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Jesse LeBlanc

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the government of Athens?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Oligarchy

2.

What was the government of Sparta?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Oligarchy

3.

What is a government ruled by one king?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Oligarchy

4.

What type of government in which the ruler would kill his predecessor?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

5.

How did Ancient Greek men mark their vote?

a)

A metal medallion.

b)

Throwing a piece of paper in a volcano

c)

Using colored paper to mark who they voted for.

d)

A stone that they carved their votes into.

6.

How are Ancient Greek government and U.S. government the same?

a)

They both had judges and a court.

b)

They both let women vote.

c)

They both voted for people to deal with the big issues.

d)

They both used laddering.

7.

How are Ancient Greek government and U.S. government different?

a)

They both let women vote.

b)

They both used a lottery to decide who spoke in court.

c)

They both had judges and a court.

d)

They both let men vote.

8.

How is the Roman Republic and Modern U.S. Gov similar?

a)

They both had consuls (presidents that controlled the country

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Women and children above 18 could vote

d)

Both had a republic

9.

How is the Roman Republic and U.S. Gov different?

a)

One country lets women and children above 18 vote, one doesn't

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Consuls

d)

Republic and Democracy

10.

What Roman achievement was used to create buildings that are still standing to this day?

a)

Concrete

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Vending Machines

d)

Welfare

11.

What Roman achievement was used to give daily news to the public?

a)

Acta Diurna (Newspaper)

b)

Welfare

c)

Vending Machines

d)

Julian Calendar

12.

Which Chinese dynasty lasted from 1722 B.C.E to 1122 B.C.E?

a)

Shang Dynasty

b)

Zhou Dynasty

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Han Dynasty

13.

Which Chinese dynasty lasted from 1046 B.C.E. to 256 B.C.E?

a)

Zhou Dynasty

b)

Shang Dynasty

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Han Dynasty

14.

Which Chinese dynasty lasted from 221 B.C.E to 206 B.C.E?

a)

Qin Dynasty

b)

Han Dynasty

c)

Zhou Dynasty

d)

Shang Dynasty

15.

Which Chinese dynasty lasted from 206 B.C.E to 220 A.D?

a)

Han Dynasty

b)

Zhou Dynasty

c)

Qin Dynasty

d)

Shang Dynasty

16.

Which Chinese philosophy involves having a good moral character?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism (Taoism)

c)

Legalism

17.

Which Chinese philosophy wants to lead people to live their lives in harmony?

a)

Daoism (Taoism)

b)

Legalism

c)

Confucianism

18.

Which Chinese philosophy believes that people are naturally selfish and need strict laws to control them?

a)

Legalism

b)

Daoism (Taoism)

c)

Confucianism

19.

Which African trade item was used to replenish people of their own fluids?

a)

Salt

b)

Gold

20.

Which African trade item was used for people's beauty and to make them beautiful?

a)

Gold

b)

Salt

21.

How did Songhai improve the Mali Empire when Songhai took it over?

a)

Islam religion taking off

b)

Improving their trade system

c)

Changed their traditions

d)

Changed their hairstyles

22.

How did the Mali Empire improve the Ghana Empire?

a)

Monopolizing the gold trade and developing the agricultural resources across the Niger River

b)

Mali was more powerful

c)

Mali had a greater extent of territories

23.

Why was Ghana such a powerful Empire?

a)

Strategic governing with great location

b)

Sitting on top of a gold mine

c)

Ghana's abundance of resources

d)

Prosperous trading

24.

What major plague affected the Middle Ages and became one of the most famous and most deadly disease?

a)

Cholera

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Smallpox

d)

Influenza (The Flu)

25.

How long did the Middle Ages last?

a)

500 - 1500 CE

b)

500 - 750 CE

c)

500 - 1400 CE

d)

500 - 1600 CE

26.

What was the name of the peasants bound to land in Fuedalism?

a)

Serfs

b)

Peasants

c)

Lords

d)

Vassals

27.

What was the order of the Caste System in Fuedalism?

a)

King, Lords, Vassals (Knights), Serfs

b)

Lords, Serfs, King, Vassals

c)

Vassals, Serfs, King, Lords

d)

Serfs, Vassals, Lords, King