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WorksheetsSocial Studies (March 19, 2022)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
This branch of Social Science focuses on the finding and analyzing material remains of human cultures to learn about pre- historic people and to add to the written records of historical times.
Anthropology
sociology
Archaeology
Which of the ff is Not a primary source of History?
Biographies
Artifacts
Manuscripts
Gov. docs
It refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing.
Prehistory
Classical era
paleolithic age
ice age
All the ff characterizes the Neolithic Age EXCEPT.
use of polished axe
discovery of fire
permanent settlement
According to accounts of many historians, which civilization first?
Mesopotamian
Chinese
Indus Valley
Egyptian
Invented by the Sumerians and known to be the earliest form of writing.
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
Which is Not true about ziggurats?
The ziggurats were built to make the temples closer to the heavens and therefore closer to the gods.
Ziggurats are only found in the ancient civilization of Sumer.
All the ff are contributions of the Mesopotamian civilizations except__.
woodblock printing
epic of gilgamesh
sexagesimal system
invention of the wheel
The Egyptian ruler who unified upper and lower Egypt.
Menes
Khufu
It was during his/her reign that the Pyramids of Giza were started.
Khufu
Menes
Cleopatra
Which Egyptian pharoah believed in the idea of a single god?
Akhenaton
Ramses ll
Djoser
Whose body is the most famous mummy for Egyptian history?
Tutankhamen
Khufu
Hatshepsut
Which is Not true about ancient Egyptian belief?
Egyptians believed in the afterlife.
They believed that the Pharoah was a god.
Ancient Egyptians were monotheists.
The Egyptians believed that each soul had to pass a test in order to win eternal life.
Which of the ff is not among the contributions of the Egyptian civilization?
first system writing
mummification
papyrus
invention of the chariot
What were the pyramids of Egypt?
tombs
shrines
Taoism, a religion, and a philosophy from ancient China that has widely influenced the folk and national belief of Chinese people, is connected to which philopher?
Kung Fu-Tzu
Sun Tzu
Mencius
Lao Tzu
Which of the ff ideas or terms are not related to Chinese civilization?
Vedas
Filial piety
dynastic cycle
oracle bones
The two major cities of the Indus Valley civilization are Harappa and__?
Mohenjo- daro
Dholavira
In the caste system, who are are the top of the hierarchy?
vaishyas
kshatriyas
shudras
brahmins
Which of the ff does not belong to the group?
Hinduism
Judaism
christianity
Islam
Longest epic poem ever written according to many historians?
Mahabharata
Ramayana
Refers to all actions in a person's life that affect his or her fate in the next life?
karma
atman
dharma
Buddha was born in an area on the periphery of the ancient civilization of North India, in what is today known as__.
Nepal
Burma
What contains the foundational tenets of Buddhism?
Tripitaka
Four Noble Truths
Known as the first emperor to unify India under one administration?
Ashaka
Faxian
Kalidasa
Chandragupta
Who are said to have started a civilization in the Island of Crete?
Minoans
Mycenoans
All of these are expected of Spartan Women Except.
Running the family's estates.
Begin military training at the age of seven.
Obey their fathers and husbands.
Produce healthy sons as part of a warrior society.
A term used to refer to a Greek city - state
Agora
Phalanx
Polis
Parthenon
In Greek history, what do they call people who gained power by force?
Oligarchs
tyrants
aristocrats
helots
Who commands the Persian army in the Battle of Marathon?
Darius l
xerxes
pheidippides
themistocles
Whi was the teacher of Plato?
Socrates
Solon
What is the most lasting achievement of Alexander the Great?
The spread of Greek Culture
His conquest of Persia
Being student of Aristotle
Who does not belong to the group?
Hippocrates
Cato
Aristarchus
Archimedes
In Greek Mythology, known as the Goddess of Wisdom, War and Useful Arts.
Hera
Aphrodite
Athena
Which group of ancient people did not live in the Italian peninsula?
Etruscans
Greeks
Latins
Carthaginians
What do we call the ruling and landowning class in ancient Roman society?
Consuls
Plebeians
Patricians
Dictators
Historic wars that were fought between the forces of Rome and Carthage.
Persian Wars
Roman wars
Punic wars
Considering Roman History, who does Not belong to the group?
Crassus
Caesar
Octavian
Pompey
Who divided the Roman empire for easier governance?
Diocletian
Constantine
Justinian
Valens
Where was Jesus Christ born?
Bethlehem
Galilee
Nazareth
Where is the birthplace of Islam?
Medina
Mecca
Kairouan
Of the American civilizations, which was known to be the earliest?
Mayan
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Capital city of Tenochtitlan?
Hernan Cartes
Francisco Pizarro
Fernando de Magallanes
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Which ancient American peoples develop an accurate 365-day calendar that is as precise as the one we use today?
Mayans
Incas
Olmecs
World War l ended in:
1925
1918
1920
1915
Whose death sparked World war l ?
Kaiser Wilhelm
Queen Victoria
Archbishop Ussher
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which of these nations was neutral in World War l?
Germany
Norway
Italy
England
How many republics made up the former Soviet Union?
15
12
20
10
Which country does not belong to the Allies during the World War ll?
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
What was the immediate cause of World War ll?
Invasion of Manchuria by Japan.
Occupation of Abyssinia by Italy.
Germany's attack on Austria.
Germany's attack on Poland.
