WorksheetsWHA Final Exam
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The city of _______________ became an important stop on a trade route in the Arabian Peninsula.
a)
A. Medina
b)
B. Mecca
c)
C. Babylon
d)
D. Córdoba
2.
Local Christian communities were called _______________.
a)
A. counties
b)
B. parishes
c)
C. dioceses
d)
D. regions
3.
The Byzantine emperor asked for help defending his empire against the _______________.
a)
A. Ottomans
b)
B. Seljuk Turks
c)
C. Christians
d)
D. all of the above
4.
Ghana’s _______________ made it the center of an enormous trading empire.
a)
A. grasslands
b)
B. gold
c)
C. iron ore
d)
D. all of the above
5.
Because royal courts were all over the country, the _______________ developed.
a)
A. Napoleonic Code
b)
B. English common law
c)
C. Great Law of Britain
d)
D. English Bill of Rights
6.
People turned to _______________ to protect them in return for service.
a)
A. serfs
b)
B. vassals
c)
C. local noblemen
d)
D. the king
7.
The relationship between lord and vassal was set up by _______________.
a)
A. the king
b)
B. a feudal contract
c)
C. a knight
d)
D. the church
8.
Knights-in-training _______________.
a)
A. learned to ride horses and fight
b)
B. trained from an early age
c)
C. learned to keep their armor and weapons in good condition
d)
D. all of the above
9.
Feudal times were _______________.
a)
A. peaceful times
b)
B. times of constant warfare
c)
C. wealthy times for everyone
d)
D. times of invention and learning
10.
In 1215, _______________ forced King John to sign Magna Carta.
a)
A. William the Conqueror
b)
B. Parliament
c)
C. a group of nobles
d)
D. all of the above
11.
Magna Carta and Parliament _______________ royal power.
a)
A. limited
b)
B. strengthened
c)
C. did not affect
d)
D. replaced
12.
The _______________ met in the House of Commons.
a)
A. noblemen and bishops
b)
B. knights and townspeople
c)
C. noblemen and knights
d)
D. knights and bishops
13.
Muslim merchants bought goods from local traders and sold the items to the _______________.
a)
A. Berbers
b)
B. people of Europe
c)
C. people of Ghana
d)
D. diamond miners
14.
Berbers traveled _______________.
a)
A. by horse
b)
B. on foot
c)
C. by ship
d)
D. in camel caravans
15.
Muslim _______________ became a part of African culture.
a)
A. architecture
b)
B. religion
c)
C. architecture and religion
d)
D. language
16.
Europeans fought against the _______________ in the Crusades.
a)
A. Roman Catholics
b)
B. Buddhists
c)
C. Muslims
d)
D. Hindus
17.
The Holy Land included _______________.
a)
A. Jerusalem
b)
B. parts of Palestine
c)
C. areas where Jesus had lived and taught
d)
D. all of the above
18.
The _______________ included Jerusalem and other places in Palestine where Jesus lived and taught.
a)
A. Gaza Strip
b)
B. West Bank
c)
C. Holy Land
d)
D. Byzantine Empire
19.
As the power of the Church grew, some Church officials became _______________.
a)
A. more spiritual
b)
B. corrupt and worldly
c)
C. more humble
d)
D. less powerful
20.
Authority over all nonreligious rulers was called _______________.
a)
A. papal supremacy
b)
B. papal superiority
c)
C. papal power
d)
D. Pope’s right
21.
The bishop of Rome became known as the _______________.
a)
A. priest
b)
B. Pope
c)
C. archbishop
d)
D. cardinal
22.
The word for “God” in Arabic is “_______________.”
a)
A. Allah
b)
B. Umayyad
c)
C. Muslim
d)
D. Islam
23.
Muhammad was _______________.
a)
A. a political leader
b)
B. a religious leader
c)
C. both a religious and a political leader
d)
D. a scientist
24.
Muslims believe in _______________ god(s).
a)
A. one
b)
B. two
c)
C. three
d)
D. four
25.
Advances in farming made more food available to people, so people _______________.
a)
A. raised larger families
b)
B. lived longer
c)
C. resisted disease better
d)
D. all of the above
26.
Most trade happened _______________.
a)
A. on farms
b)
B. in towns
c)
C. on manors
d)
D. on ships
27.
Farmers were able to grow crops in areas that were once too cold for farming because of _______________.
a)
A. three-field farming
b)
B. a warmer climate
c)
C. the use of oxen
d)
D. new trade routes
28.
There were trade routes that went _______________.
a)
A. from Flanders to Italy
b)
B. to the Byzantine Empire
c)
C. to North Africa
d)
D. all of the above
29.
The bubonic plague is spread by _______________.
a)
A. fleas on rats
b)
B. ticks on dogs
c)
C. flies on horses
d)
D. breathing infected air
30.
As many as _______________ Europeans died of the Black Death.
a)
A. 2,500
b)
B. 250,000
c)
C. 2 million
d)
. 25 million
31.
A new epidemic of bubonic plague started in _______________ in the 1200s.
a)
A. England
b)
B. Scandinavia
c)
C. China
d)
D. Italy
32.
One out of every _______________ people in Europe was killed by the bubonic plague.
a)
A. two
b)
B. three
c)
C. four
d)
D. five
33.
The new ideas of the Renaissance influenced _______________.
a)
A. politics
b)
B. art
c)
C. literature
d)
D. all of the above
34.
The Renaissance began in _______________.
a)
A. England
b)
B. Germany
c)
C. Italy
d)
D. France
35.
During the Renaissance, people looked up to those who could do well in _______________ area(s).
a)
A. one
b)
B. two
c)
C. many
d)
D. few
36.
Before the development of the printing press in Europe, books were _______________.
a)
A. inexpensive
b)
B. difficult to make
c)
C. available to everyone
d)
D. easy to make
37.
The religious reform movement that divided the Western Church is called the _______________.
a)
A. Catholic Change
b)
B. Roman Reformation
c)
C. Protestant Reformation
d)
D. Lutheran Shift
38.
People wanted reform in the Church because _______________.
a)
A. Popes were more concerned with politics than spiritual matters
b)
B. Many church officials used their offices to gain wealth
c)
C. some clergy sold indulgences
d)
D. all of the above
39.
The Holy Roman emperor declared Luther a/an _______________.
a)
A. outlaw
b)
B. hero
c)
C. monk
d)
D. saint.
40.
People wanted to reform the Roman Catholic Church because of corruption.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Until the mid-1500s, scientists agreed that ___________ was the unmoving center of the universe.
a)
A. the Sun
b)
B. the Earth
c)
C. the Moon
d)
D. heaven
42.
Through his telescope, Galileo saw ___________.
a)
A. mountains on the Moon
b)
B. dark spots on the Sun
c)
C. four moons around Jupiter
d)
D. all of the above
43.
By the early 1600s, scientists used a process called the ___________ to study the natural world.
a)
A. scientific method
b)
B. science fair
c)
C. Scientific Revolution
d)
D. international method
44.
A/an ___________ is a possible explanation for measured data.
a)
A. question
b)
B. method
c)
C. experiment
d)
D. hypothesis
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