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HIS 8 - 1st Nine Weeks Exam

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the founder of Christianity?

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

2.

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Brahman

b)

Siddhartha Gautema

3.

What is a term given to a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn?

a)

reincarnation

b)

karma

4.

What is the name of a belief of the Zhou Dynasty that power was given to the kings by the gods/goddesses?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Mandate of Heaven

5.

What is the name given to the soldiers that were placed at Shihuangdi’s tomb to protect the tomb?

a)

mandate of heaven

b)

terracotta soldiers

6.

What is the name of the river civilization located in China?

a)

Huang He

b)

Nile

7.

What is the name of the river civilization located in Egypt?

a)

Indus

b)

Nile

8.

What is the name given to the the monumental architecture of Egypt that was used for the Pharaoh’s tomb?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Cuneiform

9.

What is considered the world’s first writing that was developed in Mesopotamia?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Sanskrit

10.

Who is the King of Babylon the developed the first code of laws?

a)

David

b)

Hammurabi

11.

What is the term given to the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point?

a)

Karma

b)

Cultural Diffusion

12.

What term means the Belief in 1 God?

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

13.

What event led to the development of civilizations?

a)

Farming

b)

Specialized Skills

14.

What major event in history ended the Paleolithic Era and began the Neolithic Era?

a)

Farming

b)

Ice Ages

15.

What is the term that means a time period before written records?

a)

Cultural Diffusion

b)

Prehistory

16.

Hunter-Gatherers?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

17.

Development of Stone Tools?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Both

18.

Domestication of Animals?

a)

Both

b)

Neolithic

19.

Development of Farming?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

20.

Nomads?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Both

21.

Began to develop Civilizations?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

22.

What was the name given to the People who travel from place to place in search of food?

a)

Archaeology

b)

Nomads

23.

What is the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains?

a)

Paleontology

b)

Archaeology

24.

What term means the belief in many gods?

a)

Shinto

b)

Polytheism

25.

Who was Discovered in the Alps Mountains that allowed historians to understand the Bronze Age happened many years before?

a)

Mungo Man

b)

Otzi the Ice Man

26.

Why were rivers important to the development of civilizations?

a)

Floods provided silt and allowed soil to produce crops

b)

To Help with fighting wars

27.

Who Developed the world’s first empire?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon the Great

28.

What is the name given to the harsh ruler of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Emperor

b)

Pharaoh

29.

What river civilization was located in Mesopotamia?

a)

Nile

b)

Tigris-Euphrates

30.

What river civilization was located in India?

a)

Indus

b)

Tigris Euphrates

31.

Who was the harsh ruler of the Qin Dynasty that believed in legalism?

a)

Shihuangdi

b)

Confucius

32.

What was the name of the bone used by the Shang Kings to help predict the future?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Oracle Bone

33.

What is the name of The social hierarchy that is used to determine the position of the life of a Hindu?

a)

Karma

b)

Caste System

34.

What is the name given to the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence?

a)

Karma

b)

Reincarnation

35.

Who is the father of Judaism?

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

36.

Who led the Jews from captivity of the Egyptians?

a)

Moses

b)

Abraham