This review game covers a single lesson of the French history curriculum for 5e: “Charles V and Suleiman, two empires”, from the unit “Transformations of Europe and opening to the world in the 16th and 17th centuries.” Its questions are about Charles V and Suleiman the Magnificent: the Habsburg inheritance and the election of 1519, a scattered empire, the capture of Constantinople in 1453, the sultan and his empire at its height, Belgrade, Rhodes, Mohács, and the siege of Vienna, the battle of Pavia, the alliance of Francis I and Suleiman, Barbarossa’s Mediterranean, Tunis and Algiers, the battle of Lepanto, and the place of the Mediterranean in the first globalization.
Each round has 10 questions drawn at random from the lesson: multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blanks, matching and timelines. After each answer, an explanation recalls what to remember. Hints are free, and you can go back.
The game follows the French national curriculum: 5e is the second year of middle school in France, for students aged 12 to 13. Elsewhere, it works as general knowledge for curious learners of that age. Play it again and you get other questions: it is good practice right after the lesson or before a test.
