World History I

Canberra is the capital of 

• Australia.
• Austria.
• Saudi Arabia.
• Germany

What was the Mediterranean power that rivaled Rome until its defeat?

• Persia
• Mongol
• Indian
• Carthage

Czar Nicholas II was murdered along with his family. He was the last royal ruler of 

• Germany.
• Russia.
• Poland.
• Madagascar.

Members of this religion go on a pilgrimage, called the Hajj, to a their holiest city. What is the name of the religion?

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam
• Buddhism

The pharaohs were kings of 

• Rome.
• Egypt.
• Mexico.
• Japan.

We know what life was like in Roman cities because Vesuvius buried 

• Pompeii.
• Naples.
• Bologna.
• Milan.

The theory of natural selection, evolution, was developed by 

• Isaac Newton.
• Galileo.
• Charles Darwin.
• Aristotle.

The long series of wars by Christians to free the holy land from Muslim control

• was called the 100 Years War.
• was called the War of the Roses.
• was called the Bay of Pigs.
• were called the Crusades.

What country was the Aztec Empire based on?

• Peru
• Egypt
• was called the Bay of Pigs.
• Mexico

In ancient China, the belief that your family should rule was called 

• the Mandate of Confucius. 
• the Mandate of the Sun.
• the Mandate of Heaven. 
• the Mandate of the Divine Right of Kings.