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1st Semester World History Exam (8th Grade)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the lower Roman class?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Praetors

c)

Consul

d)

Cuneiform

2.

What was the name for the Roman judges?

a)

Praetors

b)

cuneiform

c)

Plebians

d)

prophet

3.

What was the highest political office in Rome?

a)

emporer

b)

monotheism

c)

king

d)

consuls

4.

How did the Byzantine Empire manage to last longer than the Western Roman Empire? Explain ( Remember location, location, location)

a)

by having a lot of slaves and soldiers

b)

it was a natural choke point (between the Aegean and Black Sea)

c)

The peninsula was a useful waterway

d)

the emperors being really harsh and insane rulers on their subjects and military

e)

it had good harbors for trade, was a crossroad for trade

5.

The first written code of laws, "an eye for an eye"

a)

Justinian Code of Law

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

The Twelve Tables

d)

Mosaic law

6.

A group of many different lands under one ruler.

a)

latifundia

b)

empire

c)

kingdom

d)

prophet

7.

Wedge-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians.

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

Phoenician alphabet

d)

phonics

8.

Chief god of the Egyptians

a)

Osiris

b)

Set

c)

Isis

d)

Ra

9.

A person who claims to be instructed by God.

a)

messengar

b)

disciple

c)

prophet

d)

traveler

10.

Why did they mummify people in Egypt?

a)

to preserve the body and put them for the afterlife

b)

to make attack zombies

c)

to make sure they are dead

d)

to make them suffer

11.

What city did Joshua lead the Israelites into?

a)

Bethlaham

b)

Jericho

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Assyria

12.

What was the belief in one god?

a)

polytheism

b)

Christianity

c)

monotheism

d)

Slavic

13.

What were the laws received by Moses called?

a)

Justinian Code of Law

b)

Ten Commandments

c)

Declaration of Independent

d)

The Twelve Tables (Code of Law)

14.

What were the independent city-states of Greece known as?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

polis

c)

common urbs

d)

rusticus

15.

Who were the Helots

a)

Roman slaves

b)

Assyrian slaves

c)

Spartan slaves

d)

Byzantine slaves

16.

What was a democracy?

a)

a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislation

b)

a kingdom where a king and queen rules

c)

a form of government that only has the leader in complete control over the government

d)

a form of government that has the government control every thing, such as economy, and social status

17.

Who discovered the Minoan civilization?

a)

John Myers

b)

Sir Arthur Evans

c)

John Evans

d)

George Washington

18.

Who believed that happiness came from following reason, not emotions?

a)

Socratics

b)

Pythagoreanism

c)

Zenoism

d)

Stoics

19.

What country lay to the north of Greece?

a)

Rome

b)

Macedonia

c)

Assyria

d)

Norse

20.

Professional teachers in Ancient Greece.

a)

Plebians

b)

The Praetors

c)

The Sophists

d)

consuls

21.

Who is the father of History?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Plato

c)

Zeno

d)

Aristotle

22.

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a)

Homer

b)

Virgil

c)

Epricus

d)

Hesiod

23.

Conquered much of the known world and spread Hellenistic (Greek) culture.

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Mark Anthony

d)

Woodrow Wilson

24.

Who created the Pythagorean Theorem?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Archimedes

d)

Eratosthenes

25.

Large farming estates in Rome.

a)

farm

b)

rich people farm

c)

latifundia

d)

Roman estates

26.

A human made channel for carrying water long distances was known as an Aqueduct.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The conclusion of this war saw the Carthaginians defeated, paying a large fine, and being kicked out of Sicily.

a)

The Fourth Punic War

b)

The Third Punic War

c)

The First Punic War

d)

The Second Punic War

28.

What island was important to both Rome and Carthage and sits at the tip of Italy's boot?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Sicily

c)

Delos

d)

Hydra

29.

Who was in the First Triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, and Scipio

b)

Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Pompey.

c)

Fabius Maximus, Scipio, and Mark Anthony

d)

Nero, Apollo Delos, and Sulla

30.

Who was in the Second Triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Pompey.

b)

Fabius Maximus, Scipio, and Mark Anthony

c)

Delos, Scipio, and Lepidus

d)

Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus

31.

What title did Octavian take?

a)

dictator

b)

consul

c)

Imperator

d)

leader

32.

Brothers who tried to get reforms for the Plebeians, but were assassinated.

a)

Mark and Cador Lepidus

b)

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

c)

Julius and Marcus Caesar

d)

Romulus and Remus

33.

What did the Israelite faith eventually become known as?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

34.

What was the name of Rome's smaller military groups?

a)

aureus

b)

army

c)

unit

d)

legion

35.

According to legend who founded the city of Rome?

a)

Remus and Romulus

b)

Aenied

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Alexander the Great

36.

In Greek Mythology, where did the most important gods and goddesses live?

a)

Mount Othrys

b)

Mount Ida

c)

Mount Olympus

d)

Mount Parnassus

37.

Do you believe there is an absolute right or wrong?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I dont know

d)

Kind of

38.

How did the Nile River helped Egyptian society flourish

a)

its flooding helped the soil florusih

b)

it boosted trade

c)

it made the citizens of Egypt die

d)

a great way of defense for Egypt

e)

was a source for sleeping

39.

A line of rulers from father to son.

a)

dynasty

b)

patriarchy

c)

matriarchy

d)

king

40.

Who believed God was telling him to lead his people out of EGYPT?

a)

Abraham

b)

Joshua

c)

Moses

d)

Jonah

41.

What was the Jewish house of worship?

a)

church

b)

synagogue

c)

chapel

d)

religious center

42.

The Torah and the Bible both have the new testament in it.

a)

False

b)

True

43.

What is the name of the Jewish faith?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

44.

What are the differences between representative and direct democracy?

a)

Both are democracies

b)

In a direct democracy the citizens have a say in the laws, but in a representative democracy there is a group of government people that represents what the citizens want

c)

They both let citizens have some sort of say in the law

d)

Both are used in most countries

45.

Who was responsible for the Golden Age of Athens?

a)

Heracles

b)

Pericles

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Julius Caesar