WorksheetsWH Cycles 1-5 Review 2020
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 15mins
This ancient Babylonian king brought legal equality to Mesopotamia with the first law code
Hammurabi
Justinian
Solomon
Ramesses II
Ancient Chinese religion in the Yellow River Valley civilization included the use of
the Five Pillars
Communism
oracle bones
ziggurats
Which of the following was a major ancient river valley civilization located in modern day India and Pakistan?
Indus River Valley (Harappa)
Safavid Empire
Incan Empire
Huang He River Valley
All four major ancient river valley civilizations relied on which advancement for agriculture?
crop rotation
foraging
enclosure
irrigation
The ancient Egyptians were ruled by a god-king known as a
pharaoh
dictator
sultan
emir
Which of the following ancient civilizations were the first to develop monotheistic religion?
Egyptians
Sumerians
Olmec
Hebrews
The social structure based in ancient India that consists of Brahmin (priests), Kshatriya (warriors/nobles), Vaishya (commoners/businesspeople), Shudra (peasants/servants), and untouchables (jobs considered "unclean"):
ethnic cleansing
caste system
feudal system
polytheism
The system of ancient religious beliefs and practices that was influenced by the Aryan Vedic religion is known as
Judaism
Hinduism
Fascism
Monotheism
Chinese goods became more widely available in Europe during ancient times due to the
Open Door Policy
Four Noble Truths
Persian War
Silk Road
The first emperor of a unified China who established strict legalist policies was
Cixi
Shi Huangdi
Liu Bang
Mao Zedong
The Great Wall of China was connected during the Qin Dynasty in order to
promote trade in the Silk Road
imprison those who resisted the emperor's rule
keep out nomadic invaders
prevent trade with the outside world
Which ancient Greek city-state created the first democratic government?
Athens
Sparta
Rome
Byzantine
While Sparta and Athens united to fight the Persians, they fought against one another in the
Pelopponesian War
Punic Wars
Seven Years' War
Napoleonic Wars
Worship of gods such as Zeus, Athena, and Ares is associated with which ancient civilization?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Olmec
Greece
The adoption of Ancient Greek gods by the Ancient Romans is an example of
assimilation
cultural diffusion
democracy
monotheism
This emperor was responsible for legalizing and standardizing Christianity in the Roman Empire
Diocletian
Charlemagne
Constantine
Justinian
The fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in 576 AD was largely due to
invasion of Germanic tribes
a lack of religious worship
the failure to spread the Latin language
the lack of technology in the Roman army
Justinian's Code and the rule of Empress Theodora were reforms the in the
Byzantine Empire
Mongol Empire
Aztec Empire
Islamic Empire
The Russian Empire was founded by
Princess Olga
Justinian I
Peter the Great
Ivan III
The group of nomads from the Asian steppe who built a large empire with advancement horsemanship and without the need for supply lines:
Huns
Han Dynasty
Mongols
Byzantines
Religious pilgrimage, fasting, charity, prayer, and belief in Allah are aspects of the
Eightfold Path
Five Pillars of Islam
Four Noble Truths
Old Testament
Which of the following accounts for the vast spread of Islam?
Muslim trade networks
the decline of Judaism
forced Muslim conversion
failure of the Crusades
The Bantu migration led to the spread of a common language and culture throughout
the Islamic Empire
Mesoamerica
Africa
the Indian Maritime Network
Which three major West African kingdoms flourished due to control of the gold and salt trade across the Sahara?
Aksum
Mali
Songhai
Ghana
One aspect of traditional African religion is
socialism
castes
jihad
animism
The social and political system in western Europe during the 900s-1200s that operated on fealty to lords and serf labor:
feudalism
constitutionalism
capitalism
mercantilism
The wave of bubonic plague known as the Black Death originated in
Asia
Italy
South America
Spain
How was Maya civilization organized at its height?
centralized under one emperor
ruled by elected representatives
independently ruled as city-states
ruled as a colony by the Aztec
Which of the following was a highly centralized and militaristic Central American civilization prior to Spanish conquest?
