This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > World > World History – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World History Quiz 64 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following was NOT a way governments encouraged economic development? A) Road. B) Diasporic Communities. C) Coinage. D) Caravanserai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diasporic Communities. 2. What does democracy mean? A) Rule by the people. B) Rule by a few. C) Rule by the best. D) Rule by a religious leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rule by the people. 3. What is the name of the holy book in Islam? A) The Torah. B) The Qur'an. C) The Bible. D) The Sunnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Qur'an. 4. Over time the Byzantine Empire became less Roman and more? A) Greek. B) Latin. C) Persian. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek. 5. Division of labor or ..... in jobs is the breakdown of work into tasks or parts and assigned to various people of groups for the purposes of efficiency. A) Culture. B) Delegation. C) Civilization. D) Specialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specialization. 6. What is the correct order of the Caste System? A) Priests, Warriors/Rulers, professionals/merchants, land owners/servants. B) Warriors, professionals/merchant, landowners/servants, priests. C) Land owner/servant, professionals/merchant, priest, warriors/rulers. D) Professionals/merchant, land owners/servants, Warriors/rulers, priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Priests, Warriors/Rulers, professionals/merchants, land owners/servants. 7. Which of the following factors contributed most to Manchu expansion in Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? A) The development of large trading companies. B) The adoption of Buddhist beliefs. C) The military alliances with western European states. D) The use of cannons and gunpowder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of cannons and gunpowder. 8. The shang social order had the ruler and nobles at the top and ..... in the middle. A) Artists. B) Pictogrphs. C) Jade. D) Wariorr leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artists. 9. Which of the following is not monotheistic A) Hinduism. B) Islam. C) Christianity. D) Judaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinduism. 10. What impact did Alexander the Great have on the territory he conquered? A) They were taken over by ancient China and were influenced by Chinese culture. B) They were taken over by Egypt and were influenced by the Egyptian culture. C) They quickly forgot Greek legacy, culture, and ideas. D) They were left with Greek legacy, culture, and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were left with Greek legacy, culture, and ideas. 11. If you come across a cultural practice you disagree with while studying history, you should A) Never judge the behavior of others. B) Disregard universal standards. C) Examine the historical context. D) Condemn it immediately. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Examine the historical context. 12. What is a religion, based on the teachings of an Indian prince that developed in India in the 500's BC, taught that all suffering was caused by selfishness and spread rapidly throughout Asia? A) Buddhism. B) Catholicism. C) Judaism. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buddhism. 13. Which river is known as "the giver and taker of life" ? A) Euphrates River. B) Nile River. C) Mississippi River. D) Red River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nile River. 14. Dharma was the belief of the following EXCEPT A) Idea that there could only be one ruler. B) Live an honorable life. C) Respect others. D) Promote good values. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idea that there could only be one ruler. 15. ..... is a signficant trait of a civilization because it keeps people safe and peaceful. A) Laws/Government. B) Arts & Culture. C) War. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laws/Government. 16. The turning point of the America Revolution came with the battle of ..... This victory was crucial for the continental army, as it convinced the French to join the war on the side of the Patriots. A) Bull Run. B) Saratoga. C) Yorktown. D) Lexington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saratoga. 17. The area in the southern part of Mesopotamia was first called A) Arabia. B) Babylon. C) Persia. D) Sumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sumer. 18. The first people in Mesopotamia to build irrigation canals were the A) Hittites. B) Sumerians. C) Assyrians. D) Babylonians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sumerians. 19. What is an illiad? A) The blind poet who wrote two famous epic poems. B) A poem of Odysseus trying to return home following the Trojan War. C) A poem of Achilles and the Trojan War. D) A poem of the Trojan War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A poem of Achilles and the Trojan War. 20. What type of government is based off of religion? A) Monarchy. B) Theocracy. C) Fascism. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theocracy. ← 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