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WorksheetsWorld Civ. 1st Semester Final
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ideas spread from one culture to another by the process of ______________.
a)
Culture
b)
Culture Hearth
c)
Cultural Diffusion
d)
Global Warming
2.
A government by one person is called ____________.
a)
A Democracy
b)
An Oligarchy
c)
A Federation
d)
An Autocracy
3.
Can not be replaced, such as minerals and fossil fuels.
a)
Renewable Resources
b)
Non-renewable Resources
c)
Polluted Resources
d)
Nuclear Power
4.
___________ is any system of government in which a small group holds power.
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Dictatorship
5.
What are the 5 Culture Hearths?
a)
Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, China, & Mexico
b)
Canada, Mexico, Brazil, England, & China
c)
Australia, Egypt, Russia, Mexico, & Japan
d)
Iraq, England, Canada, Brazil, Egypt
6.
People who share a common language, history, place of origin, or a combination of these elements.
a)
Friends
b)
Language Family
c)
Ethnic Group
d)
Cultural Compadres
7.
The growth of cities.
a)
Population Density
b)
Urbanization
c)
Doubling Time
d)
Demographic Transition
8.
Lines of _____________ are drawn on maps from the North Pole to the South Pole to measure the distance east and west.
a)
Longitude
b)
Parallels
c)
Location
d)
Latitude
9.
The shortest distance between 2 places on the Earth follows a _______________________.
a)
Straight line on a map
b)
Scenic route
c)
Great circle route
d)
Map projection
10.
Lines of _______________, or parallels, circle the Earth parallel to the Equator, and measure the distance north or south of the Equator in degrees.
a)
Longitude
b)
International Date Line
c)
Latitude
d)
Meridians
11.
What are the top three longest rivers, in order from longest.
a)
Congo, Yellow, Mississippi
b)
Nile, Mississippi, Amazon
c)
Long, Yellow, Indus
d)
Nile, Amazon, Long
12.
The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis is known as:
a)
Domesticated Agriculture
b)
Neolithic Agriculture
c)
Paleolithic Agriculture
d)
Systematic Agriculture
13.
Mesopotamia was located in a geographic area known as:
a)
The Fertile Crescent
b)
Upper Egypt
c)
The Arabian Peninsula
d)
The Yangtze River Valley
14.
What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?
a)
Dynasties
b)
Empires
c)
City-States
d)
Kingdoms
15.
What river(s) was Mesopotamia closest to?
a)
Tigris & Euphrates
b)
Yellow & Long
c)
Nile
d)
Indus
16.
What are the 4 ancient river civilizations?
a)
Nile, Mississippi, Yellow, Ganges
b)
Tigris/Euphrates, Yangtze, Nile, Indus
c)
Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Nile
d)
Ganges, Yangtze, Tigris/Euphrates, Yellow
17.
Who overran the Sumerian city-states and set up the first empire in world history?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Sargon
c)
Lugal
d)
King Menes
18.
What are 3 Sumerian inventions?
a)
Epics, Oral Tradition, Cows
b)
Wagon Wheel, Square Homes, 1st Law Code
c)
Wagon Wheel, Sundial, Arches
d)
Cuneiform, 1st Law Code, Epics
19.
What was the 1st form of writing, and who created it?
a)
Hieroglyphics, Sumerians
b)
Cuneiform, Sumerians
c)
Cuneiform, Babylonians
d)
Hieroglyphics, Egyptians
20.
The Sumerians were the first to make ______________ out of copper and tin, creating finely crafted metalwork.
a)
Gold
b)
Silver
c)
Bronze
d)
Iron
21.
___________ is the story of a legendary Sumerian king.
a)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
b)
The Iliad
c)
The Odyssey
d)
The Epic of Sumer
22.
Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it ...
a)
is thought to be one of the earliest written set of laws
b)
led directly to the development of democracy
c)
had such lenient punishments
d)
was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's first insurrection
23.
What is the Egyptian Old Kingdom known for?
a)
Prosperity & Military Might
b)
Technology such as pyramids and establishment of culture
c)
Stability after chaos
d)
Sacrificing children to the gods
24.
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt, and therefore created the first royal dynasty?
a)
King Menes
b)
Queen Hatesphut
c)
Queen Nefertari
d)
Pharoah Rameses the Great
25.
What was Ancient Egypt's form of writing called?
a)
Latin Alphabet
b)
Cuneform
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Scribble
26.
What queen was essentially erased from history by her step-son?
a)
Queen Neferari
b)
Cleopatra
c)
Queen Hatesphut
d)
Queen Rameses
27.
Designing and making maps is the work of ___________.
a)
History
b)
Cartography
c)
Anthropology
d)
Economies
28.
What disease went from the New World to the Old World?
a)
Smallpox
b)
Malara
c)
Syphillis
d)
Trench Foot
29.
When Exports are greater than Imports.
a)
Trade Surplus
b)
Trade Deficit
c)
Bad Business
d)
Gory Economics
30.
When Imports are greater than Exports.
a)
Trade Deficit
b)
Trade Surplus
c)
Good Business
d)
Crying Reindeer
31.
The ___________ __________ transformed the economic activity in both the New World and the Old World.
a)
Chocolate Explosion
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Spanish Conquistadors
d)
Slave Trade
32.
What were the 3 chief motives for European expansion?
a)
God, Glory, Goodness
b)
God, Gorbachev, Godzilla
c)
God, Gold, Grace
d)
God, Gold, Glory
33.
What divided the world of exploration in 1494, between Spain and Portugal?
a)
Line of Exploration
b)
Line of Demarcation
c)
Line of Slave Trade
d)
Line of Dominoes
34.
