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WorksheetsWorld History - 1st Semester Review
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 55mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Originally meaning "great house" or "palace"
a)
Pharaoh
b)
Dynasty
c)
Pastoral Nomads
d)
Aristocracy
2.
"Priest Carvings" or "Sacred Writings" - a complex system of writing that used both pictures and more abstract forms
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Pharaoh
c)
Dynasty
d)
Pastoral Nomads
3.
A person who domesticates animals for food and clothing and moves along regular migratory routes
a)
Pastoral Nomads
b)
Dynasty
c)
Aristocracy
d)
Pharaoh
4.
An upper class whose wealth is based on land whose power is passed on from one generation to another?
a)
Aristocracy
b)
Pastoral Nomads
c)
Pharaoh
d)
Dynasty
5.
What was guarding the Great Pyramid at Giza?
a)
Sand
b)
Great Sphinx
c)
Phoenicians
d)
Minaret
6.
What civilization lived along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea on a narrow band of land 120 miles long?
a)
Phoenicians
b)
Israelites
c)
Assyrians
d)
Hebrews
7.
What civilization moved to Egypt, where they were enslaved until Moses led them out?
a)
Israelites
b)
Phoenicians
c)
Babylonians
d)
Assyrians
8.
What was the Holy Book of the Jewish people?
a)
Torah
b)
Bible
c)
Quran
d)
Rubiyat
9.
What geographical location in India lies in the interior of the plateau and is relatively hilly and dry?
a)
Deccan Plateau
b)
Northern European Plain
c)
Central Uplands
d)
Gobi Desert
10.
The period between 461 B.C. and 429 B.C., when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power?
a)
Age of Pericles
b)
Bronze Age
c)
Age of Charlemagne
d)
Renaissance
11.
The process for temporarily banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote?
a)
Ostracism
b)
Age of Pericles
c)
Hellenistic Era
d)
Oracle
12.
The Age of Alexander the Great, period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world?
a)
Hellenistic Era
b)
Age of Alexander
c)
Bronze Age
d)
Age of Caesar
13.
In early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings?
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Parthenon
d)
Phalanx
14.
In early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market?
a)
Agora
b)
Phalanx
c)
Polis
d)
Acropolis
15.
About what % of Greece is mountainous?
a)
80%
b)
70%
c)
60%
d)
50%
16.
According to Homer, Mycenaean Greeks, led by____________________ , King of Mycenaea, sacked the city of Troy, on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor around 1250 B.C.
a)
Agammemnon
b)
Odyssey
c)
Iliad
d)
Caesar
17.
The _________________ is not so much the story of the war itself as it is the tale of the Greek hero Achilles and how the anger of Achilles led to disaster?
a)
Iliad
b)
Odyssey
c)
Agammemnon
d)
Hannibal
18.
Who was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens?
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Donatello
d)
Michelangelo
19.
__________________ exemplifies the principles of classical architecture.
a)
Parthenon
b)
Pantheon
c)
Acropolis
d)
Polis
20.
A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote?
a)
Republic
b)
Democracy
c)
Autonomy
d)
Oligarchy
21.
A social class of wealthy, powerful landowners, they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic?
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Communists
d)
Capitalists
22.
In the Roman Republic, a social class made up of minor landholders, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers?
a)
Plebeians
b)
Patricians
c)
Republic
d)
Triumvirate
23.
A chief executive officer of the Roman Republic, two were elected each year to run the government and to lead the army into battle?
a)
Consuls
b)
President
c)
Prime Minister
d)
Leader
24.
A government by three people with equal power?
a)
Triumvirate
b)
Consuls
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Democracy
25.
_________________, the greatest of the Carthaginian generals, struck back, beginning the Second Punic War
a)
Hannibal
b)
Socrates
c)
Caesar
d)
Vercingetorix
26.
___________________ committed suicide after allegedly uttering these final words: "What an artist the world is losing in me"
a)
Nero
b)
Zero
c)
Trajan
d)
Tiberius
27.
A period of peace and prosperity is known as __________________________.
a)
Pax Romana
b)
Revolution
c)
stable
d)
Cold War
28.
