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Dark Ages Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the holy Islamic city?

a)

Mecca

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Baghdad

d)

Taraq

2.

Who was Bede during the Dark Ages?

a)

A Monk who hand-wrote and preserved centuries of history.

b)

A Viking that discovered Vinland (modern day Newfoundland).

c)

A Byzantine ruler that helped push education and Christianity in his conquered lands.

d)

A messiah that helped spread the word of God and share the teaching of Christianity.

3.

What do you call a follower of the Islamic faith?

a)

Judaist

b)

Islamite

c)

Muslim

d)

Quran

4.

The belief in one god or goddess is ...

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Solotheism

d)

Atheistic

5.

Are the religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

6.

Were the Vikings monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

7.

What was the name of the Germanic tribe that lead to the downfall of Rome and lead to the Dark Ages?

a)

Vikings

b)

Visigoths

c)

Mongolians

d)

Huns

8.

True or False: Very few of the Vikings were warriors who attacked other European cities, while the majority stayed in Scandinavia and lived on farms or in villages.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Would traders and merchants travel the entire 4000 miles of the Silk Road or only parts of it?

a)

Traders and merchants traveled the entire Silk Road

b)

Traders and merchants only traveled on parts of the Silk Road

c)

Traders and merchants would travel on both the maritime and overland routes to make the entire 6000 km trip as quickly as possible

10.

The holy book of Islam is the...

a)

Quran/Koran

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

11.

The holy book of Judaism is the...

a)

Quran/Koran

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

12.

The holy book of Christianity is the....

a)

Quran/Koran

b)

Torah

c)

Bible

13.

What are the religious laws of the Torah?

a)

Old Testament

b)

10 Commandments

c)

New Testaments

d)

Haj

14.

What part of the Christian Bible is the Torah?

a)

Old Testament

b)

New Testament

c)

Book of Revelations

d)

10 Commandments

15.

The Bible is comprised of the Old Testament and the New Testament; the New Testament is composed of...

a)

New religious laws.

b)

The story of Jesus life.

c)

A new set of religious teachings.

d)

Corrections to the Old Testament.

16.

Jesus practiced what religion during his lifetime?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

17.

What is the Islamic place of worship called?

a)

Mosque

b)

Church

c)

Synagogue/Temple

18.

What is the Jewish place of worship called?

a)

Mosque

b)

Church

c)

Synagogue/Temple

19.

What is the Christian place of worship called?

a)

Mosque

b)

Church

c)

Synagogue/Temple

20.

What animal / insect carried the bacteria that caused the Bubonic Plague outbreak?

a)

Rats & Mosquitos

b)

Cats & Fleas

c)

Dogs & Fleas

d)

Rats and Fleas

21.

The Arabic or Islamic name for God is....

a)

Muhammad

b)

God

c)

Allah

d)

Yahweh

22.

Charlemagne is responsible for helping to spread which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

23.

What are the 2 major ways the religion of Islam spread?

a)

Word of mouth and books

b)

Books and Trade

c)

Trade and Conquest

d)

Conquest and word of mouth

24.

True or False: Muslims, Christians and Jews all pray to the same god, as according to them, there is only one god.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

True or False: Bandits, harsh terrain and bad weather, like sandstorms, made the Silk Road dangerous.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which religion is the oldest?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

27.

Which religion is the newest?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

28.

Who is the messiah for Islam?

a)

Muhammad

b)

David

c)

Jesus

d)

Moses

29.

Who is the messiah for Judaism?

a)

Muhammad

b)

David

c)

Jesus

d)

Moses

30.

Who is the messiah for Christianity?

a)

Muhammad

b)

David

c)

Jesus

d)

Moses

31.

True or False : Lief Eriksson and his Viking crew were the first Europeans to discover North America, doing so almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus (1492)?

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which countries make up the region known as "Scandinavia", the place where Vikings originally lived?

a)

England, France and Spain

b)

Norway, Sweden and Denmark

c)

Denmark, Finland and Greenland

d)

Iceland, Sweden and Denmark

33.

True or False : Viking longships/longboats were technological marvels because they used sails, could glide over waves, had cannons, and could carry men and horses quickly over long distances.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The Bubonic Plague took out nearly what percent of Europe's population?

a)

25%

b)

35%

c)

50%

d)

55%

35.

Groups of travelers on the Silk Road were called ...

a)

Caravans

b)

Sand Traders

c)

Footsmen

d)

Roadies

36.

Which word best describes the scope of the Silk
Road?

a)

Interminable

b)

Intergalactic

c)

Intercontinental

d)

Interstate

37.

Which of the following contributed most to the
completion of the overland Silk Routes?

a)

The growth of powerful empires in Europe and Asia

b)

Trade between small, neighboring tribes

c)

China's hunger for foreign goods

d)

Competition from the maritime Silk Routes

38.

Which of these famous structures owes its
existence at least partially to the Silk Road?

a)

b)

c)

d)

39.

Which of the following examples provides the best
analogy for the movement of goods along the Silk
Road?

a)

A waiter bringing food to a diner

b)

An electric signal moving down a wire

c)

A mail carrier delivering a package to a home

d)

A runner passing a baton in a relay race

40.

Which of the following Empires/Nations did not impact the success of the Silk Road?

a)

Macedonian

b)

Mongol

c)

Han

d)

Franks