This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by A) Building terraces. B) Removing rain forests. C) Digging irrigation canals. D) Developing chinampas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digging irrigation canals. 2. Which settlement allowed rulers to choose Catholicism or Protestantism? A) Peace of Augsburg. B) Treaty of Westphalia. C) 95 Theses. D) Peace of Wittenburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peace of Augsburg. 3. 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) Iraq. B) Israel. C) Jordan. D) Syria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Israel. 4. Power in the hands of a few A) Tyranny. B) Monarchy. C) Oligarchy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligarchy. 5. Where did Christopher Columbus think he was after arriving from his first voyage? A) Asia. B) Africa. C) Caribbean. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) America. 6. What is the term for the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans? A) Agriculture. B) Significant. C) Hunter-gatherer. D) Domestication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domestication. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. In Ancient Rome, most slaves who were newly acquired were A) Male children. B) Female children. C) Captured in war. D) Native to Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captured in war. 10. 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. 11. What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? A) The declaration of the Edict of Nantes. B) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. C) Unification of French city states. D) The restoration of Louis XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. 12. How did technological advances improve the quantity of goods traded from 1200 to 1450? A) The development of the Lateen Sail provided extra mobility along the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. B) The invention of the astrolabe proved valuable along the Silk Roads. C) The system of paper money led to rapid growth in the Hanseatic League. D) The multiplication of saddles helped to implement trade growth in the Trans-Sahara deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The multiplication of saddles helped to implement trade growth in the Trans-Sahara deserts. 13. What Chinese dynasty created a book of songs? A) Han. B) Zhou. C) Qin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zhou. 14. The discovery of agriculture around 8, 000 BCE would lead to which of these? A) An end to wars. B) The first traders. C) The use of stone tools. D) An increase in population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An increase in population. 15. Used to communicate with ancestors and the gods by the Chinese A) Prayer. B) Oracle bones. C) Meditation. D) Yoga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oracle bones. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. What was the Catholic Church's response to Martin Luther's 95 Theses? A) They condemned him. B) The Peace of Westphalia. C) The Council of Trent. D) They ignored it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They condemned him. 19. What important discovery separates the Mesolithic era from the Neolithic era? A) Fire. B) Agriculture. C) Weapons. D) Tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 20. The largest land empire the world has ever known? A) Ottoman Empire. B) Tibetan Empire. C) Yong Empire. D) Mongol Empire. 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