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World History Final Study Guide Answers
(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. Michelangelo
b. Leonardo
c. Luther
d. 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.
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18) The _____________________ held control of Jerusalem at the beginning of
the Crusades.
a. French and English
b. Turks
c. Arabs
19) During the Renaissance, wealthy patrons supported
a. Merchants
b. Traders
c. Printers
d. 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. Hungarian Catholics
b. French Catholics
c. French Protestants
d. Jewish
23) Henry VIII became head of the
a. Church of England
b. Catholic Church
c. Holy Roman Empire
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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
________manor____________________
25) The king of England who had six wives and started the Church of England.
______Henry VIII_____________________
26) A ______knight_____________ 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
______Queen Elizabeth I of England___
28) The worker who was tied to the land he worked was called a
______serf_________________________
29) The economic system of exchanging land for services was called
______feudalism_______________________
30) In western Europe, feudalism was the primary political and economic
system during the ______medieval __________ period of history.
31) Many Christians in Europe made a ___Pilgrimage__________ to the holy
city of Jerusalem.
32) To speak out against an action is referred to as a __protest______________.
33) The study of the stars is a science called
___astronomy__________________.
34) _____humanism______________ is the interest in human rather than
religious ideas.
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35) Muhammad was a ____prophet__ who founded the Islamic religion in the
desert land of Arabia.
36) ____ Galileo _______ 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 __
Renaissance_.
38) A person who carves figures out of wood or stone are called ____ sculptor
________.
39) __ Johannes Gutenberg ___ invented movable type.
40) ____ Martin Luther _ criticized the Roman Catholic Church and was
supported by German princes.
41) An __ apprentice __ 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) ________F________ German tribes had a system of laws very much like
that of the Romans.
43) _______T_________ Although the Western Roman Empire fell to the
barbarians, the Eastern Roman Empire did not.
44) ______T__________ The Roman Catholic pope crowned Charlemagne, a
Frank, emperor.
45) ______F__________ Charlemagne crowned himself, “Emperor of the Holy
Roman Empire”.
46) ______T__________ When Charlemagne died, his empire split up.
47) _______T_________ In the Battle of Hastings, William Duke of Normandy,
conquered England.
48) _______T_______ The serf was almost a slave during the Middle Ages.
49) _________T_______ Religion played an important part in medieval life.
50) ________F________ There were many laws to make certain that the lords
treated the serfs fairly.
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51) _____T________ When people began to move back to the cities and towns,
the feudal system died out.
52) _______F_________ A knight was tasked to do religious work for the
nobles.
53) _________F_______ All people were treated equally under the feudal
system.
54) _______T_________ Feudalism was primarily a defensive strategy
designed to protect the kingdom from outside invasion.
55) _______T_________ Medieval castles were usually cold and often dark and
gloomy.
56) _______T_________ Nobles had to promise to fight for their lord.
57) ______T__________ Serfs did not own the land they worked upon.
58) _______T_________ The lord of the manor was the absolute ruler of the
feudal estate.
59) ______F__________ The clergy wasn’t important under the feudal system.
60) ______T__________ Under feudalism the vassal noblemen were obligated
to provide military troops whenever called upon by their lords.
61) ______T__________ When gunpowder, cannons and foot soldiers came
into use, knights were no longer needed.
62) ______F_________ The deep draft of the dragon boats made them very
effective raiders because they could cross both oceans and travel in rivers.
63) ___F____________ Knights were warriors from the lowest class of feudal
society.
64) ________F________ People made pilgrimages so they would not have to go
to church.
65) _______T________ A religious person might make a pilgrimage to visit the
Holy Land.
66) _______T________ Master craft workers could belong to a guild.
67) ________T________ During the Renaissance, it became important for
people to be able to read.
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68) _______T_______ During the Middle Ages, the Christian religion was the
strongest force in Europe.
69) ________T________ Muhammad was a prophet.
70) ________T________ The word Renaissance means “rebirth” or
“reawakening.
71) ________F________ The three European rulers who set off on a Crusade
together were Frederick I, Philip II and King John.
72) ________T________ Frederick I accidentally drowned on the trip to the
Middle East.
73) ________T________ Crusaders came from every social class.
74) ________F________ Humanism was the idea that people would be happier
in heaven.
75) ________F________ Islam never spread beyond Arabia.
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