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History Test 8

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were…. Early empire builders

a)

Lydians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Canaanites

d)

Hittites

2.

Who invented…. Alphabet

a)

Canaanites

b)

Assyrians

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Lydians

3.

Who contributed…. No great accomplishments

a)

Assyrians

b)

Canaanites

c)

Lydians

d)

Phoenicians

4.

What is the false idea that man began as an animal called?

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Superstition

c)

Evolution

d)

Humanism

5.

Who is the man that God called out of Ur and promised the land of Canaan?

a)

Abraham

b)

David

c)

Daniel

d)

Noah

6.

Who invented…. Writing; the wheel

a)

Babylonians

b)

Hittites

c)

Canaanites

d)

Sumerians

7.

What is Sumerian wedge shaped writing called?

a)

pictographs

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

papyrus

8.

Which religion did not begin in the Middle East?

a)

Christianity

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

9.

The structure built to control flooding of the Nile is the

(a)  

10.

What language is spoken by most people in the Middle East today?

a)

Arabic

b)

English

c)

Hebrew

d)

Chinese

11.

What is the Middle East most important natural resource today?

a)

Dates

b)

Cedars

c)

Oil

d)

papyrus

12.

In which River Valley did Indian civilization begin?

a)

Huang He

b)

Indus

c)

Nile

d)

Tigris/Euphrates

13.

What is the belief that when a person dies his soul is Wray born in some other newborn man or animal?

a)

Evolution

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Humanism

d)

Nirvana

14.

Which country was once called Persia?

a)

Iraq

b)

India

c)

Indonesia

d)

Iran

15.

The worlds largest swamp is the

(a)  

16.

The waterway separating Africa and Asia is the

(a)  

17.

The largest country in Africa is

(a)  

18.

Who invented… Hanging Gardens

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Lydians

d)

Babylonians

19.

Who invented…. Coins

a)

Lydians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Sumerians

d)

Canaanites

20.

The body of water connecting the Mediterranean sea to the Atlantic ocean is the

(a)  

21.

Which event divides time into B.C. and A.D.?

a)

Creation

b)

The flood

c)

The Tower of Babel

d)

Christ’s coming to earth

22.

The second largest freshwater lake in the world is

(a)  

23.

The largest city in Africa is

(a)  

24.

The two African countries that were never colonies of Europe are Liberia and

(a)  

25.

The short descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the

(a)  

26.

Leader of Chinese Communists

a)

Confucius

b)

David Livingstone

c)

Anwar Sadat

d)

Mao Tse-Tung

27.

Serengeti National Park is located in

(a)  

28.

Only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Mary Slessor

c)

Khama

d)

Hatshepsut

29.

the "Father of Faith Missions"

a)

Robert Moffat

b)

Ethiopian eunuch

c)

Hudson Taylor

d)

Adonoriam Judson

30.

Which city was a famous center of learning in Africa?

a)

Aksum

b)

Cush

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Great Zimbabwe

31.

first known African Christian

a)

Robert Moffat

b)

Ethiopian eunuch

c)

Khama

d)

Anwar Sadat

32.

first black president of South America

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Anwar Sadat

c)

David Livingstone

d)

Hudson Taylor

33.

first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel

a)

Confucius

b)

Anwar Sadat

c)

Khama

d)

Robert Moffat

34.

great missionary-explorer to Africa

a)

David Livingstone

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Khama

d)

Confucius

35.

"father of American Missions"

a)

Hudson Taylor

b)

Khama

c)

Ethiopian eunuch

d)

Adonoriam Judson

36.

What is the key to understanding hieroglyphics

a)

the great pyramid

b)

the rosetta stone

c)

the obelisk

d)

the great sphinx

37.

what is the egyptian device for irrigating crops

a)

shadoof

b)

vizier

c)

pharoah

d)

obelisk

38.

Which country is the "Land of the Rising Sun?"

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Thailand

d)

Japan

39.

Which country was once called the "Spice Islands?"

a)

Iran

b)

Indonesia

c)

Iraq

d)

India

40.

What is Africa's highest mountain?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Elbrus

c)

Mt. Fuji

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

41.

what is the fourth largest island in the world?

a)

Greenland

b)

New Guinea

c)

Borneo

d)

Madagascar

42.

Where is the Barbary Coast located?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Arabian Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

43.

Which of the following is not a need of Africa today?

a)

the gospel

b)

stable government

c)

natural resources

d)

education

44.

The capital of Egypt is

(a)  

45.

the "Queen of Cannibals"

a)

Mary Slessor

b)

Adonoriam Judson

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Khufu

46.

The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is

(a)  

47.

The capital of Ethiopia is

(a)  

48.

righteous Batswana chief

a)

Confucius

b)

Khufu

c)

Mao Tse-tung

d)

Khama

49.

The capital of Kenya is

(a)  

50.

The capital of South Africa is

(a)  

51.

The capital of Tanzania is

(a)  

52.

The capital of Syria is

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Damascus

c)

New Dehli

d)

Ankara

53.

The capital of China

a)

Ankara

b)

Beijijng

c)

Tehran

d)

Tokyo

54.

The capital of India

a)

Seoul

b)

Riyadh

c)

New Dehli

d)

Baghdad

55.

The capital of Sudan is

(a)  

56.

The capital of Iraq is

a)

Tehran

b)

Taipei

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Baghdad

57.

The capital of Israel is

a)

Tokyo

b)

Damascus

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Bangkok

58.

The capital of Japan is

a)

Tokyo

b)

Beijing

c)

Tehran

d)

Taipei

59.

The capital of South Korea is

a)

Riyadh

b)

Damascus

c)

New Dehli

d)

Seoul

60.

The capital of Turkey

a)

Damascus

b)

Beijing

c)

Tehran

d)

Ankara

61.

The capital of Taiwan

a)

Ankara

b)

Seoul

c)

Tehran

d)

Taipei

62.

The capital of Thailand is

a)

Bangkok

b)

Baghdad

c)

Tehran

d)

Ankara

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