World History Quiz 21 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which religion spread through trade from India to East Asia and had many gods?
2. Greece developed independent city-states because of its .....
3. What body of water is located east of India
4. Which of the following is an example of a location?
5. An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
6. An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
7. When the priests came from Europe to the New World they changed the Native Americans ..... by making an effort to convert them to Christianity.
8. In 313 AD, the Roman emperor Constantine published the Edict of Milan, which established
9. A small political unit which is a land mass controlled by a central city.
10. Beginning in the 1630s and for the next 2 centuries, Japanese foreign policy included all of these EXCEPT
11. The ancient doctrine that justifies one's right to rule in ancient China. It also gave justification for one's rule to be overthrown. Natural disasters and catastrophic events were read as signs of a forthcoming dynastic shift.
12. Which problem contributed most to the construction of the Great Wall during the Qin dynasty?
13. Which type of government system has one ruler and the right to rule is inherited?
14. Who led the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which eventually started the modern English monarchy?
15. Venice is an important city because
16. The ..... of India, isolated the Indus River valley and allowed it to develop without interruption.
17. This Indian king expanded his empire by conquering Kalinga, spread Buddhism, and worked to improve life for his people.
18. What did Peter the Great place a tax on after his tour through Europe.
19. Which is not a cause of the fall of Rome
20. When humans first settled in farming villages, their ..... became more complex.
21. How should a historian handle a source which may be biased?
22. Which group most heavily influenced Roman art and architecture?
23. Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 1000-1450?
24. Why does the professor mention domes in architecture?
25. What was the document that reestablished the Catholic church in France when Napoleon took over?
26. The Bubonic Plague contributed to-
27. The powerful kingdoms of ancient India that controlled the subcontinent before the conquest of the Mauryan Empire.
28. Explorers from countries throughout Europe set out in search of new routes to:
29. Siddartha Gautama is know as
30. The Mauryan & Gupta Empires were located where?
31. What did the first Protestants protest?
32. Which of the following is NOT a reason the Reformation began?
33. Athenians defended Greece against the attacks of Darius and the Persians, winning what they perceived as their greatest triumph at the
34. Between 1250 and 1400, what played the largest role in the increase of volume and geographical expansion of existing trade networks?
35. Republican Rome functioned as an oligarchy. Which means the power rested with a
36. The Council of Trent
37. All men over the age of 18 who own land may vote in elections.
38. A unique feature of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa were the
39. ..... is a form of government that manages through agencies.
40. Why did the Persian Empire attack the Greek city-states?
41. Who would write and record information?
42. Complex society with cities, organized government and a system of writing.
43. All four major river civilizations relied on the ..... water found in the rivers.
44. What was the name of the Special Forces in Persia?
45. Which of the following was the major contributing factor to the spread of the plague to Cairo, Beijing, and Florence in the fourteenth century?
46. The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the .....
47. Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?
48. What is a method of training designed to achieve oneness with god?
49. What were the main reasons the Spanish wanted to come to the New World?
50. Which of the following was NOT a way governments encouraged economic development?
51. What does democracy mean?
52. What is the name of the holy book in Islam?
53. Over time the Byzantine Empire became less Roman and more?
54. Division of labor or ..... in jobs is the breakdown of work into tasks or parts and assigned to various people of groups for the purposes of efficiency.
55. What is the correct order of the Caste System?
56. Which of the following factors contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
57. The shang social order had the ruler and nobles at the top and ..... in the middle.
58. Which of the following is not monotheistic
59. What impact did Alexander the Great have on the territory he conquered?
60. If you come across a cultural practice you disagree with while studying history, you should