This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. A) Stop. B) Embargo. C) Barr. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embargo. 2. Michelangelo was best known for his painting of ..... A) The Sistine Chapel. B) The Mona Lisa. C) The Praise of Folly. D) David. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sistine Chapel. 3. The idea that a ruler of China was chosen by this "entity" and ruled so long as the country was profitable and there were no problems or corruption. A) Oracles. B) Mandate of Heaven. C) Gaijen. D) Meiji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandate of Heaven. 4. A material made from the cocoon of a caterpillar A) Silk. B) Cotton. C) Polyester. D) Canvas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk. 5. Which religion spread through conflict and did not mandate conversion of the conquered people A) Islam. B) Christianity. C) Hinduism. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Islam. 6. Historians are ..... A) Are those who interpret facts and make them understandable to the rest of society. B) A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction. C) The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are those who interpret facts and make them understandable to the rest of society. 7. The Egyptian ..... was an absolute ruler who inherited power and was treated as a God. A) Pharaoh. B) Farmer. C) Noble. D) Warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharaoh. 8. All of the following were areas of early civilization, EXCEPT ..... A) Hudson River valley. B) Nile River valley. C) Yellow River valley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hudson River valley. 9. In the beginning, who took control of the Mongols? A) Genghis Khan. B) Kublai Khan. C) Zhu Yuanzhang. D) Suleiman the magnificent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genghis Khan. 10. Which Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code? A) Constantine. B) Diocletian. C) Justinian. D) Xerxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Justinian. 11. Nickname for Robespierre's period of rule that ended when he was executed? A) 100 Days. B) National Convention. C) Reign of Terror. D) Old Regime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reign of Terror. 12. The foundation for modern democracy, created by ....., held the belief in government by consent. If the government failed to protect the natural rights of citizens, they had the right to overthrow it. A) Rousseau. B) John Locke. C) Voltaire. D) Baron de Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Locke. 13. What was one of the ways the Renaissance spread from Italy to other places in Europe? A) The Black Death caused refugees who carried the ideas with them. B) The Catholic Church required everyone in Europe to copy the ideas of the Italian city-states. C) Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home. D) The Crusades carried ideas from Italy to the Middle East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home. 14. A Portuguese explorer named ..... was the first person to sail around Africa to reach India. A) Ferdinand Magellan. B) Christopher Columbus. C) Hernan Cortes. D) Vasco da Gama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vasco da Gama. 15. Vaisyas were A) Unskilled workers. B) Skilled workers. C) Priests or scholars. D) Outcasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skilled workers. 16. Who believed a Caliph must come directly from Muhammad's bloodline? A) Shi'a. B) Sunni. C) Abbasid. D) Abu Bakr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shi'a. 17. Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic and founded the Academy. A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Socrates. D) Sophocles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plato. 18. What word means a small vehicle pulled by a horse? A) Chariot. B) Car. C) Dynasty. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chariot. 19. The Neolithic Revolution can best be described as A) Best and craziest. B) Allowing people to be producers of food. C) Brutal. D) A big war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allowing people to be producers of food. 20. What is the significance of the Ottoman Turks capturing Constantinople from the Byzantine empire? A) It was the holy city of the Christian crusaders. B) It opened up trade to the Americas. C) Conquest denied European access to Asian trading networks. D) It spread Christianity throughout the Middle East. 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