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World History Semester 2 Test

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_____is the human record of people and their relationships with other humans or the environment
a)
Anthropology
b)
History
c)
Archaeology
d)
Geography
2.
A historian is compiling primary sources revealing how Indian citizens felt about and reacted to British colonization. Which reason for studying history does this most clearly illustrate?
a)
to recognize patterns that will help predict future events
b)
to reveal the decisions of previous peoples and cultures
c)
to explore diverse perspectives and narratives
3.
When historians collect, classify, analyze, interpret, synthesize, and report data, they are using the _____
a)
Research Method
b)
Historical Method
c)
Chronological Method
d)
Scientific Method
4.
An author studies diary entries and letters written by a working-class woman living during the French Revolution. The author writes a book interpreting the woman’s writings and discussing their relationship to the Revolution. The book would be considered what type of data?
a)
a classified source
b)
a secondary source
c)
a primary source
d)
a synthesized source
5.
Which are the best responses to the following sentence? There can be multiple interpretations of a single historic event by different
a)
Historians with different perspectives.
b)
Historians with different points of view.
c)
Students of history with different sources.
d)
Historians with varying personal biases.
e)
Historians with different interests of cause and effect.
6.
A historian uses the comparative method to _____
a)
examine how different cultures formed
b)
record relationships between people and the environment
c)
determine the meaning of an artifact
d)
look at similarities and differences across cultures
7.
"My mentor has been showing me how to shape soft copper into tools for our group’s use. But the tools break easily. We are starting to mix the copper with other metals to see if we can make a stronger material.”
a)
Hellenistic (Greece)
b)
Medieval (Europe)
c)
Iron (B.C)
d)
Bronze (B.C)
e)
Stone (B.C)
8.
______ was a writer in ancient Greece
a)
Homer
b)
Herodotus
c)
Plato
9.
This is an example of
a)
Petroglyphs (image created by removing/chipping away part of the rock)
b)
Hieroglyphics (picture representing a word/s)
c)
Cuneiform (words made up of lines)
10.
The development of humans was directly dependent on
a)
development of the wheel.
b)
development of tools.
c)
development of a written language.
d)
development of communication between people
11.
"My family lives in a society based on agriculture, which is great because we get to stay in one place. Even though most of my meals consist of one crop, it is nice to have extra food around all of the time, in case we need it. Sometimes I get tired because it seems like all we do is work, work, work!" Are they:
a)
Hunter-gathers (hunt animals and gather wild food)
b)
Pastoral nomads (nomads moving from place to place)
c)
Agrarian (farming)
12.
A key characteristic of a civilization is the specialization of labor. What does this mean?
a)
Every family is in charge of a certain job
b)
Everyone gets to decide what job they do
c)
People are self-sufficient and don't need others
d)
All people depend on the work of others
13.
Which civilization is this?
a)
Indus Valley (in Pakistan/India)
b)
Minoa (in Greece)
c)
Mesopotamia (in Iraq)
14.
What factors contributed to the vast trade network built by the Indus Valley civilization? Choose the best response
a)
They recorded trade transactions on flattened, dried reads.
b)
They made advances in technology including boats and animal-driven carts.
c)
Surplus crops made it possible to trade for scarce items.
15.
Beginning in Eurasia (Europe and Asia together) two early inventions had a huge impact on farming societies. They allowed people to produce surplus (extra) food, and in turn, populations grew in size. What were the two innovations?
a)
domesticated rice, the plow
b)
domesticated rice, irrigation
c)
domesticated wheat, irrigation
d)
domesticated wheat, the plow
16.
The three early trading centers linked with the Mediterranean Sea were Ugarit (in north Syria) Byblos (in Lebanon) and
a)
Egypt
b)
Crete (island in Greece)
c)
Ionia (city in Turkey)
17.
"I was one of the first leaders to create an empire, even though I wasn’t born into a royal family. I conquered many city-states along the Euphrates River. When I took over a region, I focused on increasing trade and building wealth. My daughter was a priestess who wrote religious texts that people still study today.”
a)
Akkad
b)
Sargon the Great
c)
Akhenaton
18.
During the Bronze Age, the invention of the chariot helped the Hittites, Hyksos, and _____ build kingdoms through military conquering.
a)
Spartans
b)
Persians
c)
Egyptians
19.
Which civilization started an era of prosperity as Greece's first military and economic superpower?
a)
Spartan
b)
Athenian
c)
Mycenaean
20.
Which best proves the statement: The spread of language was complex and expansive,
a)
There are many language families, each with multiple branches from language diffusion.
b)
Some languages are destroyed when colonization and war disrupt a people group.
c)
The population of the world is massive.
21.
What is the economic reason given for the fall of the Indus Valley civilization?
a)
lack of resources
b)
aggressive military action
c)
decline in trade
22.

Kush society was highly influenced by Egyptian culture, to the point that there is debate over whether Kush was a part of Egyptian culture or it's own distinct culture. What are three points of evidence for Kush being a distinct culture?

