This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > History > World > World History – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Polytheism is the belief in A) Multiple Gods. B) The flying spaghetti monster. C) One God. D) No God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple Gods. 2. The belief in many gods is called A) Animism. B) Polytheistic. C) Monotheistic. D) Ancestor worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polytheistic. 3. Buddhism spreading from India along the Silk Road is an example of A) Legalism. B) Cultural diffusion. C) Filial piety. D) Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural diffusion. 4. In which of the following ancient civilizations did democracy first develop? A) Egyptian. B) Celtic. C) Sumerian. D) Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek. 5. Which of the following is the period before writing was developed? A) Ancient times. B) Prehistory. C) The Neolithic Age. D) Archaeology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prehistory. 6. What are longitude lines? A) Lines that are long. B) Lines that run parallel to the equator. C) Lines that run in between the north and south poles. D) They are just lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines that run in between the north and south poles. 7. European ..... were institutions that loaned money for merchants. A) Coffee Houses. B) Banking Houses. C) Business Loans. D) Insurance Houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banking Houses. 8. A tax of one-tenth of a person's produce or earnings given to the church A) Fallow. B) Joust. C) Chivalry. D) Tithe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tithe. 9. Ancient Chinese priests used ..... to predict the future by interpreting messages from the spirits of ancestors. A) Oracle bones. B) Magic eight ball. C) Ouija board. D) Cards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oracle bones. 10. Which reason influenced President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb to end World War II? A) President Truman wanted to gain the trust of the Soviet Union sothey would declare war against Japan. B) President Truman wanted to use the bomb because so much moneyhad been invested in its development. C) President Truman wanted to end the war quickly and with as fewAmerican casualties as possible. D) President Truman wanted to punish the Japanese government andpeople for their bombing of Pearl Harbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President Truman wanted to end the war quickly and with as fewAmerican casualties as possible. 11. Complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing A) Cuneiform. B) Irrigation. C) Civilization. D) City-state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civilization. 12. Other than Afro-Eurasia, three other world zones developed civilizations during Era 2. Which of the following NOT one of those zones: A) The Americas. B) Sub-Saharan Africa. C) Antarctica. D) Oceania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. 13. A group who had the ability to ride horses and wage war A) Asians. B) Philippines. C) Mongols. D) Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mongols. 14. Which geographic factor likely contributed to the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? A) Changing sea levels forced hunter-gatherers into the interior of continents. B) Climate change led to longer growing season for farming. C) Spread of disease led to physical attacks on cities. D) Natural disasters led to a period of migration and movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate change led to longer growing season for farming. 15. The Ottoman Empire was found in this area of the world A) Southwest Asia and Northern Africa. B) East Asia. C) Western Europe. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwest Asia and Northern Africa. 16. The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by A) Building terraces. B) Digging irrigation canals. C) Developing chinampas. D) Removing rain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digging irrigation canals. 17. Which settlement allowed rulers to choose Catholicism or Protestantism? A) Peace of Wittenburg. B) Treaty of Westphalia. C) 95 Theses. D) Peace of Augsburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peace of Augsburg. 18. The Jewish people settled into a land that they believed they were promised by God that was known as Canaan. What is the name of that country today? A) Syria. B) Israel. C) Iraq. D) Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Israel. 19. Power in the hands of a few A) Tyranny. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligarchy. 20. Where did Christopher Columbus think he was after arriving from his first voyage? A) Africa. B) Caribbean. C) Asia. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) America. 21. What is the term for the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans? A) Domestication. B) Hunter-gatherer. C) Significant. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domestication. 