Theologians of the Reformation disagreed about how people could achieve ___________, or acceptance into Heaven.
a)
Indulgence
b)
Predestination
c)
Annulment
d)
Salvation
35.
John Calvin emphasized ____________, the belief that God determined in advance who would be saved and who would be damned.
a)
Predisposition
b)
Salvation
c)
Predestination
d)
Humanism
36.
In Renaissance Italy, urban society developed a _____________, or worldly viewpoint, which contrasted with a purely religious viewpoint.
a)
Medieval
b)
Secular
c)
Reformation
d)
Capitalist
37.
Who has been called the father of Italian Renaissance?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Dante
d)
Albrecht Durer
38.
Which artist painted figures on the ceilings of Rome?
a)
Leonardo Da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Jan Von Eyck
39.
What agreement ended the religious warfare in Germany in 1555?
a)
Ninety-Five Theses
b)
Edict of Worms
c)
Peace of Augsburg
d)
Great Schism
40.
Who founded the Jesuits?
a)
John Calvin
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Ignatius of Loyola
d)
Tom Hanks
41.
Where can Inca building techniques best be seen?
a)
The Yucatan Peninsula
b)
Machu Picchu
c)
Tenochtitlan
d)
Grand Canyon
42.
The Inca kept records using the _______________.
a)
Quipu
b)
Hieroglyph system
c)
Long count
d)
Cuneiform
43.
A ___________ was an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked.
a)
Manor
b)
Guild
c)
Castle
d)
Toilet
44.
____________ was goods or money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors.
a)
Tribute
b)
Penance
c)
Tithe
d)
Sacrifice
45.
What economic system arose during the Middle Ages?
a)
Subsistence Agriculture
b)
The Barter System
c)
Commercial Capitalism
d)
Mercantilism
46.
The ___________ was a court created by the Catholic Church to discover and try heretics.
a)
Inquisition
b)
Basilica
c)
Troubador
d)
Dominican Order
47.
When was the Black Death?
a)
Mid- 1000s AD
b)
Mid - 1300s AD
c)
Early 500s AD
d)
Late 1000s BC
48.
Who defeated the Aztecs?
a)
Pizarro
b)
Cortez
c)
Columbus
d)
Magellan
49.
When was the Hundred Years' War?
a)
Early 500s AD
b)
1300s-1400s AD
c)
900s - 1000s AD
d)
100s - 200s AD
50.
The existence of 2 popes caused the _______________, which divided Europe in the late 1300s.
a)
Slave Trade
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Black Death
d)
Great Schism
51.
Extended family units in Africa are called:
a)
Shoguns
b)
Lineage Groups
c)
Slaving Families
d)
Vassals
52.
Under feudalism, a ____________ swears loyalty to a lord in exchange for protection.
a)
Fief
b)
Vassal
c)
Knight
d)
Dog
53.
Which was the first great trading state to emerge in West Africa?
a)
Kush
b)
Ghana
c)
Mali
d)
Ethiopia
54.
Which of the following best describes the Mongol Empire?
a)
Militarily powerful, but poor
b)
Largest land empire in history
c)
Last government to control China
d)
An Islamic state
55.
What important English political institution emerged during the reign of Edward I?
a)
Parliament
b)
Royal Courts
c)
House of Lords
d)
Church of Badgley
56.
What was the purpose of the samurai in Japan?
a)
Creating Laws
b)
Leading religious ceremonies
c)
Conducting Trade
d)
Protecting Property & providing security
57.
Which are monotheistic religions?
a)
Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism
b)
Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism
c)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
d)
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
58.
Which religion's sacred site is the Bodhi Tree?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
59.
What are the top 2 major world religions, in order?
a)
Judaism, Christianity
b)
Islam, Christianity
c)
Christianity, Islam
d)
Islam, Judaism
60.
Who became the 1st Roman emperor and was known as Augustus?
a)
Crassus
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Antony
d)
Octavian
61.
When did the Roman Empire split?
a)
100AD
b)
500AD
c)
1000AD
d)
1400AD
62.
What event blinded the major Greek states to the threat from Macedonia?
a)
The Age of Pericles
b)
The Establishment of Sparta
c)
The Great Peloponnesian War
d)
The end of the Persian Empire
63.
What is the correct order?
a)
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great
b)
Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Alexander the Great
c)
Badgley the Great, Socrates, Aristotle, Plato
d)
Socrates, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Plato
64.
The term _____________ comes from the Greek word that means "love of wisdom."
a)
Philosophy
b)
Literature
c)
Theater
d)
Mathematics
65.
When was Ancient Greece?
a)
1300sBC - 300sBC
b)
100BC - 500AD
c)
500AD-1400sAD
d)
5000BC - 3000BC
66.
According to the Mandate of Heaven, what happened to a bad ruler?
a)
He continued to rule.
b)
He ruled jointly with another ruler.
c)
He was overthrown.
d)
He selected a new king.
67.
Buddhists believe:
a)
Polytheism, the Vedas
b)
4 Noble Truths, no god
c)
8-fold Path, Monotheistic - Buddha
d)
Monotheistic, Bible
68.
Who is considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India?
a)
Asoka
b)
Afonso
c)
Qin Shihuangdi
d)
Sargon
69.
When was Alexander the Great?
a)
300s BC
b)
600s BC
c)
500s AD
d)
1000s AD
70.
When were the Crusades?
a)
1000s-1300s AD
b)
100s-500sAD
c)
300s-200sBC
d)
1500s AD
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