A Proud Moment!!

This post is more for me than anyone. I just wanted to record the test that B-Bop took today. We have been very inconsistent in our efforts of getting through our History curriculum this year. It is a shame because it has been one of B-Bop's favorite subjects and somehow we just haven't gotten to it as much as we should have. We are attempting to finish it out so that we can get our 3rd grade History ordered for this fall and try to fit it in next year in a more consistent manner.

I was worried that with the couple of months off that we have taken along with our inconsistency that she was going to bomb this test. Apparently if you are passionate about something it sticks with you!! She scored 23 out of 25 on the following questions (they were multiple choice)...

1. Which city is located on the Tiber River in Italy?
2. Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
3. Which city is a holy city of Islam?
4. What is a republic?
5. What did the Romans build to carry water into the cities?
6. Who was the first emperor of Rome?
7. Who was the leader of the barbarian tribe called the Huns?
8. Whom was the month of July named for?
9. Who made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire?
10. What did the ancient Romans build all over their empire?
11. What is Veni, vidi, vici Latin for?
12. What was the troubled time of change in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire called?
13. Whom did the Knights of the Round Table serve?
14. What is a Muslim?
15. Where did monks live, teach, and copy books?
16. What is the Muslim place of prayer called?
17. This king supported learning and united much of Europe. His name means "Charles the Great". Who was he?
18. Where did republican government and the Colosseum come from?
19. Whom did the Romans borrow many of their gods and goddesses from?
20. What is the name of the volcano that erupted and destroyed Pompeii?
21. What greatly weakened the Western Roman Empire by 476 A.D.?
22. What was the Colosseum?
23. Who traveled between Mecca and Medina and had a vision that started Islam?
24. Who wrote a set of laws followed all over the Byzantine empire?
25. How many parts was the Roman Empire split into?

I just had to jump for joy when she tested so well!! It really has been one of those years that at times I have wondered if she would have learned more at school. I was more than happy to see that she retained all of that information this year! I think that it is one of those things that I am happy to see taking place because I wasn't good with History in school and it is fun to see her excitement with it. Granted it was multiple choice and she didn't have to come up with the answers without a few choices to pick from but she fired out those answers pretty quick with no hesitation! Good job B-Bop! I am SO PROUD of you and I am now looking forward to next year with a lot more excitement than I first realized! Bring on 3rd grade:).