This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which religion uses the Tora A) Judaism. B) Islam. C) Christianity. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judaism. 2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization? A) Advanced cities. B) Specialized workers. C) Defined social classes. D) Record keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defined social classes. 3. What role did the Italian mathematician Fibonacci play in the example of cultural diffusion that the professor describes? A) He introduced a text in Europe that he had translated from Arabic. B) He was the first to use the number zero in higher-level mathematics. C) He encouraged the use of a new number system in tracking grain production. D) He translated an Italian text into Arabic during his travels through the Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He introduced a text in Europe that he had translated from Arabic. 4. Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group A) Lower Class. B) Upper Class. C) Middle Class. D) Pass Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle Class. 5. Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger. A) Mercantilism. B) Westernization. C) Balance of Power. D) Trickle down economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Westernization. 6. Who were examples of Greek philosophers? A) Bill Nye. B) Socrates. C) George Washington. D) Mr. Vaughan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socrates. 7. A Sepoy was a A) A British missionary authorized by Britain to establish Churches and schools in India. B) Hindu or Muslim soldier employed by the British East India Company. C) A title for a head captain of the British East India Company. D) A Hindu holy man or Shaman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hindu or Muslim soldier employed by the British East India Company. 8. Which government claims a divine right of kings. A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Monarchy. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 9. Rome finally fell when groups of which people invaded northern Europe? A) Celtic. B) Egyptian. C) Germanic. D) Slavic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germanic. 10. Which of the following characteristics were shared by the Han (Chinese) Empire, the Roman Empire and the Persian Empire? A) All the empires mandated that everyone under their rule convert to their religion. B) All empires encouraged free-market activity and valued merchants as the most important to society. C) All empires adopted the language of the people that they conquered. D) All empires used a type of government bureaucracy, road system and taxation system to govern its territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All empires used a type of government bureaucracy, road system and taxation system to govern its territory. 11. Who are the warriors and kings? A) Brahmin. B) Kshatriyas. C) Vaishyas. D) Shudra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kshatriyas. 12. A strong central government with a very clear hierarchy would have been most an example of which idea or philosophy? A) Legalism. B) Confucianism. C) The Mandate of Heaven. D) Daoism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confucianism. 13. Is it the most populated and largest out of all the continents. A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 14. The origin of the ideas in the following phrases: "trial by a jury of your peers" , "innocent until proven guilty" , and "equality before law" all stem from which religious sect and collection of countries? A) Hammurabi's Code, The 12 Tables, Justinian's Law Code. B) Judeo-Christian, Greece, and Rome. C) Islam, Judaism, and the Persian Empire. D) Magna Carta, Christianity, and Neo-Confucianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judeo-Christian, Greece, and Rome. 15. Which early civilization is known for being the founder of the alphabet? A) Babylon. B) Sumer. C) Phoneticians. D) Assyrians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phoneticians. 16. The Egyptian economic system was based on ..... A) Agriculture. B) Trade. C) Gold. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 17. What are the two major rivers of Ancient India? A) Tigris & Euphrates. B) Nile & Blue Nile. C) Indus & Ganges. D) Huang He & Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus & Ganges. 18. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek word meaning ..... A) Lunch. B) Love of wisdom. C) Sparta. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love of wisdom. 19. Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France. A) 1st Estate. B) 2nd Estate. C) 3rd Estate. D) 1st and 3rd Estates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Estate. 20. France gets its name from this group of Germanic invaders who settled there in the 400s. A) Franks. B) Frenchers. C) Vikings. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franks. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesWorld History Quiz 2World History Quiz 3World History Quiz 4World History Quiz 5World History Quiz 6World History Quiz 7World History Quiz 8World History Quiz 9World History Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books