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World History Exam

Total questions: 148

Worksheet time: 3hrs 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Creation vs Evolution

2.

How would you deal with an atheist professor?

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3.

What is Pangea?

a)

A supercontinent

b)

A massive continent

c)

A makeup brand

d)

An old country

4.

What was the lifestyle during the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Nomadic

d)

Zoroastrianism

5.

What area was thought to be where the Garden of Eden was?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Babylon

d)

Persia

6.

What is monotheism?

(a)  

7.

What is polytheism?

(a)  

8.

What is a stepped tower designed to be a temple for their gods?

a)

Colosseum

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Hagia Sophia

d)

Angkor Wat

9.

What is the barter system?

(a)  

10.

What is Hammurabi's Code?

(a)  

11.

Who was Nebuchadnezzar and how is he biblically relevant?

a)

A Sumer King. He set the Israelites free.

b)

A Babylonian King. He was the king during the story of the Fiery Furnace.

c)

A Persian King. He killed a lot of prophets.

d)

A Spartan King. He just didn't like Jesus.

12.

What is the miracle of the Nile?

(a)  

13.

What was Ancient Egypt's religion like?

a)

Harrapa

b)

Zoroastrianism

c)

Monotheistic

d)

Polytheistic

14.

What was important during the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Pyramids and the Sphinx

b)

Pharaohs were more caring

c)

Hatsheput, King Tut, Cleopatra VII, and Ramses II

d)

Hieroglyphics

15.

What was important during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Pyramids and the Sphinx

b)

Pharaohs were more caring for their people

c)

Hatsheput, King Tut, Cleopatra VII, and Ramses II

d)

Hieroglyphics

16.

What was important during the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Pyramids and the Sphinx

b)

Pharaohs were more caring for their people

c)

Hatsheput, King Tut, Cleopatra VII, and Ramses II

d)

Hieroglyphics

17.

What is the difference between hieroglyphics and hieratic script?

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18.

Who was the first major ruler of Persia, captured Babylon, and allowed the Israelites to return to Jerusalem?

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Cyrus

19.

Who was a very violent Persian ruler, made Persia the largest empire during that time, and wanted to attack Greece?

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Cyrus

20.

Who invaded Greece, and attacked Thermopylae?

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Cyrus

21.

What was the Royal Road?

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22.

What was the Persian religion?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Zoroastrianism

d)

Polytheistic

23.

Harrapa and Mohenjo Daro was (a)  

24.

What were the social classes in India?

a)

Brahimns, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, and Untouchables

b)

Kyshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Brahimns, and Untouchables

c)

Brahimns, Vaisyas, Sudras, Kshatriyas, and Untouchables

d)

Untouchables, Sudras, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, and Brahimns

25.

How do you move up in Indian social classes?

(a)  

26.

In Hinduism, what is karma and reincarnation?

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27.

Who is "The Buddha"?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Nirvana

c)

Muhammad

d)

Confucus

28.

In Buddhism, what is the ultimate peace?

a)

Heaven

b)

Filial Piety

c)

Nirvana

d)

Reincarnation

29.

In the Shang dynasty, what was their belief?

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Ancestor worship

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

30.

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

(a)  

31.

What is Filial Piety?

(a)  

32.

Who was a ruler at 13, successful in war, ruled China at 38, and was buried with terracotta soldiers?

a)

Qin Shihuangdi

b)

Skddhartha Gautama

c)

Menelaus

d)

Confucius

33.

What is legalism?

(a)  

34.

What was the Silk Road?

a)

A fashion company

b)

A mailing system

c)

Very important trading system

d)

A construction company

35.

What became important during the Han Dynasty? Why was it important?

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36.

What is Confucianism?

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37.

What was the Dynastic Cycle?

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38.

Who wrote the Iliad?

a)

Menelaus

b)

Homer

c)

Socrates

d)

Shakespeare

39.

What were the city-states involved during the Iliad?

a)

Troy

b)

Athens

c)

Marathon

d)

Sparta

40.

Who was Helen?

(a)  

41.

Who was Paris?

(a)  

42.

Who was Menelaus?

(a)  

43.

Who was Agamemnon?

(a)  

44.

Who was Achilles?

(a)  

45.

Who was Hector?

(a)  

46.

(a)   years without breaching Troy's walls.

47.

What was the Trojan Horse?

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48.

What's a Phalanx?

(a)  

49.

What was Sparta's reputation?

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50.

Who was the Persian emperor during the battle of Marathon?

a)

Ramses

b)

Darius

c)

Xerxes

d)

Cyus

51.

What is Marathon's impact on society today?

(a)  

52.

Who was the Persian emperor during the battle of Thermopylae?

a)

Ramses

b)

Darius

c)

Xerxes

d)

Cyus

53.

What was geography at Thermopylae?

