WorksheetsWorld History Mid-term Questions 1-9
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 38mins
Legends, religious beliefs, and social customs are examples of
ancient traditions preserved by communities
primary written records used by historians
economic systems guiding trade routes
formal laws enacted by early states
What is the most important type of primary source?
oral traditions shared by elders
written records created at the time
archaeological artifacts from digs
paintings made centuries later
What two rivers enclose Mesopotamia?
Nile and Jordan
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
Danube and Rhine
What term means the worship of many gods?
polytheism honoring multiple gods
pantheism equating god with nature
monotheism focused on one deity
atheism denying divine beings
Which of the people had their capitals at Babylon?
Akkadians building ziggurats
Chaldeans ruling Mesopotamia
Hittites forging iron weapons
Assyrians centered in Nineveh
What so-called science involves predicting the future based on the positions of celestial objects
Astrology
Alchemy
Anthropology
Astronomy
What geographical factor helped preserve the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?
Stone-built temples
Frequent Nile floods
High mountain barriers
Dry desert climate
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt was followed by a temporary period of foreign rule by the
Assyrians
Hittites
Hyksos
Philistines
The New Kingdom: Which period of Egyptian history is known as The Age of the Empire?
The New Kingdom
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The Predynastic Era
King Tut's tomb: Howard Carter is best known for his discovery of
The Library of Alexandria
Ramses II's mummy
The Rosetta Stone
King Tutankhamun's tomb
The prophet Ezekiel foretold the destruction of which Phoenician city?
Sidon
Carthage
Tyre
Byblos
Which people established a commercial empire by land?
Aramaeans
Phoenicians
Lydians
Assyrians
Greeks were hindered in political unity because of a lack of
a strong central government
common language and culture
consistent trade policies
shared military leadership
The language spoken by Jesus and his disciples was probably
Aramaic dialect
Koine Greek
Latin vernacular
classical Hebrew
The Epic of Gilgamesh gives an account of what biblical event?
the destruction of Sodom
the Exodus from Egypt
the universal Flood narrative
the Tower of Babel story
The twelve tribes of Israel divided over what issue?
foreign alliances policy
taxation under Rehoboam
worship location debate
succession of Solomon
One of the people were not polytheistic?
Phoenician traders
Assyrians of Nineveh
Hebrews under Moses
Egyptians of Old Kingdom
Who were the first people to live in cities?
Persians of Media
Hittites of Anatolia
Sumerians of Mesopotamia
Hebrews of Canaan
What city located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rival for other early Greek cities?
Ephesus in Ionia
Troy near the straits
Byzantium at Bosporus
Miletus on the coast
Which Persian king did Alexander defeat?
Xerxes the King
Darius III of Persia
Cyrus the Great
Artaxerxes II
The messianic line is through
Saul of Benjamin
David of Judah
Levi the priest
Solomon of Israel
The kingdom of Judah was made up of the tribes of
Dan and Naphtali
Levi and Simeon
Ephraim and Manasseh
Judah and Benjamin
Which people established a commercial empire by land?
Assyrian caravan rulers
Chaldean river traders
Hittite overland merchants
Phoenician maritime traders
At the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal defeated the Romans by
poisoning the supplies
a direct frontal assault
a double envelopment tactic
a siege of the camp
What term refers to a breakdown of government and order?
despotism rule
anarchy and disorder
oligarchy collapse
tyranny by one
What is the most important type of primary source?
later secondary histories
original written documents
archaeological artifacts
oral tradition accounts
The civilization that was not used to punish or afflict God's people
Persian Empire governance
Assyrian Empire power
Chaldean Babylon force
Median kingdom rule
Who came first: the Mycenaeans or the Spartans
Spartans of Dorian period
Spartans of Archaic era
Mycenaeans of Bronze Age
both arose simultaneously
Hannibal began his march into Italy from
Carthage in Africa
Spain called Iberia
Sicily island base
Gaul in France
What city was not only the capital of the Assyrian Empire but also a city where Jonah preached?
Ashur in Assyria
Uruk in Sumer
Nineveh on Tigris
Babylon on Euphrates
What invaders conquered the Mycenaean civilization in 1200 BC and ushered in a new period of Greek cities?
Persian Empire armies
Ionian Greeks settlers
Sea Peoples raiders
Dorians from the north
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt was followed by a temporary period of foreign rule by the
Assyrians of Nineveh
Persians of Media
Hittites of Anatolia
Hyksos from Asia
During which ruler's reign did the New Babylonian Empire reach its height?
Belshazzar regent prince
Hammurabi lawgiver
Nebuchadnezzar II king
Nabopolassar founder
What term refers to a rule by the one?
democracy of people
oligarchy of few
republic of citizens
monarchy by king
Crete became the center for which early Greek civilization?
Dorian tribal society
Hellenistic kingdoms
Mycenaean warrior states
Minoan palace culture
What city located near the Hellespont became a major commercial rival for other early Greek cities
Troy near the straits
Byzantium at Bosporus
Sardis in Lydia
Knossos on Crete
Law of Twelve Tables; the defeat of Hannibal; the death of Pompey; the Third Punic War. Which of the following occurred last?
death of Pompey the Great
Third Punic War destruction
defeat of Hannibal at Zama
Law of Twelve Tables enactment
The greatest Egyptian warrior-king, sometimes called the Napoleon of Egypt, was
Thutmose III conqueror
Ramses II builder
Amenhotep IV reformer
Tutankhamun boy-king
The Chaldeans can also be called the
Assyrians of Nineveh
Persians of Achaemenid
New Babylonians
Medes of Media
Assyrian, Chaldean, Median, and Persian. Which of the following civilizations included all the other civilizations?
