World History Final Quiz

What period marks the beginning of agriculture, transitioning humans from nomadic lifestyles to farming and settlement?

• Enlightenment

• Glorious Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Neolithic Revolution

Which term best describes a society with cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology?

• civilization

• colonization

• imperialism

• nationalism

What form of government is controlled by its citizens, either directly or through representatives?

• animism

• aristocracy

• democracy

• theocracy

Which belief system, developed at the end of the Zhou Dynasty, focuses on social order and harmony through five basic relationships?

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Hellenistic

• monotheism

Identify the period of European history characterized by a renewed interest in classical culture, leading to significant changes in art, learning, and world views.

• Commercial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Reformation

• Renaissance

What term describes the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas?

• Commercial Revolution

• Crusades

• Gold & Salt Trade

• Columbian Exchange

Which movement in the 18th-century Europe applied principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society?

• Feudalism

• Glorious Revolution

• Hundred Years War

• Enlightenment

What is the term for a policy where a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially?

• aristocracy

• nationalism

• polytheism

• imperialism

What type of government is controlled by a hereditary ruling class of nobility?

• caste system

• colonization

• theocracy

• aristocracy

Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity are all examples of what type of religious belief?

• animism

• polytheism

• theocracy

• monotheism