__________________ is considered to be the greatest physician and medical writer of the ancient period.
a)
Galen
b)
Virgil
c)
Horace
d)
Livy
29.
________________ wrote the Aenid
a)
Virgil
b)
Livy
c)
Horace
d)
Galen
30.
Another name for Church leaders?
a)
Clergy
b)
Laity
c)
Congregation
d)
President
31.
A term for epidemic disease
a)
Plague
b)
Inflation
c)
Laity
d)
Bishoporic
32.
A term referring to a rapid increase in prices?
a)
Inflation
b)
Plague
c)
Clergy
d)
Missionaries
33.
A man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to dedicate himself to god.
a)
Monk
b)
Nun
c)
Abbess
d)
Laity
34.
Practice of living the life of a monk?
a)
Monastacism
b)
Abbess
c)
Inflation
d)
Laity
35.
Christians believed _________________ to be the Messiah
a)
Abraham
b)
Muhummad
c)
Aaron
d)
Jesus
36.
What was the fierce tribe from the steppes of Asia?
a)
Huns
b)
Visigoths
c)
Clovis
d)
Vandals
37.
The Frankish Kingdom was established by whom?
a)
Clovis
b)
Charlemagne
c)
Justinian
d)
Caesar
38.
Who created the Carolingian Empire?
a)
Charlemagne
b)
Clovis
c)
Tom Osborne
d)
Justinian
39.
Who had a goal of reestablishing the Roman Empire in the entire Mediterranean World?
a)
Justinian
b)
Clovis
c)
Charlemagne
d)
Diocletian
40.
The ruler of an arabic tribe, chosen from one of the leading families by a council of elders
a)
Sheikh
b)
Caliphate
c)
King
d)
Queen
41.
Arabic for God
a)
Allah
b)
Islam
c)
Muslims
d)
Hajj
42.
The holy book of Islam
a)
Quran
b)
Bible
c)
Torah
43.
"Peace through submission to the will of Allah"
a)
Islam
b)
Muslims
c)
Hijrah
d)
Hajj
44.
Those who practice the religion of Islam
a)
Muslims
b)
Hijrah
c)
Hajj
d)
Caliph
45.
The journey of Muhammad and his followers to Medina in 622, which became year 1 of the official calendar of Islam
a)
Hijrah
b)
Hajj
c)
Five Pillars of Islam
d)
Jihad
46.
Pilgrimmage to Mecca
a)
Hajj
b)
Hijrah
c)
Caliph
d)
Quran
47.
Acts of worship every Muslim must perform, this includes belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimmage
a)
Five Pillars of Islam
b)
Muezzin
c)
Minaret
d)
Umayyad
48.
The religious and political successor to Muhammad
a)
Caliph
b)
Jihad
c)
Minaret
d)
Muslims
49.
Striving in the way of God
a)
Jihad
b)
Caliph
c)
Muezzin
d)
Hijrah
50.
The office or dominion of a caliph
a)
Caliphate
b)
Sultan
c)
Bazaar
d)
Arabesque
51.
A Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muammad's son-in-law as the true rulers of Islam
a)
Shia
b)
Sunni
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Kaaba
52.
A Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam
a)
Sunni
b)
Shia
c)
Sultan
d)
Aladdin
53.
Holder of Power
a)
Sultan
b)
King
c)
Muezzin
d)
Minaret
54.
A covered market in Islamic cities
a)
Bazaar
b)
Sultan
c)
Caliphate
d)
Sunni
55.
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of stars
a)
Astrolabe
b)
Arabesque
c)
Sunni
d)
Caliphate
56.
A geometric pattern repeated over and over to completely cover a surface with decoration
a)
Arabesque
b)
Ceramic
c)
Minaret
d)
Sultan
57.
The tower of a mosque from which the Muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day
a)
Minaret
b)
Muezzin
c)
Astrolabe
d)
Dome of the Rock
58.
The crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque
a)
Muezzin
b)
Mayflower
c)
Minaret
d)
Bazaar
59.
