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WHAP Extra Credit

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the early humans survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots, they became known as

a)

Nomads

b)

Hunter-gatherers

c)

Homo Sapiens Sapiens

2.

On what continent did humans originate?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Africa

3.

What is the first era of human history known as?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Monolithic Period

c)

Neolithic Period

d)

Palostic Period

4.

What kind of tools did humans use in the Paleolithic Era?

a)

None, they did not have tools

b)

Metal

c)

Stone

d)

Bronze

5.

What did the ability to control fire do for humans?

a)

Allow them to see when the sun went down

b)

Heat the colder climates

c)

Protect them against wild animals

d)

Attract wild animals

e)

Allow them to cook food

6.

What were several related families who moved together in search of food called?

a)

Kinship group

b)

Tribe

c)

Clan

7.

What is a patriarchal society dominated by?

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

It is equal

d)

No one

8.

Who were the first religious leaders?

a)

Priests

b)

Brahmins

c)

Shamans

d)

Jesus

9.

What was the first agricultural revolution?

a)

Paleolithic Revolution

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Neolithic Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

10.

What was the first animal to be domesticated in Europe?

a)

Cattle

b)

Dogs

c)

Sheep

d)

Goats

11.

What led to more complex societies?

a)

Surplus

b)

Religion

c)

Specialization of Labor

d)

Social Stratification

12.

What were the core and foundational river valley civilizations (select ALL of them)?

a)

Indus River Valley

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Nile

d)

Huang He

e)

Jericho

13.

What two rivers surround Mesopotamia?

a)

Nile and Ganges

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Tigris and Indus

d)

Ganges and Yellow

14.

Were the Sumerian people monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

15.

What civilization created the first writing system, and what was it?

a)

Phoenicians, Cuneiform

b)

Egypt, Heiroglyphics

c)

Sumer, Cuneiform

d)

Rome, Cyrillic

16.

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

a)

282 laws made to protect people's rights, dealt with crime and punishment

b)

Laws made by Gilgamesh in Sumer, a system of writing

c)

Laws made by Hammurabi of Egypt, had unfair punishments of simple crimes

d)

Laws dealing with poverty and famine

17.

What did the Phoenicians develop?

a)

A 22-letter alphabet

b)

Cuneiform

c)

The wheel

d)

Agriculture

18.

What is monotheism?

a)

The worship of one diety

b)

The worship of two dieties

c)

The use of stone in buildings

d)

The stone age

19.

What was the Jewish Diaspora?

a)

The removal of Jews from Africa

b)

The group that followed Abraham

c)

Spreading of Jews throughout the Mediterranean world and the Middle East due to violence

d)

The Assyrians and Babylonians who adopted the Jewish religion

20.

What group of people developed around the Nile River?

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Babylonians

21.

What king united the two kingdoms of Egypt?

a)

King Tut

b)

King Theo

c)

King Memes

d)

King Menes

e)

Ramses the Great

22.

What kind of government did early Egypt have?

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Republic

23.

Which civilizations were developed in the Indus River Valley between 2500 and 2000 BCE?

a)

Harappa

b)

Mauryan

c)

Mughal

d)

Mohenjo-Daro

24.

What was China's first dynasty?

a)

Shang

b)

Huang He

c)

Qing

d)

Xia

25.

In which dynasty was China's first Golden Age?

a)

Zhou

b)

Shang

c)

Qin

d)

Song

26.

What are poleis?

a)

Mauryan city-states

b)

Roman city-states

c)

Greek city-states

d)

Persian city-states

27.

Equality of women in Sparta vs Athens:

a)

Same

b)

Women more equal in Athens

c)

Women more equal in Sparta

d)

Women treated horribly in both

28.

What are helots?

a)

Roman slaves

b)

Athenian slaves

c)

Persian slaves

d)

Spartan slaves

29.

What did Homer write?

a)

The Histories

b)

The Iliad

c)

The Republic

d)

The Odyssey

e)

The Aeneid

30.

Was Zoroastrianism monotheistic or polytheistic?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

31.

Which of Virgil's ideals did The Aeneid display?

a)

Education

b)

Economy

c)

Leadership

d)

Conquest

32.

Which of these were the majority of the Roman population?

a)

Magistrates

b)

Patricians

c)

Plebians

d)

Tribunes

33.

