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NMMS World Hx Final Exam Review & Study

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is geography?

a)

The study of cultures

b)

The study of map-making

c)

The study of the earth and its people.

2.

What are the five themes of geography?

a)

Location; place; human-environment interaction; movement; regions

b)

Supply; demand; liquid assets; collective economy; regions

c)

Location; place; scarcity; Earth; cooperative commerce

3.

What is scarcity?

a)

The fear of small things

b)

The fear of large things

c)

Lack of a resource

4.

What is opportunity cost?

a)

The price of memory

b)

What is given up to buy or make something

c)

The price assigned at the time of purchase

5.

Paleolithic people first used tools made of

a)

Bronze

b)

Sticks, stones, tree branches

c)

Flint

6.

Which of the following developed after the Paleolithic Age?

a)

Language

b)

Farming

c)

Tools

7.

What major changes took place during the Neolithic Age?

a)

People built sturdier shelters

b)

People began farming in a systematic way

c)

People learned to use fire to survive in cold environments

8.

In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil

a)

Fertile

b)

Dry

c)

Barren

9.

Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar by recording the

a)

Position of planets and stars

b)

Length of the seasons

c)

Amount of flooding

10.

Which of the following groups belonged to the Sumerian middle class?

a)

Government officials

b)

Merchants

c)

Enslaved people

11.

Who developed the first empire in Mesopotamia?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon

c)

Ashurbanipal

12.

What did the Assyrians often demand from the people they conquered?

a)

Leaving their homes

b)

Participation in elections

c)

The worship of their gods

13.

The astronomers of Babylon mapped

a)

The irrigation canals

b)

The nearby mountains

c)

The stars and the planets

14.

Why did the leaders of Kush move their capital to the city of Meroë?

a)

The location was safer from Assyrian attacks because it was situated on the banks of the Nile River

b)

There were large deposits of iron ore nearby

c)

All of the above

15.

How was Meroë different from typical Egyptian cities?

a)

Meroë contained printing presses

b)

Meroë was in the middle of the desert

c)

Meroë contained iron furnaces

16.

Which areas did not trade with Kush?

a)

Arabia, China, India

b)

Tropical Africa, Rome and China

c)

Argentina, Opa-locka, and Canada

17.

The ancient kingdom of Axum was located in which present-day county?

a)

Italy

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Indonesia

18.

What did the delta of the Nile River provide Egyptians?

a)

Trade route to the Mediterranean Sea

b)

Protection from invaders

c)

Fertile soil for growing crops

19.

Who was responsible for uniting and governing Egypt?

a)

Bureaucrats

b)

Workers

c)

Pharaohs

20.

Egyptians built pyramids because they

a)

Wished to honor the achievements of their leaders

b)

Hoped to impress later civilizations with their buildings

c)

Wanted to protect the dead pharaohs’ bodies

21.

The largest group in Egyptian society was made up of

a)

Farmers and workers

b)

Scribes and traders

c)

Artisans and merchants

22.

What was the main focus of Queen Hatshepsut’s reign?

a)

Building pyramids

b)

Developing trade

c)

Preparing for the afterlife

23.

How were the Kushites different from the Egyptians?

a)

They produced large amounts of iron

b)

They built temples and tombs for their kings

c)

They used a system of writing with hieroglyphics

24.

Who was not a king or leader of Mali?

a)

Sundiata

b)

Sonni Ali

c)

Mansa Musa

25.

Who was not a king or leader of Songhay?

a)

Sundiata

b)

Sonni Ali

c)

Askia Muhammad

26.

Why did Greek colonies spread throughout the Mediterranean region?

a)

Population pressures caused them to develop

b)

Persia attacked mainland Greece

c)

Pérez founded those colonies

27.

What is the rule of a very small number of wealthy, or rich, people called?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Representative democracy

28.

The officials who enforced the laws and collected taxes in ancient Sparta were called

a)

Generals

b)

Ephors

c)

Helots

29.

Which of the following was a Persian king?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Pericles

30.

Approximately how long did the Peloponnesian War last?

a)

17 years

b)

27 years

c)

50 years

31.

Socrates was sentenced to death because

a)

Some people thought that his teaching was dangerous

b)

He did not believe in absolute right and wrong

c)

Some people did not like his ideas about philosopher kings

32.

Who taught the idea of the “Golden Mean”?

a)

Socrates

b)

Queen Saintjean

c)

Plato

33.

Alexander the Great’s plan to unite a great empire failed because

a)

The Persians reconquered their land

b)

His generals divided the kingdom after his death

c)

His armies grew frustrated and wished to return home

34.

Farming, transportation, and trade in the Indus Valley were all dependent on

a)

Mountains

b)

Rivers

c)

Monsoons

35.

In the Indian caste system, your karma was largely decided by

a)

Whether one was reincarnated

b)

Whether one followed your dharma, or duty

c)

Whether one learned the Four Noble Truths

36.

Buddhism appealed to a wider range of people than Hinduism because

a)

Buddhists believed in the power of vegan pizza

b)

The Buddha traveled to many places

c)

Buddhism treated all people equally

37.

If a mosquito lands on my hand and I refuse to kill it, I am practicing

a)

Ahimsa

b)

Theravada

c)

Dharma

38.

The Ramayana is

a)

A beautiful temple

b)

An epic poem

c)

A sacred city

39.

How did mountains and deserts help Chinese civilization develop?

a)

They made transportation easier

b)

They gave China safe borders

c)

They made it difficult for the Chinese to grow crops

40.

Shang rulers expanded their kingdom by

a)

Military conquest

b)

Marriage with neighboring rulers

c)

Land purchases

41.

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

a)

The rule of China by a wicked tyrant

b)

The belief that a son had the right to inherit his father’s land

c)

The belief that the Chinese king’s right to rule came from the gods

42.

The belief of Kung-Fu Tzu (Confucius) that government service should be open to all able men led to

a)

The rule of China by Ms. T. Collins

b)

Wars by rival kings

c)

The creation of a system of civil service tests

43.

Most people in ancient China were

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Farmers

c)

Merchants

44.

Trade increased during the Han dynasty because of

a)

The expansion of the Roman Empire into China

b)

Food surpluses in China

c)

Chinese exploration and improved technology

45.

The first Miamians were

a)

The Seminole

b)

The Miccosukee

c)

The Tequesta (Tekesta)

46.

Which of the following represents an achievement of the Maya?

a)

Calendar systems

b)

Seal-skin kayaks

c)

Animal-shaped mounds

47.

Which is a true statement about the lives of Roman women?

a)

Roman women had the same rights as Roman men

b)

Roman women did not participate in Roman society

c)

Roman women had more freedom if their husbands were wealthy

48.

Which event marked the end of the Western Roman Empire?

a)

The Greek city of Byzantium was renamed Constantinople

b)

The Visigoths defeated the Romans at Adrianople

c)

The Germanic leader Odoacer seized control of Rome

49.

The Chinese rulers preferred Confucianism over Buddhism because it taught

a)

People to escape suffering

b)

The importance of being active in society

c)

The use of terror in conquering enemies

50.

What is Ahimsa?

a)

The Jain principle of nonviolence towards all living things

b)

Aisha and Amina’s sister

c)

A confederation of trade unionists on the island of Tobago