This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a result of the Qing Dynasty's military weakness, European countries were enjoying their own special privileges in China. These areas where they enjoyed special privileges and trading rights were known as . A) Platt Amendments. B) Sepoy Centers. C) Sphere of Influence. D) Boxer Protocols. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sphere of Influence. 2. The Magna Carta helped introduce democratic ideas to England. The first democracy in the ancient world arose in A) Greece. B) Rome. C) China. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greece. 3. Why was voting in the Estates General unfair A) Votes were not secret. B) Each estate voted by how many members there were. C) Each estate got the same number of votes. D) The King got two votes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each estate got the same number of votes. 4. What was the practice of charging interest on a loan that was forbidden by the Catholic Church? A) Price gouging. B) Usury. C) Nepotism. D) Excommunication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Usury. 5. Which society lived in small groups constantly moving to find food, water, and shelter? A) Hunter-Gatherer. B) Early Agriculture. C) Civilization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunter-Gatherer. 6. Because of this, scientists can only draw conclusions about the past. A) Artifacts. B) Culture. C) Limited evidence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited evidence. 7. The Shang were the first people in China to A) Develop a writing system. B) Use advanced metal tools. C) Hunt with bows and arrows. D) Domesticate pigs and sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Develop a writing system. 8. How did the Silk Road and other ancient trade routes impact society as a whole? A) The trade routes made the roads safer for people to travel across the country by foot. B) The trade routes made it possible for all ancient societies to do well economically. C) The trade routes made it harder for the countries far away from the trade routes to learn about those on the trade routes. D) The trade routes made it easier to transfer cultural practices and religious ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The trade routes made it easier to transfer cultural practices and religious ideas. 9. What is intensification? A) An organizing structure where the main unit has the power, right, and ability to control smaller units. B) When people begin to live permanently in one place instead of moving around to find food. C) Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways. D) An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways. 10. Taking pride in a country's people and culture is known as- A) Nationalism. B) Isolationism. C) Communism. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nationalism. 11. Who invented google? A) Kevin Systrom. B) Larry Page. C) Martin Cooper. D) Charles Frankis Jenkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Larry Page. 12. Indus River Valley is a river Valley that supported Ancient ..... A) Egypt. B) Mesopotamia. C) India. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 13. Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted a divorce? A) Henry VI. B) George I. C) Charles I. D) Henry VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry VIII. 14. It was necessary to develop writing before civilization could advance because A) Books are a characteristic of civilization. B) Kings needed to be able to communicate across their kingdoms. C) It is a way to keep records and better manage complex institutions (communicate). D) So people could write letters to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a way to keep records and better manage complex institutions (communicate). 15. A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides with water A) Island. B) Plebeian. C) Peninsula. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsula. 16. ..... refers to the study of past people and cultures through their material remains. A) Biology. B) Patheology. C) Archeology. D) Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archeology. 17. What word means ancient wedge-shaped writing? A) Cuneiform. B) Sanskrit. C) Cursive. D) Stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuneiform. 18. Who was the ruler who unified Lower and Upper Egypt? A) King Tut. B) King Solomon. C) King Menes. D) King Seti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Menes. 19. Reincarnation is ..... A) Hindu prayers. B) Language of the Vedas. C) Personal duty. D) The rebirth of the soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The rebirth of the soul. 20. What is a system of government that is ruled by a king or queen? A) Monarchy. B) Chivalry. C) Monastery. D) Feudalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. ← 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