WorksheetsWorld Studies: ISLAM THROUGH EXPLORATION
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Quran?
a)
a. The most holy city of Islam
b)
b. The leader of the Muslim world
c)
c. The pilgrimage Muslims make to Mecca
d)
d. The holy book of Islam
e)
e. A place where Muslims go to worship
2.
What are the five basic acts that form the framework of the religion of Islam?
a)
a. Five Holy Books
b)
b. The Five Caliphs
c)
c. Five Pillars of Islam
d)
d. Five Commandments
e)
e. The Sacred Five
3.
What was the main job of the griot?
a)
a. Protecting the village
b)
b. Storytelling
c)
c. Fishing for food
d)
d. Working with iron
e)
e. Working in the salt mines
4.
Where did the Silk Road get its name?
a)
a. From the silk that the Romans sold to the East
b)
b. From the smoothness
c)
c. From the silk that China sold to the rest of the world
d)
d. From the silk worms that infested much of the route
e)
e. From the silk clothing that people wore along the route to keep cool
5.
What was the name of Genghis Khan's people?
a)
a. Tartars
b)
b. Muslims
c)
c. Chinese
d)
d. Japanese
e)
e. Mongols
6.
What land did the Vikings originally call home?
a)
a. Germany
b)
b. Scandinavia
c)
c. Russia
d)
d. Great Britain
e)
e. France
7.
What land did Leif Eriksson discover and settle long before Christopher Columbus?
a)
a. India
b)
b. Africa
c)
c. England
d)
d. Iceland
e)
e. North America
8.
The Pope crowned Charlemagne emperor over what Empire?
a)
a. German Empire
b)
b. British Empire
c)
c. Egyptian Empire
d)
d. Holy Roman Empire
e)
e. European Union
9.
What was the Black Death?
a)
a. Another name for the Guillotine
b)
b. A disease that killed many people in Europe
c)
c. The name for secret soldiers in the Roman army
d)
d. The name of the sword used by King Arthur
e)
e. A religious cult during the Middle Ages
10.
What animal carried the Black Death and transferred it to humans?
a)
a. Fleas
b)
b. Birds
c)
c. Dogs
d)
d. Mosquitoes
e)
e. Cows
11.
Who fought each other in the Crusades?
a)
a. The Eastern and Western Roman Empires
b)
b. The Romans and the Greeks
c)
c. The Europeans and the Arabs
d)
d. The Europeans and the Egyptians
e)
e. The Vikings and the English
12.
The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
a)
a. Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
b)
b. Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
c)
c. Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
d)
d. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
e)
e. Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity
13.
What was the symbol of the Crusaders?
a)
a. A blue sword
b)
b. A yellow lion
c)
c. A red cross
d)
d. A black snake
e)
e. A green helmet
14.
What were knights given in return for their service and loyalty?
a)
a. A war horse
b)
b. Land
c)
c. A fancy shield
d)
d. Metal armor
e)
e. Gold
15.
What was the first job a boy had when training to become a knight?
a)
a. Journeyman
b)
b. Squire
c)
c. Archer
d)
d. Yeoman
e)
e. Page
16.
What were the two sides fighting over during Wars of the Roses?
a)
a. Land in France
b)
b. Money
c)
c. Who should be king
d)
d. Religion
e)
e. Who had the best flower arrangement
17.
From what ancient civilizations did the people in Italy get the idea for humanism?
a)
a. The Romans and Greeks
b)
b. The Greeks and Egyptians
c)
c. The Egyptians the Chinese
d)
d. The Chinese and the Persians
e)
e. The Persians and the Romans
18.
What was the period of time in Europe called that happened before the Renaissance?
a)
a. The Golden Ages
b)
b. The Age of Glory
c)
c. The Middle Ages
d)
d. The Grey Years
e)
e. The Feudal Ages
19.
What German invented the printing press allowing for ideas to be spread throughout Europe during the Renaissance?
a)
a. Johannes Gutenberg
b)
b. Albrecht Durer
c)
c. Johan Reuchlin
d)
d. Lucas Cranach
e)
e. Martin Luther
20.
Which of the following was a famous Leonardo da Vinci painting?
a)
a. The Birth of Venus
b)
b. The Last Judgement
c)
c. The Sistine Madonna
d)
d. The Lamination of Christ
e)
e. The Mona Lisa
21.
What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?
a)
a. The edge of the Earth
b)
b. Giant sea monsters
c)
c. New trading routes
d)
d. New continents
e)
e. The lost city of Atlantis
22.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
a)
a. The first European to sale around the south of Africa
b)
b. The first explorer to discover the Americas
c)
c. The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America
d)
d. The first explorer to circumnavigate the world
e)
e. The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa
23.
What world leader(s) paid for Columbus' expedition across the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
a. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
b)
b. King Edward IV of England
c)
c. Charles the Bold and Louis XII of France
d)
d. Maximillian I of the Holy Roman Empire
24.
Why did King Henry VIII form the Church of England?
a)
a. Because he wanted to have a church of his own
b)
b. Because he thought Rome was too far away
c)
c. Because the Catholic Church would not allow him to divorce his wife
d)
d. Because the Catholic Church did not like England
e)
e. Because he was going to war against Italy
25.
What practice allowed people to gain forgiveness by giving the Catholic Church money?
a)
a. Golden forgiveness
b)
b. Paying indulgences
c)
c. Fee for sinners
d)
d. Purchasing saves
e)
e. Bribing
26.
True or False: Queen Elizabeth I returned England to Catholic.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The Middle passage is the part of the journey from North America to Europe in the Triangle Trade.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
True or False: Martin Luther preached about Predestination to his followers.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Many African Tribes especially on the east coast became Muslim.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
True or False: Leif Erikson dad's name was Erik.
a)
True
b)
False
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