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WorksheetsWorld History Midterm
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is this?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Greece
d)
Egypt
2.
What two rivers are these?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Yangtze and Yellow
c)
Indus and Valley
d)
Rhine and Elba
3.
What geographical feature is shown here in green?
a)
Central Asian Steppe
b)
Pyrenees Mountains
c)
Horn of Africa
d)
Great American Plains
4.
What city is highlighted here?
a)
London
b)
Athens
c)
Constantinople
d)
Baghdad
5.
What mountain range is highlighted in brown?
a)
Himalayas
b)
Rockies
c)
Andes
d)
Pyrenees
6.
Which of the following was NOT a major agricultural advancement for early man?
a)
Slash-and-burn farming
b)
Domestication
c)
Metallurgy
d)
Irrigation
7.
The oldest archaeological dig of a pre-civilization village, found in modern-day Turkey, is called ____________.
a)
Catal Huyuk
b)
Potlatch
c)
Ziggurat
d)
Cuneiform
8.
One of the earliest written languages was _______, which used a wedge-shaped stylus to imprint signs into clay tablets.
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Animism
c)
Zoroastrianism
d)
Papyrus
9.
Which of the following was the most famous of the Sumerian city-states?
a)
Babylon
b)
Ninevah
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Ur
10.
During which time period did the Egyptians build the Pyramids of Giza?
a)
Old
Kingdom
b)
Middle
Kingdom
c)
New
Kingdom
d)
Alexandrian
Kingdom
11.
What was the concept in Ancient China where a dynasty was overthrown by a new dynasty because they had become corrupt?
a)
Survival of the Fittest
b)
Confucianism
c)
Mandate of Heaven
d)
Religious Ritualism
12.
What were the major rivers of the Mesopotamian civilizations?
a)
Tigris
and Euphrates
b)
Indus
and Nile
c)
Tiber
and Rhine
d)
Yellow
and Yangtze
13.
What major military technology did Assyria and other Mesopotamian civilizations primarily use?
a)
Primitive firearms
b)
Chariots
c)
Crossbows
d)
Lightsabers
14.
Who was the first major Babylonian ruler famous for his law code?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)
Darius
d)
Shalmanessar
15.
What likely caused the Bronze Age Collapse?
a)
The
Flood
b)
Alexander
the Great
c)
Aliens
d)
Simultaneous
invasions by the Sea Peoples and natural disasters
16.
How did Cyrus control his massive empire comprised of multiple races, ethnicities, and religions?
a)
Suppressed
religion
b)
Allowed
free worship if peace was kept and taxes paid
c)
Police-state
with army rule
d)
Democracy
17.
What was Israel supposed to be for God?
a)
A
nation of conquerors
b)
A nation of priests
c)
A nation of philosophers
d)
A nation of merchants
18.
What was the unifying force in the Phoenician civilization?
a)
Common
cultural ties
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Religion
d)
Trade
19.
North American tribes primarily crafted their culture and practices based off their:
a)
Religion
b)
Physical
location
c)
Racial
differences
d)
Laws
of the king
20.
What was the central city of Aztec culture?
a)
Cuzco
b)
Tiktal
c)
Monte Alban
d)
Tenochtitlan
21.
The Minoan civilization was famed for its unwalled palace at:
a)
Athens
b)
Knossos
c)
Troy
d)
Sparta
22.
The Mycenaean peoples were part of a wave of what migrations from the Caucasus steppes?
a)
Indo-Europeans
b)
Doric
c)
Turkish
d)
Aryan
23.
What caused the "Dark Age" of Greece where there was no written history?
a)
Explosion at Thera
b)
Wars of the Olympians
c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
Dorian Invasions
24.
Athens was frequently ruled by what type of government?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Representative Democracy
25.
Sparta's civilization was built off a stringent class structure: male citizens were raised as elite soldiers, while farming and other basic tasks of civilization were performed by slaves called:
a)
phalanxes
b)
archons
c)
agoras
d)
helots
26.
Which of the following was the final battle of the Persian Wars?
a)
Marathon
b)
Salamis
c)
Plataea
d)
Thermopylae
27.
