U9: After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, he sent a samurai army to invade ________ .
Korea
U1: The city was ____ by the enemy's army. (a) fortressed, (b) reigned, (c) besieged, (d) sultan
(c) besieged
U4: Breaking one of God's laws is called a ____ .
sin
U4: How do you pronounce this word: "Protestant"
PRAH tes tent
U6: King _____ VIII separated England from the Roman Catholic Church and made it a Protestant country.
Henry
U1: A "sultan" is (a) a Spanish ship, (b) money paid for the forgiveness of sins, (c) a Muslim ruler, (d) an explorer
(c) a Muslim ruler
U8: The set of rules that samurai warriors followed was called (a) Ronin, (b) Bushido, (c) Aikido, (c) Owari.
(b) Bushido
U8: Even though feudal Japan had an emperor, the country was really ruled by a general, called a ______ . (a) samurai, (b) daimyo, (c) shogun
(c) shogun
U9: After the death of Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu took over the country and started the _____ period, which lasted for 250 years.
Edo
U5: Why did Philip II send the Spanish Armada to attack England? (a) England was Catholic, (b) England's Queen Elizabeth I supported Protestant rebels in the Netherlands, (c) England had discovered the New World
(b) England's Queen Elizabeth I supported Protestant rebels in the Netherlands,
U7: Ivan IV was also known as Ivan the ____ .
Terrible
U4: How do you read "Pope Leo X"?
Pope Leo the 10th
U4: The part of your mind that tells you what is right and wrong is called your (a) indulgence, (b) heretic, (c) conscious, (d) conscience
(d) conscience
U3: Columbus thought the people he met in the New World were ___.
Indian
U3: It is believed that the ancestors of the Native Americans migrated from _____ during the Ice Age.
Asia
U3: "In ____ Columbus sailed the ocean blue." (a) 1491, (b) 1492, (c) 1493
(b) 1492
U2: Leonardo da Vinci was part of (a) the Renaissance, (b) the Reformation, (c) the Ottoman Empire.
(a) the Renaissance
U6: Why did the Pilgrims leave England to settle in North America? (a) to search for gold, (b) they felt they were being persecuted for their religion, (c) they were sent there as prisoners
(b) they felt they were being persecuted for their religion
U7: Tsar, the Russia term for emperor, comes from the name ____ .
Ceasar
U8: Japan was finally unified by Oda Nobunaga's sandal-bearer (a) Tokugawa Ieyasu, (b) Toyotomi Hideyoshi, (c) Kimura Takuya
(b) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
U1: The ______ conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. (a) Ottomans, (b) barbarians, (c) Protestants, (d) Romans
(a) Ottomans
U7: What's this?
St. Basil's Cathedral
U7: Yermak was a Russian explorer who conquered parts of ______ .
Siberia
U9: An "envoy" is (a) a government messenger to other countries, (b) a sudden, important change, (c) a soldier with war experience
U9: Japan's navy lost many battles against _____ Yi Sun-sin. (a) General, (b) Admiral, (c) President
(b) Admiral
U4: What were Christians called who separated from the Roman Catholic Church because they thought it was corrupt?
Protestants
U8: What is the name of the traditional Japanese religion in which people worship their ancestors? (hint: starts with "Sh")
Shinto
U7: For hundreds of years, the Russian people were forced to pay tribute to the ______ .
Mongols
U6: Why did people say "The sun never sets on the British Empire."
The British Empire had so many colonies around the world, at least one of them was always in daylight.
U8: If you are trained to control yourself and your feelings you are (a) guilty, (b) unemployed, (c) disciplined, (d) spiritual
(c) disciplined
U4: Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic church?
the pope
U6: Who was the English playwright who composed Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare
U3: ______ were two empires that existed in the New World before Europeans came. (a) Aztecs and Anatolias, (b) Aztecs and Ottomans, (c) Aztecs and Incas, (d) Romans and Greeks
(c) Aztecs and Incas
U2: The R______ means "rebirth" and was a period with many new developments in art and science in Europe.
Renaissance
U5: A big group of ships is called (a) a fleet, (b) an indulgence, (c) a pirate.
(a) a fleet
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