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WorksheetsHistory of the World Test 6
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 53mins
Christopher Columbus's voyages were sponsored by the king and queen of (a) .
Hugh Capet's rule marked the beginning of the (a) nation.
Who was the first civilization to use writing after the Flood?
(a)
The Egyptian empire reached its greatest extent under which ruler?
(a)
The (a) stated that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic church.
The dates of the Middle Ages
(a)
The Middle Ages began when what collapsed?
(a)
Contradictory to Luther's response, the peasants of Germany began the (a) to be free from the tyranny of the church?
The Persian king (a) built the Royal Road.
This name means "that makes fruitful".
(a)
He founded the first permanent French colony in the New World.
(a)
He conquered the Incas of Peru.
(a)
He discovered the Pacific Ocean.
(a)
What is the most important part of a culture?
man's relationship to God
man's relationship to family
man's relationship to government
man's relationship to others
He discovered the St. Lawrence River.
(a)
Who had the entire Bible translated into English for the first time?
John Huss
Martin Luther
Desiderius Erasmus
Who defeated the New Babylonian Empire under Belshazzar's rule?
Chaldeans and Scythians
Assyrians and Persians
Medes and Scythians
Who became the first Englishman to sail around the world?
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Walter Raleigh
What country developed the caste system?
China
Indonesia
Japan
What religion is a major component of the caste system?
Buddhism
Taosism
Confucianism
Who probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human in history?
Ferdinand
James I
Prince Henry
In what country was the first movable type invented?
Egypt
Italy
England
What nation became an important international crossroads for trade?
Japan
China
Korea
What agreement divided Charlemagne's empire into three parts?
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Dover
Peace of Augsburg
Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians?
Vespasian
Titus
Trajan
What did the Phoenicians give away as they went on trading ventures?
murex
iron
alphabet
paper
Who is credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Dante
Homer
Chaucer
Achilles
What resulted from the Roman persecution of Christians?
Christianity grew
Christianity diminished
Christians fled Rome
Christians were quiet
What set the stage for a rebuilt Roman Empire jointly ruled by pope and emperor?
crowning of Charlemagne
crowning of Otto the Great
establishment of feudalism
donation of Pepin
What Maurya ruler controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent?
Genghis khan
Shotoku
Wang Kon
Who declared Martin Luther a heretic at Worms?
Leo X
Charles V
Frederick the Wise
Johann Eck
The king of England associated with the Glorious Revolution
(a)
The first great King of England
(a)
The king of England associated with the English Reformation
(a)
The king of England who established the Model Parliament
(a)
The king of England during the Eleven Years' Tyranny
(a)
How God did use the Greek and early Roman Empires to prepare the world for Jesus Christ?
The Greek and Roman architecture centered on elaborate churches; the fall of the empires left the people desperate for salvation
The development of writing provided a way of recording the history of Christ's birth
The development of languages and roads led to the quick spread of the gospel Greek and Roman philosophies left the people searching for the truth.
The Greek and Roman expansion allowed the news of Christ's birth to travel quickly emperors tolerated Christianity
What is the most important difference between Islam and Christianity?
Islam rejects that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.
Christianity rejects that one man stands between God and all other men
Christianity rejects the idea that Mohammed is a prophet
Islam rejects that the Old Testament prophets brought messages from God.
What was Martin Luther's influence during the Protestant Reformation?
He attacked the use of indulgences
He proclaimed the priesthood of all believers
He taught university students the justification by faith
He brought reforms in education, church services, and music.
How do religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Shinto affect the countries that practice them?
They encourage education but deny personal responsibilities
They allow advancements but provide tyrannical rule
They hinder progress and destroy personal freedoms.
They reject learning and promote centralized government.
What prompted the people of England to settle the New World?
competition with France and Spain
desire for individual freedoms and responsibility
missionary efforts for Protestantism
expansion of the British Empire
What is the world's longest fortification?
(a)
Who was the first European to travel the length of Asia?
(a)
Who was the first man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent?
(a)
What is the oldest surviving religion of Japan?
(a)
What nation was the first to have a complete written account of its history?
(a)
What is the way of life based upon the ownership and use of land?
(a)
What Austrian family ruled as Holy Roman Emperors for almost 300 years?
(a)
Where did god confuse the languages?
(a)
What was the name given to the stone that Jean Francis Champollion used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
(a)
Which crusade captured Asia Minor and Jerusalem?
(a)
What religous organization held to the philosophy that "the end justifies the means"?
(a)
What intellectual movement lifted the darkness of the Middle Ages?
(a)
Death of Julius Caesar
(a)
Date for the first Olympic games
(a)
Date for the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire
(a)
Date for the official split of the Roman Catholic Church
(a)
Date for the Battle of Hastings
(a)
Date for signing of the Magna Carta
(a)
Date for the invention of the movable-type printing press
(a)
Date of Columbus' discovery of America
(a)
Date for the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
(a)
Date for the defeat of the Spanish Armada
(a)
Dates for the Middle Ages
(a)
