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WorksheetsWorld 1 SOL Review 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what part of the world do scientists believe Homo-sapiens first emerged?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
America
2.
What is an artifact?
a)
Remains of a human
b)
Man-made object left behind
c)
Skeleton
d)
Dinosaur bones
3.
People who move from place to place in search of food is known as?
a)
Homo-sapien
b)
Artifact
c)
Nomad
d)
Clan
4.
What is the time period before history was recorded known as?
a)
Bronze Age
b)
Iron Age
c)
Renaissance
d)
Pre-history
5.
What rivers are located in the Fertile Crescent?
a)
Tigris & Euphrates
b)
Ganges & Indus
c)
Huang He & Yangtzee
d)
Nile & Liimpopo
6.
What monotheistic religion was practiced by the Hebrews?
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Zoroastrianism
7.
What are the first two written law codes?
a)
The Ten Commandments & The Twelve Tables
b)
Hammurabi's Code & The Twelve Tables
c)
The Ten Commandments & Justinian's Code
d)
Hammurabi's Code & The Ten Commandments
8.
The Phoenicians created what ancient language?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Alphabet
d)
Cyrillic Alphabet
9.
What is the sacred book for Judaism?
a)
The Bible
b)
The Q'ran
c)
The Vedas
d)
The Torah
10.
What language did the Sumerians create?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Alphabet
c)
Heiroglyphics
d)
Cyrillic Alphabet
11.
What ancient civilization created the "Concept of 0"?
a)
Mauryans
b)
Guptas
c)
Aryans
d)
Egyptians
12.
What is NOT a basic belief of Hinduism?
a)
Vedas & Upanishads
b)
Monotheistic
c)
Karma
d)
Reincarnation
13.
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
a)
Muhammad
b)
Jesus
c)
Siddartha Gautama
d)
Aryans
14.
The Yin & Yang represent which two religions?
a)
Hinduism & Buddhism
b)
Confucianism & Taoism
c)
Christianity & Islam
d)
Zoroastrianism & Judaism
15.
Which empire was tolerant of conquered people and built the Royal Road?
a)
The Mongol Empire
b)
The Roman Empire
c)
The Persian Empire
d)
The Assyrian Empire
16.
Asoka was a King from which civilization?
a)
Gupta
b)
Mongol
c)
Roman
d)
Mauryan
17.
Harappa & Mohenjo Daro are located where?
a)
Indus River Valley
b)
Chinese Civilization
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
The Nile River Valley
18.
The Silk Road connected what two areas?
a)
Europe & Africa
b)
Africa & Asia
c)
Mediterranean & Asia
d)
Africa & America
19.
What geographic feature was NOT a part of Greece's geography?
a)
Mountains
b)
Seas
c)
Deserts
d)
Islands
20.
Who is the "Father of History"?
a)
Sophocles
b)
Homer
c)
Pericles
d)
Herodotus
21.
What field did Pythagoras work in?
a)
Math
b)
Science
c)
Philosophy
d)
Drama
22.
What empire did Alexander the Great take over?
a)
The Mauryan Empire
b)
The Persian Empire
c)
The Assyrian Empire
d)
The Mongol Empire
23.
What is the civil war of Greece called?
a)
The Persian Wars
b)
The Punic Wars
c)
The Peloponnesian Wars
d)
The Phillippi War
24.
What are the two major city-states of Greece?
a)
Polis & Ionia
b)
Sparta & Athens
c)
Ionia & Athens
d)
Marathon & Sparta
25.
The golden age of Athens occurred under whose reign?
a)
Pericles
b)
Alexander
c)
Phidias
d)
Julius Caesar
26.
Democracy was first practiced in what area?
a)
Sparta
b)
Asia Minor
c)
Egypt
d)
Athens
27.
Who was the Father of Medicine?
a)
Herodotus
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Phidias
d)
Pythagoras
28.
What is NOT a basic belief of Christianity?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
The Bible
d)
Salvation
29.
Who was NOT a member of the First Triumvirate?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus Caesar
c)
Crassus
d)
Pompey
30.
Which emperor issued the Edict of Milan that allowed for religious toleration?
a)
Justinian
b)
Theodosius
c)
Constantine
d)
Diocletian
31.
What building was built as a temple to Athena?
a)
The Pantheon
b)
The Colosseum
c)
The Pyramids
d)
The Parthenon
32.
Constantine moved the capital of the Byzantine Empire to what city?
a)
Thebes
b)
Harappa
c)
Constantinople
d)
Byzantium
33.
What were aqueducts used for?
a)
Irrigation
b)
Language
c)
Construction
d)
Drama
34.
Art work of the Romans differed from that of the Greeks in what way?
a)
Roman art was realistic
b)
Roman art was idealistic
c)
Roman art was humanist
d)
Roman art was in frescoes
35.
The Pax Romano can be explained as what?
a)
Roman people
b)
Roman currency
c)
Roman peace
d)
Roman citizenship
36.
What building did Justinian & Theodora have built?
a)
The Dome of the Rock
b)
The Taj Mahal
c)
The Ziggurat
d)
The Hagia Sophia
37.
The Empire Age in Rome began with the reign of which individual?
a)
Augustus Caesar
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Csar Ivan III
d)
Constantine
38.
Who had the Great Wall of China built?
a)
Emperor Wudi
b)
Emperor Shang
c)
Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi
d)
Emperor Chin
39.
Western law codes are based on which ancient law code?
a)
Hammurabi's Code
b)
The Twelve Tables
c)
The Ten Commandments
d)
The Forum
40.
Who fought in the Punic Wars?
a)
Greece & Persia
b)
Athens & Sparta
c)
Rome & Carthage
d)
Spain & Africa
41.
Buddhists achieve enlightenment by following what?
a)
The Ten Commandments
b)
The Twelve Tables
c)
The Code of Justinian
d)
The Eightfold Path
42.
Where is the Byzantine Church centered or headquartered?
a)
Constantinople
b)
Rome
c)
Athens
d)
Sparta
43.
Which religion influenced Russia?
a)
The Roman Catholic
b)
Islam
c)
The Eastern Orthodox
d)
Buddhism
44.
What language does the Western Church speak?
a)
Greek
b)
Latin
c)
English
d)
Italian
45.
Who is in charge of the Roman Catholic Church?
a)
The Patron
b)
The Patriarch
c)
The Pope
d)
The Imam
46.
What is the holy book for Muslims?
a)
The Q'ran
b)
The Torah
c)
The Vedas
d)
The Bible
47.
What is NOT a holy city for Muslims?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Rome
c)
Mecca
d)
Medina
48.
What prevented Islam from spreading into Europe during the 8th & 9th centuries?
a)
The Battle of Hastings
b)
The Battle of Orleans
c)
The Battle of Corinth
d)
The Battle of Tours
49.
What language is commonly used by the Islamic civilization?
a)
English
b)
Latin
c)
Greek
d)
Arabic
50.
Tenochititlan is a major city for which civilization?
a)
Mayan
b)
Aztec
c)
Incan
d)
Olmec
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