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WH Cycles 1-5 Review 2020

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This ancient Babylonian king brought legal equality to Mesopotamia with the first law code

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Justinian

c)

Solomon

d)

Ramesses II

2.

Ancient Chinese religion in the Yellow River Valley civilization included the use of

a)

the Five Pillars

b)

Communism

c)

oracle bones

d)

ziggurats

3.

Which of the following was a major ancient river valley civilization located in modern day India and Pakistan?

a)

Indus River Valley (Harappa)

b)

Safavid Empire

c)

Incan Empire

d)

Huang He River Valley

4.

All four major ancient river valley civilizations relied on which advancement for agriculture?

a)

crop rotation

b)

foraging

c)

enclosure

d)

irrigation

5.

The ancient Egyptians were ruled by a god-king known as a

a)

pharaoh

b)

dictator

c)

sultan

d)

emir

6.

Which of the following ancient civilizations were the first to develop monotheistic religion?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Olmec

d)

Hebrews

7.

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"):

a)

ethnic cleansing

b)

caste system

c)

feudal system

d)

polytheism

8.

The system of ancient religious beliefs and practices that was influenced by the Aryan Vedic religion is known as

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Fascism

d)

Monotheism

9.

Chinese goods became more widely available in Europe during ancient times due to the

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Four Noble Truths

c)

Persian War

d)

Silk Road

10.

The first emperor of a unified China who established strict legalist policies was

a)

Cixi

b)

Shi Huangdi

c)

Liu Bang

d)

Mao Zedong

11.

The Great Wall of China was connected during the Qin Dynasty in order to

a)

promote trade in the Silk Road

b)

imprison those who resisted the emperor's rule

c)

keep out nomadic invaders

d)

prevent trade with the outside world

12.

Which ancient Greek city-state created the first democratic government?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Rome

d)

Byzantine

13.

While Sparta and Athens united to fight the Persians, they fought against one another in the

a)

Pelopponesian War

b)

Punic Wars

c)

Seven Years' War

d)

Napoleonic Wars

14.

Worship of gods such as Zeus, Athena, and Ares is associated with which ancient civilization?

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Olmec

d)

Greece

15.

The adoption of Ancient Greek gods by the Ancient Romans is an example of

a)

assimilation

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

democracy

d)

monotheism

16.

This emperor was responsible for legalizing and standardizing Christianity in the Roman Empire

a)

Diocletian

b)

Charlemagne

c)

Constantine

d)

Justinian

17.

The fall of the Western half of the Roman Empire in 576 AD was largely due to

a)

invasion of Germanic tribes

b)

a lack of religious worship

c)

the failure to spread the Latin language

d)

the lack of technology in the Roman army

18.

Justinian's Code and the rule of Empress Theodora were reforms the in the

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Mongol Empire

c)

Aztec Empire

d)

Islamic Empire

19.

The Russian Empire was founded by

a)

Princess Olga

b)

Justinian I

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Ivan III

20.

The group of nomads from the Asian steppe who built a large empire with advancement horsemanship and without the need for supply lines:

a)

Huns

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Mongols

d)

Byzantines

21.

Religious pilgrimage, fasting, charity, prayer, and belief in Allah are aspects of the

a)

Eightfold Path

b)

Five Pillars of Islam

c)

Four Noble Truths

d)

Old Testament

22.

Which of the following accounts for the vast spread of Islam?

a)

Muslim trade networks

b)

the decline of Judaism

c)

forced Muslim conversion

d)

failure of the Crusades

23.

The Bantu migration led to the spread of a common language and culture throughout

a)

the Islamic Empire

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

Africa

d)

the Indian Maritime Network

24.

Which three major West African kingdoms flourished due to control of the gold and salt trade across the Sahara?

a)

Aksum

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Ghana

25.

One aspect of traditional African religion is

a)

socialism

b)

castes

c)

jihad

d)

animism

26.

The social and political system in western Europe during the 900s-1200s that operated on fealty to lords and serf labor:

a)

feudalism

b)

constitutionalism

c)

capitalism

d)

mercantilism

27.

The wave of bubonic plague known as the Black Death originated in

a)

Asia

b)

Italy

c)

South America

d)

Spain

28.

How was Maya civilization organized at its height?

a)

centralized under one emperor

b)

ruled by elected representatives

c)

independently ruled as city-states

d)

ruled as a colony by the Aztec

29.

Which of the following was a highly centralized and militaristic Central American civilization prior to Spanish conquest?

a)

Olmec

b)

Aztec

c)

Chavin

d)

Choctaw

30.

