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World History Final Exam

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the Twelve Tablets?
a)
first laws of Rome, foundation for future laws
b)
Rome’s first and only laws
c)
Senate’s rules for applying for a building contract
d)
Rome’s constitution
2.
200 years of peace in Rome
a)
Pax Romana
b)
Puxatawny Phil
c)
Peace Time
d)
Civil Wars
3.

These are the reasons Rome fell apart....

a)

Political unrest

b)

Invasions by the Germans

c)

The city-states united into a league against Rome

d)

economic problems

4.

The Justinian Code is the basis for what in many countries?

a)

government organization

b)

religious orders

c)

legal systems

d)

taxation

5.

What were 2 key reasons Constantine picked Constantinople as the new capital of Rome?

a)

It was a crossroads of trade

b)

It had a widely used road system

c)

It was already a great defensive position

d)

It was a model of Rome

6.

Whats the main job of a historian?

a)

figure out how/why something happened in the past

b)

teach social studies

c)

explain historical events in museums

d)

to publish their findings in college magazines

7.

What to the elements of geography describe?

a)

what a place is like and why

b)

how people have changed the world

c)

where a place is located

d)

regions and common characteristics

8.

Someone's dairy could be....

a)

a primary resource

b)

a secondary resource

c)

a textbook

d)

a conclusion

9.

What is a example of evidence?

a)

a textbook on social studies

b)

an opinion article in the newspaper

c)

pots and tools from an ancient civilization

d)

a personal letter about a vacation

10.

Define bias

a)

unreasoned emotional judgement

b)

reasonable written ideas

c)

first hand accounts of an event

d)

second hand accounts of an event

11.

What do you call a judgement made after significant research has been done

a)

bias

b)

conclusion

c)

hypothesis

d)

guess

12.

Why kind of map shows country boundaries and capitals?

a)

physical

b)

projection

c)

political

d)

population

13.

What are the 3 Basic Human Needs?

a)

food, shelter, water

b)

water, clothing, shelter

c)

shelter, food, clothing

d)

air, food, water

14.

How did the Agricultural Revolution effect population?

a)

it increased due to more food

b)

it decreased due to less food

c)

it dcreased due to more food

d)

it decreased due to less food

15.

Why were villages possible?

a)

less people needed to search for food

b)

people could stay in one place because of farming and herding

c)

people could stay in one place because of hunting and gathering

d)

the bigger population needed more space

16.
What was Hammurabi’s most important reform?
a)
Code of law
b)
number system
c)
writing
d)
first empire
17.
What is the most important benefit of the Nile River?
a)
Fresh water source
b)
transportation
c)
protection
d)
food
18.
Birthplace of new ideas/Cradle of Civilization
a)
Mesopotamia 
b)
Egypt
c)
Iraq
d)
Exeter
19.

Define polytheism.

a)

belief in one god

b)

Belief in NO gods

c)

belief in many gods

d)

belief in the sun god

20.

Name 2 reasons the discovery of King Tut's tomb was so important?

a)

it was the first intact tomb discovered with all its contents

b)

the world was able to learn more about Ancient Egyptian culture

c)

It made Howard Carter famous

d)

King Tut was the longest reigning pharaoh in all of Egypt

21.

What part of Hammurabi's Code of Law do we still use today?

a)

eye for an eye

b)

innocent until proven guilty

c)

guilty until proven innocent

d)

equal rights

22.
What was the role of the polis in Greece?
a)
center of politics
b)
center of trade
c)
center of industry
d)
center of life
23.

The geography of Greece influenced them to....

a)

create unity with other city states

b)

become independent city-states

c)

promote a central government

d)

create a individual religion

24.

What was Alexander the Great's legacy?

a)

he created world peace

b)

he spread Macedonian culture

c)

he united the Greek city-states

d)

he spread Greek culture

25.
A _______ is when all people have a say in government.
a)
democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
oligarchy
d)
dictatorship
26.
Conquered Greeks
a)
Rome
b)
Persia
c)
Minoans
d)
Troy
27.

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

Italy

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Rome

28.

whats the main difference between the Renaissance and Middle Ages?

a)

people focused on the church

b)

people focused on trade

c)

people focused on learning

d)

people focused on changing nothing

29.

The goal of this was to correct the wrongs of the Catholic Church

a)

Renaissace

b)

Reformation

c)

Lutheran Church

d)

missionaries

30.

Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church by creating his ______ that led to the Protestant Church

a)

Edict of Nantes

b)

Declaration of the Protestantism

c)

85 Theses

d)

95 Theses

31.
What was the main reason the nobles fought in the Crusades?
a)
they liked to fight in battle
b)
they felt it was their duty as Christians to win back the Holy Land
c)
God told them it was the right thing to do
d)
Pope Urban II told them they would be rewarded
32.

Crime or idea that conflicts with Church teachings

a)

hershey

b)

Heresy

c)

excommunication

d)

feudalism

33.
_____ is landowning nobles governing and protecting people in exchange for    services.
a)
fiefdom
b)
feuding
c)
feudalism
d)
servitude 
34.

What important battle enabled Christianity to survive in Europe?

a)

Battle of Tours

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Battle of Athens and Sparta

d)

Battle of Charles Martel

35.

What was the Black Death?

a)

A Dark Age in Europe

b)

A type of computer virus

c)

A punishment during the Inquisition

d)

a infection that killed 2/3 of Europe

36.

What is Absolutism?

a)

A type of plague

b)

When a king/queen as unlimited power

c)

When a king/queen has limited power

d)

When a king/queen has NO power

37.

What is the Enlightenment?

a)

An era when Christians tired to regain the holy land.

b)

A time when religion swept across Europe.

c)

A period when monarchs has absolute control.

d)

A cultural and scientific revolution in Europe.

38.

What is common about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

They beleive in the same God

d)

They all have holy rules to follow