WorksheetsDistrict Final Review World History
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
What is the holy book in Islam?
Bible
Torah
Quran
Old Testament
What language is the holy book of Islam in?
Arabic
English
Hebrew
Latin
Who was the founder of Islam?
Sunni Ali
Abraham
Jesus
Muhammad
Which of the following is NOT a 5 pillar of Islam
Prayer 5 times a day
Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan
Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca
Charity
Obedience
What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have in common?
They are polytheistic
They use the Bible
They believe in Muhammad as the final prophet
They are Abrahamic faiths
What is a major difference between Islam and Judaism?
They are monotheistic
The 5 pillars of Islam
They believe in God
Abraham was the first messenger of God
What is a major difference between Islam and Christianity?
Their holy texts
They are monotheistic
They believe in God
Who was the greatest leader of Mali?
Sonni Ali
Manta Li
Mansa Musa
Mauritania
What did Mansa Musa bring to Mali?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Polytheism
Who took the Hajj and then brought back Islamic art and learning to Mali?
Ghana
Sonni Ali
Sundiata
Mansa Musa
What was the main source of money for the kingdom of Ghana?
Camel trading
The gold-salt trade
Iron mining
Building pyramids
Justinian’s most important achievement was probably
his international diplomacy.
his writings on democracy
his “Body of Civil Law.”
is conquest of Hagia Sophia.
What issue was the first cause of a bitter battle between eastern and western Christianity?
A Byzantine emperor banned religious icons
A Byzantine emperor allowed priests to marry
The Roman Church rejected Justinian’s Code
The Roman Church used Latin as its official language
After the Great Schism, the Byzantine church became known as the
Roman Catholic Church.
Greek Patriarchal Church.
Eastern Orthodox Church
Reformed Catholic Church.
Which actions did the patriarch and the pope take following the Great Schism?
The pope and the patriarch excommunicated each other.
The patriarch rejected papal supremacy and banned the use of icons.
The pope banned the use of icons and excommunicated the patriarch.
The patriarch banned the use of icons and changed the Nicene Creed.
What helped cause the decline of the Byzantine empire?
Mongol raiders plundered Constantinople
Venetian merchants gained control of Byzantine trade
Rebels overthrew the Byzantine emperor
Ottoman Turks captured Venice, a key ally
Which Frankish king briefly unified western Europe?
Pope Innocent III
Clovis
Charlemagne
Charles DeGual
Starting in the late 700s, which group attacked Western Europe from the sea and broke the last threads of unity in Charlemagne's empire?
Magyars
Goths
Vikings
Franks
Feudalism developed as a new way for medieval societies to
Protect themselves
Feed themselves
Increase trade
Build an empire
Chivalry was a
Political system
Contract between knights and their lords
musical style
Code of conduct for Knights
During the First Crusade in 1099, Christian knights succeeded in capturing
Jerusalem
Constantenople
Medina
Rome
The new middle class in medieval society included
Vassels
Peasants
Nobles
Merchants
The samurai of Japan were a new class of military servants whose purpose was to
protect the security and property of their employers.
maintain law and order throughout the land, constantly traveling from village to village.
remain ever vigilant and ready to defend Japan from invaders.
protect the emperor and his government from all threats.
The samurai lived by a strict code known as Bushido, which
swore them to a life of piracy, to keep them from being distracted by family loyalty.
was based on loyalty to the samurai's lord.
commanded them to kill anyone whom they thought was a threat to the Khan.
was based on finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts, using violence strictly as a last resort.
Which of the following is a true statement about Maya culture?
Slavery was forbidden
Sculptors had low social status
Cities were sometimes governed by women
Most people were farmers or traders
What was the historically significant difference between Renaissance and medieval thought?
focus on the divine as inspiration for creativity and intellectual perspective
renewed focus on spirituality over secular doctrine
shift to humanism instead of religious studies
less emphasis on classical scholarship in favor of new methods of inquiry
How was Renaissance art different from Medieval Art?
Renaissance art used realistic depictions of human forms
Renaissance art was flat dimensions and lack of perspective
Renaissance art had stylized depictions of human forms
Renaissance art used mythological and spiritual themes
How did the printing press affect the lives of everyday people during the Renaissance?
Religious differences came about as more people read the Bible.
Birth rates declined as people read about advances in medicine.
Literacy rates increased as more people learned to read.
Rural population increased as more churches were built.
How did the message of the Reformation spread through Europe?
Lutheran missionaries carried his message to people throughout Europe.
The printing press spread Luther's writings through pamphlets and broadsheets.
Church leaders allowed priests to post Luther's Theses on church doors to encourage debate.
Town councils that disapproved of the Church's wealth and worldliness encouraged acceptance of Reformation ideas.
The purpose of the Council of Trent was to
direct the reform of the Catholic Church.
fight Protestantism by rooting out heresy.
spread the Catholic faith to distant lands.
translate the Bible into the vernacular.
What changes did the Catholic Church make during the Catholic Reformation?
It stopped using the Inquisition to fight Protestantism.
It restored a version of the Book of Common Prayer.
It revised and updated many traditional Catholic beliefs.
It provided penalties for corruption among the clergy.
The Scientific Method was based on the idea that
philosophy was the key to learning scientific truths.
scientific laws governed nature.
the truth could come only through investigation.
scientific laws governed nature.
How did ideas from the Renaissance and Reformation contribute to the Scientific Revolution?
Neither challenged medieval views
Both challenged the king's views
Both endorsed feudalism
Both challenged medieval views
Despite their low status in Aztec society, slaves could
Be elected to the ruling council.