Major reasons why the Inca Empire fell to the Spanish included

a)

weakness from civil war and smallpox

b)

a lack of centralized authority

c)

the failure of Inca architecture to protect their cities

d)

the sacrifice of too many people to its sun god

31.

The term for the movement of people, goods, and diseases

between the Old and New Worlds sparked by European exploration:

a)

Trans-Saharan Trade

b)

Atlantic Trade

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Triangular System

32.

The transport of large numbers of Africans to the Americas for agricultural labor is known as the

a)

Atlantic Slave Trade

b)

Columbian Trade

c)

Mercator Projection

d)

Encomienda System

33.

Which family's patronage of artists and art

established Florence as an important cultural

center during the Renaissance?

a)

Caesar

b)

Bonaparte

c)

Tudor

d)

Medici

34.

Which of the following was an effect of the Gutenberg printing press?

a)

the increase in literacy throughout Europe

b)

the establishment of merchant guilds in France

and Germany

c)

the expansion of royal power in most European

countries

d)

the rise of the feudal system, especially in

Britain

35.

Select which of the following individuals are considered artists of the High Renaissance period in Italy:

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

Raphael Sanzio

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

36.

Which document explains the issues that Martin Luther had with the Church's sale of indulgences?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

The Prince

d)

Ninety-Five Theses

37.

Which of the following events caused the spread of Protestantism throughout Europe?

a)

Black Death

b)

Market Revolution

c)

Reformation

d)

French Wars of Religion

38.

The English monarch who established a church that would serve as a compromise between Catholics and Protestants and defeated the Spanish Armada:

a)

Mary I

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Henry VIII

d)

George III

39.

Which major city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453, thus defeating the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Paris

b)

Constantinople

c)

Rome

d)

Athens

40.

Which of the following were Gunpowder Empire rulers who supported religious toleration and artistic achievement? (Select all that apply)

a)

Suleyman the Magnificent (Ottoman Empire)

b)

Ashoka the Great (Maurya Empire)

c)

Abbas the Great (Safavid Empire)

d)

Akbar I (Mughal Empire)

41.

After the Tokugawa Shogunate took control of Japan, which policy did it enforce throughout its long reign (1600-1868)?

a)

democracy

b)

westernization

c)

totalitarianism

d)

isolationism

42.

Prior to the Scientific Revolution, Europeans believed in which model of the universe?

a)

Ethnocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Concentric

43.

The belief that all individuals are born with the basic natural rights of life, liberty, and property was established by which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Thomas Jefferson

44.

Which of the following were important Enlightenment philosophes? (Select all that apply)

a)

Francois Marie Arouet (Voltaire)

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

45.

Which of the following groups were kept in check by absolute monarchs in order to consolidate their power?

a)

serfs

b)

merchants

c)

nobles

d)

humanists

46.

Which of the following revolutions occurred due to resentment against monarchical power and unfair taxation? (Select all that apply)

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

American Revolution

d)

French Revolution

47.

Which of the following individuals was influenced by Enlightenment ideals and helped lead the wars for independence throughout South America?

a)

Simon Bolivar

b)

Miguel Hidalgo

c)

Francisco Goya

d)

Fidel Castro

48.

Which of the following innovations increased coal and steel production the MOST during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

cotton gin

b)

steam locomotive

c)

spinning jenny

d)

steamboat

49.

Which of the following countries industrialized successfully during the late 1800's due to political and economic reforms?

a)

Egypt

b)

Russia

c)

Japan

d)

China

50.

The Berlin Conference allowed for the

a)

political division of African among European powers

b)

beginning of decolonization in Africa

c)

end of World War I

d)

industrialization of Great Britain

51.

Otto von Bismarck used realpolitik strategy to unite which nation by 1871?

a)

Austria

b)

Great Britain

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

52.

Select all major causes of World War I:

a)

nationalism in Europe

b)

spread of communism

c)

growing militarism

d)

creation of the alliance system

53.

A political system in which government leaders try to control all aspects of society through harsh censorship, propaganda, and military force:

a)

totalitarianism

b)

absolutism

c)

direct democracy

d)

mercantilism

54.

What was the Nazi Party's "Final Solution"?

a)

the mass execution of European Jews

b)

the plan to invade France through Belgium

c)

the strategy of "lightning war" to surprise enemies

d)

the campaign to invade the Soviet Union

55.

World War II officially ended after the

a)

bombing and surrender of Japan

b)

surrender of the Axis Powers in Munich

c)

deaths of Hitler and Mussolini

d)

storming of Normandy Beach on D-Day

56.

The Cold War began due to disagreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union over

a)

the harsh treatment of Germany in peace treaties

b)

the creation of Israel and Palestine by the United Nations

c)

the construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviets

d)

the Eastern European countries under Soviet occupation