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10th Grade Honors World History Mid-Term (2020) Part 1

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most important type of primary source?

a)

tradition

b)

artifacts

c)

architecture

d)

written records

2.

What is the division of labor that is part of every city?

a)

civilization

b)

organization

c)

culture

d)

specialization

3.

What term denotes the tendency for humans to love themselves supremely and not to love God or their fellow humans as they should?

a)

twisted affections

b)

specialization

c)

divine providence

d)

organization

4.

Sumerian temple towers were called . . .

a)

cuneiform.

b)

pyramids.

c)

satrapies/

d)

ziggurats.

5.

Giza is the location of the . . .

a)

Great Pyramid of Khufu.

b)

Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezar.

c)

law codes of Hammurabi.

d)

ziggurats of Sumeria.

6.

One of the few female rulers of Egypt was . . .

a)

Amenhotep II.

b)

Hatshepsut.

c)

Thutmose III.

d)

Rameses II.

7.

The greatest Egyptian warrior-king, sometimes called the "Napoleon of Egypt," was . . .

a)

Amenhotep II.

b)

Hatshepsut.

c)

Thutmose III.

d)

Rameses II.

8.

Assyrians were known for all the following except . . .

a)

naval power.

b)

military strength.

c)

terrorism.

d)

cruelty to captives.

9.

Israel's history can be traced back to . . .

a)

Abraham.

b)

Isaac.

c)

Jacob.

d)

Moses.

10.

The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of . . .

a)

Benjamin and Judah.

b)

Dan and Judah.

c)

Gad and Judah.

d)

Levi and Judah.

11.

The Chaldeans can also be called the . . .

a)

Assyrians.

b)

Babylonians.

c)

Lydians.

d)

Medians.

12.

What city was not only the capital of the Assyrian Empire but also a city where Jonah preached?

a)

Babylon

b)

Nineveh

c)

Ur

d)

Damascus

13.

The dispersion, or scattering, of the Jews is known as the . . .

a)

Avésta.

b)

Babylonian Captivity.

c)

Diaspora.

d)

theocracy.

14.

Sennacherib was a(n) _______________ king.

a)

Aramean

b)

Assyrian

c)

Chaldean

d)

Persian

15.

Which of the following statements does not characterize the Greek Dark Ages?

a)

New intruders entered Greece.

b)

Little contact was made with cultures outside of Greece.

c)

Common Greek culture developed.

d)

Troy and Mycenae fought a trade war.

16.

Which of the following was not a form of government experienced by the Greek city-states?

a)

anarchy

b)

democracy

c)

monarchy

d)

oligarchy

17.

On what island was the earliest center of Aegean civilization?

a)

Cyprus

b)

Sicily

c)

Sardinia

d)

Crete

18.

What city located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rival for other early Greek cities?

a)

Knossos

b)

Minoan

c)

Mycenae

d)

Troy

19.

The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was . . .

a)

Knossos.

b)

Minos.

c)

Mycenae.

d)

Troy.

20.

Greek colonization was especially abundant on which island?

a)

Corsica

b)

Cyprus

c)

Sardinia

d)

Sicily

21.

Which of the following is not associated with Sparta?

a)

glorification of the state

b)

isolation

c)

militarism

d)

commercial endeavors

22.

Who determined the circumference of the globe by using geometry?

a)

Euclid

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Sophocles

d)

Eratosthenes

23.

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian refer to Greek . . .

a)

architecture.

b)

dialects.

c)

enemies.

d)

literature.

24.

What term refers to a breakdown of government and order?

a)

anarchy

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

democracy

25.

Which of the following is not true of Socrates?

a)

He said, "Know thyself."

b)

He believed that virtue is knowledge.

c)

He was condemned to death by poison.

d)

He devised the syllogism.

26.

Who finally led the Romans to victory over Carthage in the Second Punic War?

a)

Caesar

b)

Marius

c)

Sulla

d)

Scipio

27.

The victory of Sulla in the first civil war increased the power of the . . .

a)

consuls.

b)

Tribal Assembly.

c)

tribunes.

d)

Senate.

28.

In what year was Rome founded>

a)

753 BC

b)

AD 753

c)

476 BC

d)

AD 476

29.

Which literary figure was also a leading politician, author, lawyer, and statesman?

a)

Cicero

b)

Ovid

c)

Juvenal

d)

Horace

30.

Which of the following was a philosopher who saw Stoicism as the solution to Rome's moral decline?

a)

Cicero

b)

Livy

c)

Horace

d)

Seneca

31.

The first official Roman persecution of Christianity began under the emperor . . .

a)

Diocletian.

b)

Nero.

c)

Tiberius.

d)

Titus.

32.

At what council was Christ's deity affirmed?

a)

Milan

b)

Ephesus

c)

Nicaea

d)

Rome

33.

Who established the Mauryan Empire?

a)

Asoka

b)

Frumentius

c)

Wu Ti

d)

Chandragupta

34.

Chinese writing consists of . . .

a)

consonants.

b)

vowels.

c)

characters.

d)

letters.

35.

Frumentius is best known for his . . .

a)

law code.

b)

pirate trade.

c)

gospel witness.

d)

enlightened rule.

36.

What was the religion of most of the people in sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

tribal religions

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

37.

Who threatened to invade India in 326 BC?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Octavian

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Xerxes

38.

Who was the king of Aksum that praised the Lord of Heaven after a victory in battle?

a)

Asoka

b)

Ezana

c)

Kalidasa

d)

Frumentius

39.

Which empire experienced perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement for India?

a)

Gupta

b)

Mauryan

c)

Pax Sinica

d)

Han

40.