(a)  

54.

How did the Persian win Thermopylae?

a)

They were just better

b)

They didn't win

c)

A traitor took them through a secret passageway

d)

They destroyed everything

55.

Who thought that they were the best city-state after the Greco-Persian War?

a)

Marathon

b)

Troy

c)

Sparta

d)

Athens

56.

What was a temple to Athena?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Parthenon

c)

Angkor Wat

d)

Hippodrome

57.

Who fought during Peloponnesian War?

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

Sparta

58.

How long did the Peloponnesian War last?

a)

3 years

b)

30 years

c)

A few weeks

d)

27 years

59.

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

Sparta

60.

Name five Greek gods.

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61.

Where did the Greek gods live?

a)

Mount Olympus

b)

In hearts

c)

A temple

d)

A Denny's

62.

What were the early Olympics like?

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63.

What were the three different type of Greek columns?

a)

Doric

b)

Draconian

c)

Ionic

d)

Corinthian

64.

Who was Socrates?

(a)  

65.

Who was Plato?

(a)  

66.

Who was Aristotle?

(a)  

67.

Who did Alexander the Great attack?

a)

Persians

b)

Spartans

c)

Athens

d)

Trojans

68.

Why was Alexander so Great and why did he die?

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69.

What year did the Roman Empire start?

a)

99 B.C

b)

515 B.C

c)

609 B.C

d)

509 B.C

70.

In the Punic Wars, it was Rome versus (a)   .

71.

What was the result of the Punic Wars?

(a)  

72.

Who was the three guys in the First Triumvirate?

a)

Crassus

b)

Pompey

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Antony

73.

What were 2 things that Julius Caesar did?

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74.

What was Dictator Perpetuo?

a)

The Consul needed to know this rule, so he could become Consul

b)

It was an oath that the Consul had to take before becoming Consul

c)

It was a rule that only applied to the Consul

d)

It was the loophole that Julius Caesar used to stay the Consul

75.

Julius Caesar was stabbed (a)   times by his Senators.

76.

Who was part of the Second Triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Antony

c)

Crassus

d)

Octavian

77.

Octavian changed his name to Augustus. Why is that important?

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78.

What was the Pax Romana?

a)

The Roman Empire was at war for 200 years.

b)

It was a con in the Roman Empire

c)

The Roman Empire was at peace for 200 years

d)

It was a treaty for the Roman Empire.

79.

During the Pax Romana, what helped irrigate their crops?

a)

Hippodrome

b)

Aqueducts

c)

Colossuem

d)

Sprinklers

80.

What were the events that took place in the Colosseum?

(a)  

81.

How many arches were built in the Colosseum?

a)

244

b)

500

c)

235

d)

240

82.

What was the basement in the Colossuem used for?

(a)  

83.

What was the architecture like in the Roman Empire?A

a)

Arches

b)

Domes

c)

Vaults

d)

Aqueducts

84.

What were some things that Emperor Nero did?

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85.

Who made Christianity legal in Rome?

a)

Emperor Crassus

b)

Emperor Constantinople

c)

Emperor Nero

d)

Julius Caesar

86.

Multiple people invaded the Roman Empire. Who were those people?

a)

Vandals

b)

Mongols

c)

Attila the Hun

d)

Visigoths

87.

What were some theories on the fall of the Roman Empire?

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88.

Who is Allah?

(a)  

89.

Who was Muhammad?

(a)  

90.

What is Kaaba?

(a)  

91.

What's the Quran?

(a)  

92.

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

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93.

What are Infidels?

(a)  

94.

What is Bantu? Two options

a)

The original language in Africa

b)

A food they had

c)

A migration of people from Middle Africa to South Africa

d)

A type of language

95.

Ghana traded (a)   .

96.

What are camel caravans called?

(a)  

97.

Who was the richest man in the world?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Ghengis Khan

c)

Jeff Bezos

d)

Elon Musk

98.

What was a major city in Mali?

a)

Kaaba

b)

Timbuktu

c)

Bantu

d)

Ghana

99.

What happened during the Sui dynasty?

a)

Grand Canal

b)

Foot Binding

c)

Civil Service Exams

d)

The Mongols attacked

100.

What happened during the Tang dynasty? Two options

a)

Grand Canal

b)

Foot Binding

c)

Civil Service Exams

d)

The Mongols attacked

101.

Who were the Mongols? Who was their leader?

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102.

Who started the Yuan dynasty, a Mongol dynasty, in China?

a)

Khan Khan

b)

Ghengis Khan

c)

Yuan Khan

d)

Kublai Khan

103.

In Japan, what were the honored soldiers called?

a)

Shogun

b)

Serfs

c)

Samurai

d)

Knights

104.

In Japan, who was a strong military leader that was basically the emperor?

a)

Shogun

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Menelaus

d)

Achilles

105.