Cast votes on government issues.
Own land and buy their freedom.
Fight in battle and win their freedom.
The Aztec practiced human sacrifice in order to
Decrease the surplus population
Pay their debts to their enemies
Delay the final destruction of the world
Keep the commoners and slaves in fer of the monarch and his officials
The Aztec capital, ________, was built on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
Chichén Itzá
Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacán
One of the factors that contributed to the downfall of both the Inca and the Aztec empires was their
Belief that their iron cannons would protect them
Misplaced trust in the Spanish, who initially promised not to try to conquer them
Peaceful ways, which left them unprepared to make war on the Spanish invaders
Lack of a natural immunity to diseases that the Spanish brought with them from Europe
“So that the largest possible cargo might be carried, the captives were wedged below decks,chained to low-lying platforms stacked in tiers, with an average individual space allotment thatwas 6 feet long, 16 inches wide, and perhaps 3 feet high (183 cm by 41 cm by 91 cm). Unable tostand erect or turn over, many slaves died in this position.”This text is most likely describing
Encomienda
The Middle Passage
The Macartney embassy
The Magellan circumnavigation expedition.
In the 1400s, Europeans searched for new trade routes to obtain valuable spices that came mainly from
Macao
the Moluccas.
Mozambique.
Mombasa.
The Moluccas were known to Europeans as the
Gold Coast.
Middle Passage.
Spice Islands.
West Indies.
What were the effects of European migration on the Americas?
disease, land loss, and a shrinking Native population
increase in the food supply, change in land settlement, new livestock
change in wildlife, increase in Native population
population growth, new farming techniques, disease
What is absolutism?
A system of government in which a ruler holds total power.
The belief that all citizens within a state must conform to one religion.
An offshoot of Islam, in which it is believed that baptism absolves all past and future sins.
The practice by monarchs of undergoing daily absolution to keep states free of the burden of sin.
Which of the following were causes of absolute monarchies?
The Reformation and Exploration
The Black Death and Renaissance
The Crusades and Scientific Revolution
The Thirty Years War and American Revolution
What was the “Glorious Revolution”?
The establishment of Protestantism as the English state of religion.
The agricultural revolution that improved food supplies in England.
The battle between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers for control of England.
The invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost nobloodshed
Which is the best example of a monarch supporting Enlightenment reform?
Joseph II abolishing serfdom in Austria.
Frederick the great inviting Voltaire to Prussia.
Catherine the Great expanding Russia’s empire.
Maria Theresa modernizing the Austrian government.
An enlightened despot was a ruler who
Gave up absolute power.
Allowed limited voting rights.
Wrote satire to expose corruption.
Influenced political and social change.
What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution?
Republic
Democracy
Limited monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from the
Renaissance.
Reformation.
Glorious Revolution.
Scientific Revolution.
According to Thomas Hobbes, the best form of government is
A theocracy.
A democracy.
A federal republic.
An absolute monarchy.
What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?
Voltaire
John Locke
Rene Descartes
Thomas Hobbes
How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the government of the United States?
Many ideals of Enlightenment philosophers were incorporated in the U.S. founding documents.
Enlightenment ideals were incorporated in the Declaration of Independence but not the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. founding fathers, like Jefferson, rejected Enlightenment ideals but used them to create new theories about government.
The Enlightenment occurred after the U.S. was formed so the Enlightenment ideals were not influenced in its government.
Adam Smith believed in laissez-faire, by which he meant that
The assets of the rich should be taken.
The state should not regulate the economy.
Those who can work should help to support those who cannot work.
The state should monitor the economy and impose regulations to keep it healthy.
“The greatest happiness for the greatest number” was a goal of
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Utilitarianism
Which of the following was a Social Darwinist argument in favor of Western imperialism?
Increased trade would benefit all peoples.
Western nations needed outlets for their growing populations.
Colonies would bring wealth and prestige to the home country.
Westerners thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to inferior races.
Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it
discouraged labor unions.
limited the individual freedoms of the people.
prevented government from protecting workers.
created prosperity for a few and poverty for many.
Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?
an overall decline in population
a general rise in the standard of living
the overall poverty of the working class
a general decline in the standard of living
According to socialists, the solution to poverty and injustice was
armed revolution to overthrow the proletariat.
individual ownership of the means of production.
the charity and good works of the religious community.
shared ownership by the people of the means of production.
How did Austria’s alliance with Germany affect Austria’s reaction to the assassination of Francis Ferdinand?
It prompted Austria to negotiate with Serbia
It prompted Austria to go to war with Germany
It prompted Serbia to send Austria an ultimatum
It prompted Austria to take a firmer stand against Serbia
How was imperialism a cause of World War I?
Rivalry over overseas territories increased tensions in Europe
Alliances among overseas territories increased tensions in Europe
Efforts to stimulate trade increased tensions in European colonies
Colonies’ efforts to gain independence increased tension in Europe
How did new military technology influence the fighting in World War I?
It shortened the length of the war
It increased the number of causalities
It allowed battle fronts to move widely
It brought the European colonies into the war
Which was a cornerstone of Hitler’s anti-Semitic beliefs?
He was a strong supporter of German Christian churches
He resented Jewish opposition to the Weimer government
He feared that Jews would soon outnumber Aryans in Germany
He believed that Jews were to blame for Germany’s defeat in World War I
NATO and the Warsaw Pact were important in maintaining the “balance of power” in Cold War Europe because
the member countries could attack each other at will.
there were no longer any neutral countries in continental Europe.
each superpower had the same number of countries in its military alliance
fear of the other's military capability kept each superpower from attacking.
