This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > World > World History – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Damming of rivers for hydroelectricity and irrigating land for crops are examples of which of the Five Themes of Geography? A) Human-Environment Interaction. B) Location. C) Region/Place. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human-Environment Interaction. 2. Which dynasty of ancient China was the first to justify their right to rule through the concept of the Mandate of Heaven? A) Han. B) Zhou. C) Qin. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhou. 3. Which lists the castes in order from highest to lowest? A) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudra, Dalits. B) Brahmins, Vaisyas, Sudra, Kshatriyas, Dalits. C) Sudra, Brahmins, Dalits, Vaisyas, Kshatriyas. D) Vaiyas, Sudra, Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Dalits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudra, Dalits. 4. Which of the following are types of government that are in Greece? A) Presidents. B) Greeks. C) Persain Wars. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monarchy. 5. European expansion in Afro-Eurasia from 1450-1750 was mostly in the form of ..... A) Gunpowder empires. B) Trading-post empires. C) Land-intensive colonies. D) City-states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trading-post empires. 6. The upper class in Shang society whose wealth was land-based and who passed power from one generation to the next A) Aryans. B) Ganges. C) Aristocracy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristocracy. 7. In what modern-day country did the Harrapan Civilization develop? A) Nepal. B) Afghanistan. C) Pakistan. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 8. Which region exerted the greatest influence on the Kingdom of Aksum (Axum)? A) Greece. B) Arabia. C) Rome. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabia. 9. Timelines are read from A) Not read. B) Right to left. C) Left to right. D) Upside down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left to right. 10. ..... is the selfish exploitation and domination of one nation or people over another nation or people. This leads to colonization. A) Cultural diffusion. B) Imperialism. C) Globalization. D) Multiculturalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperialism. 11. What word means temples shaped like pyramids with steps? A) Ziggurat. B) Pyramids. C) Temples. D) Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ziggurat. 12. Found in India ..... A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 13. What does prehistory mean? A) Before language. B) Before farming. C) Before man. D) Before writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before writing. 14. What is the time period known as between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance? A) Age of Discovery. B) Golden Ages. C) Tech Age. D) Middle Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle Ages. 15. What helped spread Tran-Sahara trade in the 1200 and 1300's? A) The decline of Indian Ocean trade caused an increase in Tran-Sahara trade. B) An increase in the south Africa trade routes from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia. C) The completion of the Mediterranean subterranean passage all the way to Samarkand. D) The development of as many as fifteen different forms of camel saddles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The development of as many as fifteen different forms of camel saddles. 16. A religion started in India long ago that has many, many gods A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Confucianism. D) Catholicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 17. The lawyer and politician most responsible for the Reign of Terror was? A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. B) Maximllian Robespierre. C) Maurice Richard. D) Guy Le'Fleur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maximllian Robespierre. 18. Which was not a contribution of the Chinese? A) Silk. B) Lanteen Sale. C) Compass. D) Gunpowder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lanteen Sale. 19. What is the first known civilization? A) Ur. B) Sumer. C) Babylon. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sumer. 20. What was found in Ethiopia in 1994? A) Polytheism. B) A hominid skeleton. C) Immortals. D) The Fertile Crescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hominid skeleton. 21. ..... from Europe killed millions of Native Americans. A) Guns. B) Horses. C) Bows and arrows. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disease. 22. Which of the following movements happened in Europe that led to the Reformation? A) Fall of Rome. B) Renaissance. C) The Black Death. D) Mughal Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaissance. 23. What is the famous river in Egypt? A) Nile. B) Hudson. C) Tigris. D) Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile. 24. She was the first queen to rule Kush A) Hatshepsut. B) Aksum. C) Piankhi. D) Shanakhdakheto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shanakhdakheto. 25. The Chinese had developed a simple script with a form that was mainly pictographic and ideographic by the time of the ..... A) Qin dynasty. B) Zhou dynasty. C) Xia dynasty. D) Shang dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shang dynasty. 26. What was an important consequence or result of the Neolithic Revolution A) People began manufacturing goods in factories instead of at home. B) Stone age cultures learned how to use tools of wood and stone and how to make fire. C) In flood plains with fertile soil, rich harvests led to the rise of civilizations. D) People follow animal herds and migrated across Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In flood plains with fertile soil, rich harvests led to the rise of civilizations. 27. During the Renaissance, a new intellectual movement known as humanism evolved. What was the significance of the humanist movement? A) Humanists felt formal education was impractical and unnecessary; therefore, many schools were closed. B) Humanists spread the teachings of Eastern philosophers such as Confucius throughout Europe. C) Humanists were very interested in religious studies and sought to increase the influence of the Church. D) Humanists were inspired by classical texts and emphasized the dignity and worth of the individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanists were inspired by classical texts and emphasized the dignity and worth of the individual. 28. Where did early humans first begin to settle? A) Mountains. B) Valleys. C) Plains. D) Rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rivers. 29. Which concept inspired German unification? A) Decolonization. B) Nationalism. C) Industrialization. D) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nationalism. 30. What religion traces its roots to the Persia Empire A) Christianity. B) Judiasm. C) Zoroastriansm. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoroastriansm. 