22. What does the professor imply about the record-keeping methods used by early Western Europeans? A) They led directly to advances in basic engineering. B) They required an understanding of elementary algebra. C) They did not require a counting system that included the number zero. D) They were more sophisticated than those used in the Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They did not require a counting system that included the number zero. 23. What was the feudal system? A) A system that ancient Romans used to protect their people. B) A system that did not help Rome after the fall of Rome. C) A system where lords exchange protection for loyalty and service. D) A system that caused the Black Death to spread across Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A system where lords exchange protection for loyalty and service. 24. In Ancient Rome, most slaves who were newly acquired were A) Captured in war. B) Female children. C) Native to Africa. D) Male children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captured in war. 25. Which of the following is the most complete definition of a civilization? A) Any culture that uses written records and whose people practice a religion. B) The gathering of human groups in farms, villages, and settlements. C) Any social structure based on economic power. D) A complex culture in which a large number of humans share elements in common. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A complex culture in which a large number of humans share elements in common. 26. What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? A) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. B) Unification of French city states. C) The restoration of Louis XVI. D) The declaration of the Edict of Nantes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. 27. How did technological advances improve the quantity of goods traded from 1200 to 1450? A) The invention of the astrolabe proved valuable along the Silk Roads. B) The multiplication of saddles helped to implement trade growth in the Trans-Sahara deserts. C) The system of paper money led to rapid growth in the Hanseatic League. D) The development of the Lateen Sail provided extra mobility along the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The multiplication of saddles helped to implement trade growth in the Trans-Sahara deserts. 28. What Chinese dynasty created a book of songs? A) Han. B) Zhou. C) Qin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhou. 29. The discovery of agriculture around 8, 000 BCE would lead to which of these? A) An end to wars. B) An increase in population. C) The first traders. D) The use of stone tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in population. 30. Used to communicate with ancestors and the gods by the Chinese A) Yoga. B) Meditation. C) Oracle bones. D) Prayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oracle bones. 31. Which of the following facts serves as evidence that the Mesopotamians were polytheists? A) Mesopotamian government was centered within each city state. B) Goods in India and Egypt were brought to Mesopotamia by traders. C) The Sumerian story about the Great Flood is similar to the Bible story about Noah's Ark. D) T he city of Ur had temples dedicated to worshiping the goddess Ishtar and the god Enki. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T he city of Ur had temples dedicated to worshiping the goddess Ishtar and the god Enki. 32. Archaeologists learn about prehistoric people by studying all of the following except A) Fossils. B) Pottery. C) Tools and weapons. D) Written record. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Written record. 33. What was the Catholic Church's response to Martin Luther's 95 Theses? A) They condemned him. B) They ignored it. C) The Peace of Westphalia. D) The Council of Trent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They condemned him. 34. What important discovery separates the Mesolithic era from the Neolithic era? A) Tools. B) Agriculture. C) Weapons. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 35. The largest land empire the world has ever known? A) Tibetan Empire. B) Mongol Empire. C) Yong Empire. D) Ottoman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mongol Empire. 36. The ..... took place when the 3rd estate swore to write a constitution. A) Storming of the Bastillee. B) Estates General. C) Tennis Court Oath. D) Scorched Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tennis Court Oath. 37. When did the French Revolution take place? A) June 14, 1789. B) January 14, 1789. C) July 14, 1789. D) July 4, 1776. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 14, 1789. 38. Who was the leader of the Mexican revolution? A) Toussaint L'Ouverture. B) Jose de San Martin. C) Father Miguel Hidalgo. D) Simon Bolivar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Father Miguel Hidalgo. 39. Belief that natural order of the world is most important:live in harmony A) Legalism. B) Taoism. C) Confucianism. D) Dharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taoism. 40. Physical features of a land's surface are A) Regions. B) Climate. C) Geography. D) Landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Landforms. 41. He believed in 'Predestination', he believed that God knows who will be saved before they are born. A) King Henry VIII. B) Martin Luther. C) Marcus Welby. D) John Calvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Calvin. 42. Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers? A) Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia. B) The Nile in Egypt. C) The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan. D) The Amazon in Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Amazon in Brazil. 