This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > World > World History – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Place where monks live and study A) Convent. B) Castle. C) Manor. D) Monastery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monastery. 2. The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the first civilizations in the world. What two cities were at the center of this civilization? A) Hormuz and Rome. B) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. C) Indus and Brahmaputra. D) Ganges and Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. 3. Which literary figure is used as a historical source for the Greek Dark Ages? A) Pericles. B) Homer. C) Aristotle. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer. 4. Which Greek city-state stressed military training and firm government control? A) Athens. B) Marathon. C) Sparta. D) Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparta. 5. Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection. A) Peasant. B) Noble. C) Lord. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peasant. 6. Which of these BEST describes Ming China's approach to trading with the first wave of European sea-borne merchants? A) China isolated itself from foreign interaction for over two centuries. B) China was overthrown by British and French forces following the Opium Wars. C) Europeans freely accessed the countryside and areas along the old Silk Road. D) Europeans were initially limited to trading in specific areas and seaports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Europeans were initially limited to trading in specific areas and seaports. 7. Which measures the longest period of time? A) A century. B) A millennium. C) An era. D) A decade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A millennium. 8. The hereditary social class system in Hinduism. A) Parliamentary democracy. B) Social security. C) Economic system. D) Caste system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste system. 9. Also known as "the way" this philosophical ideal emphasizes the futility of resisting the natural order, instead one should "achieve action, by inaction" A) Daoism. B) Shikism. C) Confucianism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daoism. 10. Land was to the feudal system as ..... is to modern society. A) Real estate. B) Money. C) Education. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Money. 11. What was the major trade goods in Africa A) Gold and Salt. B) Oil and Slaves. C) Ivory and Gold. D) Oil and Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold and Salt. 12. What was the primary economic organization in Europe during the Middle Ages? A) Mercantialism. B) Feudalism. C) Capitalism. D) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feudalism. 13. A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic A) Counsul. B) Dictator. C) Plebian. D) Patrician. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patrician. 14. Why did calligraphy develop in the Islamic Empire? A) The controversy over Christian iconography. B) The Islamic prohibition against drawing images. C) The invention of the printing press in China. D) The demand for illuminated manuscripts of the Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Islamic prohibition against drawing images. 15. The Songhai Empire was located on this continent A) Europe. B) Asia. C) North America. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 16. Who was the head of the Byzantine Church? A) The President. B) The Constable. C) The Pope. D) The Patriarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Patriarch. 17. The city of ..... was the capital of the Eastern Byzantine Empire. A) Alexandria. B) Rome. C) Istanbul. D) Constantinople. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constantinople. 18. The Europeans wanted spices from ..... A) Vietnam. B) China. C) Indonesia. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indonesia. 19. What word means a river in Mesopotamia? A) Missouri. B) Tigris. C) Nile. D) Fertile Crescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tigris. 20. Why is the Neolithic Revolution often considered a turning point in history? (WH.1A) A) Hunter-gatherers learned to control fire. B) Ancient peoples learned how to hunt and gather food. C) A single culture came to dominate ancient society. D) Permanent settlements developed in river valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permanent settlements developed in river valleys. 21. Ancient Egypt was isolated because of its ..... A) Geography. B) Economy. C) Religion. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geography. 22. Which branch of mathematics was developed in the Golden Age of Islam but became universally accepted in the Western World? A) Algebra. B) Geometry. C) Calculus. D) Statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algebra. 23. What is today's problem with the Harappan writing system? A) Scholars have not yet learned to read it. B) It disappeared with the Harappan civilization. C) The Harappan civilization had no writing system. D) The "Seals" only tell stories about animal legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scholars have not yet learned to read it. 24. People of India were divided into social classes called the ..... system A) School. B) Economic. C) Political. D) Caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caste. 25. What was the political influence of Greece on the US? A) Polytheism. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) Authoritarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 26. Which of the following is true of the expeditions of Chinese Admiral Zheng He in the early 1400s? A) He wished to find a new route to Europe in order to participate in European trade. B) He sailed to ports on the Indian Ocean coastline, including those in East Africa. C) He crossed the Indian Ocean but did not land on the African coast. D) He explored unknown regions and seas, though his ships were tiny and supplies inadequate. E) He avoided contact with overseas Chinese communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He sailed to ports on the Indian Ocean coastline, including those in East Africa. 27. Mountains, valleys, and plains are all ..... A) Regions. B) Areas. C) Landforms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landforms. 28. An international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world A) Globalization. B) World Bank. C) Child mortality. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World Bank. 29. The most likely reason Neolithic peoples formed governments was because they needed to A) Organize large public works projects. B) Fight strategic wars with global allies. C) Promote new farming techniques. D) Develop the new social class system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organize large public works projects. 30. Cave art from a human living during the Paleolithic Era would be considered a: A) Secondary Source. B) Fossil. C) Stone Tool. D) Primary Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary Source. 31. The first known civilization is? A) Sumer. B) Egypt. C) Babylon. D) Jericho. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sumer. 32. Who is considered the father of all Chinese? A) Emperor Yu. B) Shi Huangdi. C) Liu Bang. D) Huangdi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Huangdi. 