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Interim Assessment #2 Review

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What physical feature makes it difficult for Italian merchants to trade with countries north of Italy?

a)

Ukraine Mountains

b)

The Himalayans

c)

The Alps

d)

The Appalachians

2.

More than half of Europe is covered by a landform called the

a)

Ural Mountains

b)

European Plain

c)

Russia

3.

Which feature is located at the Letter F?

a)

Rhine River

b)

Spain

c)

The Ural Mountains

d)

The English Channel

4.

Which feature is located at the Letter A?

a)

Rhine River

b)

Ural Mountains

c)

The Alps

d)

Spain

5.
The Middle Ages began ...
a)
after the fall of the Roman Empire.
b)
when Muhammad died.
c)
on the Silk Road.
d)
in the Arabian Peninsula
6.
What is a fief?
a)
Land or Estate
b)
Ruler
c)
King
d)
 Noble
7.
Which of the following is NOT a charateristic of feudalism?
a)
Loyalty from vassals and knights
b)
Power comes from land ownership.
c)
Hierarchy of social classes. 
d)
Strong governments.
8.
This term refers to a vassal who fights for the noble in return for a fief.
a)
knight
b)
monarch
c)
peasant
d)
serf
9.
True or False: Peasants were born into their social class but they could become a nobles if they worked hard enough.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
A ________ is a large estate owned by a knight or lord.
a)
knight
b)
manor
c)
vassal
d)
feudalism
11.
________ is a political system in which nobles are granted lands in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection.
a)
feudalism
b)
manor
c)
vassal
d)
knight
12.
_________ were a series of wars between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land
a)
The Crusades
b)
Six Day War
c)
100 Years War
d)
WWI
13.
The crusades were wars between Christians and 
a)
Hindus
b)
Buddhists
c)
Muslims
d)
Catholics
14.
What were two indirect results of the Crusades?
a)
trade and commerce increased and the feudal system was strengthened 
b)
trade and commerce declined and the feudal system was strengthened 
c)
trade and commerce increased and the feudal system was weakened 
d)
trade and commerce declined and the feudal system was weakened 
15.

The goal of the Crusades was to reclaim

a)

the Holy Land

b)

Palestine

c)

Syria

d)

Persia

16.

What was the name of the battle where William defeated the English army and King Harold II was killed?

a)

Battle of London

b)

Battle of the Thames

c)

Battle of Hastings

17.

What year was William the Conqueror crowned King of England?

a)

614

b)

1066

c)

1203

18.
Who won the battle of Hastings?
a)
the Normans
b)
the Saxons
c)
the Vikings
d)
the Tudors
19.

Who is at the top of the Feudal social system?

a)

kings

b)

kings and queens

c)

serf

d)

Lord

20.

Why was the Magna Carta important?

a)

It gave the king absolute power of the Empire.

b)

It created a cabinet, or group of advisors, to advise the king.

c)

It established everyone is subject to laws, even kings.

d)

Created equality between the social classes.

21.

The Magna Carter made three changes, including all but...

a)

limited the monarch’s power.

b)

established a rule of law.

c)

created a right to trial by jury.

d)

made the king supreme ruler.

22.

The significance of the Magna Carta was...

a)

it was the first document that gave the king full and total power over the people of England.

b)

it was the first written document that required the king to act according to the rule of law.

c)

it was the first document that gave total control to the Church of England.

d)

it was the first written document that the king and Church compromised to achieve.

23.

Where did it come from?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Central Asia

24.

How did the Black Death get to Europe?

a)

Car and train

b)

Ship and Silk road

c)

Mail and Air

d)

Buggies and Mile runs

25.

How did the Black Death spread?

a)

Bacteria carried by fleas

b)

Jews poisoning drinking water

c)

Lepers open wounds

d)

Position of planets

26.

What is Africa's largest river?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Nile River

c)

The Yellow River

d)

The Congo River

27.

Feature #1

a)

Niger River

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Danube River

28.
Feature #3
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
29.

What is the world's second-largest tropical rainforest?

a)

Amazon River Basin

b)

Congo River Basin

c)

Daintree Rainforest

d)

Valdivian Temperate Rainforest

30.