Olmec
Aztec
Chavin
Choctaw
Major reasons why the Inca Empire fell to the Spanish included
weakness from civil war and smallpox
a lack of centralized authority
the failure of Inca architecture to protect their cities
the sacrifice of too many people to its sun god
The term for the movement of people, goods, and diseases
between the Old and New Worlds sparked by European exploration:
Trans-Saharan Trade
Atlantic Trade
Columbian Exchange
Triangular System
The transport of large numbers of Africans to the Americas for agricultural labor is known as the
Atlantic Slave Trade
Columbian Trade
Mercator Projection
Encomienda System
Which family's patronage of artists and art
established Florence as an important cultural
center during the Renaissance?
Caesar
Bonaparte
Tudor
Medici
Which of the following was an effect of the Gutenberg printing press?
the increase in literacy throughout Europe
the establishment of merchant guilds in France
and Germany
the expansion of royal power in most European
countries
the rise of the feudal system, especially in
Britain
Select which of the following individuals are considered artists of the High Renaissance period in Italy:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Raphael Sanzio
Niccolo Machiavelli
Which document explains the issues that Martin Luther had with the Church's sale of indulgences?
Edict of Worms
Fourteen Points
The Prince
Ninety-Five Theses
Which of the following events caused the spread of Protestantism throughout Europe?
Black Death
Market Revolution
Reformation
French Wars of Religion
The English monarch who established a church that would serve as a compromise between Catholics and Protestants and defeated the Spanish Armada:
Mary I
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
George III
Which major city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453, thus defeating the Byzantine Empire?
Paris
Constantinople
Rome
Athens
Which of the following were Gunpowder Empire rulers who supported religious toleration and artistic achievement? (Select all that apply)
Suleyman the Magnificent (Ottoman Empire)
Ashoka the Great (Maurya Empire)
Abbas the Great (Safavid Empire)
Akbar I (Mughal Empire)
After the Tokugawa Shogunate took control of Japan, which policy did it enforce throughout its long reign (1600-1868)?
democracy
westernization
totalitarianism
isolationism
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, Europeans believed in which model of the universe?
Ethnocentric
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Concentric
The belief that all individuals are born with the basic natural rights of life, liberty, and property was established by which philosopher?
Aristotle
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following were important Enlightenment philosophes? (Select all that apply)
Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
Niccolo Machiavelli
Baron de Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which of the following groups were kept in check by absolute monarchs in order to consolidate their power?
serfs
merchants
nobles
humanists
Which of the following revolutions occurred due to resentment against monarchical power and unfair taxation? (Select all that apply)
Cultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
American Revolution
French Revolution
Which of the following individuals was influenced by Enlightenment ideals and helped lead the wars for independence throughout South America?
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Francisco Goya
Fidel Castro
Which of the following innovations increased coal and steel production the MOST during the Industrial Revolution?
cotton gin
steam locomotive
spinning jenny
steamboat
Which of the following countries industrialized successfully during the late 1800's due to political and economic reforms?
Egypt
Russia
Japan
China
The Berlin Conference allowed for the
political division of African among European powers
beginning of decolonization in Africa
end of World War I
industrialization of Great Britain
Otto von Bismarck used realpolitik strategy to unite which nation by 1871?
Austria
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Select all major causes of World War I:
nationalism in Europe
spread of communism
growing militarism
creation of the alliance system
A political system in which government leaders try to control all aspects of society through harsh censorship, propaganda, and military force:
totalitarianism
absolutism
direct democracy
mercantilism
What was the Nazi Party's "Final Solution"?
the mass execution of European Jews
the plan to invade France through Belgium
the strategy of "lightning war" to surprise enemies
the campaign to invade the Soviet Union
World War II officially ended after the
bombing and surrender of Japan
surrender of the Axis Powers in Munich
deaths of Hitler and Mussolini
storming of Normandy Beach on D-Day
The Cold War began due to disagreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union over
the harsh treatment of Germany in peace treaties
the creation of Israel and Palestine by the United Nations
the construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviets
the Eastern European countries under Soviet occupation
