WorksheetsWHI SOL Reporting Category 6 - Civics + Economics
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Who was responsible for the first codification of law in Babylon (Mesopotamia)?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Draco
Xerxes
A social characteristic of early civilizations is having dynasties of kings or pharaohs in which rule is passed from father to son. Another name for this is
Law codes
Religion
Hereditary rulers
Agriculture
Most early civilizations had a rigid class system in which _______ was accepted.
The Internet
Slavery
Trans-Atlantic Sea Trading
Piracy
One of the earliest HEBREW law codes was called...
The Code of Harambe
The Code of Justinian
The Ten Commandments
The Last Supper
Cities in the river valleys have an increasing agricultural _____________________ (more than enough food) because of better tools, plows, and irrigation techniques
Surplus
Minus
Addage
Lesson
True or False: Citizens in Athens were required to vote and participate in government and attend public debates.
True
False
There were two major social classes in ancient Rome. The ________ were wealthy and well born and the ________ were the poorer members of society.
Patricians, Plebeians
Plebs, Patricians
Phoenicians, Christians
Romans, Gauls
What was the major codification of Roman law?
The Code of Hammurabi
The Twelve Tables
The Ten Commandments
The Four Noble Truths
The Romans established a uniform system of currency which helped to expand trade during a 200-year time period known for peace and prosperity called the ____?
The Grecian Peace
The Five Pillars
The Pax Romana
The Great Wall
Roman citizens had responsibilities like paying taxes and ________
military service
learning arabic
traveling to China
trading with patricians
Land given to someone for them to manage was called a...
fief
serf
vassal
feudal obligation
A Lords home with the surrounding farmland and village is called a _________
Crusade
Forest
Nation
Manor
What was the impact of the Angles, Vikings, and other invaders on trade?
increased trade
disrupted trade
trade did not change
people used barter
Which is NOT an economic effect of the crusade
bitterness between Polytheists and Muslims
production of goods to trade
demand for Middle Eastern products
use of credit and banking
What helped expand the supply of money and expedite trade in the Renaissance?
Italian city-states
letters of credit
What helped spread ideas in the Renaissance?
the printing press, rise of literacy, sale of books
Michelangelo
The Bubonic Plague and Crusades
The Church
Which of these does Machiavelli support in the Prince?
do good if possible, do evil when necessary
only a democracy is good
only do good, never do evil
people should rule themselves
Why did Florence, Venice, and Genoa develop as major trading cities during the Renaissance
They were close to China
They were on the Trans-Saharan Trade Route
They had easy access to the Atlantic Ocean
They had access to trade w/ the middle east & could distribute goods to northern Europe
Maritime routes across this ocean provided an alternative to long trips across Asia.
Atlantic
Arctic
Indian
Pacific
These trade routes were important to the diffusion and exchange of technology, culture, and religion in Africa.
Trans-Saharan
Silk Routes
Maritime Routes in Indian Ocean
Maritime Routes in the South China Sea
What religion started in originated in India and spread to China first then to Korea and Japan?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Shinto
Which of the following was a trade route that started in Asia (China) and ran all the way to Europe (Rome and the Mediterranean Sea)?
The Silk Road
Persian Great Royal Road
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Trans-Atlantic Trade Route
