Political Systems
Where the leaders are elected by a majority of the people in the country in a vote:
a) Democracy
b) Anarchy
c) Dictatorship
d) Monarchy
a) Democracy
The Silk Road is…
a) One long road from Italy to Beiging
b) A network of trading routes that connected Europe and Asia (and Africa)
c) A single road made of silk
d) A network of short safe passages to China by boat
b) a network of trading routes that connected Europe and Asia (and Africa)
What is the Black Death?
a) Virus
b) Strong common Cold
c) Infectious Disease
d) Cut
C. Infectious Disease
Who fought each other in the Crusades?
a) The Romans and the Greeks
b) The Christians and the Muslims
c) The Eastern and Western Roman Empires
B. The Christians and the Muslims
Why was King John forced to sign the Magna Carta?
a) To increase the power of the monarchy
b) To end taxation in England
c) To force the monarchy to give up power
d) To weaken the power of nobles
C. to force the monarchy to give up power
An absolute monarchy is a country where…
a) The leader is elected by the rich people
b) The leader is the oldest child of the ruling family
c) The leader is the oldest son of the previous king
d) The leader is the oldest child of the previous king and has all the power to make any rules they like
d) The leader is the oldest child of the previous king and has all the power to make any rules they like
China _______ silk to Europe.
a) Imported
b) Explored
c) Implored
d) Exported
D. exported
What are symptoms of the Black Death?
a) Fever
b) Chills
c) Vomiting
d) Buboes
A. Fever
C. Vomiting
D. Buboes
Who won the Crusades?
Muslims
The Magna Carta of 1215 started the path to which form of government in modern day England?
a) Communism
b) absolute monarchy
c) Oligarchy
d) parliamentary monarchy
D. parliamentary democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
a) A country where there is a king or queen
b) A country where there is a king or queen as well as an elected group of leaders
c) A country where the king/queen is the head of state, but an elected group of people actually runs the country
d) A country where there is a constitution
c) a country where the king/queen is the head of the state, but an elected group of people actually runs the country
What is a caravan?
a) A van that drives like a car
b) A car almost as big as a van
c) A group of people traveling together
d) A group of cars parked together
C. a group of people traveling together
Where did it come from?
a) Africa
b) North America
c) Europe
d) Central Asia
D. Central Asia
The city of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
a) Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
b) Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
c) Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
C. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
In England, which branch of government would the Great Council eventually become after the signing of the Magna Carta?
a) Senate
b) Parliament
c) House of Representatives
d) Supreme Court
B. Parliament
Theocracy
a) A country where the leaders are theos
b) A country where the leader of the main religion is automatically the leader of the country
c) A country where people elect a religious leader
d) A country where people decide their own religion
b) a country where the leader of the main religion is automatically the leader of the country
_______ means to breed or train (an animal) to need and accept the care of human beings.
a) Domestication
b) Casualty
c) Dwarfication
d) Constellation
A) domestication
How did the Black Death get to Europe?
a) Car and train
b) Ship and Silk Road
c) Mail and air
d) Buggies and mile runs
B. ship and Silk Road
The First Crusade got started when the Turks did what?
a) Prevented Christians from entering Jerusalem
b) Attacked the Catholic city of Rome
c) Burnt down the city of Jerusalem
A. Prevented Christians from entering Jerusalem
Which groups of people are forcing the King to sign the Magna Carta?
a) Knights
b) Nobles
c) Peasants
d) Serfs
B. nobles
A dictatorship is….
a) A country where the leaders are dictators
b) A country where the leaders are elected by the people
c) A country where the leader gets into power through force
d) A country where the leader often gets into power by force and then makes all the rule themselves
d) a country where the leader often gets into power by force and then makes all the rule themselves
The time when someone or something is most successful, popular, etc. is called their _____.
a) Romanesque
b) Brutalism
c) Vulgar
d) Heyday
D. heyday
Why did the Bubonic Plague happen?
a) Dirty conditions
b) Jews and lepers
c) Planets and stars
d) Rotten meat
A. Dirty conditions
Why did people join in fighting the Crusades?
a) They thought it would help them practice their fighting skills
b) They thought it would help them get rich
c) They thought it would help them get into heaven
d) All of the above
D. All of the above
How did the signing of the Magna Carta impact the feudal system?
a) It strengthened the feudal system by making people more dependent on the king
b) It reinforced the feudal system by setting strict roles for each level of the social hierarchy
c) It weakened the feudal system and broke down the strict social hierarchy that was part of it
d) It had a little effect on the feudal system since the king kept absolute power over the peasants
C. it weakened the feudal system and broke down the strict social hierarchy that was a part of it