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Worksheets10th Grade Honors World History Mid-Term (2020) Part 1
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
What is the most important type of primary source?
tradition
artifacts
architecture
written records
What is the division of labor that is part of every city?
civilization
organization
culture
specialization
What term denotes the tendency for humans to love themselves supremely and not to love God or their fellow humans as they should?
twisted affections
specialization
divine providence
organization
Sumerian temple towers were called . . .
cuneiform.
pyramids.
satrapies/
ziggurats.
Giza is the location of the . . .
Great Pyramid of Khufu.
Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezar.
law codes of Hammurabi.
ziggurats of Sumeria.
One of the few female rulers of Egypt was . . .
Amenhotep II.
Hatshepsut.
Thutmose III.
Rameses II.
The greatest Egyptian warrior-king, sometimes called the "Napoleon of Egypt," was . . .
Amenhotep II.
Hatshepsut.
Thutmose III.
Rameses II.
Assyrians were known for all the following except . . .
naval power.
military strength.
terrorism.
cruelty to captives.
Israel's history can be traced back to . . .
Abraham.
Isaac.
Jacob.
Moses.
The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of . . .
Benjamin and Judah.
Dan and Judah.
Gad and Judah.
Levi and Judah.
The Chaldeans can also be called the . . .
Assyrians.
Babylonians.
Lydians.
Medians.
What city was not only the capital of the Assyrian Empire but also a city where Jonah preached?
Babylon
Nineveh
Ur
Damascus
The dispersion, or scattering, of the Jews is known as the . . .
Avésta.
Babylonian Captivity.
Diaspora.
theocracy.
Sennacherib was a(n) _______________ king.
Aramean
Assyrian
Chaldean
Persian
Which of the following statements does not characterize the Greek Dark Ages?
New intruders entered Greece.
Little contact was made with cultures outside of Greece.
Common Greek culture developed.
Troy and Mycenae fought a trade war.
Which of the following was not a form of government experienced by the Greek city-states?
anarchy
democracy
monarchy
oligarchy
On what island was the earliest center of Aegean civilization?
Cyprus
Sicily
Sardinia
Crete
What city located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rival for other early Greek cities?
Knossos
Minoan
Mycenae
Troy
The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was . . .
Knossos.
Minos.
Mycenae.
Troy.
Greek colonization was especially abundant on which island?
Corsica
Cyprus
Sardinia
Sicily
Which of the following is not associated with Sparta?
glorification of the state
isolation
militarism
commercial endeavors
Who determined the circumference of the globe by using geometry?
Euclid
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Eratosthenes
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian refer to Greek . . .
architecture.
dialects.
enemies.
literature.
What term refers to a breakdown of government and order?
anarchy
monarchy
oligarchy
democracy
Which of the following is not true of Socrates?
He said, "Know thyself."
He believed that virtue is knowledge.
He was condemned to death by poison.
He devised the syllogism.
Who finally led the Romans to victory over Carthage in the Second Punic War?
Caesar
Marius
Sulla
Scipio
The victory of Sulla in the first civil war increased the power of the . . .
consuls.
Tribal Assembly.
tribunes.
Senate.
In what year was Rome founded>
753 BC
AD 753
476 BC
AD 476
Which literary figure was also a leading politician, author, lawyer, and statesman?
Cicero
Ovid
Juvenal
Horace
Which of the following was a philosopher who saw Stoicism as the solution to Rome's moral decline?
Cicero
Livy
Horace
Seneca
The first official Roman persecution of Christianity began under the emperor . . .
Diocletian.
Nero.
Tiberius.
Titus.
At what council was Christ's deity affirmed?
Milan
Ephesus
Nicaea
Rome
Who established the Mauryan Empire?
Asoka
Frumentius
Wu Ti
Chandragupta
Chinese writing consists of . . .
consonants.
vowels.
characters.
letters.
Frumentius is best known for his . . .
law code.
pirate trade.
gospel witness.
enlightened rule.
What was the religion of most of the people in sub-Saharan Africa?
tribal religions
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Who threatened to invade India in 326 BC?
Julius Caesar
Octavian
Alexander the Great
Xerxes
Who was the king of Aksum that praised the Lord of Heaven after a victory in battle?
Asoka
Ezana
Kalidasa
Frumentius
Which empire experienced perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement for India?
