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WORLD 1 REVIEW

Total questions: 160

Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were early societies called?

a)

cave men

b)

Homo sapiens

c)

river valleys

d)

Hunter-gatherer

2.

From what continent did Homo Sapiens emerge?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

3.

How long ago did they emerge?

a)

100,000 to 400,000 years ago

b)

500,000 years ago

c)

1,000,000 years ago

d)

200,000 to 300,000 years ago

4.

What is the Old Stone age called?

a)

Neolithic Era

b)

Paleolithic Era

c)

hunter gather

d)

farmers

5.

How large were clans in the Paleolithic Era?

a)

20-30 people

b)

40-50 people

c)

50-100 people

d)

10-20 people

6.

What kind of language was developed?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Written

d)

Oral

7.

Where was art depicted on?

a)

Mountains

b)

each other

c)

Caves

d)

Soil

8.

What is the new stone age called?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Neolithic Era

c)

Paleolithic Era

d)

Hunter gatherer

9.

What made the change between Paleolithic to Neolithic?

a)

They were always farmers

b)

They stayed the same

c)

Farming and agriculture to Hunter gatherer

d)

Hunter gatherer- to farming and agriculture

10.

Farming led to the domestication of what?

a)

Plants

b)

people

c)

Animals

d)

cats

11.

What skills did they develop?

a)

weaving

b)

knitting

c)

archery

d)

cooking

12.

What archaeological site was found in England?

a)

Catalhoyuk

b)

Jericho

c)

Aleppo

d)

Stonehenge

13.

The Mesopotamian civilization was founded on the Nile river?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

14.

What is the earliest form of writing?

a)

Pictograms

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Alphabet

15.

Who founded Judaism?

a)

God

b)

Jesus

c)

Abraham

d)

Moses

16.

Was Judaism mono or polytheistic?

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Monotheistic

17.

What is the holy book of Judaism?

a)

Upanishads

b)

Vedas

c)

Bible

d)

Torah

18.

Was slavery excepted in early societies?

a)

YES

b)

NO

19.

Who were the first to practice monotheism?

a)

Muslims

b)

Christians

c)

Hebrews

d)

Jews

20.

How was Judaism spread?

a)

War

b)

Trade

c)

Diaspora

d)

Exile

21.

What empire was the first to build road systems?

a)

Aryans

b)

Gupta

c)

Indian

d)

Persian

22.

What was the main religion of the Persian Empire?

a)

Islam

b)

Zoroastrianism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

23.

Who created the caste system?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Indians

c)

Mauryan Empire

d)

Aryans

24.

Who spread Buddhism with his missionaries?

a)

Paul

b)

Asoka

c)

Moses

d)

Jesus

25.

What was the golden age of Indian Culture?

a)

Gupta Empire

b)

Aryan Empire

c)

Mauryan Empire

d)

Indian Empire

26.

Hinduism is...

a)

monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

27.

What were the two beliefs that they have?

a)

Education

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Karma

d)

Humility

28.

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Confucius

b)

Abraham

c)

Jesus

d)

Buddha

29.

What were the two religions of early Chinese civilizations?

a)

Confucinism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shintoism

30.

What are the beliefs of Buddhism?

a)

Bible

b)

Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

c)

Four Noble Truths

d)

New Testament

31.

What is one contribution of Classical China?

a)

Civil service

b)

Waterwheels

c)

Spices

d)

Windmills

32.

What is still used in Chinese culture today?

a)

New Testament

b)

Old Testament

c)

4 Noble Truth

d)

Code of Politeness

33.

In Confucianism what was their an emphasis on?

a)

Humility

b)

Children

c)

Education

d)

Peace

34.

Who did they have respect for?

a)

Simple Life

b)

Elders

c)

Children

d)

Leaders

35.

What is the symbol for Confucianism and Shintoism?

a)

Cross

b)

Yin and Yang

c)

Davids Star

d)

Torah

36.

What did Shintoists have harmony with?

a)

their leaders

b)

education

c)

Nature

d)

god

37.

Where was the Mediterranean Sea located?

a)

Aegean Basin

b)

Black Sea

c)

Baltic Region

d)

Balkan Peninsula

38.

What was located above Greece?

a)

India

b)

Russia

c)

Perisa

d)

Macedonia

39.

