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World History Final Study Guide
(Test is worth 150 points)
Part A. Circle the letter of the best answer to complete each statement.
1) The time after the fall of Rome was known as
a. The Middle Ages
b. The Golden Age
c. The Ice Age
2) The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was
a. Rome
b. Constantinople
c. London
3) Charlemagne’s lands would become
a. England and Spain
b. France, Germany, and part of Italy
c. Italy and India
4) The Vikings were known as
a. Sailors and Adventurers.
b. Scientists
c. Emperors
5) The place Leif Ericson called Vinland was in
a. Norway
b. The Americas
c. Germany
The following questions come from the reading on “The Vikings and their Ships”
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6) Which of the following was of most importance to the Vikings?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Their horses
Their chariots
Their ships
Their churches
Their helmets
7) The Vikings are known best as
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Skillful farmers
Religious pilgrims
Seagoing raiders
Merchants and traders
None of the above
8) The Vikings sometimes buried their ships because
a.
b.
c.
d.
They did not want their enemies to find them
They believed the spirits of important people were within the ships
The wood rotted and made good fertilizer
They wanted future generations to find the ships and learn about their
society.
e. They did not know what else to do with them.
9) Where was the Vikings’ homeland?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
England
Spain
Africa
Scandinavia
Greece
10) Arab Muslims
a. Conquered many lands spreading Islam.
b. Conquered many lands, spreading Christianity
c. Tried to conquer many lands but failed.
11) The Crusades were the Holy Wars between
a. Christians and Muslims
b. Hindus and Buddhists
c. Christians and Jews
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12) During the Reformation people questioned
a. The Protestant Church
b. The Roman Catholic Church
c. The German princes
13) From the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Galileo proved his theory that
a.
b.
c.
d.
A pendulum can control the movement of a clock.
Earth revolves around the sun.
Gravity pulls all falling bodies to Earth at the same speed.
Gravity pulls falling bodies to Earth at different speeds.
14) The _________________ held control of Jerusalem when the Crusades
ended.
a. Christians
b. Muslims
c. Christians and Muslims
15) Movable type was invented by
a.
b.
c.
d.
Michelangelo
Leonardo
Luther
Gutenberg
16) During the Children’s Crusade, the children
a. Met a tragic end
b. Won Jerusalem for the Christians
c. Were kept home by their parents.
17) The Crusades
a. Put an end to Christianity in Europe
b. Broadened Europeans’ view of the world and encouraged trade.
c. Made Europeans close their doors to the rest of the world.
18) The _____________________ held control of Jerusalem at the beginning of
the Crusades.
a. French and English
b. Turks
c. Arabs
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19) During the Renaissance, wealthy patrons supported
a.
b.
c.
d.
Merchants
Traders
Printers
Artists.
20) Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain were
a. Catholic
b. Protestants
c. Jewish
21) King Philip II of Spain married
a. Queen Elizabeth I of England
b. Queen Mary I of England
c. Anne Boleyn
22) The Huguenots were
a.
b.
c.
d.
Hungarian Catholics
French Catholics
French Protestants
Jewish
23) Henry VIII became head of the
a. Church of England
b. Catholic Church
c. Holy Roman Empire
Part B. Complete each sentence with a word from the list provided.
Knight Manor
Apprentice
Martin Luther
sculptor
serf
feudalism
medieval
Pilgrimage
Galileo
Johannes Gutenberg
Prophet
Astronomy humanism
Protest
Renaissance
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
24) The village, the farmlands, and the lord’s castle all made up the feudal
_________________________________
25) The king of England who had six wives and started the Church of England.
_____________________________________
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26) A _________________________ was a skilled warrior
27) The daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn; she was queen while
Shakespeare’s plays were being produced at the Globe Theater
_____________________________________
28) The worker who was tied to the land he worked was called a
___________________________________
29) The economic system of exchanging land for services was called
______________________________________
30) In Western Europe, feudalism was the primary political and economic
system during the _________________________ period of history.
31) Many Christians in Europe made a _______________________ to the holy
city of Jerusalem.
32) To speak out against an action is referred to as a _____________________.
33) The study of the stars is a science called ____________________________.
34) ___________________________ is the interest in human rather than
religious ideas.
35) Muhammad was a _____________ who founded the Islamic religion in the
desert land of Arabia.
36) ____________________ was forced by the church to say that the earth was
the center of the universe.
37) The period where there was a revival of learning was called the __
___________________
38) A person who carves figures out of wood or stone are called
______________________.
39) _________________________ invented movable type.
40) ____________________ criticized the Roman Catholic Church and was
supported by German princes.
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41) An ________________ learned from a master, lived in the master’s house,
and received no pay for his or her work.
Part C. Read each statement. If it is true, write T. If it is false, write F.
42) _________________ German tribes had a system of laws very much like
that of the Romans.
43) _________________ Although the Western Roman Empire fell to the
barbarians, the Eastern Roman Empire did not.
44) _________________ The Roman Catholic pope crowned Charlemagne, a
Frank, emperor.
45) _________________ Charlemagne crowned himself, “Emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire”.
46) _________________ When Charlemagne died, his empire split up.
47) _________________ In the Battle of Hastings, William Duke of Normandy,
conquered England.
48) _______________ The serf was almost a slave during the Middle Ages.
49) _________________ Religion played an important part in medieval life.
50) _________________ There were many laws to make certain that the lords
treated the serfs fairly.
51) ______________ When people began to move back to the cities and towns,
the feudal system died out.
52) _________________ A knight was tasked to do religious work for the
nobles.
53) _________________ All people were treated equally under the feudal
system.
54) _________________ Feudalism was primarily a defensive strategy designed
to protect the kingdom from outside invasion.
55) _________________ Medieval castles were usually cold and often dark and
gloomy.
56) _________________ Nobles had to promise to fight for their lord.
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57) _________________ Serfs did not own the land they worked upon.
58) _________________ The lord of the manor was the absolute ruler of the
feudal estate.
59) _________________ The clergy wasn’t important under the feudal system.
60) _________________ Under feudalism the vassal noblemen were obligated
to provide military troops whenever called upon by their lords.
61) ________________ When gunpowder, cannons and foot soldiers came into
use, knights were no longer needed.
62) _______________ The deep draft of the dragon boats made them very
effective raiders because they could cross both oceans and travel in rivers.
63) ________________ Knights were warriors from the lowest class of feudal
society.
64) _________________ People made pilgrimages so they would not have to go
to church.
65) ________________ A religious person might make a pilgrimage to visit the
Holy Land.
66) ________________ Master craft workers could belong to a guild.
67) _________________ During the Renaissance, it became important for
people to be able to read.
68) _______________ During the Middle Ages, the Christian religion was the
strongest force in Europe.
69) _________________ Muhammad was a prophet.
70) _________________ The word Renaissance means “rebirth” or
“reawakening.
71) _________________ The three European rulers who set off on a Crusade
together were Frederick I, Philip II and King John.
72) _________________ Frederick I accidentally drowned on the trip to the
Middle East.
73) _________________ Crusaders came from every social class.
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74) _________________ Humanism was the idea that people would be happier
in heaven.
75) _________________ Islam never spread beyond Arabia.
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