Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 23 of 28
The World, 400 to 1500
Big events on every continent
What your child practises
Children place major events from the fifth to fifteenth centuries on a timeline and see how places were connected.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-KG-040, 8-VG-015 · major events in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas from the fifth to fifteenth centuries
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Charlemagne was crowned emperor in…
- 1492 CE
- 1066 CE
- 800 CE
- 476 CE
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800 CE
Hint: He united much of western Europe.
Question 2
Marco Polo travelled from Venice to…
- Greenland
- China
- Australia
- Mexico
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China
Hint: His book described Asia for Europeans.
Question 3
Which empire flourished in West Africa in the 1300s?
- Persia
- Mali
- Inca
- Rome
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Mali
Hint: Mansa Musa ruled it.
Question 4
The Norman conquest of England occurred in…
- 800
- 1066
- 1492
- 1215
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1066
Hint: William defeated King Harold.
Question 5
Kublai Khan founded the Yuan dynasty in…
- China
- France
- Egypt
- Persia
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China
Hint: He was a grandson of Genghis Khan.
Question 6
In the 1200s, the Mongol Empire helped connect Europe and Asia by…
- closing borders
- building the Great Wall
- making the Silk Road safer for travellers and traders
- blocking trade
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making the Silk Road safer for travellers and traders
Hint: Ideas and goods moved more easily.