Male Roman landowners were required to serve in Roman what?

a)

Estates

b)

Vetoes

c)

Latifundia

d)

Legions

34.

Who was Julius Caesar mainly supported by?

a)

The upperclass

b)

Patricians

c)

Commonpeople

d)

Government officials

35.

Who defeated Marc Antony?

a)

Lucius Pompey Magnus

b)

Octavian

c)

Gaius Marius

d)

Julius Caesar

36.

Latin provided the basis for which branch of language?

a)

Romance

b)

Baltic

c)

Latinian

d)

Latvian

37.

The Bhagavad Gita is an important writing in which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Daoism

d)

Animism

38.

Which caste was the priestly and learned class?

a)

Brahmins

b)

Vaishyas

c)

Shudras

d)

Kshatriyas

39.

What people were the lowest in the hierarchy of the caste system?

a)

Shudras

b)

Vaishyas

c)

Upanishads

d)

Dalits

40.

Buddhism includes all of the following BUT

a)

Four Noble Truths

b)

Nirvana

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Caste

41.

Who built the Rock and Pillar Edicts?

a)

Chandragupta

b)

Ashoka

c)

Ceylon

d)

Hammurabi

42.

What did the Gupta Dynasty directly follow?

a)

Persia

b)

Mauryan

c)

Indus

d)

Song

43.

What form of agriculture did the Mayans practice?

a)

Pastoralism

b)

Sedentary

c)

Ashentary

d)

Slash-and-burn

44.

What kinds of temples did the Moche have?

a)

Ocean and Earth

b)

Sun and Moon

c)

Plant and Animal

d)

River and Earth

45.

What country are the Normans from?

a)

Germany

b)

Norway

c)

Netherlands

d)

France

46.

What were Viking rulers called?

a)

Kings

b)

Rus

c)

Lineal

d)

Ost

47.

Who is the prophet of Islam?

a)

Allah

b)

Abraham

c)

Koran

d)

Muhammad

48.

Followers of what religions are called the People of the Book?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

e)

Buddhism

49.

What is the holy city of Islam?

a)

Ramadam

b)

Mecca

c)

Medina

d)

Damascus

50.

Are more Muslims Shia or Sunni?

a)

Shia

b)

Sunni

51.

Ibn Battuta practiced what religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

52.

Who were storytellers of Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

Guyans

b)

Zanj

c)

Viziers

d)

Griots

53.

The first guns were made in what Chinese dynasty?

a)

Tang

b)

Qing

c)

Song

d)

Xia

54.

In which Chinese dynasty did foot binding begin?

a)

Qin

b)

Qing

c)

Tang

d)

Song

55.

Who developed wood-block printing?

a)

India

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Korea

56.

Who was known as the "Hermit Kingdom"?

a)

Japan

b)

Australia

c)

Korea

d)

Brazil

57.

What are subcastes known as?

a)

Dalits

b)

Sufis

c)

Bhaktis

d)

Jatis

58.

What did Vikings travel in?

a)

Longships

b)

Galleons

c)

Galleys

d)

Brigantines

59.

The Hundred Years' War was between what two countries?

a)

Greece and Persia

b)

France and Germany

c)

Spain and Italy

d)

France and England

60.

Where are the Mongols from?

a)

Huang He River

b)

Indus River

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Ganges

61.

Who ruled each large Mississippian town?

a)

Caholia

b)

Great Sun

c)

Quetzalcoatl

d)

Matrilin

62.

What did the Aztecs and China have in common?

a)

Democracy

b)

Guns

c)

Tribute system

d)

Checks and balances

63.

Who conquered the Aztecs?

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Fedya Dolokhov

64.

Which Incan god was the most important?

a)

Moon

b)

Earth

c)

Water

d)

Sun

65.

What French king converted to Catholicism for the sake of solidifying his power?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Henry IV

d)

Louis I

66.

What did King Henry VIII do in order to remarry?

a)

Cheat

b)

Murder her

c)

Created the Anglican Church

d)

Change the law

67.

What were the English aided by in order to defeat the Spanish Armada of Phillip II?

a)

French soldiers

b)

The commonpeople

c)

Bad weather

d)

Charles V

68.

