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5th Grade History Test 8

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What nation was responsible for the invention of the wheel and writing?

a)

Sumerians

b)
Egypt
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Greece
2.

What nation was not remembered for any significant accomplishment?

a)
Lemuria
b)
Atlantis
c)
El Dorado
d)

Cannan

3.

What nation was responsible for the Hanging Gardens?

a)
Babylon
b)
China
c)
Egypt
d)
Greece
4.

What nation was responsible for the alphabet?

a)
Phoenicians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Greeks
d)
Romans
5.

What nation was responsible for the development of coins?

a)
Lydia
b)
Egypt
c)
Greece
d)
China
6.

What nation was known as being early empire builders?

a)

The Hittite Empire

b)
The Aztec Empire
c)
The British Empire
d)
The Ottoman Empire
7.

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

a)
Discovery of America
b)
Invention of the wheel
c)
Fall of the Roman Empire
d)

Christ's Coming to Earth

8.

What is the Middle East’s most important natural resource today?

a)
coal
b)
oil
c)
diamonds
d)
gold
9.

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

a)
creationism
b)
intelligent design
c)
big bang theory
d)
evolution
10.

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

a)
Noah
b)
David
c)
Abraham
d)
Moses
11.

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

a)
Mandarin
b)
Spanish
c)
French
d)
Arabic
12.

What is Sumerian wedge shaped writing called?

a)
hieroglyphics
b)
cuneiform
c)
pictograms
d)
calligraphy
13.

Which religion did NOT begin in the Middle East?

a)

Buddhism

b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
14.

In which river valley did Indian civilization begin?

a)
Indus River Valley
b)
Yangtze River Valley
c)
Nile River Valley
d)
Amazon River Valley
15.

Which country was once called Persia?

a)
Iraq
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Syria
d)
Iran
16.

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

a)
Rebirth
b)
Resurrection
c)
Transmigration
d)
Reincarnation
17.

Where is the Serengeti National Park located?

a)
South Africa
b)
Tanzania
c)
Kenya
d)
Australia
18.

What is the largest county in Africa?

a)
Nigeria
b)
South Africa
c)
Egypt
d)

Sudan

19.

Who are the short descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)
Elves
b)
Ogres
c)
Giants
d)
Pygmies
20.

What is the world's largest swamp?

a)
Sahara Desert
b)

Sudd

c)
Mount Everest
d)
Great Barrier Reef
21.

What is the structure that was built to control flooding of the Nile?

a)
Luxor Temple
b)
Sphinx
c)
Giza Pyramid
d)
Aswan High Dam
22.

What is the waterway separating Africa and Asia?

a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)

Suez Canal

23.

What are the two African countries that were never colonies of Europe?

a)
Liberia and Ethiopia
b)
Tanzania and Egypt
c)
Ghana and Kenya
d)
Nigeria and South Africa
24.

What is the body of water connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)
Strait of Gibraltar
b)
Panama Canal
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Suez Canal
25.

What is the largest city in Africa?

a)
Lagos
b)
Cairo
c)
Nairobi
d)
Johannesburg
26.

What is the second largest freshwater lake in the world?

a)
Lake Huron
b)
Lake Victoria
c)
Lake Michigan
d)
Lake Superior
27.

Who was the leader of the Chinese Communists?

a)
Deng Xiaoping
b)

Mao Tse-tung

c)
Chiang Kai-shek
d)
Sun Yat-sen
28.

Who was the only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt?

a)
Cleopatra
b)
Isis
c)
Hatshepsut
d)
Nefertiti
29.

Who was the "Father of Faith Missions"?

a)
Hudson Taylor
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Wesley
d)
Mother Teresa
30.

Who was the righteous Batswana chief?

a)
Chief Khama III
b)
Chief Sechele I
c)
Chief Lobengula
d)
Chief Cetshwayo
31.

Who was the "Father of American Missions"?

a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Adoniram Judson
d)
George Washington
32.

