This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > World > World History – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In feudal times, which of the following groups DID NOT swear their loyalty to obtain protection or land? A) Serfs. B) Knights. C) Monarch. D) Lords/Nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monarch. 2. What made cities most vulnerable to diseases? A) Beliefs. B) Culture. C) Trade. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade. 3. Catalhoyuk is located in A) England. B) Anatolia. C) Fertile Crescent. D) Chinese Province. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anatolia. 4. Who led the slaves in Haiti in a revolt against France? A) Toussaint L'Ouverture. B) Miguel Hidalgo. C) Simon Bolivar. D) Jose de San Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toussaint L'Ouverture. 5. The highest Caste is called this: A) Kshatriya. B) Vaisya. C) Sudra. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmin. 6. The idea that it was the duty of Europeans to bring civilization to Africa was called? A) Cultural Revolution. B) Kabuki Initiative. C) Great Leap Foward. D) White Man's Burden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White Man's Burden. 7. How did India's great rulers maintain peace and order? A) They had strong central governments and encouraged economic growth. B) They divided their kingdoms, creating regional systems of power. C) They started foreign wars to maintain peace and order at home. D) They manipulated local rivalries to maintain peace and order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had strong central governments and encouraged economic growth. 8. What is the meaning of a person reaching Nirvana? A) When a person arrives to a place called Nirvana. B) When a person decides to stop lying. C) When a person finally rids themselves from any world desires. D) When a person gives up on life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a person finally rids themselves from any world desires. 9. Rich in the materials or nutrients needed to produce many strong, healthy crops. A) Irrigate. B) Fertile. C) Cultivate. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fertile. 10. The Sumerian writing system was called A) Cuneiform. B) English. C) Hieroglyphs. D) Sargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuneiform. 11. As a result of the Tokugawa Shoguns signing treaties with western powers, A) The Shogun was abolished and overthrown. B) The Japanese Emperor was restored to political power. C) The Japanese emperor began a rapid series of modernization reforms in Japan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Nationalist who led his "Red Shirts" to unify Italy. A) Simon Bolivar. B) Giuseppe Garibaldi. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Napoleon Bonaparte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giuseppe Garibaldi. 13. Which peoples did not comprise a diasporic community from 1200-1450? A) Jewish. B) Christian. C) Chinese. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian. 14. A greater reliance on weapons and the reduced importance of knights was caused by A) The Hundred Years War. B) The Black Plague. C) The Magna Carta. D) The Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hundred Years War. 15. Who were the earliest humans? A) Bakers. B) Cobblers. C) Hunter gatherers. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hunter gatherers. 16. When was India's constitution primarily amended? A) 1933. B) 1902. C) 1951. D) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1951. 17. All of the following were stipulations of the Treaty of Nanjing EXCEPT A) China granted Britain trading rights in 5 ports. B) China paid 20 million in Silver to Britain. C) The Canton System would continue. D) China ceded Hong Kong to the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Canton System would continue. 18. Ancient mode of transporation A) Chariot. B) Wheel. C) Wheelbarrow. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chariot. 19. A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry A) Navy. B) Samurai. C) Vassal. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knight. 20. Which nation/peoples did not develop ships and did not trade along the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Ocean, or the China Sea from 1200-1450? A) China. B) French. C) Portugal. D) Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French. 21. A group of countries under a single authority is known as A) Empire. B) Colony. C) "mother country. D) Alliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empire. 22. During the Gupta Empire, Indian scholars made many improvements in the fields mathematics, science and art. What does this indicate about Indian society during this time period? A) It was a time of great religious change. B) It was a time of warfare and expansion. C) It was a time of peace and prosperity. D) It was a time of instability and prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was a time of peace and prosperity. 23. The first ever writing system and was created in Mesopotamia. A) Cuneiform. B) Empire. C) Scribe. D) Mesopotamia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuneiform. 24. How did unions press their demands? A) They raised funds to buy companies. B) They lobbied for laws restricting immigration. C) They held strikes. D) They started competing companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They held strikes. 25. Humans had begun to use iron as early as A) 8000 BCE. B) 1500 BC. C) 800 BC. D) 1300s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1500 BC. 26. What was the architecture feature we get from ancient Rome? A) Bridges. B) Doors. C) Arches. D) Columns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arches. 27. Which of the following is an example of a syncretic religion? A) Buddhism. B) Shia Islam. C) Catholicism. D) Sikhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikhism. 28. Who is the most intelligent king in indian history? A) King Akbar. B) King Shah Jahan. C) King Pritviraj Chauhan. D) King Shivaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Pritviraj Chauhan. 29. Which statement describes an effect of the development of cuneiform on Mesopotamian society? A) Only the wealthy were taught to read and write cuneiform and only they benefited from its development. B) Writing was used only for business and not for entertainment. C) Conflicts over ownership of land and other items decreased because citizens had a record of purchase. D) Children from all socioeconomic classes were taught to read and write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflicts over ownership of land and other items decreased because citizens had a record of purchase. 30. What were the two most influential advancements of the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties? A) Gunpowder and movable-type printing. B) Engineering and art. C) Poetry and medicine. D) Astronomy and cartography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gunpowder and movable-type printing. 