Expansionism

b)

Giving power to the peasants

c)

Isolationism

d)

Foreign wars

6.

The Manchu's were originally

a)

Mongol nomads

b)

Turks

c)

nomads from the North of China

d)

Korean nomads

7.

Which of the following methods did China's Ming Dynasty use to improve the organization of its government?

a)

Reestablished the traditional civil service exam and bureaucracy

b)

Continued the governmental structures of the Mongol rulers

c)

Copied the feudal system of Western Europe

d)

Sent Zheng He to learn about government structures in other countries

8.

A peasant revolt during the Ming Dynasty was one cause of

a)

peasants reclaiming lands stolen by Manchu rulers

b)

the Mongol Dynasty regaining power over all of China

c)

the Manchu seizing power and establishing the Qing Dynasty

d)

Europeans taking over key trade centers in China

9.

Why was the transition from Ming to Qing dynasty not difficult?

a)

Manchu were close to Chinese culture and already embodied their customs and attitudes

b)

Manchu practiced religious and cultural tolerance

c)

Manchu were feared by the Chinese so there was little resistance

d)

Manchu gave the Chinese and remaining Mongols the option to stay or leave

10.

The Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Persian Sea were all seas along the Ottoman Empire

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What were the Ottoman rulers called?

a)

Caliphs

b)

Sultans

12.

What were the Turkish Muslims who conquered the Byzantine in 1290's called?

a)

Janissaries

b)

Suleyman

c)

Ottomans

d)

Balkans

13.

What were Suleyman I achievements?

a)

He led a powerful navy and army

b)

He captured and ended the Byzantine Empire

c)

He reformed the legal system and passed laws to protect non-Muslims

d)

He restored the Grand Mosque in Mecca

14.

What Muslim leader became very powerful in the 1500's (16th century). This was the time when the Ottomans reached their height

a)

Muhammad

b)

Osman

c)

Syria

d)

Suleyman I

15.

At its height, the Ottoman Empire, controlled land in: Europe, Africa, and Australia.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

In 1299, who founded the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Suleiman the Magnificent

b)

Mehmed the IV

c)

Osman I

d)

Joe Biden

17.

In 1453 the Ottoman seized where? Ending the Byzantine Empire.

a)

Constantinople

b)

Vienna

c)

Turkey

d)

Buffalo

18.

An Ottoman Empire soldier is named?

a)

Doughboy

b)

Janissary

c)

Soldier

d)

Warrior

19.

What was the main religion of the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Muslim

d)

Islam

20.
True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.
a)
False
b)
True
21.

____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

a)

sinans

b)

ulema

c)

pashas

d)

janissaries

22.

Which technology, first developed by the Chinese, enabled the Ottoman Empire to expand militarily into western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa?

a)

woodblock printing

b)

wheelbarrow

c)

gunpowder

d)

magnetic compass

23.

Suleman was known to westerners as the Magnificent, but to many others he was known as the

a)

Gravedigger

b)

Enlightened

c)

Lawgiver

d)

Peace Maker

24.

Due to its diverse population, the Ottomans were known for

a)

Forcing its subjects to convert to Islam

b)

Creating harsh laws against Christians and Jews

c)

Allowing many non-muslims into the government

d)

Allowing religious practice for all, at a price

25.

Which of the following was a system in which the Ottomans took Christian boys, converted them to Islam, and had them work in the military and government?

a)

Millet System

b)

Sultan System

c)

Vizier System

d)

Devshirme System

26.
Who founded the Mughal Dynasty in India?
a)
Babur
b)
Akbar
c)
Genghis Khan
d)
Gandhi
27.
Why did Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal? 
a)
As a palace for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal 
b)
As a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal  
c)
To honor the common people of the Mughal Empire
d)
To match the accomplishments of his father
28.
He was the ruler of the Mughal Empire during its best period.
a)
Akbar
b)
Aurangzeb
c)
Chandra Gupta
d)
Shah Jahan
29.

The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?

a)

Iran

b)

India

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Turkey

30.

What is the social contract theory?

a)

People should give up some freedoms so that as a group, everyone is cared for

b)

People should abstain from following any system of Government

c)

All men were born equal with natural rights: life, liberty, property

d)

Government should not be controlled by religion

31.

What was the central theme that Enlightenment thinkers were writing about?

a)

Divine Right Theory

b)

Debating taxation

c)

Relationship between people and government

d)

Increasing the power of the Church

32.

What was the main reason the American colonists wanted freedom from Great Britain?

a)

They wanted their own Monarch

b)

Taxation without representation

c)

They never wanted to be free from Great Britain, Great Britain wanted rid of the colonies

d)

Great Britain wanted to end slavery

33.

Which Estate in France was expected to pay the majority of taxes?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Thrid

d)

Everyone had to pay taxes

34.

What was the Reign of Terror

a)

The event that started the French Revolution

b)

The event that led to 17,000 French citizens to be killed by the Guillotine

c)

A mob that stormed the Bastille in Paris, France

d)

The event that started the American Revolution

35.

Who led the government of the new Republic of France?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

King Louis XVI

d)

Maximillien Robespierre

36.

What is Enlightenment?

a)

Eloquently stating your opinion

b)

A time period of reason and logic about how government should work

c)

A rebirth of Art and Science

d)

A time period of rebuilding social structure

37.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
38.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
39.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
40.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
41.

Napoleon was defeated for the last time at

a)

Madrid, Spain

b)

Waterloo, Belgium

c)

Moscow, Russia

d)

Paris France

42.

