World History Quiz Keith

The Age that is known for creativity, the birth of music and the art movement is the:

• Middle Age

• Stone Age

• Renaissance

• Information Age

How was the Colossus built?

• With bricks

• archaeologists still speculating

• marble

Who was a Spanish priest the opposed Native slavery and the encomienda system?

• Ponce De Leon

• Bartolome De Las Casas

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Portugal had plantations in

• India

• America

• Mexico

• Brazil

A record of what has taken place in the world since the invention of writing is

• history

• prehistory

• artifact

• division of labor

Between 1200 and 1500, two great empires dominated Mesoamerica. They were the:

• Olmec & Maya

• Inca & Aztec

• Native Indians & Huguenots

• French & English

Most people in China travel by

• oxcart

• bicycle

• foot

• all the above

During the 500's to the 1600's, the majority of trade in Africa consisted of trading what products?

• Oranges & Grapefruit

• Timber & Textiles

• Sheep & Camels

• Gold & Salt

As every new society grows, the people begin advancements is what areas?

• Philosophy

• Medicine

• Mathematics

• All of the above

What organization was created after the Second World War for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security and fostering economic, social and cultural cooperation?

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• The United Nations

• The League of Nations

• The Marshall Plan