What did barter switch to?

a)

Coins

b)

Paper money

c)

checks

d)

credit cards

40.

What was there a lack of in Greece?

a)

jobs

b)

Arable Land

c)

Protection

d)

civil service

41.

What was Greek Mythology based on?

a)

Nothing

b)

Nature

c)

Monotheistic Religion

d)

Polytheistic Religion

42.

What did Greek Mythology do?

a)

They needed stories

b)

Offered explanation for natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events

c)

Folklore

d)

Something to pass the time

43.

God of the Underworld

a)

Hephaestus

b)

Hades

c)

Hera

d)

Hercules

44.
King of the Gods
a)
Apollo
b)
Melpomene
c)
Zeus
d)
Poseidon
45.
Queen of the gods
a)
Hera
b)
Hermes
c)
Demeter
d)
Athena
46.

Who was the goddess of wisdom?

a)

Mars

b)

Demeter

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

47.

What was her symbol?

a)

Owl

b)

Dove

c)

Peacock

d)

Wheat

48.

Who were the twin gods?

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Zeus

d)

Apollo

49.

Who were the only people that were citizens?

a)

Slaves

b)

Women

c)

Free Adult Males

d)

Foreigners

50.

What was the first stage of Greece's government?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Democracy

51.

What kind of Democracy did Greece have?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Direct

c)

Representative

d)

Trimuative

52.

What two tyrants tried to reform Greece?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

53.

What city was an Oligarchy?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Troy

d)

Thebes

54.

What does Oligarchy mean?

a)

Militaristic and agressive

b)

Social classes

c)

debates

d)

duties of the citizen

55.

Who rebuilt the Parthenon?

a)

Alexander

b)

Pericles

c)

Draco

d)

Caesar

56.

Who conquered most of Greece?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Philip II

d)

Alexander the Great

57.

Who was his son?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Pericles

c)

Draco

d)

Plato

58.

What did he spread?

a)

Egyptian culture

b)

Roman culture

c)

Hellenistic Culture

d)

Greek culture

59.

Who is the father of Geometry?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

60.

Who was the blind poet?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Homer

c)

Phidias

d)

Sophocles

61.

Where is Rome located?

a)

Italian Peninsula

b)

Alps

c)

Greek Peninsula

62.

Who were the powerful and rich?

a)

Slave

b)

Serfs

c)

Patricians

d)

Plebians

63.

Who were the majority of the population?

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebians

c)

Slaves

d)

Vassals

64.

Slaves were based on race...

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

65.

Who were citizens?

a)

Plebians

b)

All foreigners

c)

Patricians

d)

selected foreigners

66.

What type of Democracy did Rome have?

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Direct

d)

Representative

67.

What was Roman Mythology based on?

a)

Hindu Mythology

b)

Greek Mythology

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

68.

Who invaded the Italian Peninsula?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Marc Anthony

c)

Carthage

d)

Hannibal

69.

Who won all three Punic Wars?

a)

Rome

b)

Carthage

70.

What religion had it's roots in Judaism?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

71.

Who is the Roman God and is the King?

a)

Neptune

b)

Juno

c)

Minerva

d)

Jupiter

72.

Who is the god of the sea?

a)

Neptune

b)

Pluto

c)

Mars

d)

Vulcan

73.

Who was the god of forge and fire?

a)

Uranus

b)

Vulcan

c)

Minerva

d)

Ceres

74.

Who was killed because he was becoming to powerful?

a)

Marc Anthony

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Cleopatra

75.

Who was Julius killed by?

a)

his worst enemy

b)

in battle

c)

Random person

d)

His best friend

76.

What is Christianity?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

77.

Who is the incarnation of God?

a)

Alexander

b)

Paul

c)

Jesus

d)

Moses

78.

Who carried the message of Christianity?

a)

Apostles

b)

Jesus

c)

Buddha

d)

Abraham

79.

What were the laws of Rome?

a)

4 Noble Truths

b)

12 Tables

c)

Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

d)

New Testament

80.

Who came after Julius Caesar?

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Marc Anthony

c)

Nero

d)

Cleopatra

81.

What was the 200 years of Peace called?

a)

Treaty of Peace

b)

Second Trumuitive

c)

First Trumuitive

d)

Pax Romana

82.

