This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Philosophy that believes in karma and achieving nirvana (enlightenment) ..... A) Judaism. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 2. Of the three solas of the Reformation, "sola gratia" means A) Only grace. B) Only faith. C) Only the Bible. D) Only works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only grace. 3. Which of these is NOT included in the Five Pillars of Islam? A) Fasting in the month of Ramadan. B) Making a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah). C) Taking communion during worship services. D) Praying five times daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taking communion during worship services. 4. A large city with surrounding land that creates territory. A) City-State. B) Democracy. C) Culture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City-State. 5. Which of the following did NOT result from the Atlantic Revolutions A) Mercantilism. B) Feminism. C) Abolitionism. D) Nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercantilism. 6. What region of the world is Hinduism primarily located? A) North America. B) South America. C) India. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 7. An important river in India, with a valley that was cultivated for its rich farmland after the invention of of the iron plow made it possible to clear the dense growth along its banks A) Ganges. B) Nile. C) Olmec. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganges. 8. The Crusades (c. 1100-c. 1450) involved the Byzantine Empire, Muslim states and Western Europe in a series of conflicts over what world region? A) Southwest Asia. B) East Africa. C) Southeast Asia. D) Northwest Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwest Asia. 9. What were the two most important commodities that the Spanish Empire cultivated/acquired in the New World? A) Steel and guns. B) Silk and spices. C) Silver and sugar. D) Slaves and pepper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silver and sugar. 10. What is a city-state. A) A large city. B) A state with a big city in it. C) A city with its surrounding territory forms and independent state. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A city with its surrounding territory forms and independent state. 11. Which of these men of the Renaissance was known equally for his art as well as inventions? A) Rueben. B) Leonardo da Vinci. C) Michelangelo. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leonardo da Vinci. 12. Greek "Father of the Study of Medicine" . A) Aristotle. B) Hippocrates. C) Homer. D) Pythagoras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippocrates. 13. Which of the following has the broadest spacial frame A) Studying the reign of King Tutankhamen of Egypt. B) Studying the development of cuneiform writing in Sumer. C) Studying the architecture of the Qing dynasty in China. D) Studying the Silk Road trade routes between Europe and Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studying the Silk Road trade routes between Europe and Asia. 14. What is the black plague? A) Another name for the Guillotine. B) A disease that killed many people in Europe. C) A religious cult during the Middle Ages. D) The name for secret soldiers in the Roman army. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disease that killed many people in Europe. 15. Which of the following was NOT a method used by rulers to maintain political power? A) Monumental architecture. B) De-urbanization. C) Tribute system. D) Syncretic Religions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) De-urbanization. 16. ..... is the belief in only one god. A) Polytheism. B) Monotheism. C) Hinduism. D) Nomad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monotheism. 17. What can you infer about the ancient Greeks based upon their achievements? A) The ancient Greeks most valued warfare and battle. B) The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art. C) The ancient Greeks were most interested in farming. D) The ancient Greeks felt that literature was pointless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art. 18. The concept of cultural diffusion would most likely be used by a historian to explain A) The fall of an empire. B) The outbreak of war in a region. C) The growth and spread of a religion. D) The establishment of an absolute monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The growth and spread of a religion. 19. Which group was polytheistic? A) Mesopotamia. B) Egypt. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 20. Both Count Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi were- A) German nationalists. B) French imperialists. C) British industrialists. D) Italian nationalists. 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