What is a savanna?

a)

a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical region

b)

a desert in a semi-arid region

c)

an area of relatively level high ground

d)

wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

31.
What river is near number 5? 
a)
Nile River 
b)
Niger River 
c)
Congo River 
d)
White Nile River 
32.

What is animism?

a)

The belief that animosity is the essence of all objects, places, and creatures.

b)

The belief that all objects, places, and creatures possess a distinct spiritual essence.

c)

The belief that objects, places, and creatures do not possess any spiritual essence.

d)

The belief that only humans possess a distinct spiritual essence.

33.
What famous king is illustrated on the Catalan Atlas of 1375?
a)
Ibn Battuta
b)
Sunni Ali
c)
Mansa Musa
d)
Sundiata
34.
The most important West African city, for trade and education, was
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Cairo
c)
Gao
d)
Rome
35.

What is a griot?

a)

the pilgrimage to Mecca

b)

storytellers who pass down oral history

c)

group of traders that travel together

d)

exchanging of goods without direct contact

36.

All three West African Empires fell or lost power from...

a)

Disease

b)

Natural Disaster

c)

Invasion or Attack

d)

Europeans

37.

Mansa Musa made the hajj to the Arabian city of Mecca, traveling thousands of miles. What is hajj?

a)

A religious journey

b)

a city

c)

camel ride

d)

a caravan

38.
What animal helped merchants cross the Sahara Desert?
a)
Horses
b)
Camels
c)
Mules
d)
Elephants
39.

Although they were located in Africa, the Songhai and Mali Empires both adopted the main religion of the Middle East at the time, which was:

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianty

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

40.

What two resources were equally valued and traded in Ghana?

a)

Salt and Silk

b)

Camels and Iron

c)

Goats and Goat Milk

d)

Gold and Salt

41.

What term do historians call groups of traders that traveled along trade routes in North Africa on camelback?

a)

Carry Casers

b)

Caravans

c)

Barbarians

d)

Saharians

42.

In addition to animisim, the people of Mali believed that they could communicate with ________ for advice, safety, or food?

a)

Water spirits

b)

Earth

c)

Ancestors

d)

Lions

43.

What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

c)

Athens

d)

Vienna

44.

What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Shintoism

d)

Islam

45.
The Ottoman Empire was ruled from ___________________. 
a)
The Atlantic.
b)
Russia.
c)
Istanbul, formerly Constantinople.
d)
The Mediterranean. 
46.
What did the Ottoman Empire do to the Hagia Sofia?
a)
burned it to the ground
b)
turned it into a mosque
c)
made it their capitol
d)
turned it into a hotel
47.
The Byzantine Empire was actually part of
a)
the Mongol Empire
b)
the Roman Empire
c)
the Persian Empire
d)
part of Umayyad caliphs
48.
The Ottomans were a nomadic group of people from Central Asia that originally settled in which region?
a)
Arabian Peninsula
b)
Balkan Peninsula
c)
Anatolia
d)
Kurdistan
49.
He is the Conqueror because he took over Constantinople.
a)
Suleyman I
b)
Ossman the Great
c)
Ottoman III
d)
Mehmed II
50.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
South Korea
d)
Vietnam
51.
What physical feature/country is identified in the picture?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Japan
d)
Vietnam
52.

The Yangtze River is the world’s third-largest river and is used extensively as a trade avenue.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Which ocean does not border Asia’s coasts?

a)

the Arctic Ocean

b)

he Indian Ocean

c)

the Atlantic Ocean

d)

the Pacific Ocean

54.

What is the most famous and largest desert in Asia?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

White Sands

55.
What is the plateau of Tibet?
a)
a lowland area in the far north of East Asia
b)
an area of elevated flatland in Southwest China
c)
a country that became independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union
d)
a region that contains many large cities
56.
North and South Korea are located on what landform?
a)
peninsula
b)
valley
c)
island
d)
plateau
57.
What natural barrier separates China and India?  
a)
Gobi Desert
b)
Bay of Bengal
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Korean Peninsula 
58.
A golden age is
a)
rise of cities
b)
when a society conquers others
c)
an age of invention
d)
when a civilization is at its highest in culture
59.