What government was military led?

a)

Kingdoms

b)

Shogunate

c)

City-states

d)

Republic

106.

How did the Japanese defeat the Mongols?

(a)  

107.

What did the Koryo Dynasty do?

(a)  

108.

How did Korea deal with the Mongols?

a)

They fought them

b)

They fled and abandoned towns

c)

They accepted the Mongol's leadership

d)

They weren't attacked by the Mongols

109.

What was the longest ruling Korean dynasty?

a)

Tang Dynasty

b)

Yi Dynasty

c)

Sui Dynasty

d)

Koryo Dynasty

110.

What is a huge Hindu temple?

a)

Kaaba

b)

Parthenon

c)

Colosseum

d)

Angkor Wat

111.

What were major cities in Ancient Asia?

a)

Timbuktu

b)

Malacca

c)

Ankor

d)

Marathon

112.

What is a monk?

(a)  

113.

What is a monastery?

(a)  

114.

What is a father?

(a)  

115.

What is a Pope?

(a)  

116.

What is a nun?

(a)  

117.

Who was the Frank king that was called Charles the Great, a Christian ruler, and expanded land?

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Urban

c)

Richard I

d)

Saladin

118.

What is a system where there are servants, vassals, knights, lords, and kings?

a)

Muslim

b)

Hinduism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Feudalism

119.

Who invaded the Franks? Two options

a)

Islams

b)

Mongols

c)

Vikings

d)

Muslims

120.

What is the difference between vassals and knights? What is the feudal contract and fief?

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121.

What is the civilized behavior of a knight?

a)

Golden Rule

b)

Chivalry

c)

Samurai

d)

Bushido

122.

In jousting, how many points does a knight get when he hits his opponent?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

123.

In jousting, how many points does a knight get when he hits his opponent and breaks his lance?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

124.

In jousting, how many points does a knight get when he hits his opponent off of his horse?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

125.

Know the different parts of a castle

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126.

What are the four social classes of medieval time? How do they interact with each other?

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127.

What was the lavish city of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Malacca

b)

Hagia Sophia

c)

Constantinople

d)

Rome

128.

What was the religion of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

They had no religion

b)

Highly Christian

c)

Islamic

d)

Highly Catholic

129.

What were two major buildings in the Byzantine Empire?

a)

St. Peter's Basilica

b)

Hippodrome

c)

Colosseum

d)

Hagia Sophia

130.

Why was Constantinople's location so important?

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131.

How did Pope Urban's decree affect the Crusade?

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132.

What was the 1st crusade successful?

a)

Not by their original goal, but started the collapse of the Byzantine Empire

b)

Yes, they regained Jerusalem from the Muslims

c)

No, they didn't even get close to Jerusalem

d)

Kind of, they didn't get any land, but they did get a treaty

133.

What was the 2nd crusade successful?

a)

Not by their original goal, but started the collapse of the Byzantine Empire

b)

Yes, they regained Jerusalem from the Muslims

c)

No, they didn't even get close to Jerusalem

d)

Kind of, they didn't get any land, but they did get a treaty

134.

What was the 3rd crusade successful?

a)

Not by their original goal, but started the collapse of the Byzantine Empire

b)

Yes, they regained Jerusalem from the Muslims

c)

No, they didn't even get close to Jerusalem

d)

Kind of, they didn't get any land, but they did get a treaty

135.

What was the 4th crusade successful?

a)

Not by their original goal, but started the collapse of the Byzantine Empire

b)

Yes, they regained Jerusalem from the Muslims

c)

No, they didn't even get close to Jerusalem

d)

Kind of, they didn't get any land, but they did get a treaty

136.

How should the Crusades be remembered?

(a)  

137.

Who worked on Manors?

a)

Supporter

b)

Scouts

c)

Serfs

d)

Servants

138.

What were city problems during the Medieval Times?

a)

People were unhygienic

b)

Lots of plastic

c)

There was a lot pollution

d)

Houses were close together

139.

What contained cities around the Baltic and North Sea?

a)

Gothic

b)

Basilicas

c)

Manors

d)

Hanseatic League

140.

What church was rectangular and more castle-like?

a)

Basilica

b)

Mosque

c)

Synagogue

d)

Gothic

141.

What church had taller roofs and stain glass windows?

a)

Basilica

b)

Mosque

c)

Synagogue

d)

Gothic

142.

How did the Black Death get to Europe? What how long did it last? What fraction died?

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143.

How did the Black Death impact trade and work?

(a)  

144.

Why were there 2 Popes? What cities were involved?

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145.

The Hundred Years War lasted (a)   years.

146.

What countries were involved in the Hundred Years War?

a)

Britain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Italy

147.

Who was Joan of Arc?

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148.

Who won the Hundred Year War?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Britain

d)

Germany