This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did metal plows help to increase Mesopotamian trade with civilizations? A) Farmers could plant faster, helping them plant larger areas and grow surplus grain for traders to sell. B) Many farmers who had learned metal working to make plows also made other metal goods for traders to sell. C) Farmers could plant more quickly, so they had more time to go to markets and buy things from traders. D) Farmers who bought plows from traders found their new tools so helpful that they later bought many other goods from traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farmers could plant faster, helping them plant larger areas and grow surplus grain for traders to sell. 2. What contributions from India did Western Europeans receive via exchanges with the Abbasid Caliphate? A) The spread of Hinduism into Western Europe. B) Arabic numerals. C) The adoption of some features of India's caste system. D) Exotic furs such as sable and mink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabic numerals. 3. The two rivers of Mesopotamia are? A) Tigris and Nile. B) Euphrates and Nile. C) Nile and Amazon. D) Tigris and Euphrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tigris and Euphrates. 4. Johannes Gutenburg developed what technology that allowed the Bible to be ready by more people than in the past? A) Ink. B) Moveable typle. C) Biodegradable paper. D) Dewey decimal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moveable typle. 5. One of the basic features of civilization is A) Equal rights for women. B) Fewer social divisions and classes. C) Increased job specialization. D) Simpler religious beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased job specialization. 6. The economy of the Indus civilization was based on A) Shipbuilding. B) Agriculture and trade. C) Only agriculture. D) Warfare and tribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture and trade. 7. Athens ..... trade. A) Encouraged. B) Despised. C) Discouraged. D) Used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouraged. 8. Which of the following is NOT a proper EXPLAIN response from a RACE response? A) The quote supports my answer because . B) The chart on the population growth explains why . C) The picture is evidence that supports my answer because. D) The evidence is on the 4th line of the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The evidence is on the 4th line of the paper. 9. A complex society with cities, organized governments, art, religion, class division, and A) City-state City-state. B) Civilization. C) Specialization. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civilization. 10. Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel ..... A) Were believed to be directly descended from God, and therefore almost gods. B) Were required to burn the sacred texts after they read them. C) Were the sole authority on religious matters. D) Could not claim they alone knew the will of God, because the Jewish teachings were written down for anyone to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could not claim they alone knew the will of God, because the Jewish teachings were written down for anyone to read. 11. The process of dividing history into periods of time is called A) Globalization. B) Periodization. C) Categorization. D) Universalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periodization. 12. The Third Estate was made up of these people. A) Clergy. B) Nobles. C) Common people. D) Kings and queens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Common people. 13. What does Renaissance mean? A) Rebirth. B) Rework. C) Review. D) Regain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebirth. 14. Why did the Aryans create the caste system? A) The people they encountered in India outnumbered them and they needed a method of control. B) The people they encountered had better weapons and they needed a method of control. C) The people they encountered had better tools and they wanted to learn how to use their technology. D) The people they encountered had a strong culture and they wanted to try to assimilate into their culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people they encountered in India outnumbered them and they needed a method of control. 15. Which of the following was the origin of Hinduism? A) Zoroastrianism. B) Buddhism. C) Judaism. D) Vedic religions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vedic religions. 16. What did King Leopold claim as the reason for his private ownership over the Congo Free State? A) Establish prosperity and free trade for the Congolese people. B) Ending the Islamic slave trade in the area. C) Advancing the livelihoods of the Congolese people. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. The major river system home to the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. A) Tigris & Euphrates. B) Indus. C) Earth & Water. D) Crete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indus. 18. Who is the best cricketer in the world? A) Ross Taylor. B) Babur Azam. C) Virat Kohli. D) Sachin Tendulkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virat Kohli. 19. What is a Continent and a Country A) Europe. B) Russia. C) Canada. D) Australlia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australlia. 20. Which pharaoh of Ancient Egypt defied tradition and ruled as woman for over twenty years in the 1400s BCE? A) Cleopatra. B) Thutmose III. C) Hatshepsut. D) Ramses the Great. 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