World History Quiz 63 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Mauryan & Gupta Empires were located where?

Correct Answer: A) India.

2. What did the first Protestants protest?

Correct Answer: A) Corruption in the Catholic Church.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason the Reformation began?

Correct Answer: A) People wanted the east and west portion of the Church to reunify.

4. Athenians defended Greece against the attacks of Darius and the Persians, winning what they perceived as their greatest triumph at the

Correct Answer: D) Battle of Marathon.

5. Between 1250 and 1400, what played the largest role in the increase of volume and geographical expansion of existing trade networks?

Correct Answer: C) The rise of empires and states.

6. Republican Rome functioned as an oligarchy. Which means the power rested with a

Correct Answer: B) A group of citizens.

7. The Council of Trent

Correct Answer: A) Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protest beliefs.

8. All men over the age of 18 who own land may vote in elections.

Correct Answer: B) Democracy.

9. A unique feature of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa were the

Correct Answer: A) Streets laid out in a grid like fashion.

10. ..... is a form of government that manages through agencies.

Correct Answer: C) Bureaucracy.

11. Why did the Persian Empire attack the Greek city-states?

Correct Answer: B) The Persian Empire wanted to stop the Greeks from colonizing their territory.

12. Who would write and record information?

Correct Answer: B) Scribes.

13. Complex society with cities, organized government and a system of writing.

Correct Answer: B) Civilization.

14. All four major river civilizations relied on the ..... water found in the rivers.

Correct Answer: A) Fresh.

15. What was the name of the Special Forces in Persia?

Correct Answer: A) Immortals.

16. Which of the following was the major contributing factor to the spread of the plague to Cairo, Beijing, and Florence in the fourteenth century?

Correct Answer: B) Trade along the Mongol road system across Central Asia.

17. The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the .....

Correct Answer: C) Change in the method of obtaining food.

18. Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?

Correct Answer: B) 2010 CE, 2013 CE, 2014 CE, 2017 CE.

19. What is a method of training designed to achieve oneness with god?

Correct Answer: C) Yoga.

20. What were the main reasons the Spanish wanted to come to the New World?

Correct Answer: D) God (spread Christianity), Gold, Glory (get more land for Spain).