Which of the following is not true about Buddhism?

a)

supported by the Gupta Empire

b)

worship of images

c)

promoted by Asoka

d)

sustained by the merchant class

41.

One of the most enduring achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the preservation of which law code?

a)

Babylonian

b)

Greek

c)

Roman

d)

Russian

42.

Which army annihilated the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert?

a)

Bulgar

b)

Ottoman Turk

c)

Roman

d)

Seljuk Turk

43.

What city on the Dnieper River was the center of the early Russian state?

a)

Kiev

b)

Novgorod

c)

Moscow

d)

Constantinople

44.

What fierce Mongolian warriors invaded Russia in the thirteenth century?

a)

Slavs

b)

Tartars

c)

Varangians

d)

Bedouins

45.

The Umayyad caliphate and the Abbasid caliphate differed in that the . . .

a)

Umayyads allowed non-Arabs to hold government positions.

b)

Abbasids allowed non-Arabs to hold government positions.

c)

Abbasids allowed non-Arabs to convert to Islam.

d)

Umayyads allowed non-Arabs to convert to Islam.

46.

The ceremonial practice of committing suicide was called . . .

a)

bushi.

b)

hara-kiri.

c)

kamikaze.

d)

jujitsu.

47.

Japanese warriors were called . . .

a)

Bushido.

b)

hara-kiri.

c)

samurai.

d)

shogun.

48.

Which of the following was not a part of Japanese history?

a)

Jimmu Tenno

b)

Chinese cultural invasion

c)

samurai

d)

Khmer

49.

The practice of footbinding was probably started during the _____________ dynasty.

a)

Song

b)

Tang

c)

Yuan

d)

Han

50.

What religion is based on the belief that a gifted person can interact with spirits?

a)

Shamanism

b)

Taoism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Buddhism

51.

What was the official religion of the Tang dynasty?

a)

Shamanism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Taoism

d)

Shintoism

52.

What Southeast Asia region did the Thai and Vietnamese gain control of in the fifteenth century?

a)

Champa

b)

Khmer

c)

Dai Viet

d)

Malaysia

53.

Where in the empire did many Holy Roman emperors meddle, thus allowing greater freedom to Germany’s feudal princes?

a)

Italy

b)

Saxony

c)

England

d)

France

54.

The selling of church offices is called . . .

a)

excommunication.

b)

lay investiture.

c)

investiture.

d)

simony.

55.

Who provided protection on the local level following the collapse of Charlemagne’s empire?

a)

counts

b)

dukes

c)

freemen

d)

laymen

56.

Monks began to compile the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle during what king’s reign?

a)

John

b)

Edward I

c)

Alfred

d)

Henry II

57.

Who grew up in Sicily and later broke his promise to Innocent III?

a)

Edward I

b)

Frederick I

c)

Frederick II

d)

Philip II

58.

Philip II tripled the size of his domain by taking land from which English king?

a)

Henry II

b)

Henry IV

c)

John

d)

Edward I

59.

Which of the following was not an economic principle brought about by the revival of trade and changes in business methods?

a)

dignity of labor

b)

freedom of exchange

c)

group responsibility

d)

legitimacy of profit

60.

The middle class accomplished all the following except

a)

contributing to the decline of the feudal system.

b)

threatening the position of the nobility in society.

c)

weakening the political authority of the nobility.

d)

weakening the authority of kings.

61.

Near the end of the Middle Ages, what institutions became the places of learning?

a)

homes

b)

monasteries

c)

towns

d)

universities

62.

The author of the Divine Comedy was . . .

a)

Thomas Aquinas.

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer.

c)

Dante Alighieri.

d)

Peter Abelard.

63.

Vernacular literature developed first in the form of . . .

a)

long narrative poems.

b)

short poetry.

c)

short stories.

d)

plays.

64.

The primary centers of education during the early Middle Ages were . . .

a)

cathedrals and monasteries.

b)

universities.

c)

town schools.

d)

manor schools.

65.

Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years’ War between France and England?

a)

France’s threat to English wool trade

b)

England’s attempt to take Flanders

c)

England’s possession of French lands

d)

Edward III’s claim to the French throne

66.

The period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the . . .

a)

Babylonian Captivity.

b)

Golden Bull.

c)

Great Schism.

d)

Wars of the Roses.

67.

The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones?

a)

Aragon and Portugal

b)

Aragon and Castile

c)

Castile and Portugal

d)

Castile and Habsburg

68.

Which of the following did not occur following the Hundred Years’ War?

a)

Feudalism declined in England and France.

b)

Nationalism developed in England and France.

c)

The monarchy’s power declined in France.

d)

England became involved in a civil war.

69.

What group did the people of the Iberian Peninsula seek to drive out?

a)

Christians

b)

English

c)

Moors

d)

Goths

70.

Which do not characterize Romanesque architecture?

a)

thick walls

b)

small doors

c)

big windows

d)

heavy columns

71.

The Wars of the Roses were what type of war?

a)

international

b)

civil

c)

holy

d)

crusade

72.

Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses covered the issue of . . .

a)

purchasing church art.

b)

selling indulgences.

c)

giving last rites.

d)

breaking bread during communion.

73.

The word renaissance is French for what English word?

a)

rebirth

b)

revival

c)

renewal

d)

refreshment

74.

What period of history did the Renaissance humanists admire?

a)

Egyptian

b)

medieval

c)

Greco-Roman

d)

Byzantine

75.

Who is called the Father of Renaissance Painting?

a)

Giotto

b)

Ghiberti

c)

Raphael

d)

Michelangelo