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World History Final Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This group was part of the lower or middle class. Common people.
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Slaves
d)
Priests
2.
What were the Twelve Tables?
a)
a list of Roman leaders
b)
a public display of Roman laws
c)
the place where the most powerful Patricians ate
d)
separation of power
3.
The City of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
a)
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
b)
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
c)
Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
d)
Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity
4.
The crusades were wars between Christians and 
a)
Hindus
b)
Buddhists
c)
Muslims
d)
Catholics
5.
What were the Crusades? 
a)
A series of wars between the Romans and Germanic Tribes
b)
A series of wars between the Muslim tribes on the Arabian Penisula
c)
 A series of religious wars in the middle ages. 
6.
What was the result of the First Crusade?
a)
The Crusaders were defeated and returned home
b)
The Crusaders captured and gained control of Jerusalem
c)
The Crusaders never made it to the Holy Land
d)
The Crusaders got greedy and attacked Constantinople
7.
What is Marco Polo most known for?
a)
Exploring the South Pacific
b)
Exploring Egypt's Nile River
c)
Traveling to China and the far East
d)
Discovering North America
8.
What was the trade route between China and Eastern Europe that Marco Polo traveled on called?
a)
The Desert Road
b)
The Spice Trail
c)
The Eastern Path
d)
The Silk Road
9.
How do we know about the adventures and travels of Marco Polo?
a)
His journal
b)
The book "The Travels of Marco Polo"
c)
Chinese government records
d)
None of the above
10.
What are the 4 main purposes of the United Nations?
a)
keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's poor, centre for discord
b)
keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's rich, centre for harmony
c)
keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's poor, centre for harmony
d)
keep peace, wage war, improve the life of the world's poor, centre for harmony
11.

What were the two civilizations that arose in Southwest Asia and North Africa about 5,000 years ago?

a)

Egypt and Mesopotamia

b)

The Roman Empire and Greek City-States

c)

The Ottoman Empire and the Ashanti Empire

d)

The British Empire and the Russian Empire

12.

What are the names of the two rivers that would flood regularly in Mesopotamia, thus making the land more fertile for agriculture?

a)

The Nile and the Zambezi

b)

The Congo and the Niger

c)

The Euphrates and the Tigris

d)

The Jordan and the Dead Sea

13.

What is the method of watering crops?

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

theocracy

d)

irrigation

14.

What does polytheism mean?

a)

Belief in no God

b)

Belief in one God

c)

Belief in many Gods

15.

What was the ancient writing of the Egyptians called?

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

16.

What did cuneiform ORIGINALLY consist of?

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Pictograms

c)

Individual sounds

d)

Abstract concepts

17.

What is a fief?

a)

large piece of land

b)

manor

c)

payment

18.

Large farming communities that included manor houses, cultivated lands, woodlands, pastures, fields, and pastures were called?

a)

Manors

b)

feudalism

c)

vassals

d)

fiefs

19.

Who was the head of the Christian Church in the Western Empire?

a)

Patriarch

b)

Pope

20.
What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?
a)
Christianity
b)
Feudalism
c)
Shinto
d)
Chivalry
21.
The printing press was invented by
a)
Jan van Eyck.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
Peter Bruegel the Elder.
d)
Hans Holbein the Younger.
22.
What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?
a)
someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures
b)
someone who excelled in many areas of study
c)
someone who specialized in a particular field of study
d)
someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art
23.

Who is best described as a "Renaissance man"?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Hitler

d)

Barrack Obama

24.

After Martin Luther nailed his 95 these on the Catholic Church door, which religious sect grew in popularity?

a)

Atheism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Jewish

d)

Protestantism

25.

Copernicus, Kepler, Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on? (click all that apply)

a)

Experiments

b)

Scientific Research

c)

Knowledge based off science / research

d)

the Catholic Church

26.

During which period in European history did Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama make their marks on history?

a)

1400s

b)

1900s

c)

100s

d)

2000s

27.

Latin American independence movements of the 19th century were inspired by revolutions in the United States and what other country?

a)

Britain

b)

Australia

c)

France

d)

Spain

28.

What similarities exist between the ancient Hebrew religions and Zoroastrianism? Click all that apply

a)

Belief in one God

b)

believe in an external life

c)

belief in many gods

d)

choice to be good and evil

29.

The Marshall plan was designed to restore the economic stability of___________ after WW2?

a)

The United States

b)

France

c)

Western Europe

d)

Germany

30.

The Byzantine empire was conquered by the _______________.

a)

French Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

none

d)

The United States

31.

Machiavelli encouraged rulers and would be rulers to believe that

a)

human nature was self-centered

b)

humans were born with three natural rights

32.

Erasmus taught that Christians should

a)

refuse to associate with anyone that was not Christian

b)

convert people to Christianity

c)

show people how to read the Bible

d)

Show people how to lead good lives

33.

In WW1, the Western Front was characterized by what two things, that kept both sides in the same position for four years? (two correct answers)

a)

no man's land

b)

trench warfare

c)

blitzkrieg

d)

gorilla warfare

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