What natural element helped the Russians in defeating Napoleon's army

a)

the cold

b)

the heat

c)

the mountains

d)

the sea

43.

Napoleon’s rapid rise to power in France after 1795 is BEST explained by which of the following?

a)

his success as a military leader

b)

his rejection of the Catholic Church

c)

crossing the Alps

44.

Toussaint L’Ouverture led the...

a)

Haitian Sensation

b)

Portugal Uprising

c)

Haitian Revolution

d)

Brazil Revolt

45.

Haiti (an island in the Caribbean Sea) was enslaved by which European country?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Italian

d)

English

46.
How did Napoleon address the economic issues of the French Revolution?
a)
He gave all French citizens enough money to live
b)
He created a more fair tax system
c)
He allowed Nobles to officially enslave their peasants
47.

Napoleon created government run ____ to obtain qualified officials.

a)

Hospitals

b)

Military

c)

Schools

48.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

clergy

b)

nobles

c)

common people

d)

kings and queens

49.

Leader of the committee of Public Safety

who enforces policies of the Reign of

Terror

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Robespierre  

c)

Napoleon

d)

Klemens von Metternich

50.

Sudden overthrow of the government

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Bastille

c)

Continental System

d)

Coup d'état

51.

A prison attacked at the outset of the French Revolution

a)

Elba

b)

Bastille

c)

St. Helena

d)

Coup d'état

52.
The First Estate was made up of this group.
a)
clergy
b)
common people
c)
nobles
d)
kings and queens
53.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
54.
What land does Napoleon sell to America?
a)
Louisiana Territory
b)
New Mexico Territory
c)

Saint Domingue

d)
Cuba
55.

What did the Third Estate rename themselves at the time of the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

First Estate

b)

French Republic

c)

National Assembly

d)

Directory

56.

Style of government of France prior to the French Revolution

a)

Military Dictatorship

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Commonwealth

57.

What does the term "nationalism" mean?

a)

Pride in one's country

b)

To be kicked out of a place

c)

The right to vote

d)

A quick overthrow of a gov't

58.

Which event ended Napoleon's power and redrew the map of Europe

a)

The Reign of Terror

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Congress of Vienna

d)

The 1st Counsul

59.

Select all of the napoleonic reforms

a)

Public Education

b)

Freedom of Religion

c)

A representative democracy

d)

Universal and balanced taxation

e)

Women having the right to vote

60.

What came from the New World? (select all that apply)

a)

Maize (Corn)

b)

Potatoes

c)

Tomatoes

d)

Turkeys

e)

Cocoa (Chocolate)

61.

What was the name of the first permanent British settlement in the New World?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

New York

d)

Boston

62.

Which group sought religious freedom?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Jamestown colonist

63.

First to realize that Columbus found a “New World”, Americas named after him.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Vasco de Gama

64.

Led a military expedition to the Inca Empire in the Andes Mountains of South America.

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Francisco Pizzaro

c)

Christopher Columbus

65.

Landed in Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

Francisco Pizzaro

66.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)

Death

b)
Remade
c)
Rebirth
67.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)
Spain
b)
Italy
c)
Germany
68.

People who paid for art were called _______

a)

Patrons

b)

friends

69.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

the printing press

b)

the telescope

c)

eyeglasses

70.

Which is the separation of church & state

a)

Secularism

b)

Non-Secularism

71.

Cows came from the...

a)

Old World

b)

New World

72.

Tomatoes came from the...

a)

Old World

b)

New World

73.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Bartering system involving slaves
b)
system of money started by Columbus
c)
transfer of crops, animals, people, and diseases
d)
the bank of Christopher Columbus
74.

The NEW World refers to ______________________.

a)

Europe

b)

Antarctica

c)

North and South America

d)

Btoh A and B

75.

The OLD World refers to ______________________.

a)

Europe

b)

Antarctica

c)

North and South America

d)

Both A and B

76.

How did they Europeans learn to grow the crops from the New World?

a)

they read books about farming

b)

The Native Americans taught them

c)

Marco Polo taught them

d)

Both A and C

77.
Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Westernization
c)
Balance of Power
d)
Trickle down economics
78.
Peter the Great is from...
a)
Austria
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Russia
79.

Who was this man?

a)

Czar Peter the Great of Russia

b)

King Louis XIV of France

c)

King Frederick William of Prussia

80.

Peter the Great built a new capital for his Russian Empire, on the Baltic coast, which he named ________.

a)

St. Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Leningrad

d)

Vladivostok

81.

What kind of government did France, Prussia, & Russia all have during the 1600-1700s?

a)

Absolute monarchy

b)

Constitutional monarchy

c)

Republic

82.

The first Russian ruler to adopt the title czar, meaning "caesar" was:

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Ivan the Terrible

c)

Michael Romanov

d)

Anastasia Romanov

83.

Peter the Great's main reason for visiting the West was to:

a)

gain allies for Russia

b)

gain a warm-water seaport for Russia

c)

learn about Western customs and technology

d)

impress the West with Russian technology

84.

In Russia, the boyars were:

a)

merchants

b)

career soldiers

c)

slave-like laborers

d)

landowning nobles

85.

This Russian ruler helped to modernize and "Westernize" Russia.

a)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Peter the Great

86.

Which group sought to reform the COE freedom?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Jamestown colonist

87.

Part of triangular trade during which enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to America.

a)

Middle passage

b)

Cash crops

c)

First leg

d)

Journey to the center of the earth

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