31. What was not a factor of the growth of cities? A) Political stability and the decline of invasions. B) The rise of commerce. C) Lower agricultural output. D) Safe and reliable transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lower agricultural output. 32. How did the growth of towns affect the lives of children in the Middle Ages? A) More children were born to each family. B) More children had access to education. C) More children worked as farm laborers. D) More children were paid high wages for their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More children had access to education. 33. One important way in which the Silk Road and African trade routes were similar was that along all of these routes ..... A) The main items exchanged were ivory and tobacco. B) Was used to improve the surface of the roads. C) A single, paper currency was used to make transactions easier. D) Ideas, religions, and diseases were exchanged as merchants interacted with each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ideas, religions, and diseases were exchanged as merchants interacted with each other. 34. Under which dynasty did Buddhism flourish in China? A) Han. B) Song. C) Gupta. D) Tang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tang. 35. The key to China's social system A) Aristocracy. B) Male supremacy. C) Monte Alban. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Male supremacy. 36. Which of the following names is the name of a Greek philosopher? A) Leonidas. B) Apollo. C) Homer. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socrates. 37. The Peloponnesian War had all of these effects on the Greek city states EXCEPT A) Unemployment increased. B) City states became unified. C) The Fields and orchards were damaged. D) They lost ability to govern themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City states became unified. 38. Confucius believed respect for parents, or ....., was very important to the relationships. A) Civil service system. B) Mandate of heaven. C) Filial piety. D) Dynastic cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filial piety. 39. The cradle of Indian civilization, which enjoyed a moderate climate in ancient times A) Himalaya. B) Nile. C) Indus Valley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus Valley. 40. What word means the species of modern man? A) Skeleton. B) Homo Sapien. C) Hominid. D) Ardi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homo Sapien. 41. What does BC stand for? A) Before Christ. B) Before Christmas. C) Before Common Time. D) Before Common Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Christ. 42. ..... was one of the most outspoken French Philosophers, he attacked injustices among the nobility, in the government, and in the church. His works inspired many reforms. A) Voltaire. B) Locke. C) Rousseau. D) Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltaire. 43. When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at? A) Diaries. B) Map. C) Stone Tablets. D) Artifacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artifacts. 44. In classical China, women existed in a patriarchal society, meaning A) They were used in negotiations to end wars. B) They were expected to have very large families. C) Men held most of the political, economic, and social power. D) Families were structured around the families of the mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Men held most of the political, economic, and social power. 45. What is a peasant farmer in feudal society? A) Crusades. B) Knight. C) Serf. D) Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serf. 46. The regions from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, including Mesopotamia is called the ....., due to its shape and soil. A) Cradle of Fertile land. B) Fertile Crescent. C) Fertile Cradle. D) Fertile Dragon Smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fertile Crescent. 47. Who trained Luke Skywalker? A) Han Solo. B) Yoda. C) Darth Vader. D) Obi Wan Kenobi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yoda. 48. What led to the building of permanent settlements? A) End of bloody warfare. B) Development of simple governments. C) Development of agriculture. D) Usage of irrigation systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of agriculture. 49. Greek for "High City" ; Normally placed upon a citadel, this area of the Greek Polis was reserved for the city-states' most sacred and important structures like temples and state buildings. A) Mahajanapada. B) Acropolis. C) Agora. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acropolis. 50. Because it was too dangerous to travel to trade, each manor had to be ....., or able to provide everything they needed. A) Self-sufficient. B) Vegan. C) Monastic. D) Nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-sufficient. 51. ..... was based on the idea that a nation's power was determined by its wealth. A) Manifest destiny. B) Triangular trade. C) Capitalism. D) Mercantilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercantilism. 52. The Abbasids created a refined and cosmopolitan culture in Baghdad, this was called A) The Golden Age. B) The Renaissance. C) The Dark Ages. D) The Bronze Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Golden Age. 53. A larger political unit which contains a large area with people who are similar A) Town State. B) City State. C) Nation. D) Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nation. 54. A way to show levels of power A) Chivalry. B) Manor. C) Hierarchy. D) Fiefdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hierarchy. 55. What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages? A) Shinto. B) Christianity. C) Feudalism. D) Chivalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feudalism. 56. How did feudalism affect the lives of the nobility? A) Lords and knights were loyal to monarchs and provided protection. B) The monarchs established guilds to help serfs work the land. C) Monarchs were not allowed to build their own manor houses. D) The system elevated the serfs to a level equal to lords and knights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lords and knights were loyal to monarchs and provided protection. 57. A ..... is a form of human culture in which some people live in cities, there is some form of writing, and there are people who are skilled at using science and technology. A) Social structure. B) Religion. C) City. D) Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Civilization. 58. What famous Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great? A) Aristotle. B) Augustus. C) Pericles. D) Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 59. What country borders India to the northeast? A) China. B) Egypt. C) Pakistan. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 60. Justinian had a code of ..... made. A) Rulers. B) Faith. C) Conduct. D) Law. 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