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CP World History Fall Benchmark #1 2025 Study Guide

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A city-state that operated like an independent country was known as?

a)

Ephors

b)

Acropolis

c)

Polis

d)

Agora

2.

The unified fighting formation greek soldiers used was called?

a)

Ephors

b)

Hoplites

c)

Blitz

d)

Phalanx

3.

Which civilization did the Greeks borrow the idea for an alphabet from?

a)

Romans

b)

Egyptians

c)

Persians

d)

Phoenicians

4.

What was most important to Spartans?

a)

Philosophy

b)

History

c)

Money

d)

Military

5.

Who tried to invade Greece twice?

a)

Persians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Sumerians

d)

Assyrians

6.

He believed that people should be ruled by a Philosopher King

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Homer

7.
Who wrote the Illiad?
a)
Bart
b)
Oddysseus
c)
Homer
d)
Achilles
8.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the Greco-Persian Wars?

a)

The Persians defeated the Greek city-states

b)

Athens started its decline after the end of the war

c)

Sparta and Athens were united against the Persians

d)

Persian ideas were adopted by the Athenians

9.
The winner of the Greco-Persian Wars was ______________________.
a)
Persia
b)
Greece
10.

What gave Constantine the inspiration to fight under the Christian cross when he approached Rome?

a)

He saw a cross on a hill while marching to Rome

b)

His mother gave him a small cross right before the battle

c)

He had a vision in a dream

d)

Constantine did not fight under the Christian cross

11.

What religion did Constantine convert to?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

12.

The city of Constantinople is known as what major world city today?

a)

Moscow

b)

Athens

c)

Istanbul

d)

Jerusalem

13.

How did Constantine change things for Christians?

a)

He killed many of them

b)

He had them leave the empire

c)

He gave them a city of their own

d)

He ended their persecution

14.

What was the name of the leader of the Huns?

a)

Hannibal

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Attila

d)

Hammurabi

15.

Plato was a student of Socrates

a)

True

b)

False

16.
Which philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
17.
Why was Socrates sentenced to death?
a)
He tried to overthrow the government.
b)
He was corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens.
c)
He stole silver from the treasury.
d)
He protested democracy.
18.
Who was a student of Aristotle?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Zeus
19.
Which philosopher wrote "The Republic"?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Confucious
20.

Socrates was put to death by . . .

a)

Hanging

b)

Speared

c)

Drinking poison hemlock juice

21.
What did Socrates do that got him into trouble?
a)
 He tried to overthrow the Athenian government by starting a revolution.
b)
He abandoned his belief in the gods and goddesses and became a Christian.
c)
He accused Athenian leaders of leading young people into error and disloyalty.
d)
He encouraged people to question the very things they thought they knew.
22.

The culture created by Alexander's empire was called -

a)

Macedonian Culture

b)

Hellenistic Culture

c)

Ptolemic Culture

23.

Which areas was NOT part of Alexander's Empire?

a)

Rome

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Persia

24.
How did Alexander the Great spread Greek culture?
a)
his writings
b)
through word of mouth
c)
by being the model of the perfect human
d)
through conquest
25.

Where was Alexander the Great from?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

North Africa

d)

Spain

26.
Wealthy landowners who had most of the power in Rome. 
a)
Plebeians
b)
Patricians 
27.

Which branch of the Roman government included two consuls?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Executive Branch

d)

State Governments

28.
This group was part of the lower or middle class. Common people.
a)
Patricians
b)
Plebeians
c)
Slaves
d)
Priests
29.
Composed of 300 men that advised consuls and dictated political appointments.
a)
Consuls
b)
Senate
c)
Tribunes
d)
Tribal Assembly
30.
We were posted in the Forum for all to see, the recorded laws of Rome
a)
The Ten Commandments
b)
Hammurabi's Code
c)
The Twelve Taboos
d)
The Twelve Tables
31.
In times of crisis, a dictator would be appointed for 
a)
six weeks
b)
two months
c)
six months
d)
for life
32.
What does "Pax Romana" mean?
a)
Peaceful Romans
b)
Roman Victory
c)
Roman Peace
d)
Victorious Romans
33.
Who moved the the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantine?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Theodosius I
d)
Justinian
34.
Who was Caesar NOT very popular with?
a)
Poor citizens
b)
His Soldiers
c)
The Senate
35.
Why did the Senate not like Julius Caesar?
a)
He was too handsome
b)
He kept losing battles
c)
He and Pompey were besties
d)
He was getting too popular and powerful
36.

