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World History Review Chapters 3-5

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geography played a critical role in the development of Greek history.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Early Roman government was a monarchy.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Roman persecution of the Christians caused a remarkable decline in Christian growth.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Silk was China’s chief export during the Han dynasty

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Christianity was not found in ancient Asia.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What term refers to the four-year interval between the Greek games?

(a)  

7.

What term is used for the formal study of human thought and culture?

(a)  

8.

What did the Han dynasty experience that was similar to the Pax Romana of the Roman empire?

(a)  

9.

Who is thought to have brought the gospel to India?

(a)  

10.

Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

(a)  

11.

“Having human form or attributes” is the definition for which term?

a)

Personification

b)

Anthropomorphic

c)

Humanity

d)

Anatomic

12.

What term refers to a rule by a few?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Democracy

13.

The basic political unit of Greece was the

a)

Acropolis

b)

Olympiad

c)

Polis

d)

Parthenon

14.

What term refers to a rule by the people?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Democracy

15.

The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of

a)

Apollo

b)

Athena

c)

Poseidon

d)

Zeus

16.

What term refers to a rule by one?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Democracy

17.

What term refers to a rule by force?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Democracy

18.

The Spartan way of life centered on

a)

artistic abilities

b)

military training

c)

philosophical writing

d)

religious ceremonies

19.

What term refers to a breakdown of government and order?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Democracy

20.

The Law of the Twelve Tables was important primarily because it

a)

resembles the American Constitution

b)

resembles the American Declaration of Independence

c)

was the first Roman law to be written down

d)

abolished the distinction between patricians and plebeians

21.

Rome was established on what river?

a)

Po

b)

Rhine

c)

Tiber

d)

Rhone

22.

What institution or group of people actually maintained order, peace and stability during the Pax Romana?

a)

Senate

b)

Roman army

c)

Tribal assembly

d)

common people

23.

What culture greatly influenced Roman culture?

a)

Latin

b)

Persian

c)

Greek

d)

Egyptian

24.

What is the chief goal or desire of Epicureans?

a)

to seek happiness by avoiding fear and pain

b)

to pursue virtues such as duty and service to others and to live in harmony with divine law

c)

to glorify God and enjoy Him forever

d)

to worship the emperor and obey all his commands

25.

At what council was Christ’s deity affirmed?

a)

Milan

b)

Ephesus

c)

Nicaea

d)

Rome

26.

Chinese writing consists of

a)

consonants

b)

vowels

c)

characters

d)

letters

27.

Which dynasty established China’s Pax Sinica?

a)

Tang

b)

Qin

c)

Han

d)

Chou

28.

Frumentius is best known for his

a)

law code

b)

pirate trade

c)

gospel witness

d)

enlightened rule

29.

What early African kingdom converted to Christianity probably through the influence of Frumentius?

a)

Kush

b)

Aksum

c)

Bantu

d)

Gupta

30.

What was the religion of most of the people in sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

tribal religions

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

31.

Who threatened to invade India in 326 BC?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Octavian

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Xerxes

32.

Who was the king of Aksum that praised the Lord of Heaven after a victory in battle?

a)

Asoka

b)

Ezana

c)

Kalidasa

d)

Frumentius

33.

Greeks were hindered in political unity because of a lack of

a)

shared language

b)

geographic unity

c)

common customs

d)

common religion

34.

What occurred at the Battle of Thermopylae?

a)

Sparta was burned to the ground.

b)

The Persian navy was decisively defeated by the Greek navy.

c)

Three hundred Spartans fought to the death in a mountain pass.

d)

A devastating plague wiped out a third of the Athenian army.

35.

In what year was Rome founded?

a)

753 BC

b)

AD 753

c)

476 BC

d)

AD 476

36.

Which of the following was a philosopher who saw Stoicism as the solution to Rome’s moral decline?

a)

Cicero

b)

Livy

c)

Horace

d)

Seneca

37.

Which of the following was not a cultural achievement of China during this period?

a)

movable type

b)

smelted iron

c)

paper

d)

gunpowder

38.

Which empire experienced perhaps the greatest era of prosperity and achievement for India?

a)

Gupta

b)

Mauryan

c)

Pax Sinica

d)

Han

39.

Which of the following was not a contribution of the Gupta Empire?

a)

silk

b)

theories of gravity

c)

math and science contributions

d)

medical knowledge

40.

The first official Roman persecution of Christianity began under the emperor

a)

Diocletian

b)

Nero

c)

Tiberius

d)

Titus