What became more important than the emperor?

a)

Kings

b)

Church

c)

Queens

d)

War

83.

What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Verona

b)

Rome

c)

Constantinople

d)

Venice

84.

Who moved the capital?

a)

Augustus

b)

Julius

c)

Justinian

d)

Constantine

85.

What was Constantinople the crossroads of?

a)

Trade

b)

Disease

c)

Weapons

d)

culture

86.

What culture was preserved?

a)

Greco-Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

87.

Constantinople was easily fortified...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

88.

Where was the eastern church?

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

89.

Western Church?

a)

Rome

b)

Constantinople

90.

Who codified Roman Law?

a)

Constantine

b)

Justinian

c)

Patriarch

d)

Pope

91.

What are icons?

a)

important people

b)

churches

c)

paintings

d)

religious images

92.

What is the Byzantine domed Church?

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Mosaics

c)

Vatican

d)

Sistine Chapel

93.

What church was found in the eastern region?

a)

Roman Catholic

b)

Greek Orthodox

c)

Sistine

94.

Who wrote the Aeneid?

a)

Virgil

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

95.

What language was spoken in the east?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Greek

d)

Latin

96.

What language was spoken in the west?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Slavic

d)

English

97.

What two seas were trade routes?

a)

Mediterreanean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

d)

Red Sea

98.

Who was the head of the western church?

a)

Saint

b)

Pope

c)

Patriarch

d)

Bishop

99.

Latin is a romance language?

a)

No

b)

Yes

100.

Who is the Prophet of Islam?

a)

Jesus

b)

Asoka

c)

Muhammad

d)

Buddha

101.

What were the two cities?

a)

Mecca

b)

Baghdad

c)

Medina

d)

Afghanistan

102.

Mono or Poly?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

103.

What is the capital of Islam?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Medina

c)

Mecca

d)

Baghdad

104.

What is the holy book of Islam?

a)

Bible

b)

Upanishads

c)

Koran

d)

Vedas

105.

What caused the split in the religion?

a)

Fall of Jerusalem

b)

Death of Ali

c)

Death of Muhammad

d)

Fall of Baghdad

106.

Where were the Muslims defeated?

a)

Battle of Tours

b)

Baghdad

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Angles

107.

Who conquered Baghdad?

a)

Europeans

b)

Angles

c)

Mongols

d)

Saxons

108.

What is an example of the Islamic architecture?

a)

Dome of the Rock

b)

Hagia Sophia

c)

Sistine Chapel

d)

Vatican

109.

What alphabet was picked up?

a)

Slavic

b)

Arabic

c)

Greek

d)

Indian

110.

Where are Angles and Saxons from?

a)

Continental Europe

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Russia

d)

Hungary

111.

Where are Magyars from?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

England

c)

Hungary

d)

Central Asia

112.

Where did Vikings settle?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

Russia

c)

Hungary

d)

England

113.

Who did the pope crown emperor?

a)

Francis

b)

Leo II

c)

Leo III

d)

Charlemagne

114.
Who was the top leader in the land with the feudal system? 
a)
The king
b)
The prime minister 
c)
The serf
d)
The knight
115.
What building, owned by the local lord, was the center of daily life in the feudal system?     
a)
The church 
b)
The capital building
c)
The forum 
d)
The manor 
116.
What did the peasants get in return for serving and working for their local lord?       
a)
Protection from invaders
b)
An easy life with little work
c)
A long happy life
d)
The right to vote for the king
117.
What was life like for the majority of the people that lived in the Middle Ages under the feudal system?   
a)
They lived in nice castles
b)
They worked hard as peasant farmers 
c)
They hung out at the local pub
d)
 They wore fancy clothes and went to parties
118.

What were the laborers called?

a)

Lords

b)

Knights

c)

Vassals

d)

Serfs

119.

Who owned the land?

a)

Vassals

b)

Kings

c)

Lords

d)

Serfs

120.

What is a fief?

a)

Throne

b)

Castle

c)

Parcel of Land

d)

Manor

121.

Where is amber from?

a)

Baltic Region

b)

Silk Road

c)

Trans- Saharan

d)

South China

122.

