WorksheetsSS Review
Total questions: 153
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
The ancient Egyptian empire began along the...
Tigris River
Amazon River Basin
Nile River Delta
Mediterranean Sea
What civilization is known for hieroglyphics, papyrus, and pyramids?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
China
What was a pharaoh know for?
Creating gold towers
Living god and ruler of Egypt,
Fighting wars against the Swedish.
Discovery of the Americas.
A belief in many gods is known as...
Polytheism
Monotheism
Plagiarism
Theocracy
Which ancient civilization was founded on the African Continent?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
English
Greek
This religion is the 3rd most popular in the world and began in Ancient India.
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism believes that...
you can reach enlightenment only by following the Eightfold Path.
you will go to Heaven during the afterlife.
you have to pray towards Mecca.
you will fight alongside Thor in the afterlife.
Which ancient civilization was isolated by mountains and desert and was home of the Yellow and Yangzte Rivers.
China
Mesopotamia
Rome
India
Which ancient civilization was home to the major cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, as well as the Indus River
China
India
Egypt
Aztecs
Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt all depended on which of the following.
The belief in only one god.
Earthquakes
The flooding of their local rivers.
Strong winds known as Monsoons
Which of the following formed in river valleys?
Egypt
Sumer
Harappa
Qin Dynasty
Athens, Greece
Cuneiform, Papyrus, and Sanskrit all deal with what?
Writing
Trade
Transportation
Economics
Which of the following were major rivers for Ancient India?
Indus
Euphrates
Ganges
Nile
Ancient Egypt practiced what form of government?
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialism
Flooding of the Nile brought what to ancient Egypt?
Locust that ate all their crops
Invaders from Western Africa
Water buffalo for hunting
Silt which helped with agriculture
Which were the rivers of Mesopotamia
Nile
Huang He
Yangtze
Euphrates
Tigris
Which group of people were at the bottom of the social structure in ancient Egypt?
Farmers
Pharaohs
gods
Slaves
Confucius is an ancient philosopher who taught that children should respect their parents. Where is he from?
Greece
England
China
India
The first written code of laws was written by which ruler of ancient Mesopotamia?
Abraham
Darius
Confucius
Hammurabi
Hieroglyphic originated where?
India
Mesopotamia
China
Egypt
Why did Japan invade Pearl Harbor?
America put an embargo on oil
The Japanese were mad at Germany
Hitler told the emperor of Japan to invade America
The Japanese were trying to stay out of the war
What day of the week was Pearl Harbor attacked?
Friday because it was pay day
Sunday because people would have the day off and would most likely be at church
Monday because people were coming back to work after the weekend
Tuesday because its after Monday
What was the Battle of Britain?
Japan invaded Great Britain because they were mad about a trade embargo
Germany air raided Great Britain to gain more territory
Britain invaded Germany to stop Germany from taking over more land.
How many times did the Japanese invade on December 7th, 1941?
They came in 2 waves and attacked for about 3 hours straight.
They came in 3 waves and attacked for one hour
The Japanese did not attack Pearl Harbor.
How was Great Britain able to protect themselves from Adolf Hitler during the Battle of Britain?
The radar allowed them to see what was going on in the air and they could hide from it.
Americans were sending them supplies to support themselves
They had underground subway infrastructure that allowed them to all hide under it.
The Royal Air Force (RAF)
America was fighting with them and helped them win the war
How was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?
Pearl Harbor was attacked in air and in the water.
Pearl Harbor was only attacked in the air
Pearl Harbor was only attacked in the water.
What is the policy of Appeasement?
Winston Churchill was on Hitler's side to begin with and did not care what he did.
America did not think Hitler was powerful and they pretended he did not exist to avoid war
Hitler invaded Poland and everything was still fine. Nobody cared that Hitler was taking all of these territories. He was just trying to stay happy.
Neville Chamberlain was just trying to keep Adolf Hitler calm. They let him invade multiple areas such as Austria, the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia.
Who were the Axis Powers in WW2?
Germany, Great Britain, United States
Italy, Germany, Japan
Great Britain, Russia, United States
Russia, Australia, France
Who were the Allied Powers?
Germany, Japan, Italy
Germany, Great Britain, Japan
United States, Great Britain, Russia
Who attacked North Africa?
Japan
Germany
United States and Great Britain
Why did the United States invade North Africa?
The United Stares did not attack North Africa
To help Great Britain get oil to fight in the war
To help Japan in the war
What is the Luftwaffe?
Japan's Army
The German Air force
The ship that sunk in Pearl Harbor
Why was the invasion of Italy necessary to the success of the defeat of Nazi Germany?
The Anaconda Plan is what made is necessary
So we can eliminate Germany's allies.
It helped cut Hitler out of the Mediterranean and made him fight on all four directions.
What system helped bring back law and order to Europe after the Fall of Rome?
feudal system
dictatorship system
How was the feudal system changed by the Black Death?
The Black Death led to an increase in peasant population
Peasants demanded higher wages and better working conditions
The feudal system was based on control of?
money and power
land and labor
How did the Magna Carta change England's government?