Persian Achaemenid Empire
Assyrian imperial domains
Median tribal confederacy
Chaldean Babylon kingdom
What term refers to a rule by the people
tyranny oppression
oligarchy control
monarchy leadership
democracy governance
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt was followed by a temporary period of foreign rule by the
Sea Peoples invaders
Hyksos Asiatic rulers
Persian satraps
Assyrian conquerors
Crete became the center for which early Greek civilization?
Dorian civilization in northern Greece
Minoan civilization on the island
Mycenaean civilization on the mainland
Spartan civilization in the Peloponnese
The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was associated with which people?
The Mycenaeans on the mainland
The Trojans near the Hellespont
The Dorians from the north
The Minoans based on Crete
Which of the following statements does not characterize the Greek Dark Ages?
Troy and Mycenae fought a trade war
Little contact with outside cultures
Common Greek culture developed
New intruders entered Greece
Greeks were hindered in political unity because of a lack of what?
Strong centralized monarchy
A common written language
Geographical unity across regions
Shared religion among city-states
Which term describes the inhabitant of Sparta who were made slaves by the Dorians?
Ephors magistrates
Perioeci free neighbors
Hoplites citizen soldiers
Helots Spartan serfs
Greek colonization was especially abundant on which island?
Sicily in the west
Crete in the Aegean
Cyprus near Anatolia
Rhodes off Asia Minor
The most important Greek colony was
Byzantium on the Bosporus
Massalia in Gaul
Syracuse in Sicily
Neapolis in Italy
Which of the following is not associated with Sparta?
Commercial endeavors
Glorification of the state
Militarism in society
Isolation from trade
What caused the city-states to unite during the fifth century BC?
Spartan kings decreed
Persian Wars threatened
Peloponnesian League formed
Trade alliances grew
At what mountain-pass battle did a Spartan army fight to its death?
Marathon coastal plain
Salamis naval strait
Plataea open field
Thermopylae narrow pass
Which Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars?
Thucydides of Athens
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Xenophon the soldier
Polybius the Roman
300 Spartans fought to the death in a mountain pass. What occurred at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Athenian fleet crushed Spartan army
Spartan force held off Persian invasion
Macedonian phalanx defeated Roman legion
Hannibal ambushed troops in Alps
The most important result of the Peloponnesian War was
Persian empire destroyed
Greek city-states weakened
Sparta unified all Greek cities
Athenian democracy strengthened
Which Persian king did Alexander defeat?
Darius III
Artaxerxes II
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes I
What term refers to a breakdown of government and order?
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Democracy
Aristocracy
Who is known as the Father of Medicine?
Galen
Hippocrates
Aristotle
Plato
The apostle Paul's visit to Athens brought him into conflict with
Stoics and Epicureans
Carthaginians and Romans
Spartans and Helots
Jews and Sadducees
What is not true about Plato?
He taught that every illness has natural cause
He wrote dialogues like The Republic
He was a contemporary of Pericles
He founded the Academy in Athens
Which famous philosopher taught Aristotle?
Herodotus
Socrates
Eratosthenes
Plato
Who were Herodotus and Thucydides?
Historians of Greece
Philosophers of Athens
Roman lawgivers
Poets of epic tales
Who determined the circumference of the globe by using geometry?
Aristarchus
Euclid
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Which term refers to the earliest period of Greek art?
Hellenistic period
Classical period
Geometric period
Archaic period
What sea was called Mare Nostrum?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
The Latins settled on the banks of which river?
Nile River
Euphrates River
Tiber River
Danube River
Which Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars?
Thucydides
Herodotus
Polybius
Plutarch
Second Punic War; Ides of March 44 BC; first civil war; defeat of Pyrrhus. Which of the following occurred first?
Second Punic War began in the central Mediterranean
Ides of March assassination in 44 BC
Defeat of Pyrrhus by the Romans
Rome’s first civil war destabilized the Republic
At the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal defeated the Romans by
surrounding them from all sides
using war elephants to break lines
burning Roman supply depots
launching surprise night attacks
Judging from what you know about the Third Punic War, you would understand the term "Carthaginian peace" to mean
peace imposed with generous terms
peace negotiated by equal partners
peace imposed by total destruction
peace that led both sides exhausted
The Romans used an army formation called a legion because the Greek phalanx
limited the usage of spears
was too rigid for varied terrain
could not defend city walls well
required soldiers to be mercenaries
Which of the following was not invaded by Julius Caesar?
Italy on the peninsula
Britain across the Channel
Greece in the Balkans
Gaul in Western Europe
After the death of Julius Caesar, Rome was ruled by
Hannibal and Scipio
Pompey and Crassus
Sulla and Marius
Octavian and Antony
Who was a ruler of Egypt
Dido in early Carthage
Boudicca during Roman Britain
Cleopatra in the Hellenistic era
Agrippina under the Empire
What was the first civilization founded?
