This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The arena used for entertainment, sports and games. A) Ampitheather. B) Mall. C) Plaza. D) Colosseum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colosseum. 2. Which was NOT a cause for the fall of Rome? A) Vast empire (empire was too big). B) Flooding. C) Invaders. D) Corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flooding. 3. What country is not in Europe? A) England. B) Poland. C) France. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egypt. 4. Kshatriyas var A) Priests and scholars. B) Servants. C) Outcasts. D) Warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warriors. 5. (14) The sacred hymns (holy songs) brought by the Aryans were called ..... A) Vedas. B) Bible. C) Torah. D) Karms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vedas. 6. For the CITE portion of your RACE response, which of the following would NOT be citing evidence? A) Using a quote from the document. B) Describing a picture in how it answers the question. C) Describing a chart in how it answers the question. D) Answering the question in your own words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Answering the question in your own words. 7. What was not an environmental consequence of the expansion of trade networks? A) Increase in the standard of living for most Europeans due to increase of costs of trade. B) Migration of crops, such as champa rice or bananas. C) The spread of the Bubonic plague across the Silk Roads. D) Overgrazing of farmland, and the degradation of land, leading to deforestation and soil erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in the standard of living for most Europeans due to increase of costs of trade. 8. How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations? A) Societies developed near oceans. B) Societies developed in river valleys. C) Societies developed in the desert. D) Societies developed in the tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Societies developed in river valleys. 9. The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans: A) Different options for food. B) Would fight each other for more food. C) Smarter than we thought. D) Could stay in one place instead of wandering around. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could stay in one place instead of wandering around. 10. Muslims who believe that the true successor of Muhammad could be any good Muslim A) Sufis. B) Shiites. C) Sultans. D) Sunnis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunnis. 11. What was a reason for the decline of Rome? A) Civil war. B) Barbarian invasions. C) Famine. D) Natural Disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barbarian invasions. 12. The people of India's first civilization depended on monsoon rains to bring water for crops A) Which only happened every other year. B) And to loosen rocks used for building. C) And to cause flooding which deposited fertile soil. D) And wash away accumulated debris from city streets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And to cause flooding which deposited fertile soil. 13. Which of the following were traded along the silk road? A) Silk. B) Spices. C) Luxury goods. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. To become a scholar official A) Students had to know Buddhism. B) Students had to be from noble families. C) Students had to make inventions. D) Students had to pass a difficult Confucian test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Students had to pass a difficult Confucian test. 15. The teenage girl who rescued France during the Hundred Years' War was named A) Catherine of Aragon. B) Theodora. C) Eleanor of Aquitaine. D) Joan of Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joan of Arc. 16. Young man from the age of 14-18 who was a servant to a knight and was also training to become a knight A) Patron. B) Squire. C) Apprentice. D) Spartan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squire. 17. Another name for a king or queen. A) Prince. B) Princess. C) President. D) Monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monarch. 18. Who was never a lord in a Feudal relationship? A) King. B) Noble. C) Knight. D) Peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasant. 19. What civilization was the first to build massive structures in the form of a terraced pyramid? A) Ancient China. B) Mesopotamia. C) Egyptian. D) Indus River Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesopotamia. 20. What word means a series of rulers from the same family? A) Dynasty. B) Ancestry. C) Civilization. D) Series. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynasty. ← 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