Book 2 Test 10

 

World History, Story of the World, Volume 2:  Middle Ages           

Test 10

10/23/15

Circle the best choice for each blank:

1.  A tool to measure how far the sun or north star lay above the horizon was call a / an _________________ (compass / astrolabe);  a tool with a magnet used to determine

directions (north, south, east, and west) was called a / an _________________ (compass / astrolabe).

2.  Columbus sailed across the _________________ (Atlantic / Pacific) ocean.

Fill in the blank with the correct answer:

1.  The War of the Roses was between the House of Y_________ and the House of

L_____________ in the nation of E____________.

2.  Spain was united and the last Muslim territory retaken by the king and queen,

I_______ and F________.  They also paid for C___________ to try to sail west around

the world.

3.  The Golden Age of India was during the G____________ Dynasty.

4.  In religion, the Moghul emperors of India were M____________, but many of their

subjects were H______________.

5.  Columbus’ three ships were the N_________, the P____________, and the

S________ M_____________.

6.  Amerigo Vespucci explored all up and down the coast of N________ and

S_________ America.

6.  M_____________’s ship was the first to sail around the world.

7.  Vasco de Gama was the first to sail around the Horn of A_______ to get to India.

8.  Three people of  the Americas during the European Middle Ages were the

M________ in the Yucatan, the A___________ in Central America, and the

I__________ in Peru.

Short answer, answer with one or two phrases, words, or sentences:

1.  How did sailors in the Middle Ages measure how fast a ship was moving?

2.  Why was Africa called the Dark Continent?

Extra credit:  How is this similar to the Dark Ages?

Extra extra physics credit:  How is this like dark matter?

3.  How did the Kingdom of Ghana grow wealthy?

4.  In which year did Columbus said across the ocean?

5.  Explain what scurvy is and how it is prevented or cured.

6.  What does “Pacific” (like the Pacific ocean) mean?

7.  Where are the Straits of Magellan?

8.  Why are the American Indians called Indians?

9.  What animal did the Incas raise and use for wool and tranport?

10.  What was the Middle Passage?

Extra credit:  What do the words “conquistador” and “Reconquista” mean, what do they mean in context of history, and what do the words have in common?