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World History 4000BC to 1600AD Year Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Humans originally come from the continent of...

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

2.

Groups with no permanent home who travel around

a)

Societies

b)

Nomads

c)

Cultures

d)

Sumerians

3.

the first civilization ever was

a)

Sumer

b)

Egypt

c)

Harapa

d)

Akkad

4.

Which of these is cuneiform...

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

This king established the first universal code of laws. summarized "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Shi Huangdi

c)

Menes

d)

Sargon of Akkad

6.

What is the name of the material Egyptians wrote on that was made from reeds

a)

Paper

b)

Papyrus

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Hieroglyphics

7.

Where is the Nile River Valley

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

Hinduism comes from the ancient religion of...

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Brahmanism

9.

This group invaded ancient India and brought their religion, Brahmanism

a)

Hyksos

b)

Akkad

c)

Sumerians

d)

Aryans

10.

This is the belief in one god

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Christianity

d)

Atheism

11.

This is a Jewish house of worship.

a)

Church

b)

Mosque

c)

Synagogue

d)

Ziggurat

12.

These are people who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others.

a)

Prophets

b)

Monks

c)

Zealots

d)

Missionaries

13.

This religion was based on the teachings of Jesus

a)

Judaism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

14.

A follower of Islam is called a...

a)

Jew

b)

HIndu

c)

Muslim

d)

Christian

15.

This is the holy book of Islam

a)

Bible

b)

Torah

c)

Quran

d)

Oasis

16.

Silent barter is

a)

A process of trade were the two groups do not need to talk to each other

b)

A process were a barber cuts hair without talking

c)

An auction

d)

a West African form of warfare

17.

This is the region and broad name for the people that live in the middle and south of Africa

a)

Negative Sahara

b)

Sub-Saharan

c)

Under Sahara

d)

Anti-Saharan

18.

This is the Greek word for city-state.

a)

Polis

b)

Democracy

c)

Classical

d)

Acropolis

19.

A government in which only a few people have power

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictatorship

20.

He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

a)

Homer

b)

Sappho

c)

Aesop

d)

Cyrus the Great

21.

Democracy was invented in...

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Macedonia

22.

who took over Alexander the Great's empire after he died

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Darius

c)

No one

d)

Antiochus

23.

These were the powerful nobles of Rome

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Gauls

d)

Consuls

24.

The Romans spoke this language

a)

Latin

b)

English

c)

Roman

d)

Spanish

25.

Pax Romana was...

a)

200 years of peace and prosperity in Rome

b)

when Rome was split into east and west

c)

100 years of civil war that ended the republic

d)

when Western Rome was destroyed

26.

These laws were made by a Byzantine Emperor. they would be copied by many other countries during the Middle Ages

a)

12 tables

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Justinian's Code

d)

the Ten Commandments

27.

Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome

a)

Augustus

b)

Trajan

c)

Diocletian

d)

Constantine

28.

A person that promised to support a lord in exchange for land is called

a)

King

b)

Vassal

c)

Serf

d)

Count

29.

The 4th crusade successfully attacked the city of...

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Constantinople

c)

Alexandra

d)

Baghdad

30.

Which of these was NOT a way the United States's government was influenced by Medieval England

a)

Parliament was the inspiration for the US congress

b)

The Bill of Rights lists rights the government cannot take like the Magna Carta

c)

Mayors swear loyalty to their Governor. Governors swear loyalty to the President and each promises to raise an army for his boss in war.

d)

the government must prove that all people arrested committed a crime by using an impartial judge and jury. Habeas Corpus

31.

Which of these was where the MAIN Crusades were being fought...

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.

The city where the Renaissance started. They figured out how to build their cathedral with a Roman roof and the Medici lived here.

a)

Rome

b)

Milan

c)

Florence

d)

Venice

33.

Italian sculptor, painter, inventor, engineer. Painted Mona Lisa, The Last Supper

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Michelangelo

d)

William Shakespeare

34.

This is a document from the pope that can have a persons sin's forgiven

a)

Theses

b)

Sacrament

c)

Interest

d)

Indulgence

35.

The name for the new group of Christians that started in the Reformation

a)

orthodox

b)

catholic

c)

coptic

d)

protestant

36.

This scientist was excommunicated and put on house arrest for saying the sun was the center of the solar system

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Johannes Kepler

37.

Which of these was NOT something Europeans were looking for at the start of the Age of Exploration

a)

China

b)

India

c)

The Americas

d)

The Spice Islands

38.

Who captained the first voyage to circumnavigate the the globe

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Francis Drake

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

39.

The Old World is...

a)

North and South America

b)

Africa, Europe and Asia

c)

Spain, Portugal, England and France

d)

Antarctica and Australia

40.

Over time, rituals for worshiping the kami ancestors became a main part of the traditional religion of Japan called

a)

Christianity

b)

Shinto

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

41.

He is a general who ruled Japan in the emperor’s name

a)

Shogun

b)

Khan

c)

Daimyo

d)

Bushido

42.

who was the Spainish conquestor who lead the defeat of the Aztecs

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Montezuma

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Francisco Pizarro

43.

This group was the only major group to live in South America

a)

The Maya

b)

The Inca

c)

The Aztec