Who was the Thirty Years' War between?

a)

France and England

b)

Italy and Germany

c)

Catholics and Protestants

d)

Austria and Prussia

69.

Where was sugarcane primarily cultivated?

a)

Portugal

b)

Caribbean

c)

Brazil

d)

Algeria

70.

What treaty divided the Americas between Portugal and Spain?

a)

Treaty of Tortoises

b)

Treaty or Tortillas

c)

Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo

d)

Treaty of Tordesillas

71.

What were "slave castles" called?

a)

Barrons

b)

Barracoons

c)

Barracks

d)

Barimelots

72.

What is the taking of more than one wife?

a)

Polygyny

b)

Polygoyo

c)

Polyamory

d)

Polyames

73.

Who led a slave revolt in Saint Domingue?

a)

Kuwait

b)

Rousseau

c)

L'Ouverture

d)

Benin

74.

What was Ivan IV also known as?

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Kazan

c)

Ivan the Terrible

d)

Ivan of Moscow

75.

What was Russia's capital, Moscow, moved to by Peter I?

a)

Volga

b)

Oprinchnina

c)

St. Augustine

d)

St. Petersburg

76.

How did Peter I reorganize the Russian government?

a)

Created a monarchy

b)

Created provinces

c)

Created Communism

d)

Created a democracy

77.

What was the last country in the Americas to end slavery?

a)

United States

b)

Haiti

c)

Cuba

d)

Brazil

78.

What emperor declared that Christianity was legal in Rome?

a)

Jules

b)

Justinian

c)

Octavian

d)

Constantine

79.

Matsuo Basho invented what?

a)

Kowtow

b)

Haiku

c)

Kabuki Theatre

d)

Daimyo

80.

Did Thomas Hobbes believe people were good or evil by nature?

a)

Good

b)

Evil

81.

What is a feeling of intense loyalty to others who share one's language and culture?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Socialism

d)

Conservatism

82.

Who wrote "The Age of Reason" and "Common Sense"?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Rosseau

d)

Thomas Paine

83.

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

August 3, 1894

c)

July 4, 1773

d)

July 4, 1777

84.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Aaron Burr

b)

James Madison

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

85.

Which French Estate was the clergy?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

86.

The storming of where symbolized the start of the French Revolution?

a)

Winter Palace

b)

Thermidor

c)

Bastille

d)

Tennis Court

87.

What was the desire of Jews to establish a homeland in the Middle East?

a)

Dreyfus Affair

b)

Zionism

c)

Jewish Diaspora

d)

Juderia

88.

Cottage Industry was based where?

a)

Farms

b)

Homes

c)

Cities

d)

Factories

89.

Under what did Japan end its isolation?

a)

Britain

b)

China

c)

Meiji

d)

Shogunate

90.

What were jobs held by office-workers?

a)

Black-collar jobs

b)

Grey-collar jobs

c)

White-collar jobs

d)

Green-collar jobs

91.

What was China's final dynasty?

a)

Qing

b)

Qin

c)

Song

d)

Tang

92.

What was the Russian-British rivalry for power in Central Asia known as?

a)

Scramble for Asia

b)

Great Game

c)

Schism

d)

Great Strategy

93.

Which of these did Southeast Asian plantations NOT produce for export purposes?

a)

Tea

b)

Rubber

c)

Cotton

d)

Sugar

94.

What was the lighting of the powder keg that caused WWI?

a)

Assassination of Gavrilo Princip

b)

Assassination of Lincoln

c)

Destruction of the Black Hand

d)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

95.

Who made up the Triple Entente?

a)

Germany, Italy, Japan

b)

America, England, France

c)

Russia, France, England

d)

Austria-Hungary, Germany, France

96.

Which came first: League of Nations or United Nations?

a)

League of Nations

b)

United Nations

97.

In what year did America's stock market crash?

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1930

d)

1931

98.

What Nazi government was set up in France?

a)

Weimar

b)

Vichy

c)

Luftwaffe

d)

Petain

99.

Where did the Suez Crisis occur?

a)

Egypt

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Russia

d)

Vietnam

100.

Which of these places did not have a genocide in the 20th/21st century?

a)

Bosnia

b)

Mongolia

c)

Rwanda

d)

Sudan

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