WH HONORS - PRE-TEST 2020

Which of the following people developed the world's first alphabet?

• The Lydians

• The Phoenicians

• The Hebrews

• the Persians

• The egyptians

Which of the following faiths would be considered Polytheistic?

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Doaism

• Christianity

• Eastern Orthodoxy

The Indus Valley Civilization

• Relied heavily on communal planning

• is best studied through its written records

• was isolated from other river valley civilizations because of the surrounding mountains

• declined after the arrival of the Romans

• Shared similar technologies with Egyptians as the traded

This body of water was known in its latin term as "Mare Nostrum"

• The Indian Ocean

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Baltic Sea

• The Mediterranean sea

• The Black Sea

The Black Death...

• was devastating to North Africa

• Originated in southern Europe

• Changed the course of political and economic institutions

• Spread solely along the Mongol trade routes

• Produced catastrophic loss of life in India

Which of the following is an archipelago nation

• South Korea

• Mexico

• Japan

• Vietnam

• England

Which of the following is the newest independent African Nation?

• South Sudan

• Ghana

• South Africa

• Tanzania

• Somalia

In the Mid-19th century, Western nations forced Tokugawa Japan Shogunate to end Japan's isolationism? Which term Best describes this process

• The Bakufu

• The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

• The Meiji Restoration

• The daimyo

• Zaibatsu

Which middle-eastern nation is experiencing a civil war under the their leader Bashar Al-Assad

• Afghanistan

• Libya

• Syria

• Ukraine

• Pakistan

Which of the following is the longest river in Western Europe

• The Rhine

• The Tigris

• The Seine

• The Thames

• The Danube