What route runs through the Mediterranean Basin?

a)

Baltic

b)

Silk Road

c)

Trans-Saharan

d)

Maritime

123.

Gold is from where?

a)

India

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

124.

What African country practiced Christianity?

a)

Songhai

b)

Ghana

c)

Axum

d)

Zimbabwe

125.

What are the three western African kingdoms?

a)

Songhai

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Ghana

d)

Mali

126.

What religion is special to Japan?

a)

Shintoism

b)

Taoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Buddhism

127.

What influenced Chinese culture?

a)

Confucanism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

128.

What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

a)

Limpopo

b)

Great Zimbabwe

c)

Zambezi

d)

Timbuktu

129.

What was the center of trade and learning?

a)

Egypt

b)

Songhai

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Mali

130.

Chichen Itza is the capital of what empire?

a)

Aztec

b)

Mayan

c)

Incan

131.

What is the capital of the Aztecs?

a)

Andes

b)

Macchu Pichhu

c)

Chichen Itza

d)

Tenochtitlan

132.

The capital of the Incans is...

a)

Macchu Pichu

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Chichen Itza

133.

All of the civilizations were polytheistic...

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

134.

What mountain range is found with the Incan civilization?

a)

Rocky

b)

Appalachian

c)

Andes

d)

Arid Valley

135.

What are the three western African kingdoms?

a)

Songhai

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Ghana

d)

Mali

136.

Pyramids were used for religious reasons?

a)

True

b)

False

137.

Who had road systems?

a)

Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Mayans

138.

Who was ruled by a King?

a)

Mayans

b)

Inca

c)

Aztecs

139.

What did all three contribute?

a)

Writing and record keeping

b)

Mathematics

c)

education

d)

Calendars

140.

Who led the Norman Conquest?

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Ferdinand

c)

Hugh Capet

d)

William the Conqueror

141.

Who signed the Magna Carta?

a)

King James

b)

King John

c)

Ferdinand

d)

Isabella

142.

Who was the leader of France?

a)

Hugh Capet

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Ferdinand

d)

Isabella

143.

Who were the King and Queen of Spain?

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Isabella

c)

Ferdinand

d)

Victoria

144.

What started the Crusades?

a)

Heaven

b)

Plague

c)

Black Death

d)

Pope Urban's Speech

145.

What did Constantinople change to?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

Istanbul

c)

India

d)

Dubai

146.

What was an economic effect of the Crusades?

a)

Translation of texts

b)

Unsury

c)

Working in Monasteries

d)

demand of middle eastern products

147.

Who threw off Mongol rule in Russia?

a)

Ivan the Great

b)

Charles V

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Joan of Arc

148.

Who was a unifying factor in France?

a)

Victoria

b)

Isabella

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Mary

149.

Which of the following best describes how the Bubonic Plague was spread from one person to another?

a)

through the air

b)

through bites from infected fleas

c)

through physical contact with the infected

d)

all of the above

150.

What was a major impact of the Black Death?

a)

the loss of natural resources

b)

the decline of feudalism

c)

the increase in population

d)

the decrease of kings' power

151.

What did most people believe the Black Death was caused by?

a)

dogs and cats

b)

biological war affairs

c)

God's punishment

d)

food mites

152.

Who wrote the Praise of Folly?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Erasmus

c)

Sir Thomas More

d)

Da Vinci

153.

Who wrote Utopia?

a)

Sir Thomas More

b)

Erasmus

c)

Petrarch

d)

Da Vinci

154.

What were the three Italian city states?

a)

Venice

b)

Verona

c)

Genoa

d)

Florence

155.

Which of these men of the Renaissance was known equally for his art as well as inventions?

a)

Rueben

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Aristotle

156.

Which of these changes occurred during the Renaissance?

a)

The Church was all-powerful.

b)

The Church’s power declined.

c)

Factories began using electricity.

d)

Women gained equal rights with men.

157.

One of the most important ideas from the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly.

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Building designer

d)

Printing Press

158.

Philosophers and painters of the Renaissance and wanted to return to the times of ...

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

about 3 weeks ago

159.

Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?

a)

Humanism

b)

City State

c)

Cultural relativism

d)

Behavioralism

160.

What does the word Renaissance translate to?

a)

Rebirth

b)

New Born

c)

Secular

d)

Dowry

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