This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does AD stand for? A) After Death. B) Anno Domini. C) After Detention. D) After Domini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anno Domini. 2. "It was in Italy that ..... awakened a perception and treatment of all things of this world in general; but by its side ..... there also arose the subjective; man becomes a self-aware individual and recognizes himself as such." -John Burkhardt, The Civilization in Renaissance Italy, 1860 The passage above reflects the Renaissance ideal of- A) Imperialism. B) Humanism. C) Empiricism. D) Positivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanism. 3. The center of the Zapotec civilization A) Nile. B) Indus Valley. C) Monte Alban. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monte Alban. 4. Once people learned how to raise plants and animals they no longer had to: A) Hunt. B) Fish. C) Swim. D) Migrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migrate. 5. The term democracy means "rule by ..... " A) The mob. B) The monarch. C) The president. D) The people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The people. 6. Which empire used iron weapons, horses soldiers, battering rams, and movable towers? A) Akkadians. B) Assyrians. C) Babylonians. D) Neo Babylonians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assyrians. 7. The longest river in the world, the annual flooding of which left a rich deposit of mud that enriched the soil and allowed Egyptian farmers to grow a surplus of food A) Ganges. B) Olmec. C) Nile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nile. 8. The idea that "reason" could be used to solve all human problems came to be called the time of ..... A) Enlightenment. B) The Season of Reason. C) Let there be light. D) Church of Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enlightenment. 9. ..... are drawings made on a flat surface that depict the entire Earth, or some of its parts. A) Maps. B) Coordinates. C) Historical Illustrations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maps. 10. Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? A) Gilgamesh. B) Hammarabui. C) Nineveh. D) Sargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hammarabui. 11. What instrument revolutionized sailing? A) Peridot. B) Radar. C) Magnetic Compass. D) Chinese flute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetic Compass. 12. Event where knights would ride towards each other with blunted lances (long poles) in attempt to knock each other off of their horse A) Joust. B) Chivalry. C) Squire. D) Page. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joust. 13. Between 1450 and 1750, empires such as the Ottoman and Chinese shared which of the following? A) Dependence on trade as the main basis for the economy. B) An elite fighting force made up primarily of slaves. C) The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government. D) Continual military campaigns against European armies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of a large bureaucracy to support the government. 14. What is the name of the seasonal winds that cause wet and dry seasons in India? A) Hurricanes. B) Monsoons. C) Tsunamis. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 15. The self-sufficient economic system of the Middle Ages was called A) Mixed Economy. B) Feudalism. C) Manorialism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manorialism. 16. The race for European countries to claim land in Africa was called the ..... A) Scramble for Africa. B) African Marathon. C) Great Competition. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scramble for Africa. 17. Is all of the people who inhabit (live in) a certain region. A) Population. B) Environment. C) Migration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 18. Why was the Printing press so important during the Renaissance? A) It helped spread his ideas of Humanists. B) People began printing newspapers in America. C) People began writing mean articles about Kings. D) The bible was only printed in Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helped spread his ideas of Humanists. 19. Which society was the first to practice direct democracy? A) City-state of Athens. B) Empire of Alexander the Great. C) City-state of Sparta. D) Persian Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City-state of Athens. 20. What does absolute monarch mean? A) A group of people who control shopping. B) A single ruler who rules with the opinion of all his subjects. C) A king/queen who believes their power comes from God. D) A king/queen who holds all the power in their country. 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