World History Quiz

City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion.

• Medina

• Paris

• Mecca

• Cairo

A belief system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, which stress freeing oneself from worldly desires.

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

(470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Ibn Sina

• Ibn Battuta

A powerful medieval pope, he fought with Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over the power to choose church officials.

• Pope Gregory VII

• Pope John Paul I

• Pope Francis I

• Pope Pius X

Sacred rituals of the Roman Catholic Church

• Heresy

• Sacraments

• Crusades

• Prayers

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BCE)

• Justinian

• Henry IV

• Elizabeth I

• Hammurabi

The empire that created the numeral system used in the western world today. They preserved Hinduism, stressed the Caste System, produced poems and other forms of literature.

• Roman Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Islamic Empire

• Hebrew Empire

Holy Roman Emperor, opposed the pope on the issue of lay investiture, he is excommunicated and ends up begging the pope for forgiveness

• Justinian

• Henry IV

• Elizabeth I

• Hammurabi

The separation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Great Schism of 1054

• Hebrews

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

(356 BCE-323 BCE) He conquered most of the ancient world from Asia Minor to Egypt and India, which began the Hellenistic culture which was a blending of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian influences.

• Alexander the Great

• Alexander the Terrible

• Alexander the Okay

• Alexander the Awesome