F2 History Mid Term Examination

Form 2 History Mid Term Examination

Name:_________________

Class:__________________

Class Number:________________

Instructions:

1. Attempt all questions on the spaces provided below.

2. Time allowed is 1 hour.

3. Write your name as it appears on the school name

list. Fail to do will cost you 2 marks.

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Part A: Multiple Choice

Part B: Fill in the Blanks

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Part C: Data-base Questions

Part D: Long Questions

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Total:
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Part A: Multiple Choice: (20 marks)

1. Siddhartha Gautama started _____________.

A. Buddhism
B. Islam
C. Christianity
D. Protestantism
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2. The meaning of ‘Buddha’ is _______________.

A. the truth about life
B. the enlightened one
C. Bodhi tree
D. Eightfold Path
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3. Which of the following description is incorrect?
A. Buddhism teaches followers to give up all desires.
B. Buddhism was founded in China and then spread to Southeast Asia.
C. Buddhism asks followers not to kill or eat living things.
D. Buddhism believes that people doing good things will attain holiness.
They will know the truth about life.
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4. Which of the following description about serfs in early medieval times is

incorrect?
A. They made a living by farming.
B. They were the assets of lords.
C. They were free to leave the manors.
D. Lords protected them and provided land for them.
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5. Which of the following descriptions about the Renaissance is not
correct?
A. People started to pay attention to and appreciate beautiful things.
B. Art, literature, science and architecture had their own developments.
C. People obeyed the Church.
D. People were interested again in ancient Greco-Roman art.

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6. Which of the following was not a duty of monks?

A. gave lessons to the people
B. travelled around, helped people and spread Christianity
C. looked after the sick, poor, hungry and travellers
D. copied the Bible and other books
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7. Which of the following were the reasons for the decline of Church
influence in the 13th century?
i. The start of Protestantism.
ii. German and French rulers challenged Church beliefs and ideas.
iii. People did not care about the Church because they led rich and
comfortable lives.
iv. Europe started the Reformation.
A. i and ii
B. i and iii
C. ii and iii
D. iii and iv

8. Which of the following is not a Muslim country?

A. Iraq
B. Indonesia
C. Spain
D. Malaysia
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9. Which of the following description about a knight is incorrect?
A. He had to be trained since they were young.
B. His main duty was to fight for their kings.
C. He owned little land.
D. He had to spread Christian faith.
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10. Which of the following descriptions about Renaissance art is not
correct?
A. It was more colourful.
B. It was more realistic.
C. It copied from the ideas of the ancient Greco-Roman art.

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D. It was mainly about religion.

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11. Which of the following was discovered by Copernicus?
A. The Pendulum Theory.
B. The world’s first telescope.
C. The Sun was the centre of the Universe.
D. Things of the same weight but with different shapes fell to the ground
at the same speed.
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12. Which of the following were Galileo’s contribution to science?
i. He found out that the Sun was the centre of the Universe.
ii. He discovered the Pendulum Theory.
iii. He made the world’s first telescope to study the movements of the
Sun.
A. i and ii
B. i and iii
C. ii and iii
D. i, ii and iii
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13. Which of the following descriptions about Renaissance architecture is
NOT correct?
A. Renaissance builders only built buildings about religion.
B. Renaissance builders copied the style of ancient Greco-Roman
architecture.
C. Renaissance builders built many buildings with large domes and very
tall stone columns.
D. St. Peter’s Cathedral was a Renaissance architecture.
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14. To which class do the people on the right in the picture below belong
under feudalism?

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A. peasants
B. nobles
C. clergy
D. townspeople
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15. Martin Luther started _________________.
i. the Reformation
ii. the Enlightenment
iii. Protestantism
iv. the Roman Catholic Church
A. i and iii
B. i and iv
C. ii and iii
D. ii and iv
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16. The Renaissance influenced the people
A. to obey to the Church.
B. to believe that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.
C. to write in the Latin language instead of their own native language.
D. to think and solve problems in a rational way.
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17. St. Paul, Jesus Christ’s disciple, did not spread the Christian faith in
_______________.
A. Asia Minor
B. China
C. Greece
D. Italy
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18. Which of the following was not the reason for the Renaissance to start
in Italy first?
A. Italy was made up of many city-states and the people there enjoyed
great freedom.
B. The Enlightenment influenced the Italians to study facts in a rational
way.
C. The Italian rulers and merchants supported the development of art.

