This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 62 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Beginning in the 1630s and for the next 2 centuries, Japanese foreign policy included all of these EXCEPT A) Forbidding Japanese travel overseas. B) Banning the import of books. C) Careful control of Asian trade. D) Open trade with Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open trade with Europeans. 2. The ancient doctrine that justifies one's right to rule in ancient China. It also gave justification for one's rule to be overthrown. Natural disasters and catastrophic events were read as signs of a forthcoming dynastic shift. A) Civil-Service Exam. B) Mandate of Heaven. C) Earth & Water. D) Legalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandate of Heaven. 3. Which problem contributed most to the construction of the Great Wall during the Qin dynasty? A) Civil War. B) Foreign Invasion. C) Trade Competition. D) High Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreign Invasion. 4. Which type of government system has one ruler and the right to rule is inherited? A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Tyranny. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 5. Who led the Norman invasion at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which eventually started the modern English monarchy? A) Charlemagne. B) Charles "The Hammer" Martel. C) William the Conqueror. D) Ivar the Skullsplitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William the Conqueror. 6. Venice is an important city because A) They did a lot of banking. B) They had a large army. C) They had many traders. D) They started the Black Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had many traders. 7. The ..... of India, isolated the Indus River valley and allowed it to develop without interruption. A) Political structure. B) Caste system. C) City-states. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geography. 8. This Indian king expanded his empire by conquering Kalinga, spread Buddhism, and worked to improve life for his people. A) Elvis. B) King Tut. C) Asoka. D) Siddhartha Gautama. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asoka. 9. What did Peter the Great place a tax on after his tour through Europe. A) Farms. B) Imported chocolate. C) Beards. D) Weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beards. 10. Which is not a cause of the fall of Rome A) Military defeats. B) Corrupt politics. C) Fall in tax revenue. D) Ample trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ample trade. 11. When humans first settled in farming villages, their ..... became more complex. A) Governments. B) Cultures. C) Social systems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultures. 12. How should a historian handle a source which may be biased? A) Hide the source. B) Erase the bias from the source. C) Agree with the bias. D) Be aware of the bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be aware of the bias. 13. Which group most heavily influenced Roman art and architecture? A) Babylonians. B) Greeks. C) Egyptians. D) Persians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greeks. 14. Which of the following is true of commerce in the Indian Ocean during the time period 1000-1450? A) Chinese merchants dominated the trade routes of the Indian Ocean. B) There was very little commercial activity in the Indian Ocean. C) Merchants from Europe dominated the trade routes of the Indian Ocean. D) Following the rise of the Mongols during the thirteenth century, the volume of Indian Ocean commerce fell sharply. E) Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Indian Ocean commerce flourished and was conducted by a mixture of Asian, Middle Eastern, and East African merchants. 15. Why does the professor mention domes in architecture? A) To point out a style of architecture that was not spread by traveling merchants. B) To emphasize that the speed at which cultural diffusion occurs can vary widely. C) To give an example of a type of engineering that is only possible with the use of zero. D) To explain that domes were invented in Asia but were more popular in Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize that the speed at which cultural diffusion occurs can vary widely. 16. What was the document that reestablished the Catholic church in France when Napoleon took over? A) Concordant. B) Preamble. C) Coup d'etat. D) Clergy Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concordant. 17. The Bubonic Plague contributed to- A) The end of Medieval Society. B) The Rise of the Renaissance. C) The dominance of the Roman Catholic church. D) The rise of France as a world superpower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The end of Medieval Society. 18. The powerful kingdoms of ancient India that controlled the subcontinent before the conquest of the Mauryan Empire. A) Acropolis. B) Agora. C) Mahajanapada. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahajanapada. 19. Explorers from countries throughout Europe set out in search of new routes to: A) Asia. B) America. C) Haiti. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 20. Siddartha Gautama is know as A) Vishnu. B) Bhraman. C) Buddha. D) Shiva. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buddha. ← 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