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World History WDYK!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many continents are there?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
2.

The definition of Monotheistic means believing in ?

a)

no god

b)

gods based on nature

c)

ancient cultural beliefs

d)

one God

3.

How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations?

a)

Societies developed near oceans.

b)

Societies developed in river valleys.

c)

Societies developed in the desert.

d)

Societies developed on peninsulas.

4.

Which map shows the Japanese archipelago?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Is Africa a country or a continent?

a)

Country

b)

Continent

c)

Neither

6.
Trench Warfare was used very heavily during which war?
a)
WWIII
b)
WWI
c)
Cold War
d)
Hundreds Year War
7.

All are examples of primary sources except...

a)

A letter written by a soldier describing a battle

b)

An artifact of a gun

c)

A photograph of Abraham Lincoln

d)

A history textbook

8.

A secondary source is...

a)

a secondhand source based on primary sources.

b)

a firsthand account

c)

the best source

d)

does not matter to historians

9.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Africa

10.

The class system in India is called:

a)

System of a Down

b)

Caste system

c)

Crass system

d)

System of Indian Conditionaries

e)

Clase de la Sistemia

11.
When was the Great Depression?
a)
1912-1917
b)
1929-1939
c)
1945-1960
d)
1940-1944
12.
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Malcolm X
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Harriet Tubman
13.

Who was the third president of the United States?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

George Washington

d)

Montezuma

15.

Birthplace of democracy

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Rome

d)

London

16.

Humanism is:

a)

a system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters

b)

complete and unrestricted power in govt.

c)

a devout belief in divine matters

d)

a philosophy that focuses on the fundamental nature of existence

17.

The belief that government by the consent of the governed came from:

a)

Humanism

b)

Absolutism

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Social Contract

18.

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution except:

a)

Enlightenment philosophy

b)

Economic hardship

c)

Conflict between the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

d)

Taxation without representation

19.

The Treaty that marked the end of WWI was signed in...

a)

Berlin, Germany

b)

Versailles, France

c)

Siena, Italy

d)

London, England

20.

Before the United States increased its involvement in the

Vietnam War, what was the primary nation opposing the activities of the North Vietnamese?

a)

Great Britain

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

France