43. Why is the U.S. government considered a Representative Democracy (Republic)? A) Because all the citizens vote for government issues. B) Because all the citizens vote for representatives to make decisions. C) Because all the citizens vote for their King. D) Because all the citizens votes are based on a majority rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because all the citizens vote for representatives to make decisions. 44. What factor caused an increase in the Indian Ocean trade networks from 1200 to 1450? A) The prevalence of camels which could be used to carry goods. B) The legal limitations on slave trade in the area, leading to and increase in the demand for labor. C) The increase of demand for specialized products such as cotton from India and porcelain from China. D) The spread of Christianity from 1200 to around 1450 in the region, resulting in economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The increase of demand for specialized products such as cotton from India and porcelain from China. 45. Greek for "lover of wisdom." A) Immortals. B) Sparta. C) Oracle Bones. D) Philosopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philosopher. 46. Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor? A) Merchants. B) Nobles. C) Knights. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasants. 47. Who were the citizens of Rome that could vote, but did not have much power in the government? A) Slaves. B) Republicans. C) Patricians. D) Plebeians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plebeians. 48. What is the main concept of the Confucian idea of filial piety? A) Legalist principles should be practiced. B) Individuals should understnad their duties and responsiblities. C) Siblings should earn respect from each other. D) Society should respect the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individuals should understnad their duties and responsiblities. 49. Who is most intelligent person in indian history? A) Shivaji Bhosale. B) Birbal. C) Tenali Rama. D) Visalini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visalini. 50. Which one of these mythological figures was adopted and raised by a king of Mithila? A) Kunti. B) Sita. C) Draupadi. D) Radha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sita. 51. Which of the following did the Mongol armies fail to conquer, and why? A) Kievan Russia, because the Mongols were unable to endure the harsh Russian winters. B) The 'Abbasid Caliphate, because the defenders flooded the Mesopotamian plains and made them impassable for the Mongol cavalry. C) Central Asia, because of the effective diplomacy of Timur and his successors. D) The Southern Song Empire, because of its superior resources from earlier industrial and commercial revolutions. E) Japan, because severe storms aided the experienced Japanese naval forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Japan, because severe storms aided the experienced Japanese naval forces. 52. Tiled Decoration A) Collage. B) B atik. C) Tie-Dye. D) Mosaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mosaic. 53. Who was the first emperor of india? A) Ashoka. B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. C) Shivaji. D) Jarasandha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chandra Gupta Maurya. 54. A Mesoamerican civilization that pre-dated the Maya A) Olmec. B) Aryans. C) Ganges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olmec. 55. What was the list of complaints against the Church called? A) New Testament. B) Magna Carta. C) 95 Theses. D) Peace of Augsburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 95 Theses. 56. How might the development of spoken language have influenced the religious beliefs of Stone Age people? A) Spoken language would have made family groups more suspicious of outsiders. B) Spoken language would have allowed religious beliefs to spread more quickly. C) Spoken language would have created a new class of religious leaders. D) Spoken language would have encouraged humans to create religious cave paintings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spoken language would have allowed religious beliefs to spread more quickly. 57. Aryans became the dominant society in India during a time known as the ..... A) Golden Age of the Vedas. B) Veridic period. C) Vedas period. D) Vedic period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vedic period. 58. Hammurabi was known for a harsh code of laws. Why was his code so important in history? A) It allowed all people to see and know the laws of his land. B) It gave women equal treatment in ancient societies. C) It allowed government officials to see the laws. D) It allowed Hammurabi to kill whoever he wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allowed all people to see and know the laws of his land. 59. Define subsidies: A) Grants of money. B) Colonial trade. C) Joint-stock company. D) An economic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grants of money. 60. How did nomadic people survive once civilizations started to emerge? A) They didn't survive and died out. B) They raised and herded animals, which provided food, transportation, and trade. C) They created small farms along trade routes. D) They eventually gave up being nomads and moved into the news towns and cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They raised and herded animals, which provided food, transportation, and trade. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books