This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the main difference between the Qin dynasty and the Zhou dynasty? A) The Qin dynasty made alliances with other Asian nations while the Zhou dynasty remained isolated. B) The Qin dynasty created a power sharing arrangement that allowed it to last much longer than the Zhou dynasty. C) The Qin dynasty relied on a centralized system of control while the Zhou dynasty relied on a decentralized system. D) The Qin dynasty set up a professional bureaucracy while the Zhou dynasty relied on hereditary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Qin dynasty relied on a centralized system of control while the Zhou dynasty relied on a decentralized system. 2. ..... is located in North Africa along the Nile River. A) Egypt. B) India. C) Iraq. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Egypt. 3. ..... brought new civilizations in contact with one another. A) Trade. B) Government. C) Disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade. 4. This was an ACTUAL wall that separated Berlin. It separated the communist side from the democracy side. Why did they put the wall up? A) Iron Curtain. B) Berlin Wall. C) Berlin Airlift. D) Great Wall of China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berlin Wall. 5. What is the word to describe the belief in many Gods. A) Monotheism. B) Hierarchy. C) Nobility. D) Polytheism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polytheism. 6. Buddhism started in ..... A) Japan. B) Korea. C) China. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 7. The Forbidden City was built A) For the emperor, his family and servants. B) For the Mongol Khans. C) To promote trade. D) For defense against invaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For the emperor, his family and servants. 8. Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing was used A) By peasants who were too uneducated to read hieroglyphic. B) Only by the nobles, as a way of communicating with the gods. C) By the blind, as a type of Braille. D) For business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life. 9. Which of the following is a similarity between the Ottoman and Chinese governments during the period 1450-1750? A) The dominance of the imperial government by a landed aristocracy. B) The creation of overseas colonial holdings. C) Heavy reliance on overseas trade for government revenues. D) An extensive governmental bureaucracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An extensive governmental bureaucracy. 10. The principal commodity that the Congo Free State was known for harvesting was A) Gold. B) Rubber. C) Tin. D) Diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rubber. 11. Many historians argue that ..... was the first to circumnavigate the world. A) Christopher Columbus. B) Ferdinand Magellan. C) Henry Hudson. D) Hernan Cortes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ferdinand Magellan. 12. What is feudalism? A) A political system of local government that is based around granting land in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services. B) A political system of local government that is based around granting loyalty, military assistance, and other services in return for land. C) A political system of local government that is based around granting vassals in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A political system of local government that is based around granting land in return for loyalty, military assistance, and other services. 13. A historian typically begins his work by A) Contacting a historical society. B) Deciding on an answer to a thesis. C) Formulating a question he hopes to answer. D) Making sure his evidence has never been seen before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formulating a question he hopes to answer. 14. What effect of the Agricultural Revolution allowed early humans to make permanent settlements and begin developing civilizations? A) Religion. B) Food surplus. C) Government. D) Division of labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food surplus. 15. The printing press was important because A) Ideas reached people faster. B) The Church had more control over what people read. C) People could make flyers more quickly. D) It slowed down the Reformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas reached people faster. 16. What river in Egypt starts at Lake Victoria? A) Nile River. B) Tigris River. C) Euphrates River. D) Fertile Crescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile River. 17. What contributions did the Indus Valley people create? A) Printing Press. B) Planned Cities. C) Paper (from trees). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planned Cities. 18. What religion were ALL Christians before the Reformation? A) Jewish. B) Christian. C) Catholic. D) Baptist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catholic. 19. The Five Pillars of Islam include all of the following EXCEPT: A) Prayer five times per day. B) Alms giving. C) Pilgrimage to Mecca. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 20. Marco Polo described which of the following at Kublai Khan's court that he had not encountered in Europe? A) The use of spies in foreign nations. B) The interest of the Khan in the international sea trade and European shipbuilding techniques. C) The use of paper money and coal and the practice of frequent bathing. D) The attachment of the Khan to the use of horses for military purposes. E) The austerity of the design of the Khan's palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of paper money and coal and the practice of frequent bathing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesWorld History Quiz 1World History Quiz 2World History Quiz 3World History Quiz 4World History Quiz 5World History Quiz 6World History Quiz 7World History Quiz 8World History Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books