A covering of iron worn by knights for protection in battle
a)
Armor
b)
Castle
c)
Chivalry
d)
Clergyman
60.
Where the lord and his knight lived
a)
Castle
b)
Monastery
c)
Estate
d)
Barn
61.
Qualities of a good knight, including bravery, politeness, respect for women, protection of the weak, and fairness to the enemy?
a)
Chivalry
b)
Fief
c)
Monastery
d)
Heresy
62.
An official of the Church, such as a priest, bishop or cardinal?
a)
Clergyman
b)
Chivalry
c)
Armor
d)
Friar
63.
A large piece of land owned by a lord during the Middle Ages?
a)
Estate
b)
Monastery
c)
Castle
d)
Condo
64.
Land given by a lord to a vassal in return for military and other services?
a)
Fief
b)
Friar
c)
Monastery
d)
Estate
65.
Holy man who traveled from place to place helping the poor and teaching about God?
a)
Friar
b)
Heresy
c)
Fief
d)
Peasant
66.
A serious crime of the Middle Ages in which a person held beliefs that the Church felt were wrong
a)
Heresy
b)
Inquisition
c)
Joust
d)
Tournament
67.
A court set up by the Roman Catholic Church to investigate heresy and punish heretics?
a)
Inquisition
b)
Monastery
c)
Age of Faith
d)
Supreme Court
68.
Clowns who appeared before a lord and tried to make him laugh with antics, tricks, and jokes
a)
Jesters
b)
Priests
c)
Minstrels
d)
Bishops
69.
A contest between knights on horseback;
a)
Joust
b)
Excommunication
c)
Cardinal
d)
Dark Ages
70.
A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family?
a)
Dynasty
b)
Pharaoh
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Pastoral Nomads
71.
The type of hominid that most closely resembles modern humans is
a)
Australopithecus
b)
Homo Sapiens
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Neanderthals
72.
The term Homo Erects means which of the following?
a)
Wise, Wise Human
b)
Upright Human
c)
Tall Human
d)
Old Stone
73.
Thermoluminescence determines an object's age by
a)
Detecting levels of C-14
b)
Analyzing plant remains
c)
Looking at a calendar
d)
Measuring light given off by electrons
74.
The Reconquista was a quest by Christians to retake land from Muslims in what country?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Italy
75.
Which of the following hominids exhibited rapid brain growth and mastered fire?
a)
Australopithecus
b)
Homo Sapiens
c)
Homo Erectus
d)
Neanderthals
76.
Artifacts might take the form of
a)
Fossils
b)
Art
c)
Seeds
d)
Leaf Imprints
77.
A fossil might preserve
a)
Art work
b)
sizes and shapes of buildings
c)
Bones and Teeth
d)
Burial Grounds
78.
In the absence of written records, the first thing an archaeologist might do at a prehistoric site is
a)
Excavate
b)
Use thermoluminescence
c)
Discover Bones
d)
Discover Artifacts
79.
Paleolithic peoples moved from place to place following animal migrations and
a)
Ice Age Melting
b)
Those who had developed fire
c)
Sources of Clay for Pots
d)
Other food sources
80.
The Paleolithic Age is
a)
New Stone Age
b)
Not proven to have existed
c)
Usually known as the Primitive Age
d)
The period in which humans used simple stone tools
81.
The revolutionary change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift from
a)
gathering food to growing and raising food
b)
having no control over fire to using fire as a tool
c)
using stone tools to manufacture bronze
d)
living in villages to living in walled fortresses
82.
Food surpluses in the Neolithic village of Catal Huyuk
a)
Made it possible for people to do things other than farming
b)
made the village susceptible to raids fromm nomadic tribes
c)
were not stored properly and spoiled, so people starved to death
d)
caused the entire population to become obese
83.
Six of the most important characteristics of civilizations are
a)
vehicles, use of fire, nomadic lifestyle, hunting and gathering and technology
b)
villages, temples, trade, tools, use of fire, and armies
c)
use of metals, weapons, houses, food, religion, and art
d)
cities, government, religion, social structure, writing and art
84.