Gupta
Mauryan
Pax Sinica
Han
Which of the following is not true about Buddhism?
supported by the Gupta Empire
worship of images
promoted by Asoka
sustained by the merchant class
One of the most enduring achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the preservation of which law code?
Babylonian
Greek
Roman
Russian
Which army annihilated the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert?
Bulgar
Ottoman Turk
Roman
Seljuk Turk
What city on the Dnieper River was the center of the early Russian state?
Kiev
Novgorod
Moscow
Constantinople
What fierce Mongolian warriors invaded Russia in the thirteenth century?
Slavs
Tartars
Varangians
Bedouins
The Umayyad caliphate and the Abbasid caliphate differed in that the . . .
Umayyads allowed non-Arabs to hold government positions.
Abbasids allowed non-Arabs to hold government positions.
Abbasids allowed non-Arabs to convert to Islam.
Umayyads allowed non-Arabs to convert to Islam.
The ceremonial practice of committing suicide was called . . .
bushi.
hara-kiri.
kamikaze.
jujitsu.
Japanese warriors were called . . .
Bushido.
hara-kiri.
samurai.
shogun.
Which of the following was not a part of Japanese history?
Jimmu Tenno
Chinese cultural invasion
samurai
Khmer
The practice of footbinding was probably started during the _____________ dynasty.
Song
Tang
Yuan
Han
What religion is based on the belief that a gifted person can interact with spirits?
Shamanism
Taoism
Shintoism
Buddhism
What was the official religion of the Tang dynasty?
Shamanism
Buddhism
Taoism
Shintoism
What Southeast Asia region did the Thai and Vietnamese gain control of in the fifteenth century?
Champa
Khmer
Dai Viet
Malaysia
Where in the empire did many Holy Roman emperors meddle, thus allowing greater freedom to Germany’s feudal princes?
Italy
Saxony
England
France
The selling of church offices is called . . .
excommunication.
lay investiture.
investiture.
simony.
Who provided protection on the local level following the collapse of Charlemagne’s empire?
counts
dukes
freemen
laymen
Monks began to compile the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle during what king’s reign?
John
Edward I
Alfred
Henry II
Who grew up in Sicily and later broke his promise to Innocent III?
Edward I
Frederick I
Frederick II
Philip II
Philip II tripled the size of his domain by taking land from which English king?
Henry II
Henry IV
John
Edward I
Which of the following was not an economic principle brought about by the revival of trade and changes in business methods?
dignity of labor
freedom of exchange
group responsibility
legitimacy of profit
The middle class accomplished all the following except
contributing to the decline of the feudal system.
threatening the position of the nobility in society.
weakening the political authority of the nobility.
weakening the authority of kings.
Near the end of the Middle Ages, what institutions became the places of learning?
homes
monasteries
towns
universities
The author of the Divine Comedy was . . .
Thomas Aquinas.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
Dante Alighieri.
Peter Abelard.
Vernacular literature developed first in the form of . . .
long narrative poems.
short poetry.
short stories.
plays.
The primary centers of education during the early Middle Ages were . . .
cathedrals and monasteries.
universities.
town schools.
manor schools.
Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years’ War between France and England?
France’s threat to English wool trade
England’s attempt to take Flanders
England’s possession of French lands
Edward III’s claim to the French throne
The period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the . . .
Babylonian Captivity.
Golden Bull.
Great Schism.
Wars of the Roses.
The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones?
Aragon and Portugal
Aragon and Castile
Castile and Portugal
Castile and Habsburg
Which of the following did not occur following the Hundred Years’ War?
Feudalism declined in England and France.
Nationalism developed in England and France.
The monarchy’s power declined in France.
England became involved in a civil war.
What group did the people of the Iberian Peninsula seek to drive out?
Christians
English
Moors
Goths
Which do not characterize Romanesque architecture?
thick walls
small doors
big windows
heavy columns
The Wars of the Roses were what type of war?
international
civil
holy
crusade
Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses covered the issue of . . .
purchasing church art.
selling indulgences.
giving last rites.
breaking bread during communion.
The word renaissance is French for what English word?
rebirth
revival
renewal
refreshment
What period of history did the Renaissance humanists admire?
Egyptian
medieval
Greco-Roman
Byzantine
Who is called the Father of Renaissance Painting?
Giotto
Ghiberti
Raphael
Michelangelo
