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Religions & Belief Systems
100

This civilization used chinampas, or floating gardens, to farm in swampy areas.

  • A) The Maya

  • B) The Aztec

  • C) The Inca

  • D) The Olmec

What is the Aztec civilization?

100

This document, signed in 1215, established the right to a trial by jury in England.

  • A) Magna Carta

  • B) Bill of Rights

  • C) Constitution

  • D) Treaty of Versailles

What is the Magna Carta?

100

This explorer and his crew used compasses and astrolabes to navigate new lands in the 1400s.

  • A) Henry the Navigator

  • B) Christopher Columbus

  • C) Ferdinand Magellan

  • D) James Cook

Who is Henry the Navigator?


100

This scientist improved the telescope and supported the heliocentric model of the solar system.

  • A) Isaac Newton

  • B) Galileo Galilei

  • C) Johannes Kepler

  • D) Nicolaus Copernicus

Who is Galileo Galilei?


100

  • This pillar of Islam requires followers to pray five times a day.

    • A) Hajj

    • B) Salah

    • C) Zakat

    • D) Sawm

What is Salah?

200

This ruler of the Byzantine Empire expanded its territory, codified its laws, and funded the construction of the Hagia Sophia.

  • A) Charlemagne

  • B) Justinian

  • C) Constantine

  • D) Nero

Who is Justinian?

200

This young French woman inspired France to unite and helped bring an end to the Hundred Years' War.

  • A) Eleanor of Aquitaine

  • B) Joan of Arc

  • C) Catherine the Great

  • D) Marie Antoinette

Who is Joan of Arc?

200

This trade route connected West Africa to Europe and the Middle East.

  • A) Silk Road

  • B) Trans-Saharan caravan trade

  • C) Indian Ocean trade route

  • D) Atlantic Slave Trade

What is the Trans-Saharan caravan trade?

200

This Renaissance belief system focused on individual importance and reason.

  • A) Feudalism

  • B) Humanism

  • C) Theocracy

  • D) Scholasticism

What is humanism?


200

This Protestant leader challenged the Catholic Church with his 95 Theses.

  • A) John Calvin

  • B) Martin Luther

  • C) Henry VIII

  • D) Ignatius Loyola

Who is Martin Luther?

300

This European traveler visited the Mongol court and documented his experiences in China.

  • A) Marco Polo

  • B) Zheng He

  • C) Kublai Khan

  • D) Vasco da Gama

Who is Marco Polo?

300

The Reconquista led to the expulsion of this group from Spain.

  • A) The Vikings

  • B) The Muslims (Moors)

  • C) The Franks

  • D) The Celts

Who are the Muslims (Moors)?

300

This empire in West Africa became wealthy from trade and was ruled by Mansa Musa.

  • A) Songhai

  • B) Mali

  • C) Ghana

  • D) Kush

What is the Mali Empire?

300

This invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread new ideas throughout Europe.

  • A) The telescope

  • B) The printing press

  • C) The steam engine

  • D) The compass

What is the printing press?


300

This religious council led to reforms within the Catholic Church during the Reformation.

  • A) Council of Trent

  • B) Diet of Worms

  • C) First Vatican Council

  • D) Edict of Nantes

What is the Council of Trent?

400

This civilization's religious beliefs centered around gods, with the sun god as the most important.

  • A) The Maya

  • B) The Inca

  • C) The Aztec

  • D) The Olmec


What is the Incan civilization?


400

This economic and social system in Europe relied on self-sufficient manors and serfs working the land.

  • A) Feudalism

  • B) Manorialism

  • C) Guild System

  • D) Capitalism

What is manorialism?

400

The spread of this deadly disease disrupted trade and economies in both Europe and Asia.

  • A) The Burry Plague

  • B) Smallpox

  • C) The Black Death

  • D) Cholera

What is the Black Death?

400

Sir Isaac Newton's work led to this major advancement in physics.

  • A) Laws of Thermodynamics

  • B) Laws of Motion

  • C) Theory of Relativity

  • D) Quantum Mechanics

What are the Laws of Motion?

400

The texts found in China during the Tang Dynasty show the spread of this religion.

  • A) Hinduism

  • B) Confucianism

  • C) Buddhism

  • D) Daoism

What is Buddhism?

500

This Mongol leader ruled the Yuan Empire and maintained control through a centralized bureaucracy.

  • A) Genghis Khan

  • B) Kublai Khan

  • C) Timur

  • D) Attila the Hun

Who is Kublai Khan?

500

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 led to this group's rule over England.

  • A) The Normans

  • B) The Saxons

  • C) The Franks

  • D) The Vikings

Who are the Normans?

500

Spanish exploration led to the collapse of this South American empire.

  • A) The Maya

  • B) The Inca

  • C) The Aztec

  • D) The Olmec

What is the Incan Empire?

500

This powerful Italian family funded much of the Renaissance art and culture in Florence.

  • A) The Borgia

  • B) The Medici

  • C) The Sforza

  • D) The Gonzaga

Who are the Medici?

500

The expansion of Islam into West Africa was heavily influenced by this Malian king.

  • A) Sundiata Keita

  • B) Askia the Great

  • C) Mansa Musa

  • D) Sunni Ali

Who is Mansa Musa?