Which of the following was part of the agricultural revolution?
a)
widespread use of bronze
b)
domestication of animals
c)
the beginning of agricultural rituals
d)
significant artistic activity
85.
The ability to make copper, bronze, and iron helped lead to
a)
systematic agriculture
b)
beginning of barter
c)
wealthier societies
d)
treaties between warring groups
86.
Having sufficient food brought an end to
a)
The Ice Age
b)
New Stone Age
c)
Nomadic ways of life
d)
Farming villages
87.
A typical characteristic of many early civilization was
a)
a simple culture that helped ensure survival
b)
governments led by monarchs
c)
large-scale hunting and gathering
d)
farming of beans
88.
The social structure of early civilizations were typically based on
a)
economic power
b)
obedience
c)
military rank
d)
religious rituals
89.
In early civilizations, writing was most commonly used for
a)
recording laws and a code of justice
b)
all forms of creative expression
c)
poetry only
d)
keeping records
90.
It is most accurate to say that the Neolithic Revolution occurred
a)
as soon as the last ice age ended
b)
relatively quickly after the last Ice Age ended
c)
over a period of a thousand years
d)
gradually, and over thousands of years
91.
Where is the fertile crescent?
a)
north of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
b)
south of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
c)
between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
d)
south of the Mediterranean Sea and east of the Persian Gulf
92.
What geographic factor contributed most to the rich soil of Mesopotamia?
a)
silt
b)
heavy rainfall
c)
irrigation
d)
melting snow
93.
The river valleys of Mesopotamia not only supported agriculture. They also
a)
made theocracy possible
b)
encouraged the development of polytheism
c)
provided transport and encouraged trade
d)
formed the city-states of Sumerian civilization
94.
The Mesopotamian religion, which identified nearly 3,000 gods and goddesses, can be described as
a)
Cuneiform
b)
polytheistic
c)
patriarchal
d)
theocratic
95.
In addition to kings, who had great political power in Sumeria?
a)
farmers with large famrs
b)
artisans
c)
priests and priestesses
d)
record keepers
96.
Wealth and economic power in Sumer was dictated mainly by
a)
agriculture
b)
trade
c)
ziggurat
d)
religion
97.
Which of these innovations is Sumerian?
a)
division of the year into 12 months
b)
base 10 number system
c)
division of months into 4 weeks
d)
a number system based on 60
98.
An achievement of Sumerian culture was the development of the
a)
wagon
b)
wagon wheel
c)
press
d)
printing press
99.
In construction, the Sumerians developed the
a)
window
b)
pediment
c)
arch
d)
balcony
100.
The Sumerians were the first to make
a)
stone tools
b)
tin
c)
bronze
d)
steel
101.
A term meaning Christian Rite?
a)
Sacraments
b)
Creed
c)
Bible
d)
Gospel
102.
Military expeditions carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims?
a)
Crusades
b)
Scholasticism
c)
Chanson de geste
d)
Interdict
103.
The study of religion and god
a)
Philosophy
b)
Theology
c)
Romanticism
d)
Humanities
104.
The language of everyday speech in a particular region?
a)
Vernacular
b)
Hebrew
c)
Diocese
d)
Nicene Creed
105.
Hostility, toward or discrimination against Jews
a)
Anti-Semitism
b)
Semitism
c)
Nazis
d)
Lay Investiture
106.
What type of architecture displayed a flat wooden roof with a long, round arched vault made of stone or with a cross vault?
a)
Romanesque
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
d)
Doric
107.
The Hundred Years War was between what two countries?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Holland
108.
What religious order was founded in 1098 by a group of monks who were unhappy with the lack of discipline at their own Benedictine Monastery?
a)
Cistercians
b)
Franciscans
c)
Jews
d)
Benedictines
109.
What religious order was founded by Francis of Assisi?
a)
Franciscans
b)
Cistercians
c)
Jews
d)
Presbyterians
110.
Who claimed to have visions and believed that saints had commanded her to free France?
a)
Joan of Arc
b)
Virgin Mary
c)
Count of Monte Cristo
d)
Serena Williams
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