Who was the first known African Christian?

a)
Nigerian prince
b)
South African king
c)
Egyptian pharaoh
d)
Ethiopian eunuch
33.

Who was the first black president of South Africa?

a)
Malcolm X
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Nelson Mandela
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
34.

Who was the "Queen of the Cannibals"?

a)

Mary Slessor

b)
Princess of the Vampires
c)
Duchess of the Werewolves
d)
Empress of the Zombies
35.

Who was the first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel?

a)
Mohamed Morsi
b)
Anwar Sadat
c)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
d)
Hosni Mubarak
36.

Who was the greatest missionary-explorer to Africa?

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
David Livingstone
d)
Marco Polo
37.

What was the key to understanding hieroglyphics?

a)
Rosetta Stone
b)
Greek mythology
c)
Mayan calendar
d)
Stonehenge
38.

What was an Egyptian device for irrigating crops?

a)
Chariot
b)
Sickle
c)
Pulley
d)

Shadoof

39.

Which city was a famous center of learning in Africa?

a)
Timbuktu
b)
Cairo
c)
Johannesburg
d)
Nairobi
40.

Which country was once called the "Spice Islands"?

a)
Indonesia
b)
Brazil
c)
Australia
d)
Japan
41.

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

a)
China
b)
Korea
c)
India
d)
Japan
42.

What is Africa’s highest mountain?

a)
Mount Everest
b)
Mount Kilimanjaro
c)
Mount McKinley
d)
Mount Elbrus
43.

Where is the Barbary Coast located?

a)
Asia
b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)
South America
d)
Europe
44.

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

a)

Natural Resources

b)
Advanced technology
c)
Improved healthcare
d)
Access to clean water
45.

What is the fourth largest island in the world?

a)
Greenland
b)
Iceland
c)
Madagascar
d)
Japan
46.

What is the capital of Egypt?

a)
Cairo
b)
Tokyo
c)
Rome
d)
Istanbul
47.

What is the capital of Tanzania?

a)
Kampala
b)

Dar es Salaam

c)
Nairobi
d)
Lusaka
48.

What are the two capitals of South Africa?

a)
Pretoria and Johannesburg
b)
Cape Town and Durban
c)
Pretoria and Cape Town
d)
Johannesburg and Durban
49.

What is the capital of the Sudan?

a)
Khartoum
b)
Lagos
c)
Nairobi
d)
Cairo
50.

What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)
Nairobi
b)
Lagos
c)
Johannesburg
d)
Kinshasa
51.

What is the capital of Kenya?

a)
Cairo
b)
Lagos
c)
Nairobi
d)
Johannesburg
52.

What is the capital of Ethiopia?

a)
Addis Ababa
b)
Lagos
c)
Cairo
d)
Nairobi
53.

What is the capital of China?

a)
Shanghai
b)
Beijing
c)
Tokyo
d)
Seoul
54.

What is the capital of India?

a)
Chennai
b)
New Delhi
c)
Kolkata
d)
Mumbai
55.

What is the capital of Turkey?

a)
Ankara
b)
Athens
c)
Istanbul
d)
Tehran
56.

What is the capital of Thailand?

a)
Beijing
b)
Tokyo
c)
Bangkok
d)
Seoul
57.

What is the capital of Iraq?

a)
Dubai
b)
Baghdad
c)
Tehran
d)
Jerusalem
58.

What is the capital of Israel?

a)

Beijing

b)

Bangkok

c)

China

d)

Jerusalem

59.

What is the capital of Taiwan?

a)

Beijing

b)

Bangkok

c)

Equator

d)

Taipei

e)

China

60.

What is the capital of Syria?

a)

China

b)

Bangkok

c)

Damascus

d)

Beijing

61.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)

Tokyo

b)

Bangkok

c)

Beijing

d)

China

e)

Equator

62.

What is the capital of South Korea?

a)

Equator

b)

Bangkok

c)

Beijing

d)

Seoul

e)

China