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D. The ancient Roman Empire was left with remains of art and culture in
Italy.
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19. Which of the following is not a Buddhist country?
A. Myanmar
B. Thailand
C. the Philippines
D. Sri Lanka
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20. Which of the following description about Christianity is incorrect?
A. It was started by Jesus Christ in Palestine.
B. It teaches people to love one another and to love their enemies.
C. It teaches people to follow the Eightfold Path.
D. It teaches people that God will forgive people who confess to him about
their sins.
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Part B: Fill in the Blanks (20 marks)

1. ____________________ artists made paintings and sculptures mainly

about everyday life whereas ____________________ art was mainly about
religion.

2. The followers of Siddhartha Gautama called him _______________,

meaning ‘the enlightened one’.

3. In medieval times, people believed that ______________ gave them

disease to punish them for their sins. But in Renaissance times, doctors
questioned this belief. They started to cut up _______________ to find out
the real cause of illness.

4. In 395, Christianity set up its headquarters in ________________. In

1054, the Christian Church was divided into _____________________ and
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5. In early medieval times, most peasants were ____________. They had to

give most of their crops to their _____________.

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6. Buildings in Renaissance times had ________________, arches and very

tall stone columns because Renaissance builders copied the designs from the
buildings of ancient Greece and ________________.
7. The Renaissance influenced Europeans to study facts and solve problems
in a ___________________ way. This led to the ________________ in 17th-
18th century Europe.

8. The year ______________ was the first year in the Muslim calendar.

9. Medieval writers mainly wrote in ______________________; Renaissance

writers mainly wrote in their ______________________.

10. The dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome was designed by

______________________. He spent four years painting Genesis in
the__________________

11. ______________________ made rules for their trade and craft, fixed
prices, wages and the quality of goods.

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Part C: Data-base Questions (25 marks)

1. Study the sources below and answer the following questions.

Source I

Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a

church door in Wittenberg.
Source II

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“ I could not hand in my belief to the Pope or the Congress, for these days they always did wrong. To
one’s surprise, they claimed that ‘if people bought the indulgences, they could get forgiveness from
God’. In regard to the Bible, I stand out here, being bold enough not to be afraid of one, I am to fight
for my belief. God, please give me power and help me through this difficulty. Amen.”

An account of Martin Luther

A. According to Source I, why did Martin Luther do so? (1 mark)
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B. Do you think Martin Luther agreed with their behaviour? Why? (2
marks)
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C. What was the importance of Martin Luther’s action? (2 marks)
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2. Study the sources below and answer the following questions.

Source I Source II

A. Which class of medieval times does Source I show? What were they
doing? (2 marks)

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B. Which class of medieval times does Source II show? What were they
doing? (2 marks)
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C. Why was there such a great difference between the life of the two
classes? (6 marks)
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3. Study the sources below and answer the following questions.

Source I Source II

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Source IV
The religion was founded in the
6th century BC. It is one of the
major religions in the world. About
6% of the world population are the
followers of this religion. Most
believers live in China, Japan,
Thailand and other Asian nations.
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Source III

A. Identify the three religions shown in Sources I-III above. Write your
answers under the pictures. (3 marks)
B. To which religion does Source IV refer? Explain your answer. (2
marks)
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C. Which of the following descriptions about the three religions in
Question A is correct? Put a  in the appropriate box. (You can
choose more than 1 answer.) (5 marks)

There are no Buddhists in Hong Kong.

Mohammed is the founder of Islam.
There are many Christians in Hong Kong.
Jesus Christ is the founder of Christianity.

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism.

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Part D: Long Questions (35 marks)

1. In medieval times, which system did the European kings adopt to rule?
Give a brief introduction to this system. Why did that system decline? (10
marks)
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2. Choose two of the following aspects about Renaissance and elaborate

(Art, Literature, Science and Architecture) (10 marks)
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3. What was the Renaissance? What were its main features? Where did the
Renaissance first begin? Why did it begin in that place? (15 marks)
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