GENERAL HISTORY TEST NAME_______________________________________________________________________ Read the questions below and chose the correct option.

Only one option would be accepted. Each question counts 1 point and the test will be marked between 0/50. The test is passed with 25 points. Missing answers and mistakes count -0,5.

1. Location in time, geographical location, economy, culture and society. What is missing when difining civilization? a. President b. Politics c. Policies d. Polices

2. a. b. c. d.

Chronology is The study of the time The way of counting years The location in time shown in years A timeline

3. a. b. c. d.

A timeline is... A linear representation of time A graphic representation of time A line of tome A graphic representation of a chronology

4. a. b. c. d.

BCE means Before Christian Era Before Christianism Era Before Common Era Below Common Era

5. a. b. c. d.

How are cities and towns normally represented on maps? With a C or a T With dots With stars With dots or stars

6. a. b. c.

Which are the three powers of the state? Monarchy, Republic and Dictatorship Monarchy, Republic and Democracy Judicial, legislative and executive

d. 7. a. b. c. d.

Government, legislative and judicial What is a civil servant? A civil war A person working for a civil A person working directly for the state A person working at home as a servant

8. a. b. c. d.

What is the main difference between a Monarchy and a Republic. In a Monarchy there is a King and in a Republic a President In a Monarchy the Head of the State is not voted by the people A Republic is a Democracy but a Monarchy is not A Monarchy is a Democracy and a Republic is not.

9. Depending on the distribution of the State Powers we can also classify governments into a. Dictatorship and Republic b. Republic and Monarchy c. Dictatorship and Democracy d. Democracy and Republic

10. a. b. c.

The legislative power Applies laws and governs Passes laws Judges if the laws are being obeyed

11. a. b. c.

The executive power Applies laws and governs Passes laws Judges if the laws are being obeyed

12. Feudal economy was a. An open economy b. A closed economy

13. a. b. c.

Farming, fishing and forestry are the three activites belonging to the Secondary sector Primary sector Tertiary sector

14. Economic activities belonging to the secondary sector are: a. Healthcare, and education

b. Manufacturing goods as fornitures and clothes c. Mining and transporting 15. a. b. c. 16. a. b. c. Wich Estate depended on birth or royal power? First Second Third Peasantry belonged to the. First estate Second estate Third estate

17. a. b. c. d.

Which were privileged groups? The kings, the nobles and the peasants The clergy, the King and the peasants The King, the nobles and the clergy The clergy and the nobles

18. a. b. c. d.

Who were part of the Third State? Monks, nuns and abbots Middle Class and peasants Peasants, nobles and clergy Peasants and Knights

19. a. b. c. 20. a. b. c. d.

Upper, Middle and Lower Classes belong to a Closed society Closed economy Open society Which adjective completes the definition of a closed society: Hierarchy Hierarchism Hierarchical Hierarchic

21. Roman society is considered as a. An open economy b. A closed economy 22. a. b. c. Culture refers to a societys Beliefs, customs, and knowledge Believes, costumes and knowledgments Traditions, religion and economy

d. Society, economy and politics

23. a. b. c. d.

Does the culture reflects the peoples way of life? Yes No Not in all the situations Yes, but only if we locate it in time and place

24. a. b. c. d.

Is photography culture? No, it is only a hobby Yes, always Yes, but not in all the cases Yes, but only if they are made by an artist

25. a. b. c. d.

What is the definition of custom? Kind of clothing you wear in summer to swim Traditional or accepted way of behaving Traditional or accepted way of living Traditional or accepted way of talking

26. a. b. c. d.

With what event did the Prehistory finish? With the discovery of fire With the invention of writing With the discovery of writing With the birth Christ

27. a. b. c. d.

When did the Roman Empire fall? AD746 AD476 AD647 BC476

28. a) b) c) d)

Was the discovery of America in 1492 marking the end of the Middle Ages? No No, it was the Conquest of Granada in 1492 No, it was the Conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1492 No, it was the Conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453

29. People were nomadic, lived in caves or huts and survived by hunting and gathering a. Palaeolithic

b. Neolithic

30. Hitting stones against each other created a. Rough Palaeolithic tools b. Smooth Neolithic tools

31. Portable art and Cave Painting were samples of art during the a. Palaeolithic b. Neolithic

32. a. b. c. d.

The chronology of Bronze and Iron age is 3000-1000BC 5000-3000BC 8000-3000BC 8000-5000BC

33. Mesopotamian civilization was considered a a. Urban civilizatiom b. Classical civilization

34. The Urban civilizations were a. Open societies b. Closed societies

35. a. b. c. d.

What made able an increasing in production during the urban civilizations? The slavery The irrigation techniques The surplus All of the above

36. a. b. c. d. 37. a. b. c. d.

Roman roads, aqueducts and bridges are Buildings Public buildings Public works of Roman engineering Public works of Greek engineering Slavery was legal in the classical civilizations. True False False, only in Rome False, only in Greece

38. a. b. c. d.

Christinaity appeared During the Roman Empire and it became official in the 4th century BC During the Roman Empire in the 4th century During the Roman Empire and it became at its aftermath After the Roman Empire

39. a. b. c.

Orthodoxy Is not a Christian religion Is a catholic religion accepting the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople Is a Christian religion that does not accept the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople d. Is a Christian religion accepting the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople

40. a. b. c. d.

The Byzantine Empire emerged in the former Western Roman Empire Islamic Empire Carolingian Empire Eastern Roman Empire

41. a. b. c. d.

The Islamic civilization appeared in the AD711 AD722 AD611 AD622

42. a. b. c. d.

The highest political authority in Islamic Civilization was the Vizier Qadi Caliph Emir

43. a. b. c. 44. a. b. c. d.

Christianity, Islam and Judaism ar the three Polytheistic religions They do not share anything in common Monotheistic religions Islamic civilization brought cultural innovations from America Africa and Asia Asia to Europe Asia, Africa and Europe

45. a. b. c. d.

The political, economic and social system of the Christian Europe is called Feudality Fiefism Feudalicist Feudalism

46. a. b. c. d.

What is the name of the pieces of land developing a self-sufficient economy? Manner Fief or manor Feudal manor Mansion

47. a. b. c. d.

The decline of the feudalism is dated in the 14th century 21st century 12th century 13th century

48. Poor harvests, The Black Death and other epidemics, wars and other economic disasters provoked a crisis in the Late Middle Ages, during the a. 5th and 6th centuries b. 12th and 13th centuries c. 14th and 15th centuries d. 17th and 19th centuries

49. Stained-glass windows are typical from the a. Gothic style b. Romanesque Style

50. There are many of these buildings along the Camino de Santiago a. Gothic b. Romanesque