This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > World > World History – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did the Silk Road and other ancient trade routes impact society as a whole? A) The trade routes made the roads safer for people to travel across the country by foot. B) The trade routes made it possible for all ancient societies to do well economically. C) The trade routes made it harder for the countries far away from the trade routes to learn about those on the trade routes. D) The trade routes made it easier to transfer cultural practices and religious ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The trade routes made it easier to transfer cultural practices and religious ideas. 2. What is intensification? A) An organizing structure where the main unit has the power, right, and ability to control smaller units. B) When people begin to live permanently in one place instead of moving around to find food. C) Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways. D) An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways. 3. Taking pride in a country's people and culture is known as- A) Isolationism. B) Nationalism. C) Communism. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nationalism. 4. Who invented google? A) Larry Page. B) Kevin Systrom. C) Martin Cooper. D) Charles Frankis Jenkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larry Page. 5. Indus River Valley is a river Valley that supported Ancient ..... A) Egypt. B) Mesopotamia. C) India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 6. Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted a divorce? A) Henry VI. B) George I. C) Henry VIII. D) Charles I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry VIII. 7. It was necessary to develop writing before civilization could advance because A) Books are a characteristic of civilization. B) Kings needed to be able to communicate across their kingdoms. C) It is a way to keep records and better manage complex institutions (communicate). D) So people could write letters to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a way to keep records and better manage complex institutions (communicate). 8. A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides with water A) Island. B) Plebeian. C) Peninsula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsula. 9. ..... refers to the study of past people and cultures through their material remains. A) Anthropology. B) Archeology. C) Patheology. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archeology. 10. What word means ancient wedge-shaped writing? A) Stone. B) Cuneiform. C) Sanskrit. D) Cursive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cuneiform. 11. Who was the ruler who unified Lower and Upper Egypt? A) King Seti. B) King Tut. C) King Menes. D) King Solomon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Menes. 12. Reincarnation is ..... A) Personal duty. B) Hindu prayers. C) The rebirth of the soul. D) Language of the Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rebirth of the soul. 13. What is a system of government that is ruled by a king or queen? A) Feudalism. B) Monarchy. C) Monastery. D) Chivalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monarchy. 14. The ancient Indus River Valley civilization is sometimes known as the ..... civilization. A) Harappan. B) Huang He. C) Nile. D) Tigris and Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harappan. 15. What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans? A) Tribal Warfare. B) Disease. C) Hernan Cortes. D) Advanced Weaponry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disease. 16. Artisans and merchants of Hindu society A) Aryan. B) Vaishya. C) Kshatriya. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaishya. 17. A basic tenet of Hinduism is the belief that A) It is impossible to achieve moksha. B) Divas cannot be portrayed in art. C) The founder of Hinduism is Vishnu. D) Everything in the world is an aspect of Brahman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everything in the world is an aspect of Brahman. 18. Economic motives for imperialism include ..... A) A desire to spread Christianity. B) A desire to gain glory. C) A need for raw materials to be used in factories. D) A need for military bases around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A need for raw materials to be used in factories. 19. Along what river was the civilization of Nubia located? A) Jordan. B) Nile. C) Euphrates. D) Ganges. E) Tigris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nile. 20. The island of Hispaniola consists of A) Santo Domingo and Haiti. B) Cuba and Jamaica. C) Puerto Rico and Haiti. D) Aruba and Curacao. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Santo Domingo and Haiti. 21. The head of the Roman Catholic Church A) Vassal. B) Feif. C) Pope. D) Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pope. 22. The Palace of Knossos was first uncovered by whom? A) Sir Arthur Evans. B) Achilles. C) King Minos. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Arthur Evans. 23. Climate features and natural resources where the early civilizations developed allowed for what? A) Larger groups to live in a single area. B) Over use of the natural resources forcing people to leave cities. C) Pastoral Nomads to stop trading and farm. D) Living conditions to get worse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larger groups to live in a single area. 24. The priests were part of which caste? A) Sudra. B) Brahmin. C) Kshatriyas. D) Vaishyas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahmin. 25. Which of these topics is included in the "Western heritage" model of world history? A) African trade routes. B) Latin American culture. C) Ancient Greek democracy. D) War between China and Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Greek democracy. 26. Thanks to Europe's geography, these kept the people connected and encouraged trade even after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476. A) Languages. B) Mountains. C) Rivers. D) Roman Roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers. 27. The second step in mandate of heaven A) Decline:conflict weakens China. B) Overthrow:new dynasty emerges. C) Losing the mandate of heaven:rebellion justified. D) New dynasty:strong new dynasty established. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decline:conflict weakens China. 28. Which treaty ended the First Opium War? A) Treaty of Nanjing. B) Boxer Protocol. C) Treaty of Kanagawa. D) Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treaty of Nanjing. 29. Which of the following athletes performs the Produnova in her sport? A) Saina Nehwal. B) Deepa Malik. C) Deepa Karmakar. D) Sakshi Malik. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deepa Karmakar. 30. Why was the Ganges Plain a good region for settlement? A) It was protected by mountain ranges on all sides. B) It provided fertile, flat land. C) It was near the ocean. D) It provided lush, tropical forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provided fertile, flat land. 31. The political order under feudalism was dependent upon the relationship between lords and their vassals. The responsibility of the vassal included A) The promise to spread the Christian faith to their lands. B) An oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service. C) An agreement to keep lower classes under control. D) The payment of taxes to the king or queen of the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service. 32. The Neolithic Revolution was a revolution because A) It fundamentally changed how people lived. B) If made people look for food. C) It gave people bronze tools. D) It made hunting easier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It fundamentally changed how people lived. 