31. Which is a chief city of Phoenicia? A) Tyre. B) Memphis. C) Babylon. D) Ur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tyre. 32. John Locke advocated that the government should provide "natural rights" including A) Life, freedom, and independence. B) God, gold, and glory. C) Liberty, strength, and equality. D) Life, liberty, and property. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life, liberty, and property. 33. What is an Indian Wok called? A) Korili. B) Caray. C) Karahi. D) Sapalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karahi. 34. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. A) Embargo. B) Barr. C) Stop. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embargo. 35. Michelangelo was best known for his painting of ..... A) The Mona Lisa. B) The Praise of Folly. C) The Sistine Chapel. D) David. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sistine Chapel. 36. The idea that a ruler of China was chosen by this "entity" and ruled so long as the country was profitable and there were no problems or corruption. A) Oracles. B) Mandate of Heaven. C) Gaijen. D) Meiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandate of Heaven. 37. A material made from the cocoon of a caterpillar A) Canvas. B) Polyester. C) Silk. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk. 38. Which religion spread through conflict and did not mandate conversion of the conquered people A) Hinduism. B) Judaism. C) Islam. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Islam. 39. Historians are ..... A) Are those who interpret facts and make them understandable to the rest of society. B) A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction. C) The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are those who interpret facts and make them understandable to the rest of society. 40. The Egyptian ..... was an absolute ruler who inherited power and was treated as a God. A) Warrior. B) Farmer. C) Pharaoh. D) Noble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pharaoh. 41. All of the following were areas of early civilization, EXCEPT ..... A) Hudson River valley. B) Nile River valley. C) Yellow River valley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hudson River valley. 42. In the beginning, who took control of the Mongols? A) Kublai Khan. B) Genghis Khan. C) Suleiman the magnificent. D) Zhu Yuanzhang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genghis Khan. 43. Which Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code? A) Xerxes. B) Constantine. C) Diocletian. D) Justinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Justinian. 44. Nickname for Robespierre's period of rule that ended when he was executed? A) 100 Days. B) Old Regime. C) National Convention. D) Reign of Terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reign of Terror. 45. The foundation for modern democracy, created by ....., held the belief in government by consent. If the government failed to protect the natural rights of citizens, they had the right to overthrow it. A) Baron de Montesquieu. B) John Locke. C) Rousseau. D) Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Locke. 46. What was one of the ways the Renaissance spread from Italy to other places in Europe? A) Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home. B) The Catholic Church required everyone in Europe to copy the ideas of the Italian city-states. C) The Crusades carried ideas from Italy to the Middle East. D) The Black Death caused refugees who carried the ideas with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home. 47. A Portuguese explorer named ..... was the first person to sail around Africa to reach India. A) Ferdinand Magellan. B) Christopher Columbus. C) Hernan Cortes. D) Vasco da Gama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vasco da Gama. 48. Who believed a Caliph must come directly from Muhammad's bloodline? A) Sunni. B) Abbasid. C) Abu Bakr. D) Shi'a. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shi'a. 49. Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic and founded the Academy. A) Sophocles. B) Socrates. C) Plato. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plato. 50. What word means a small vehicle pulled by a horse? A) Dynasty. B) Car. C) Chariot. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chariot. 51. The Neolithic Revolution can best be described as A) Best and craziest. B) Allowing people to be producers of food. C) Brutal. D) A big war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allowing people to be producers of food. 52. What is the significance of the Ottoman Turks capturing Constantinople from the Byzantine empire? A) It was the holy city of the Christian crusaders. B) Conquest denied European access to Asian trading networks. C) It spread Christianity throughout the Middle East. D) It opened up trade to the Americas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conquest denied European access to Asian trading networks. 53. The Berlin Conference has multiple aims regarding Africa. Which was not one of the core goals of the conference? A) Regulate territorial claims in Africa to avoid war between countries. B) Protect all countries rights to use the rivers and waterways in Africa. C) Impose Catholicism as the only official religion in Africa. D) End slavery in Africa and regulate the humane treatment of Natives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impose Catholicism as the only official religion in Africa. 54. Which river system is found in Mesopotamia? A) Nile River. B) Yellows River. C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. 55. Which factor contributed most to the limited size of the Chinese empire? A) Natural barriers. B) Interior weapons. C) Slow population growth. D) Lack of natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural barriers. 56. The time period when people began to change from hunters and gatherers to producers of food. A) Neolithic Revolution. B) BC. C) American Revolution. D) Daniel Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neolithic Revolution. 57. Which of the following stopped European colonization in America. A) Monroe Doctrine. B) Adams-Onis Treaty. C) Watauga Compact. D) Convention of 1818. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monroe Doctrine. 58. The knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences is known as ..... A) Moksha. B) Karma. C) Reincarnation. D) Darma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 59. Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire from 1312-1337. What was 1 effect of his rule? A) Islamic religion spread in the region. B) The empire moved to South Africa. C) Democracy was started in his kingdom. D) The poor became more powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Islamic religion spread in the region. 60. Imperialism is ..... A) When a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation. B) When a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize. C) When a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation. D) When weak nations join together to fight a strong nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation. ← 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