A World History Test For High School Students
The advantage to being a high school student is that the material you learn is fresh, and a lot of times, you will be prepared for a test on that subject at any point in time. This quiz is a world history test for high school students to practice, and since world history is an essential subject to study, this quiz can help. Good luck.
- 1.Which of the following was an English scientist?
- A.
Bacon
- B.
Chaucer
- C.
Dante
- D.
Abelard
- 2.Who motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years' War?
- A.
Philip IV
- B.
Edward I
- C.
Joan of Arc
- D.
Aquinas
- 3.Who wrote about an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise?
- A.
Dante
- B.
Anselm
- C.
Bacon
- D.
Chaucer
- 4.Which pope was humiliated by Philip IV?
- A.
Innocent III
- B.
Gregory VII
- C.
Boniface VIII
- D.
Boniface VI
- 5.The purpose of the Council of Constance was:
- A.
To end the Great Schism
- B.
To end the Babylonian Captivity
- C.
To end the Hundreds Years' War
- D.
To end Joan of Arc
- 6.The time period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the:
- A.
Babylonian Captivity
- B.
Golden Bull
- C.
Great Schism
- D.
Wars of the Roses
- 7.The papacy began under this pope:
- A.
Boniface VIII
- B.
Innocent III
- C.
Martin V
- D.
Clement V
- 8.The real power in Germany, as evidence by the control of the Diet, was in the hands of the:
- A.
Church
- B.
Emperor
- C.
Middle class
- D.
Nobility
- 9.The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones
- A.
Aragon and Portugal
- B.
Aragon and Castile
- C.
Castile and Portugal
- D.
CAstiel and Leon
- 10.Taille was
- A.
The German constitution
- B.
A tax in France
- C.
A Spanish warrior
- D.
An English weapon
- 11.Which of the following was not a result of the Hundred Years' War?
- A.
Feudalism declined in England and France
- B.
Nationalism developed in England and France
- C.
The monarchy declined in France
- D.
England became involved in a civil war
- 12.The French were sturred to nationalism by:
- A.
Edward III
- B.
Joan of Arc
- C.
Philip II
- D.
Their desire to win a war
- 13.Which of the following was not an English victory during the Hundred Years' War?
- A.
Agnicort
- B.
Crecy
- C.
Poitiers
- D.
Bosworth Field
- 14.Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years War between France and England?
- A.
France's threat to English wool trade
- B.
England's attempt to take Flanders
- C.
England'd possesion of French lands
- D.
Edward III's claim to the French throne
- 15.Both Francis of Assisi and Bernard of Clairvaux are credited with writing medieval:
- A.
Bibles
- B.
Hymns
- C.
Plays
- D.
Stories
- 16.Which does not characterize Romanesque architecture?
- A.
Thick walls
- B.
Small doors
- C.
Big windows
- D.
Heavy columns
- 17.Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the:
- A.
Church
- B.
Feudal lord
- C.
Middle class
- D.
Scholastic mocement
- 18.Which English poet wrote Canterbury Tales?
- A.
Bernard of Clairvaux
- B.
Geoffrey Chaucer
- C.
Dante Aligheri
- D.
Francis of Aussi
- 19.The author of the Divine Comedy was:
- A.
Bernard of Clairvaux
- B.
Geoffrey Chaucer
- C.
Dante Alighieri
- D.
Francis of Assisi
- 20.Vernacular literature developed first in the form of:
- A.
Long narrative poems
- B.
Shorty poetry
- C.
Short stories
- D.
Plays
- 21.The common spoken language of a country is called the:
- A.
Gothic
- B.
Quadrivium
- C.
Trivium
- D.
Vernacular
- 22.The official language of the Roman Catholic Church was:
- A.
English
- B.
Greek
- C.
Hebrew
- D.
Latin
- 23.Which of the following is true concerning medieval science?
- A.
Medieval science was filled with magic and superstition.
- B.
The present world was emphasized over the worldto come.
- C.
Scientific knowledge decreased through the influence of Greek and Muslim works.
- D.
Medieval scientist were concerned with verification.
- 24.Which of the following men was not a Scholastic thinker?
- A.
Abelard
- B.
Anselm
- C.
Aquinas
- D.
Bacon
- 25.The intellectual movement, characterized by a renewed interest in theology and philosophy, was known as:
- A.
Apprenticeship
- B.
Classicism
- C.
Scholasticism
- D.
Vernacular
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