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WH Diagnostic Q1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civilization was most closely related to the Byzantines?

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Russians

d)

Saxons

2.

Islam originated in:

a)

Africa

b)

Arabia

c)

Sicily

d)

Southeast Asia

3.

Most people who practice Hinduism live in...

a)

Australia

b)

India

c)

Indonesia

d)

Egypt

4.

Holy War between Christians & Muslims that lasted over two centuries.

a)

The Hundred Years War

b)

The War of the Roses

c)

The Crusades

d)

The Civil War

5.

The first official Christian Church was....

a)

The Orthodox Church

b)

The Catholic Church

c)

The Protestant Church

d)

Judaism

6.

The following people are most closely associated with the Scientific Revolution.

a)

Simon Bolivar & Jose de San Martin

b)

Da Vinci, Raphael, Donatello

c)

Marx, Lenin, Stalin

d)

Kepler, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton

7.

The richest man to ever live was...

a)

Jeff Bezos

b)

Mansa Musa

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Andrew Carnegie

8.

Period famous for the revival of classical art and individualism.

a)

The Reformation

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The Reconstruction

9.

The indigenous people of Central Mexico that were conquered by the Spanish.

a)

Incas

b)

Mayans

c)

Aztecs

d)

Andes

10.

The effects of Columbus's discovery of America were all positive.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of these caused a major increase in trade, migration, and the spread of disease?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Reformation

d)

The Enlightenment

12.

During the Middle Ages, most of the world was in its Golden Age, but Europe was in the Dark Ages. This commodity was the most important source of wealth & power in Europe during the Dark Ages.

a)

Spices

b)

Gold

c)

Land

d)

Salt

13.

This Eastern Religion believed in reincarnation and karma to achieve Nirvana.

a)

Taoism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shintoism

14.

The American and French Revolutions were revolts against...

a)

Absolutism

b)

Brutality

c)

Capitalism

d)

Religious Oppression

15.

The person most responsible for divisions of the Christian Church was...

a)

Constantine

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

16.

European colonial powers wanted colonies in the Caribbean for what cash crop?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Sugar

d)

Timber/Lumber

17.

When the Haitian Revolution concluded, which European country removed their presence from the Caribbean?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

The Netherlands

18.

A politically unstable country with an economy dependent upon a limited-resource product being exported, a large impoverished working class, and a small ruling class of business, political, and military elites is referred to as:

a)

Orange Monarchy

b)

Banana Republic

c)

Lemon Earldom

d)

Grapefruit Regime

19.

This powerful machine allowed factories to move away from rivers, since it allowed a power source other than a moving river. It is considered one of the key inventions in the Industrial Revolution.

a)

Steam-powered railroads

b)

Steam Engine

c)

Electricity

d)

Water Wheel

20.

This "conference" divided up Africa for the various European Powers, without any regard for the hundreds of African tribes living there or the borders that were already there.

a)

Berlin Conference

b)

African Conference

c)

Congo Conference

d)

Moroccan Conference

21.

This man's death is said to be the start of World War 1, but the real reasons are considerably more complex and complicated. Secret alliances and agreements between countries in Europe meant that his assassination pulled all of Europe, willing or unwilling, into war with each other.

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

c)

Prince Edward of Wales

d)

Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

22.

This treaty ended World War I but had many issues and is one of the reasons for Hitler's rise to power and the start of World War II.

a)

Treaty of Berlin

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Lisbon

d)

Treaty of Paris

23.

Warfare conducted in the First World War was based on _______.

a)

Stockpiling nuclear weapons

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Siege Warfare

d)

Lasers and Blasters

24.

These harsh monetary penalties imposed on Germany following WWI (combined with losing the Ruhr Valley) were a key element in the hyperinflation of the paper mark and the collapse of the German economy.

a)

Reparations

b)

Repartee

c)

Resolutions

d)

Refunds

25.

The massive invasion of Allied Forces into Europe during WWII had what Code Phrase?

a)

Overlord

b)

Under-Butler

c)

Ultra

d)

Neptune

26.

Following the end of WWII, this city was divided into East and West sections by the Allied powers.

a)

Paris

b)

Berlin

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Dresden

27.

The world waited very anxiously in the 1960s when this incident between the US and USSR happened near the island nation of Cuba.

a)

The Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

The Cuban Conflict

d)

Kennedy-Kruschev Exchange

28.

The creation of this country in the Middle East has led to a considerable amount of conflict in the past 60 years.

a)

Israel

b)

Palestine

c)

Pakistan

d)

Syria

29.

The belief that if Vietnam fell to Communism, surrounding countries would too is called:

a)

The Butterfly Effect

b)

The Domino Effect

c)

The Korean Effect

d)

The Communist Effect

30.

South Africa, a former Dutch colony, was separated by race under a harsh system called:

a)

Apartheid

b)

Segregation

c)

Liebenstraum

d)

Colonialism