Who did the Tang overthrow?

a)

The Song

b)

The Han

c)

The Sui

d)

The Zhou

60.
Under the emperors of the Tang dynasty, China
a)
shrank in size but was politically stable.
b)
was divided into warring territories.
c)
closed its borders to foreign trade.
d)
united and expanded greatly in size.
61.
This was used to make the earliest printed book.
a)
Rudder
b)
Movable type printing
c)
Woodblock printing
d)
Coal
62.
The Sui Dyansty
a)
started the Grand Canal
b)
invented gunpowder
c)
invented silk
d)
was the Golden Age of China
63.
Why was there more social mobility in this era?
a)
The civil service exam
b)
Better farming
c)
More abilities to move
d)
The creation of the Grand Canal
64.

China is located in what continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

65.

What is the correct order of the dynasties from first to last?

a)

Yuan, Sui, Tang, Song, Ming

b)

Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming

c)

Tang, Song, Ming, Sui, Yuan

66.

How did Buddhism arrive in China?

a)

Monks and Traders

b)

Genghis Khan and the Mongols

c)

Emperor Wendi started Buddhism

d)

Merchants and Artists

67.
What was the main idea of Confucianism?
a)
Respect
b)
Education
c)
Honor
d)
Truth
68.
This major construction project helped unify China by improving trade between North and South China
a)
Tang Navy
b)
Grand Canal
c)
Forbidden City
d)
Silk Road
69.

_____________built the Grand Canal in China.

a)

Song Dynasty

b)

Sui Dynasty

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Yuan Dynasty

70.

Genghis Khan was ruthless leader of the _______________.

a)

Chinese

b)

Mongols

c)

Tartars

d)

Huns

71.

The dynasty founded by Kublai Khan, a Mongol.

a)

Yuan

b)

Song

c)

Tang

d)

Han

72.

Who is Marco Polo?

a)

A European that visited and lived in China during the Yuan dynasty.

b)

Emperor of the Sui dynasty, reuniting China after the Han dynasty.

c)

Ruthless leader of the Mongols, creating the largest land empire.

d)

Key engineer in building the Forbidden City of the Ming dynasty.

73.

Zheng He

a)

was great Mongol leader and conquered much of central Asia

b)

was the greatest Ming emperor and built the Forbidden Palace

c)

defeated the Mongols in China and ruled the Ming dynasty

d)

was a great explorer and brought an international reputation to China

74.

This invention of the Song Dynasty was kept secret so others didn't learn how to make it

a)

Porcelain

b)

Pretzels

c)

Pottery

d)

Paint

75.

Which Dynasty was responsible for creating the Forbidden City?

a)

Song

b)

Sui

c)

Tang

d)

Ming

76.

After whose death did Islam split into 2 sects (groups)?

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

c)

Muhammad

77.

What are the two sects (branches or groups) of Islam?

a)

Catholics and Protestants

b)

Sunni and Shi'a

c)

Kurds and Persians

d)

Muslims and Jews

78.

Which invention was created by a follower of the Islamic faith?

a)

Geometry

b)

Calculus

c)

Algebra

d)

Numbers

79.

What are the basic beliefs of Islam called?

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Five Pillars

c)

Eightfold path

d)

Three Wise Sayings

80.
One obligation of a Muslim is to make at least one pilgrimage to:
a)
Medina    
b)
Mt Arafat    
c)
Baghdad
d)
Mecca
81.

The Arabic word for "God" is..

a)

God

b)

Buddah

c)

Allah

d)

Muhammad

82.
Belief in a single God
a)
Polytheism
b)
Economy
c)
Monotheism
d)
None of the given
83.
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?
a)
Kaaba
b)
Tajj
c)
Hajj
d)
Medina
84.

According to the Five Pillars of Islam every Muslim must:

a)

Read the bible

b)

Give charity to help the poor

c)

Believe in many gods

d)

Obey Rabbis

85.
What is the Islam building of worship called?
a)
church
b)
mosque
c)
temple
d)
ziggurat
86.
The messages Muhammad received form the basis of the religion called??
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Buddhism
87.

The Middle East is covered mostly by _______________.

a)

Forest

b)

Desert

c)

Mountain

d)

Grassland

88.

Which river runs through Egypt?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Mississippi River

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