It limited the power of the monarchy (king), protected rights of English subjects and established a Parliament
It increased the power of the monarchy and made the king above the law.
What did the revolt of the English Barons (Nobles) against King John cause?
The signing of the Magna Carta
The establishment of absolute monarchy
What did Pope Urban II want people to join?
the Olympics
the Crusades
What powers did the Pope have?
The power to fire and elect Kings
A ton! Especially the power of excommunication.
What does excommunication mean?
Excommunication means being promoted to a higher position in the Christian Church.
Excommunication means being officially "kicked" out of the Christian Church.
What was the MAIN goal of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?
Conquer new territories and expand the empire for gold
To get people to become Christians and maintain influence and power
What institution (society or organization) had the most power in Western Europe?
Knights Templar
Catholic Church
What was the purpose of the Crusades?
To establish trade routes with Asia
To recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control and to defend Christianity
How much of the population died from the Black Plague?
1/4-1/2
1/3-2/3
How did the Black Death get to Europe?
Ships carrying people who were infected arrived to Italy
Infected merchant ships arriving to England
How did the Silk Road contribute to the spread of the Black Death?
The Silk Road was not used for transportation of goods, so it had no impact on the spread of the Black Death
Infected fleas and rats were transported along the Silk Road, spreading the Black Death to different regions. Also people who were infected spread it through travel and trade.
World War 1 took place from:
Who did the Maya use as sacrifices?
llamas
winners of the ball game
prisoners of war
their own people
Where was Tenochtitlan built?
On top of the Andes Mountains.
On a level plateau in Mexico.
On valuable farmland in South America.
On a swampy island in Lake Texcoco.
How did the Inca get messages throughout the empire?
runners
slaves
horses
llamas
How did the Inca ensure they had water in the dry season?
built temples
built canals
made a ziggurat
performed sacrifices
Which group lived here?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Which group lived here?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
The Aztec lived _____ of the Inca.
Northeast
Southeast
Northwest
Southwest
Who did King Louis XVI agree to help defeat the British?
French
Greeks
American colonists
Italians
Which of the following made up 1% of the French population, and included clergy?
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Middle Class
Which of the following made up 2% of the French population, and included nobles?
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Peasants
The ___ made up roughly 97% of the French population.
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Church officials
Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?
Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes.
Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.
The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.
The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
An unfair tax system among the Estates
Government debt from wars
An increase in the cost of living
Frequent attacks from the British
What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
Robespierre was executed by the guillotine.
French women marched all the way to Versailles.
A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder.
All of the above are true.
Which goal was NOT stated in the "slogan of the Revolution"?
Liberty
Equality
Justice
Brotherhood
Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?
The Second Coalition
The Committee of Public Safety
The National Assembly
The King's Swiss guard
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
army general
King of France
priest
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety
The Reign of Terror ended with the beheading of which well-known revolutionary?
Napoleon Bonaparte
King Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Maximilien Robespierre
What was Napoleon Bonaparte able to accomplish during peacetime?
He set up government-run public schools.
He set up a comprehensive system of laws.
He established a fairer tax code.
All of the above are true.
Napoleon Bonaparte was unable to conquer which two European countries during the Napoleonic Wars?
Scotland and England
Great Britain and Germany
Great Britain and Russia
Russia and Germany
What is nationalism?
Unjust use of power
A government consisting of delegates from the Third Estate
A five-person council set up to run the government
Pride in one's country based on shared customs and common history
While Napoleon was in exile and organizing an attack against the British, they captured him and exiled him to ___.
Elba
St. Simons
St. Helena
Russia
The period of peace and prosperity started by Caesar Augustus was the
Pax Romana
Renaissance
patricians
plebeians
Socrates was a great
Greek philosopher
Roman thinker
Greek general
Roman general
Alexander the Great conquered and spread the culture of
Greece
Rome
Etruscans
Latins
The first Olympics in Ancient Greece were held to honor
Zeus
Jupiter
Hades
Poseidon
This ancient Greek city-state had the first form of democracy.
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Marathon
He was a Greek scientist who classified animals according to their characteristics.
Aristotle
Socrates
Alexander the Great
Hippocrates
He was a mathematician who discovered a theorem to find the sides of a right triangle.
Pythagoras
Hades
Alexander the Great
Zeus
The first emperor to divide the Roman empire into two empires
Diocletian
Julius Ceasar
Nero
Tiberius
What empire did the Greeks prevent from spreading into Europe?
Persian empire
Roman Empire
Hun Empire
Egyptian empire
This was one of the architectural inventions the Romans used to build the Colosseum and bridges.
arch
roads
turrets
bathhouse
What was this called that were written laws agreed upon between the patricians and plebeians?
law of the twelve tables
Roman Constitution
Tablets of Laws
Roman Laws
The length of time the Roman republic lasted.
500 years
400 years
300 years
1000 years
When did the Western Roman empire end?
476 AD
376 BC
509 BC
27 AD
The battle of Actium was a power struggle between these two people
Octavian and Mark Anthony
Hadrian and Julius Caesar
Mark Anthony and Cleopatra
Julius Caesar and Cleopatra
These people were usually rich old men from landowning families.
patricians
plebeians
latins
estruscans
