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World History Test 6

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   became an Egyptian center of life.

2.

(a)   is remembered as the “Father of Modern Science.”

3.

Mary (a)   was called “Bloody Mary” for her vicious persecutions of English Protestants.

4.

(a)   was the builder of the world’s first empire.

5.

Babar established the (a)   Empire in India.

6.

The Council of Nicaea accepted the teachings of Arianism.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Shinto is the oldest surviving religion of (a)   .

8.

Empress Theodora was very influential in whose famous law code.

(a)  

9.

Albrecht Dürer is best remembered for his work ______________ ____________.

(a)  

10.

(a)   won the Punic Wars.

11.

Mount (a)   is the highest mountain in Africa.

12.

Who discovered Brazil while exploring for the Portuguese.

(a)  

13.

Hernando Cortés is known for conquering which group?

(a)  

14.

Who was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians.

(a)  

15.

The Greek gods supposedly lived on Mt. (a)   in northern Greece.

16.

What is the piece of land in feudalism called?

(a)  

17.

What was the most infamous day of the French religious wars?

(a)  

18.

Who invented the movable-type printing press c. 1440?

(a)  

19.

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

(a)  

20.

Who founded the Society of Jesus?

(a)  

21.

What was Sumerian writing called?

(a)  

22.

Who is perhaps the greatest English author of all time?

(a)  

23.

What is China’s longest-ruling dynasty?

(a)  

24.

In what year was the Spanish Armada defeated by England?

(a)  

25.

Who wrote The Book of Martyrs?

(a)  

26.

Who was one of Egypt’s female pharaohs?

a)

Akhenaton

b)

Hatshepsut

c)

Tutankhamen

d)

Mentuhotep

27.

Who was Richelieu?

a)

Protestant leader

b)

powerful cardinal

c)

classical musician

d)

French explorer

28.

What English monarch began the English Reformation?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Edward VI

c)

Mary I

d)

Elizabeth I

29.

Whom did Martin Luther debate at the University of Leipzig?

a)

Johann Tetzel

b)

Pope Leo

c)

Kurt Von Bora

d)

Johann Eck

30.

Who was the first medieval pope?

a)

Gregory

b)

Innocent

c)

Hildebrand

d)

Nicholas

31.

What was the first Protestant confession of faith?

a)

Augsburg

b)

Westphalia

c)

Nicene

d)

Apostles

32.

Which empire was ruled by Nebuchadnezzar?

a)

Phoenician

b)

Assyrian

c)

Babylonian

d)

Persian

33.

Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco de Balboa

d)

Francisco Pizarro

34.

Who produced the first printed edition of the New Testament in the original Greek?

a)

William Tyndale

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

John Calvin

d)

Johann Reuchlin

35.

In what country did John Knox lead the Protestants?

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Wales

d)

Scotland

36.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Danube

d)

Huang He

37.

What Greek conqueror spread Hellenic culture throughout all of his conquered lands?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Alexander

c)

Philip I

d)

Pericles

38.

Who established the great Persian empire?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Xerxes

c)

Nabopolassar

d)

Hammurabi

39.

What Roman emperor was the first to make a profession of conversion?

a)

Justinian

b)

Theodosius

c)

Constantine

d)

Vespasian

40.

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Ionia

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

41.

Herodotus is the Greek “Father of History.”

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Simon of Cyrene wrote the oldest surviving hymn.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

A worshiper of many gods is called a polytheist.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Julius Caesar defeated Sulla in Rome’s first civil war.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The Bible sometimes calls Egypt “the Plain of Shinar.”

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The great Frankish king (a)   was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” on Christmas Day, A.D. 800.

47.

Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on October 31, (a)   , beginning the Protestant Reformation.

48.

The Puritan clergyman (a)   was instrumental in forming the Royal Society.

49.

The Peace of (a)   ended the Thirty Years’ War.

50.

King (a)   of England signed the Magna Carta in 1215.

51.

Noah’s sons included all of the following except ____.

a)

Ham

b)

Japheth

c)

Shem

d)

Seth

52.

What was the great ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

a)

Cush

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Aksum

53.

Who started the largest continental empire in history?

a)

Confucius

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Herodotus

54.

