WorksheetsHistory Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following was NOT one of the five focus areas of humanism?
Eloquence
History
Astronomy
Classical Scholorship
Which Dynasty brought Taiwan under Chinese control for the first time?
Qing
Ming
Qin
Zhou
Climate Change may have driven these two groups to seize lands from the Ming Dynasty
Persians and Xiongnu
Manchus and Tibetans
Manchus and Mongols
Arabs and Mongols
The Safavid Empire existed in Persia, aka modern day ___
Turkey
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Before Martin Luther, all of the following voiced concerns about the Church except
John Wycliffe
Jan Hus
Erasmus
Ignatius of Loyola
The Mughal Empire existed in this part of Asia
North
South
East
West
During the period of Japan’s isolation, foreign trade was restricted to the port of
Yokohama
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Shimonoseki
For which two publications is Desiderius Erasmus most well-known?
The Prince and the New Testament
“The Courtier” and “The Prince”
A translation of the New Testament and “The Praise of Folly”
“The Praise of Folly” and “The Courtier”
In which Islamic empire did the Grand Vizier play a central role?
Safavid
Mughal
Ottoman
Qing
Which Chinese emperor supported and funded the maritime voyages into the Indian Ocean?
Hongwu
Nobunaga
Yongle
Tokugawa
What is secularism?
The philosophical perspective on the nearly unending potential for mankind to develop
A cultural and educational program based on the study of the classics and the inherent dignity of mankind
The rejection of Christianity as a way to find peace and joy
A focus on the material world instead of the eternal world
Which Japanese ruler finally brought peace to the country?
Eiichiro Oda
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Akira Toriyama
During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese fleets visited everywhere except
Africa
Japan
India
the Middle East
The Ming Dynasty was the last in China to be ruled by this ethnic group
Mongols
Safavids
Uighurs
Han
Emperor Yongle moved the Ming Dynasty capital to where?
Xi’an
Beijing
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Catherine de Medici did what?
Played a key role in the witchcraft craze
Challenged Elizabeth II for control of England
Order the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France
John Calvin’s wife
Which two institutions were central to the foundation of the Ottoman Empire
Prebendal System and Land Survey System
Land Survey System and Islamic Economic Policy
Janissary System and Prebendal System
Islamic Economic Policy and Land Survey System
The Gunpowder Empires included all except
Safavid
Ottoman
Mughal
Qing
Which term refers to a Japanese territorial military lord?
Shōgun
Daimyō
Seppuku
Bushidō
Which Japanese ruler tired and failed to conquer Korea?
Akira Toriyama
Eiichiro Oda
Shigeru Miyamoto
Tokugawa Leyasu
What was devshirme
A popular food among the Mughals
A ceremonial dance in the Sultan’s court
The system of land management used by the Safavid sultan
A tax collected in humans by the Ottoman Empire
The unifiers of Japan include all of the following except
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Oda Nobunaga
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Who was the second individual that continued the unification of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Eiichiro Oda
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Which did NOT occur in 1453?
Invention of the printing press
Birth of Michelangelo
Fall of Constantinople
End of the Hundred Years War
During the Renaissance, whose work best embodied Secularism?
Baldassare Castiglione
Leonardo da Vinci
Desiderius Erasmus
Lorenzo Valla
Which Italian city is considered the birth place of the Renaissance
Florence
Venice
Rome
Milan
Who developed philology?
Desiderius Erasmus
Lorenzo Valla
Leonardo da Vinci
Baldassare Castiglione
What was a major difference between the Italian and Northern Renaissance’s?
North had no interest in Ancient Greek
North had little interest in art
North was more concerned with religion
North rejected humanism
