Access World History Mid-Term Exam

1. What is this?

a. Map keyb. Map c. Compass

2. What is this?

a. Mapb. Compassc. Map Key

3. The map key and compass help people find places on a map. a. Trueb. False

4. Choose the best answer:

The study of ______________________ helps us solve problems of today.

a. Historyb. Historiansc. Heritage

5. Draw a line to match the time measurements:

1 week 10 years

1 decade 100 years

1 century 7 days

6. What is the name of the continent we live in?

A. North AmericaB. United StatesC. Australia

7. What are the 7 continents? a. France, Europe, Antarctica, Florida, Australia, Africa,

Outback b. Europe, Antarctica, Florida, Australia, Africa, South America,

North Americac. Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia,

Africa, Asia

8. Historians use sources to learn about history. What are these types of sources called?

a. 1st and 2nd

b. primary and secondary c. old and new

9. Draw a line to match the Religion with the symbol:

10. What is an empire?a. A large group of lands run by an emperor or empress.b. A city with a by a mayor running itc. A county with a president running it

11. What were the Roman’s credited with inventing?a. Fireb. Aqueductsc. Automobiles

12. What continents did the Empire of Rome cover?

a. Florida, US, Chinab. Asia, Europe, South Americac. Asia, Africa, Europe

13. What were two achievements that Constantine did?

a. Constantine made Christianity against the law and moved the capitol of Rome to Constantinople.

b. Constantine and Justinian were friends, who went to church together.

c. Constantine said Romans can practice Christianity and moved the capitol of Rome to Constantinople.

14. Why did the Roman Empire fall? a. Barbarian attacks, army and money concerns.

b. Justinian’s new laws. c. The crusades

15. Who was Justinian?

a) A Byzantine lawyer

b) A Roman doctorc) Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

16. Who was the leader of the Byzantine Empire who created code of law and rebuilt the Hagia Sophia.

a. Justinianb. Mansa Musa c. Justin Bieber

17. What is a pilgrimage?

a. A holidayb. A tripc. A city

18. What is the Quran?

a. An old songb. A holy bookc. A funny story

19. Who is an important person in the history of Islam?

20. Sunni and Shia are:

a. Two groups of Christians, that did not agree. b. Two groups of Muslims that wanted the same leader after

Muhammad died.c. Two groups if Muslims that wanted a different leader after

Muhammad died.

21. What is a Caliph?

a. The leader of the Europeans during the Middle Ages.b. The religious and political leader of the Muslim world.c. The president of Africa and Asia.

22. What is the relationship between religion, and the Islamic Expansion?

a. As governments expanded, they were able to spread the religion of Islam easier.

b. More people became Christian during the Islamic Expansion.c. There is no relationship, Islamic people got more land, but

that has nothing to do with religion.

23. What are the Crusades?a. A series of wars between the Muslims and Christiansb. A series of wars between the Mayan and Olmecc. A war between Ghana and Japan

24. During the Crusades what was the holy land the Muslims and Christians were fighting for?

a. Romeb. Jerusalem

c. Mecca25. Why was the Third Crusade important?

a. Saladin gave Richard the Lionhearted the land, and the war was over.

b. Saladin and Richard the Lionhearted made a compromise that the Christians can visit Jerusalem.

c. Saladin and Richard the Lionhearted fought a big war over Jerusalem.

26. What resource did Ghana trade?

27. Which African Kingdom took over when the Ghana Empire fell?

28. What are two African Kingdoms from the Middle Ages?

a. Mali and Gummib. Ghana and Malic. Dinga and Mansa

29. Who was the leader of the Mali Empire?

30. Which of these facts is NOT true about the Songhai Empire?

a. Dinga Cisse was the emperor of Songhai.b. In the Empire of Songhai, they mostly traded iron. c. The Songhai empire was taken over by the Moroccan

Empire.

31. What is something that the Empire of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai share in common?

a. Mansa Musa ruled them.b. They all were ancient empires in Western Africa.c. They all were ancient empires in Eastern Africa.

32. Draw a line to match the vocabulary with the definition.

33. Which civilization created the first calendar?a. Mayab. Chavinc. Inca

31. Where is Mesoamerica?

a. In America and Mexicob. In Europe and Asiac. In Mexico and Central America

31. Who influenced the Incas?

a. Mayansb. Chavinsc. Olmecs

32. Draw a line to match the leader to his empire.

Pacal the Great Inca Empire

Moctezuma I Mayan Empire

Huayna Capac Aztec Empire

34. What is something these men all shared in common?

The Byzantine empire The Mayan Empire The Mali Empire Justinian Pacal the Great Mansa Musa

a. They were all from Europe.b. They were all important leaders in history.c. They all died the same year.

35. Circle the best answer

36. What is an achievement of Charlemagne?

a. He improved and placed importance on shopping. b. He improved and placed importance on education. c. He improved and placed importance on war.

37. Draw a line to match the word with the definition:

KING NOBLES KNIGHTS SERFS

38. Which order from top to bottom is correct?

a. King, Noble, Knight, Peasantb. King, Peasant, Teacher, Studentc. King, Pope, Slave, Knight

39. The economic system during the middle ages traded services for land.

a. Feudalism b. Economic c. Commission

40. Place these events on a timeline.

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Fall of Rome

41. Communities in a feudal system were divided into manors which were designed to be self-sufficient.

Using the map, list 3 things included in all manors which helped them be self-sufficient.

1.2.3.

42. What are ways that monasteries helped people during the middle ages?

a. Gave people shelterb. Helped the sickc. Fed peopled. All of the above

43. Draw a line and match the vocabulary to the definition

44. How was the Black Plague used as a weapon?

a. People poisoned drinks with it. b. People would send the dead bodies, and the sick to the

villages they wanted to attack.c. People would cough on their enemies in hopes they would

get it.

45. What was the Great Famine in 1315?

a. It was a time where there was a lot of rain, and mosquitos killed people.

b. It was a popular dance that families did in 1305.c. It was a time where the weather was bad for growing crops,

and many people starved to death.

46. Which countries were fighting in the Hundred Years War?

a. France and Spainb. England and France

c. England and Africa

47. What was a shogun?

a. A warrior, and character in famous movies.b. An emperor, and ruler of Japan. c. A military leader, and ruler of Japan.

48. Who had the most power in Shogunate Japan during the middle ages?

49. Who did Japan trade with in the middle ages?a. Chinab. Africac. Rome

50. Looking at the European Feudal System and the Japanese Feudal System complete the chart below.

List 2 similarities List 2 differences