Why did Sparta go to war with Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Athens had dominated the Delian League and enriched itself to the point of threatening Sparta
b)
Athens had allied with Persia
c)
Athens was smelly
d)
Pericles had murdered Spartan diplomats
28.
What important quality did most of the Greek Gods have?
a)
Anthropomorphism (human-like characteristics)
b)
Justice and Unwavering Commitment to Righteousness
c)
Separation from mortal affairs
d)
A desire to be re-written as comic book characters
29.
The first two Greek gods were:
a)
Gaia and Uranus
b)
Zeus and Hera
c)
Hercules and Megara
d)
Cronus and Rhea
30.
The first major Greek philosopher was:
a)
The Eleatics
b)
The Sophists
c)
Thales of Miletus
d)
Anaximander
31.
The group of 500 individuals who helped direct the agenda and actions of the Athenian Assembly was called the:
a)
Boule
b)
Archons
c)
Areopagus
d)
Ekklesia
32.
The blending of Greek, Persian, and Indian cultures introduced by Alexander was:
a)
Hellenism
b)
Democracy
c)
Socratism
d)
Anaximanderistismalism
33.
The Successor Kingdoms were ruled by Alexander's best generals, known as the:
a)
Diadochi
b)
Immortals
c)
Archons
d)
Hellenics
34.
The common language of Hellenism was:
a)
Persian
b)
Latin
c)
Linear B
d)
Koine Greek
35.
The famed philosopher who argued for self-reasoning and questioning in Athens, and was killed for in, was:
a)
Socrates
b)
Zeno
c)
Anaximander
d)
Confuscius
36.
The twin brothers who supposedly founded Rome in 752 B.C. were:
a)
Romulus and Remus
b)
Mr. and Gass
c)
Achilles and Aeneas
d)
Caesar and Augustus
37.
The first form of government that ruled Rome from 753-509 B.C. was a:
a)
Democracy
b)
Empire
c)
Republic
d)
Kingdom
38.
The thirty legislative assemblies that voted on magistrates and legal matters were called:
a)
Curia
b)
Boule
c)
Senates
d)
Dictators
39.
Why was the office of Tribune so important to Roman history?
a)
It gave plebeians the power to suggest legislature and veto the Senate
b)
It was the equivalent of a third consul
c)
It created an office that officially hunted witches
d)
It allowed for Patricians to tax plebeians directly
40.
The highest elected office in the Roman Republic was the two ____, executive officials who served for one-year terms and enacted the decrees and will of the Senate.
a)
Consuls
b)
Tribunes
c)
Senators
d)
Dictators
41.
The Roman wars with Carthage were called the:
a)
Punic Wars
b)
Samnite Wars
c)
Pyrrhic Wars
d)
Macedonian Wars
42.
The _____ plantations were large farms on public land that had been carved out of Rome's conquered territories and given to rich Patrician farmers.
a)
Latifundia
b)
Curia
c)
Pontifex Maximus
d)
Samnite
43.
What pair of brothers served as Tribunes, tried to pass reforms on behalf of the Plebeians, and were subsequently murdered for their efforts?
a)
Gnaeus and Magnus Pompey
b)
Julius and Augustus Caesar
c)
Marius and Sulla Civil-waricus
d)
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
44.
Which of the following was not one of the members of the first triumvirate?
a)
Pompey
b)
Crassus
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Lepidus
45.
Where did Caesar serve as governor and win fame and fortune?
a)
Gaul
b)
Macedonia
c)
Parthia
d)
Thrace
46.
What was the battle where Pompey was defeated by Caesar?
a)
Pharsalus
b)
Philippi
c)
Alesia
d)
Actium
47.
Why was Caesar killed?
a)
He was unpopular with the common man
b)
The senate was afraid he would kill the republic
c)
Pompey ordered his execution
d)
Salads did not want to be named after him
48.
What battle saw Octavian and Antony defeat Brutus, Cassius, and the Liberators
a)
Philippi
b)
Pharsalus
c)
Actium
d)
Alessia
49.
Who was the Egyptian queen who seduced both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar?
a)
Cleopatra
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Julia
d)
Maria Theresa
50.
What battle saw Octavian defeat Antony and win control of Rome?
a)
Pharsalus
b)
Philippi
c)
Actium
d)
Alesia
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