December World History Challenge

What killed 90% of the Native American population between 1500 and 1600?

• Guns

• Disease

• Natural death

How many continents are there?

• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8

River valleys offer societies access to water and fertile soil for highly productive agriculture as well as large mammal and plants suitable for domestication.

• True

• False

Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?

• Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia

• The Nile in Egypt

• The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan

• The Amazon in Brazil

What is social hierarchy?

• A rule of conduct or action that is binding and enforced by a controlling authority.

• A type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations.

• An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

• A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.

What does polytheistic mean?

• Worshipping or believing in more than one god.

• A person who was able to read and write, allowing for the creation of written records and messages.

• Large groups of domesticated animals like sheep or goats.

• A series of rulers in a particular place considered members of the same family.

What is the time period known as between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance?

• Middle Ages

• Golden Ages

• Age of Discovery

• Tech Age

Why was the time immediately following the fall of Rome called the Dark Ages?

• Emperors kept tight control of the people.

• There was little formal education for the masses.

• Artwork from Greece, not Rome, survived.

• There was no building being done.

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land