(a)  

23.
The roots of Christianity are found in what early religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
24.
He believed in the theory of "ideas" and "forms." Things in the physical world like, a desk, a person, a dog—are imperfections of shadows of the perfect ideas of a desk, a person, a dog.
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
25.
Was among the wealthiest members of society. Controlled trade and the military.
a)
Patrician (upper class)
b)
Plebeian (lower class)
26.
The two-hundred-year period in Roman history marked by freedom, stability, and peace was known as the
a)
Latifundia
b)
Hellenistic Period
c)
Pax Romana
27.
Confucianism became the state philosophy in what country?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Mongolia
28.
"I ruled over the Eastern Roman Empire and moved its capital to Byzantium (Modern day Constantinople) I was the first to establish religious tolerance toward Christianity, and I converted to the religion.”
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Justinian I
29.
Which was NOT a contributing factor to the fall of the Roman Empire?
a)
peasant rebellions
b)
decline in trade
c)
foreign invasions
d)
civil war
e)
inflation
30.
After the Great Schism of 1054, when the East and West Roman Empires split religious beliefs, what two main groups were the result?
a)
the Roman Catholics in the West
b)
the Roman Catholics in the East
c)
the Orthodox Christians in the East
d)
the Orthodox Christians in the West
31.
The Tang Dynasty's reign was part of the "Chinese Golden Age." What were their greatest artistic achievements during this time period? Select all that apply
a)
grotto (cave) art
b)
ceramics
c)
opera
d)
poetry
32.
The massive architecture of what Mesoamerican (Mexico and America) civilization was built without the use of metal tools or the wheel?
a)
Mayan
b)
Incan
c)
Aztec
33.
Are these push factors or pull factors? Natural disasters Violence Poverty
a)
Push
b)
Pull
34.
During the Han Dynasty in China several groups fought for control of the empire but could not manage the economic problems. What was a result of this?
a)
Leadership had to rely for the first time on outside sources of wealth to build infrastructure.
b)
Peasants responded to widespread poverty and other issues by engaging in rebellion.
c)
Royal clans lost access to their resources when they had to pay off the Confucian scholars.
35.
In the Italian city-states, each area had its own type of rule. This method of ruling is known as
a)
acropolis
b)
autonomy
c)
mercantilism
36.
Which things could women do (or not do) in Medieval Europe? Select all that apply.
a)
could not sign contracts
b)
disallowed from giving testimony in court
c)
permitted to serve on a jury
d)
had to have a male relative agree to a loan
e)
gained more freedom when they married
37.
Which invaded the Abbasid Empire, creating a leadership void from which the Ottoman Empire would rise?
a)
China
b)
Persia
c)
Mongol Empire
38.
While most of Africa practiced Islam, Ethiopia developed a form of Christianity known as _______Christianity.
a)
Coptic
b)
Orthodox
c)
Ethio
39.
The Aztec empire was located in
a)
Mexico
b)
America
40.
In the fourteenth century, Europe's population was devastated by crop failure and
a)
foreign invasions
b)
the Black Death
c)
inflation
41.
This religion started in the middle east, their leader/prophet is Muhammad, and the holy text is the Qur'an
a)
Orthodox Judaism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Protestant Christianity
d)
Islam
42.
Which are true of what happened when the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud expanded his empire in northern India?
a)
He focused on funding military powers using wealth he obtained in the region.
b)
Most Hindu people were forced to convert to Islam within the first five years.
c)
The government subjected Hindus to the same taxes as those in Islamic empires to the west.
d)
Some Hindu people kept their cultural and religious identity.
e)
He used wealth obtained in the region to support artists and scholars.
43.
Which of the following was a direct result of the growth of trade under the Songhai Empire in West Africa?
a)
increased use of salt
b)
widespread conversion to Islam
c)
development of cities
44.
The middles class of medieval Europe established the first
a)
Stores
b)
Banks
c)
Neighborhoods
45.
What was the main impact of the trade networks of the Abbasid?
a)
economic prosperity and stability.
b)
political stability
c)
economic disparity
46.
Which of the following best explains the role that Asian trade routes in the north and multiple seaports in the east, west, and south had on India?
a)
The free flow of ideas happened only in the north in large part due to the frequency of cultural exchanges coming from Asian trade routes.
b)
The geographic location of the Indian subcontinent played an important role in the building of an empire.
c)
With trade and cultural exchange occurring at every border of the Gupta Empire, the arts, sciences and culture thrived.
47.
What communities brought about the rise of the first governments?
a)
anthropological
b)
geologists
c)
Neolithic
48.
Which of the following best describes the religious foundations of ancient Greece and Rome?
a)
the devotion of temple priestesses and priests who served the goddess Hestia
b)
the development of many gods and goddesses with rather human characteristics
c)
a monotheistic worship of a god in a particular location, such as a temple