6th Grade Sample Assessment Questions for Unit 6 MIDDLE AGES TO RENAISSANCE Conceptual Lens: TRADE, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, CHANGE, LEADERSHIP Essential Standards: H.2.4, H.2.1, C&G.1.2, E.1.2

6. The use of the Silk Road in Asia and caravan Essential Standard C&G.1.2 routes in northern Africa and southwestern 1. The Magna Carta was important because it Asia encouraged

A. set up parliament A. self-sufficiency B. created a system of courts B. cultural isolation C. guaranteed freedom of the press C. ethnocentrism D. limited the taxing power of the king D. cultural diffusion

2. Quote: "No man should be imprisoned 7. The “Silk Road” of the empire of China except by the judgment of his peers." A. linked silkworm-producing farms with This idea was first stated in the silk-weaving factories B. was a trade route that linked China A. Bill of Rights with the Fertile Crescent B. Magna Carta C. followed the route of the Great Wall of C. Habeas Corpus Act China D. Declaration of Independence D. was the route that linked trade between China and Japan 3. The main reason why the barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta was 8. Chivalry was the code of conduct in the Middle Ages of A. to protect their feudal rights B. to demand a return to the grand jury A. knights system B. serfs C. to set up parliament C. monks D. to advance democracy D. Vikings

4. Which is a key part of a “free enterprise” economy?

A. The cost is based on the demands made by people. B. The products are only produced in small home shops. C. The government sets the price of the products. A. The products are all free.

5. In England, excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishments were forbidden by the

A. Magna Carta 1215 B. Model Parliament 1295 C. Habeas Corpus Act 1679 D. Bill of Right of 1689 Essential Standard H.2.1

9. Richard the Lion-Hearted is associated with which of the following events?

A. the Reformation B. the Black Plague C. the invention of the printing press D. the Third Crusade

11. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the Crusaders traveled from European locations, such as England and France, to the area of Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Over what body of water would they most likely travel?

A. the Indian Ocean B. the Sea of Japan 10. In an attempt to take the Holy Lands from C. the Caribbean Muslim control, the Crusades took place in D. the Mediterranean Sea which three-century period? 12. A person living in the Middle Ages recalled A. the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries when he moved from being a page to a B. the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries squire. This this person most likely was a C. the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries D. the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries A. monk B. knight C. lord D. serf

13. Armies of Christians moving to the Holy Land in the 11th–13th centuries is known as

A. World War I B. World War II C. the Crusades D. the Crimean War

14. The Crusades (1095–1295) are also known as the

A. Holy Wars B. Hijrah C. Silk Route D. Diaspora 15. Which of the following is a true statement 20. We know of the Crusaders in history as about the Crusades? Christians who went to war to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims. We also use A. European Christians won back the Holy the word "crusader" in the 21st century. For Lands from the Muslims. example, we speak of crusaders for the B. Muslims and Europeans split the land environment and crusaders for animal equally and stopped fighting. rights. C. Israel was carved out of the land that was once called Palestine. Our modern meaning of the word "crusader" is D. Even though the Christians lost, the someone who wars opened trade and trade. A. believes strongly about an idea 16. Ships that carried western European B. wants to change a government Crusaders to the battles in the Holy Land C. is a good military fighter would have sailed on which body of water? D. is a good speaker

A. the Indian Ocean B. the Mediterranean Sea Essential Standard H.2.4 C. the Red Sea 21. In the Late Middle Ages, why did the D. the Atlantic Oean merchants support kings who built strong national states? 17. Most of the fighting of the Crusades (1095– 1295) was done in A. The merchants wanted to support the new democractic governments. A. Western Europe B. The church forced the merchants to B. the Middle East support the King. C. Northern Africa C. The merchants had become members D. India of the nobility. D. The merchants favored a central 18. Distant or long reaching effect of the government to preserve law and order. Crusades was the 22. Quote: "The men of this period [time] no A. weakening of Europe and end of longer concentrated all their thoughts and exploration efforts on heaven. They tried to establish B. destruction of Islam and loss of the Holy Lands [build] their Paradise upon this planet." C. rise of China and the opening of its The author of this statement is probably ports D. opening of trade between east and referring to the time of the west A. Crusades 19. To actually visit a battle site of the B. Protestant Reformation Crusades, an historian would need to go to C. Renaissance D. Middle Ages A. Paris B. Rome C. London D. Jerusalem 23. Two early centers of European Renaissance 28. Which is a characteristic of the culture were Renaissance?

A. London and Prague. A. a shift in emphasis from religious to B. Madrid and Berlin. worldly matters C. Paris and Copenhagen. B. glorification of medieval cultural D. Venice and Florence. achievements C. promotion of racial equality 24. The painting The Mona Lisa was the work of D. destruction of Moorish (Islamic) civilization A. Da Vinci B. Michelangelo 29. What is the location for the "birth of the C. Raphael Renaissance" that later spread to the rest of D. Rembrandt Europe? Essential Standard E.1.2 A. France 25. The Renaissance in Western Europe was a B. Italy time when C. Greece D. Egypt A. Christianity split B. Muslim culture grew C. industrialization began D. former truths were questioned 30. What is the name of the 15th century time period marked by a rebirth in art and 26. Which of the following is NOT true of the literature in Europe? Renaissance? A. the Middle Ages A. Authority was questioned. B. the Reformation B. Artistic creativity flourished. C. the Age of Reason C. Interest in classical culture was D. the Renaissance renewed. D. Medieval culture was praised. 31. What country would an historian be reading about when reviewing the documents, 27. The earliest phase of the Renaissance in paintings or buildings that are attached to Western Europe was known for the names Versailles or the “Sun King?” A. its rediscovery of Greek and Roman culture A. Germany B. its acceptance of the principles of Islam B. Italy C. a shift from worldly problems to C. England religious matters D. France D. its great achievements in the arts and sciences 32. Historians refer to the Italian Renaissance as an era in which “humanism” became popular. What factors would best describe “humanism” during this period?

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