Which of the following was not a Protestant leader during the reign of Edward VI?

a)

John Hawkins

b)

Thomas Cranmer

c)

Hugh Latimer

d)

Nicholas Ridley

55.

Who wrote the best-known choral piece in the world?

a)

Wolfgang Mozart

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

George Frederick Handel

d)

Isaac Watts

56.

Who was an early light of the Reformation in the land of Bohemia?

a)

William Tyndale

b)

John Huss

c)

Menno Simons

d)

Albrecht Wallenstein

57.

The Edict of ____ was made by Henry IV to grant toleration to the Huguenots.

a)

Milan

b)

Augsburg

c)

Worms

d)

Nantes

58.

What is the way of life of a group of people?

a)

culture

b)

nation

c)

civilization

d)

empire

59.

The great composer (a)   is called the “Father of the English Hymn.”

60.

What famous battle was won by William the Conqueror in 1066?

a)

Bosworth Field

b)

Agincourt

c)

Hastings

d)

Lützen

61.

The rich of Rome

a)

plebeians

b)

patricians

c)

heraldry

d)

scholasticism

62.

a work that has stood the test of time

a)

classic

b)

scholasticism

c)

thocracy

d)

heraldry

63.

combining Greek philosophy with Roman theology

a)

democracy

b)

classic

c)

scholasticism

d)

patricians

64.

French Protestants

a)

Reconquista

b)

Inquisition

c)

Huguenots

d)

Patricians

65.

Court of the Roman church established to try "heretics"

a)

Inquisition

b)

Reconquista

c)

Parthenon

d)

Huguenots

66.

rule by many

a)

theocracy

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

democracy

67.

beautiful Greek temple

a)

Parthenon

b)

Tower of Pisa

c)

Hanging Gardens

d)

Scholasticism

68.

Moors driven from Spain

a)

Inquisition

b)

Parthenon

c)

Reconquista

d)

First Crusade

69.

worn on armor for identification

a)

insignia

b)

classic

c)

patricians

d)

heraldry

70.

Israel's government before the kings

a)

theocracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

themocraty

71.

Wrote Don Quixote

a)

Miquel de Cervantes

b)

Nicolause Copernicus

c)

William of orange

d)

Johannes Kepler

e)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

72.

proposed the heliocentric view of the universe

a)

Miquel de Cervantes

b)

Nicolause Copernicus

c)

William of orange

d)

Johannes Kepler

e)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

73.

Father of Dutch Liberties

a)

Miquel de Cervantes

b)

Nicolause Copernicus

c)

William of orange

d)

Johannes Kepler

e)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

74.

discovered the three laws of planetary motion

a)

Miquel de Cervantes

b)

Nicolause Copernicus

c)

William of orange

d)

Johannes Kepler

e)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

75.

child genius who wrote The Magic Flute

a)

Miquel de Cervantes

b)

Nicolause Copernicus

c)

William of orange

d)

Johannes Kepler

e)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

76.

Great musician who wrote Moonlight Sonata

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

e)

Gaspard de Coligny

77.

Lutheran warrior-king

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

e)

Gaspard de Coligny

78.

Wrote all music "to the glory of God"

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

e)

Gaspard de Coligny

79.

great Dutch painter

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

e)

Gaspard de Coligny

80.

French Protestant leader

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

e)

Gaspard de Coligny

81.

painted the Sistine Chapel

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Pericles

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Mohammed

e)

Hannibal

82.

great statesman of ancient Athens

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Pericles

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Mohammed

e)

Hannibal

83.

"Morning Star of the Reformation"

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Pericles

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Mohammed

e)

Hannibal

84.

founder of Islam

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Pericles

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Mohammed

e)

Hannibal

85.

led war elephants against Rome

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Pericles

c)

John Wycliffe

d)

Mohammed

e)

Hannibal

86.

great empire builder in Africa

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Tertullian

d)

Canute

e)

Hammurabi

87.

Egyptian pharaoh

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Tertullian

d)

Canute

e)

Hammurabi

88.

early church father and Christian martyr

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Tertullian

d)

Canute

e)

Hammurabi

89.

Danish king of England

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Tertullian

d)

Canute

e)

Hammurabi

90.

created an ancient law code in Babylon

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Tutankhamen

c)

Tertullian

d)

Canute

e)

Hammurabi

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