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Story of the World
Chapters 1-15
Question | Answer |
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True or False: Rome had very strict laws that everyone obeyed. | True |
Rome was invaded by wandering tribes of_______________________. | Barbarians |
The Celts lived in _________________________. | Britain / England |
True or False: The Angles and Saxons drove the Celts out of Britain. | True |
The Roman Empire grew so large that it split into 2 parts, the second part was called the _________________________. | Byzantine Empire |
_____________________ was the capitol city of the Byzantine Empire. | Constantinople |
Justinian, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was once a __________________. He worked hard to become the emperor. | Peasant |
A man, some boys with golden hair and 40 men were sent to Britain by the Pope to spread Christianity. What is the man's name? | Augustine |
What did Chandragupta want to do with all of the little kingdoms of India? | Create one large Indian Empire. |
Indian monks that followed Buddha lived in the _________________ Caves. | Ajanta |
Who was the creator of Islam? | Muhammad |
Islam's holy book is called the ___________________. | Koran |
___________________ was declared the Holy city of Islam. | Mecca |
Yang Chien united _______________ and ___________________ China. | North and South |
Yang Chien founded the Sui dynasty and had the ____________________________ built. | The Grand Canal |
The Grand Canal ran from north to south connecting what 2 rivers? | The Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers |
Japan was under the control of what family? | The Yamato Dynasty |
Important Japanese citizens learned to read and write what language? | Chinese |
Australian natives are called _____________________. | Aborigines |
The word aborigine comes from the Latin words meaning "from the _______________." | beginning |
Clovis, once a barbarian, inherited leadership of his tribe. He set out to conquer more tribes and land. his empire become known as the ______________ empire. | Frankish |
Clovis decreed that everyone in his empire should become ____________________. | Christian |
_____________________ was a great fighter and Muslim commander. | Tariq Bin Ziyad |
Tariq ordered his ships to be ____________________, saying " We haven't come to return. We will either conquer or perish!" | burned |
King of France, Charles Martel's nickname was? | "The Hammer" or Charles the Hammer |
Charlemagne is considered the greatest Frankish king, he was nicknamed? He made the kingdom Christian and prosperous. | Charles the Great |
The Frankish Empire was attacked by Vikings from the North called? | Norsemen |
Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson were both great ___________________ explorers. | Viking |
The Vikings that were given the land of Normandy were called _______________. | Normans |
The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the _____________________________. | Battle of Hastings |
After the Battle of Hastings _________________________ became the new king of England. | William the Conqueror |