World History Quiz

Which river is known as "the giver and taker of life"?

• Euphrates River
• Nile River
• Mississippi River
• Red River

Who was the ruler who unified Lower and Upper Egypt?

• King Tut 
• King Solomon
• King Menes
• King Seti

Who built a canal to link the Nile River to the Red Sea?

• Pharaohs 
• Hyksos
• Babylonians 
• Peasants 

Egyptians adopted gold tools and weapons 

• True 
• False

New Kingdom was more militaristic than the Old Kingdom

• True
• False

What determined a person's place in society?

• Social Structure 
• Wealth
• Caste System
• King

Who were not considered humans and thought to be harmful to members of other caste?

• Brahmans
• Vaisyas
• Sudras 
• Untouchables 

What force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life known as?

• Yoga
• Karma
• Nirvana
• Reincarnation

What is a method of training designed to achieve oneness with god?

• Buddhism 
• Karma
• Yoga
• Nirvana 

Who claimed to have been awakened and saw the world in a new way?

• Buddhist
• Catholics
• Brahmans 
• Hindus