33. The belief that people pass through many lives is called A) Reunification. B) Reincarnation. C) Consternation. D) Saturation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reincarnation. 34. Egypt and India BOTH A) Have monsoons. B) Developed near rivers. C) Developed near mountain ranges. D) Are peninsulas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed near rivers. 35. What event was the start of the Protestant Reformation? A) Martin Luther creating a competing church to the Catholic Church. B) Martin Luther posting his suggestions for reforms to the church to the door of the church. C) Martin Luther writing a book condemning the Catholic Church. D) Martin Luther taking over the church at Worms from the Catholic Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Martin Luther posting his suggestions for reforms to the church to the door of the church. 36. Which of these was FIRST made possible by advances in metallurgy? A) Industrial age. B) Agricultural age. C) Iron age. D) Bronze age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bronze age. 37. What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire? A) Islam. B) Buddhism. C) Shintoism. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Islam. 38. Author of the Wealth of Nations favored the Ideas of Capitalist economies controlled by supply and demand A) Adam Smith. B) Fredirich Engles. C) Karl Marx. D) Alfred Nobel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam Smith. 39. Commodore Matthew Perry's visits to Japan in 1853 and 1854 resulted in the A) Colonization of Japan by the United States. B) Transfer of spheres of influence to China. C) Introduction of Christianity to Japanese society. D) Opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan. 40. Constantinople is now known as? A) Alexandria. B) Istanbul. C) Rome. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Istanbul. 41. Government by the people A) Aristocrats. B) Helots. C) Democracy. D) Polis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 42. How did Clovis, the Frankish King, contribute to the spread of Christianity in the early Middle Ages? A) His support of the Crusades brought the Roman Catholic Church more power. B) His conversion spread Christianity to the Germanic states. C) His crowning marked the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. D) His missionary journeys brought Christianity to the British Isles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His conversion spread Christianity to the Germanic states. 43. What is the study of the past based on what people left behind? A) Archaeology. B) Physiology. C) Biology. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaeology. 44. Why was Emperor Constantine important to history? A) He helped spread Islam through the Roman Empire. B) He helped spread Judaism through the Roman Empire. C) He helped spread Christianity through the Roman Empire. D) He helped spread the Roman religion through the Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He helped spread Christianity through the Roman Empire. 45. When Hammurabi came to power, he established what was known as A) Persian Empire. B) Babylonian Empire. C) Akkadian Empire. D) Chaldean Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Babylonian Empire. 46. Sparta was known for its: A) Democracy. B) Military. C) Dairy products. D) Philosophers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Military. 47. In ancient Sumer, women could do all of the following except A) Learn to read and write. B) Make final family decisions. C) Run thier own business. D) Take care of the house and children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make final family decisions. 48. How did many Europeans feel about the effects of imperialism in their colonies? A) They felt that there were no benefits to the colonies. B) They felt that people in the colonies were worse off than beforecolonization. C) They felt that people in the colonies were better off due to European influence. D) They felt that people in the colonies wanted to become English citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They felt that people in the colonies were better off due to European influence. 49. The universal spirit of the Hindu religion is called ..... A) Shiva. B) Brahman. C) Re. D) Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brahman. 50. How many gods and goddesses did the Aryans worship under the Vedic texts? A) One. B) Many. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many. 51. What were the different regions of ancient Greece known as? A) City-States. B) Colonies. C) States. D) Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City-States. 52. Hindus need to follow their job in life, this job or duty is called A) Karma. B) Vedas. C) Reincarnation. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dharma. 53. Which of the following accurately describes a significant difference between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires in the early seventeenth century? A) The Mughals practiced religious tolerance toward non-Muslim subjects, while the Ottomans did not. B) The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not. C) The Mughals used gunpowder weapons to expand their territory, while the Ottomans did not. D) The Ottomans made Shia Islam the official state religion, while the Mughals made Buddhism the official state religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ottomans ruled over people who were predominately Muslim, while the Mughals did not. 54. What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt? A) Hieroglyphics. B) Polytheism. C) Mythology. D) Monotheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polytheism. 55. What is the name for the system of rise and fall of Chinese ruling families? A) Dynastic Cycle. B) Mandate of Heaven. C) Dynastic Change. D) Mandate of Dynasties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynastic Cycle. 56. Feudalism developed after the- A) Ottoman Turks invaded the Byzantine Empire. B) Rise of the Renaissance. C) Fall of Rome due to repeated invasions. D) The death of Justinian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fall of Rome due to repeated invasions. 57. Which government has people elected by the population A) Monarchy. B) Direct Democracy. C) Oligarchy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republic. 58. Which statement regarding Hinduism is TRUE? A) No known founder with many forms of one God. B) Founded by Asoka during the Golden Age of India. C) Founded by Chandragupta Maurya, spread along trade routes. D) Began in China and spread to India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No known founder with many forms of one God. 59. What would you expect to occur next in this sequence? In about 1, 500 B.C., the Hittites marched from their homeland in Asia Minor to Mesopotamia. After they conquered the region, they adopted cuneiform writing and abosorbed many Babylonian ideas. The Hittites brought many aspects of Mesopotamian culture back to Asia Minor. A) The Hittites refused to continue writing in cuneiform. B) Mesopotamian ideas were passed to other civilizations. C) Mesopotamian ideas disappeared from recorded history. D) Mesopotamians were forced to adopt Hittite culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesopotamian ideas were passed to other civilizations. 60. What religion is not only practiced today but also served as the foundation for both Christianity and Islam? A) Judaism. B) Taoism. C) Buddhism. D) Hinduism. 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