How did Caesar die?

a)

He was assassinated in the Senate

b)

His ship was sunk while sailing home from Egypt

c)

He died of old age on his estate in the Italian countryside

d)

He was killed in battle defending Rome

e)

He died in a duel with Pompey the Great

37.

According to belief in the Mandate of Heaven, earthquakes and floods might be signs that:

a)

The king did not govern well

b)

The end of the world was near

c)

The people did not obey the laws

d)

The natural world ignored humans

38.

The Zhou claimed that they had the Mandate of Heaven, which they believed was

a)

the majority of votes in an election.

b)

permission from the people to rule.

c)

a divine right to rule China.

d)

a set of laws written by the first Zhou king.

39.
What was the Dynastic Cycle?
a)
Process by which scholars were chosen for civil service.
b)
The process where a Dynasty rises, becomes corrupt, and this is a reason for a new dynasty to rise up and overthrow the previous Dynasty.  
c)
The process of God choosing the ruler.
d)
The process of children gaining education.
40.

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

a)

because the women had a lot of babies

b)

because the animals had a lot of babies

c)

because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

d)

The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

41.

What is polytheism?

a)

an amphibian with many legs

b)

the worship of many gods

c)

the worship of one god

d)

the worship of no god/gods

42.

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

a)

The Nile and the Amazon

b)

The Tigris and the Euphrates

c)

The Snake and the Colorado

d)

The Pol and the Yangtze.

43.

The Sumerian writing system was called

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Stele

c)

Heiroglyphs

d)

Cuneiform

44.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
45.

The longest river in the world; associated with Ancient Egypt.

a)

Tigris River

b)

Nile River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Niger River

46.
What is it called when the religious leader is also the leader of the governement
a)
Democracy
b)
Emporer
c)
Monarchy
d)
Theocracy
47.

The Nile River's flooding could be described as

a)

unpredictable

b)

destructive

c)

predictable

d)

rare

48.

A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader is called a

a)

dynasty

b)

theocracy

c)

bureaucrat

d)

pharaoh

49.

The belief in one god is called...

a)

atheism

b)

polytheism

c)

monotheism

d)

Buddhism

50.

One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia.

a)

Monotheism

b)

duality

c)

Vohu Mano

d)

Zoroastrianism

51.

Heavenly power which granted the right to govern. Rulers are link between heavens and earth.

a)

Mandate of veneratioin

b)

Filial Piety

c)

Confucianism

d)

Mandate of Heaven

52.
What is the dynastic cycle?
a)
the pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties
b)
a time of constant war
c)
the respect children owe their parents and ancestors
d)
the process of merging with nature
53.
What physical feature gave ancient Egypt natural protection?
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Himalayan Mountains
54.
The Nile flooded:
a)
At the same time every year.
b)
Unexpectedly
c)
Never
d)
All the time
55.
What did the Phoenicians share with other groups they met, which is important to us today?
a)
Stories and legends
b)
Maps and compasses
c)
Shipbuilding and sailing strategies
d)
the alphabet they had invented
56.

The two major rivers in India are

a)

The Indus and the Ganges

b)

The Ganges and the Mekong

c)

The Indus and the Tigris

d)

The Tigris and the Euphrates

57.

Which are the two major rivers that flow through China?

a)

The Yellow and Red Rivers

b)

The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

c)

The Yangtze and East Rivers

d)

The Yingtze ane Yangtze Rivers

58.
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Plain of Syria
d)
Nile River Delta
59.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
60.

How did a person become a member of a caste?

a)

They were born into it

b)

They got to choose their caste

c)

The Brahmins selected it for you

61.

What is the social system developed in India based on the social class into which someone was born?

a)

reincarnation

b)

caste

c)

ahimsa

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