Download Final Exam for World History

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