33. "The Brahmin was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rajanya [Kshatriya] made. His thighs became the Vaisya, from his feet the Sudra was produced." -Rigveda, 10.90Read the passage from the Rigveda. Which of the following would you expect to have the lowest status in Vedic society? A) The Brahmin. B) The Sudra. C) The Vaisya. D) The Rajanya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sudra. 34. How are knights and samurai similar? A) They have metal armor. B) They are from Europe. C) They follow codes of honor. D) They are Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They follow codes of honor. 35. How did caste system hurt India? A) It allowed everyone to choose what they wanted to do. B) It brought order and stability to India society. C) It made life equal for everyone in India. D) It limited people's individual freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It limited people's individual freedom. 36. In Feudalism, nobles (lords) were required to provide serfs with which of the following? A) Education. B) A livable wage. C) Protection. D) Clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protection. 37. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic church split over A) The loss in the Crusades. B) The number of popes. C) The belief in one god. D) The praying to images (icons). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The praying to images (icons). 38. Intergovernmental organization of 14 oil-exporting nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its Member Countries. A) POCE. B) PECO. C) ECOP. D) OPEC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OPEC. 39. How did the social structure develop in settled farming villages during the Neolithic Revolution? A) Women formed and supervised a council of elders. B) Men taught young children survival skills. C) Women gained prestige as warriors and leaders. D) Men began dominating social, political, and economic life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Men began dominating social, political, and economic life. 40. The French devoted nearly all land in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) to plantations growing ..... A) Sugar. B) Coffee. C) Tobacco. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 41. Pope Leo X was selling indulgences because he A) Wanted a new home. B) Wanted to send out Catholic missionaries. C) Needed to pay for a building project. D) Trying to increase the church's power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Needed to pay for a building project. 42. What was the order of the hierarchy in European Feudalism? A) King, Noble, Peasant, Knight. B) King, Knight, Noble, Peasant. C) Noble, King, Knight, Peasant. D) King, Noble, Knight, Peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King, Noble, Knight, Peasant. 43. Most of the people of France belonged to the A) 2nd Estate. B) 1st Estate. C) 4th Estate. D) 3rd Estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd Estate. 44. Catholic, Protestants and Lutherans viewed Jews and Muslims as ..... A) Brothers. B) Heretics. C) Madnats. D) Holy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heretics. 45. Which of the following had the greatest influence on the lives of most Europeans during the Middle Ages? A) Towns and trade. B) The King. C) Religion and the Church. D) Universities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religion and the Church. 46. What is the ultimate goal of Hindu people? A) To merge with Brahman after a series of reincarnations. B) To reach the highest caste level after a series of reincarnations. C) To go to heaven after one life on Earth. D) To be reincarnated into a lower caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To merge with Brahman after a series of reincarnations. 47. The second leg of the Atlantic Slave Trade, which brought Africans to the Americas to be sold as slaves, was called: A) The Second Route. B) The Middle Passage. C) The Door of No Return. D) Triangular Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Middle Passage. 48. The Dynastic Cycle was A) Idea that there could only be one ruler. B) Ruler gaining the mandate of heaven, losing it, new ruler. C) Chinese philosophy that supported social order. D) Belief in a strong government with harsh punishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruler gaining the mandate of heaven, losing it, new ruler. 49. Ancient Rome war against Carthage A) World War II. B) Penoplesian War. C) Punic War. D) World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punic War. 50. The great French empire that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion considered a great disaster for Napoleon? A) There was a massive air attack by the Russians that wiped out most of Napoleons army. B) Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army. C) The Battle of the Bulge wiped out most of Napoleons army. D) The newly formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleons army. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army. 51. The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed that government decisions should be based on A) Fundamental religious rights. B) The concept of divine right of kings. C) Laws of nature and reason. D) Traditional values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laws of nature and reason. 52. In which type of government do the people elect others to represent them? A) A direct democracy. B) An oligarchy. C) A tyranny. D) A republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A direct democracy. 53. Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order? A) Pharaoh. B) Scribes. C) Slaves. D) Priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharaoh. 54. What theme covers the rise and impact of new philosophies and ideas? A) Belief Systems. B) Interconnectedness of Societies. C) Human-Environment interaction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belief Systems. 55. Which of the following is not spread INDIRECTLY by traders A) Goods. B) Disease. C) Religion. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goods. 56. What was significant about Ibn Battuta? A) He demonstrated the hostile intentions of Tran-Saharan Islam. B) He traveled a long way primary to lean about Islam, his own religion. C) He explored south Africa, and carried the Islamic religion to Zimbabwe and the Swahili states. D) He and his ship travelled to the Strait of Malacca where he converted to Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He traveled a long way primary to lean about Islam, his own religion. 57. ..... was first used by the Hittites in their weapons, which made them more powerful since it was stronger than bronze. A) Iron. B) Steel. C) Copper. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron. 58. What was the main reason that early humans were nomadic? A) They became bored very easily. B) The had to constantly run and hide from dangerous beasts. C) The loved adventure. D) They had to go where the food, water, and shelter supplies were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They had to go where the food, water, and shelter supplies were. 59. The use of metal tools marked the end of the Neolithic Age and a ..... A) Beginning to the Metal Age. B) Movement away from agriculture. C) Complete abandonment of other tools. D) New level of human control over the environment and its resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New level of human control over the environment and its resources. 60. What architectural structure is seen in the the US Capitol? A) Columns. B) Stone construction. C) Dome. D) Arches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Columns. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesWorld History Quiz 1World History Quiz 2World History Quiz 3World History Quiz 4World History Quiz 5World History Quiz 6World History Quiz 7World History Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books