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History Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT one of the five focus areas of humanism?

a)

Eloquence

b)

History

c)

Astronomy

d)

Classical Scholorship

2.

Which Dynasty brought Taiwan under Chinese control for the first time?

a)

Qing

b)

Ming

c)

Qin

d)

Zhou

3.

Climate Change may have driven these two groups to seize lands from the Ming Dynasty

a)

Persians and Xiongnu

b)

Manchus and Tibetans

c)

Manchus and Mongols

d)

Arabs and Mongols

4.

The Safavid Empire existed in Persia, aka modern day ___

a)

Turkey

b)

Egypt

c)

Iran

d)

Iraq

5.

Before Martin Luther, all of the following voiced concerns about the Church except

a)

John Wycliffe

b)

Jan Hus

c)

Erasmus

d)

Ignatius of Loyola

6.

The Mughal Empire existed in this part of Asia

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

7.

During the period of Japan’s isolation, foreign trade was restricted to the port of

a)

Yokohama

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Shimonoseki

8.

For which two publications is Desiderius Erasmus most well-known?

a)

The Prince and the New Testament

b)

“The Courtier” and “The Prince”

c)

A translation of the New Testament and “The Praise of Folly”

d)

“The Praise of Folly” and “The Courtier”

9.

In which Islamic empire did the Grand Vizier play a central role?

a)

Safavid

b)

Mughal

c)

Ottoman

d)

Qing

10.

Which Chinese emperor supported and funded the maritime voyages into the Indian Ocean?

a)

Hongwu

b)

Nobunaga

c)

Yongle

d)

Tokugawa

11.

What is secularism?

a)

The philosophical perspective on the nearly unending potential for mankind to develop

b)

A cultural and educational program based on the study of the classics and the inherent dignity of mankind

c)

The rejection of Christianity as a way to find peace and joy

d)

A focus on the material world instead of the eternal world

12.

Which Japanese ruler finally brought peace to the country?

a)

Eiichiro Oda

b)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

c)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

d)

Akira Toriyama

13.

During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese fleets visited everywhere except

a)

Africa

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

the Middle East

14.

The Ming Dynasty was the last in China to be ruled by this ethnic group

a)

Mongols

b)

Safavids

c)

Uighurs

d)

Han

15.

Emperor Yongle moved the Ming Dynasty capital to where?

a)

Xi’an

b)

Beijing

c)

Guangzhou

d)

Shanghai

16.

Catherine de Medici did what?

a)

Played a key role in the witchcraft craze

b)

Challenged Elizabeth II for control of England

c)

Order the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in France

d)

John Calvin’s wife

17.

Which two institutions were central to the foundation of the Ottoman Empire

a)

Prebendal System and Land Survey System

b)

Land Survey System and Islamic Economic Policy

c)

Janissary System and Prebendal System

d)

Islamic Economic Policy and Land Survey System

18.

The Gunpowder Empires included all except

a)

Safavid

b)

Ottoman

c)

Mughal

d)

Qing

19.

Which term refers to a Japanese territorial military lord?

a)

Shōgun

b)

Daimyō

c)

Seppuku

d)

Bushidō

20.

Which Japanese ruler tired and failed to conquer Korea?

a)

Akira Toriyama

b)

Eiichiro Oda

c)

Shigeru Miyamoto

d)

Tokugawa Leyasu

21.

What was devshirme

a)

A popular food among the Mughals

b)

A ceremonial dance in the Sultan’s court

c)

The system of land management used by the Safavid sultan

d)

A tax collected in humans by the Ottoman Empire

22.

The unifiers of Japan include all of the following except

a)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

b)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

c)

Oda Nobunaga

d)

Hasekura Tsunenaga

23.

Who was the second individual that continued the unification of Japan

a)

Oda Nobunaga

b)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

c)

Eiichiro Oda

d)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

24.

Which did NOT occur in 1453?

a)

Invention of the printing press

b)

Birth of Michelangelo

c)

Fall of Constantinople

d)

End of the Hundred Years War

25.

During the Renaissance, whose work best embodied Secularism?

a)

Baldassare Castiglione

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

Lorenzo Valla

26.

Which Italian city is considered the birth place of the Renaissance

a)

Florence

b)

Venice

c)

Rome

d)

Milan

27.

Who developed philology?

a)

Desiderius Erasmus

b)

Lorenzo Valla

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Baldassare Castiglione

28.

What was a major difference between the Italian and Northern Renaissance’s?

a)

North had no interest in Ancient Greek

b)

North had little interest in art

c)

North was more concerned with religion

d)

North rejected humanism