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question to the best of your ability. Use a separate sheet of paper to
mark your answers; make certain answers a clear and legible with
question numbers as well as your response. If you complete the exam
early, you may read quietly or work on homework. Be respectful of
classmates who may still be working on the exam. Good luck and have
fun!!!
Multiple Choice: 100 Questions 1 Points Each
Write in the best answer of the four options provided. Use capital
letters to answer each question. You know this stuff!
Early Humans/Civilizations Section
1. Where did hominids first come out of the trees?
A. Modern day China
B. The Middle East
C. Eastern Africa
D. Australia
2. Which aspect marks the beginning of the Neolithic Era?
A. Agriculture
B. Walking upright
C. Slavery
D. Sumer
3. What geographic area was home to the first civilization?
A. Southern Africa
B. The Fertile Crescent
C. Mesoamerica
D. India
4. What two rivers played a major role in the development of the first
civilizations?
A. Amazon and Urubamba
B. Danube and Thebes
C. Mississippi and Colorado
D. Tigris and Euphrates
5. What was the name of the first Mesopotamian civilization?
A. Egypt
B. Sumer
C. Babylon
D. Chaldean
6. What is the name for the Egyptian God-King?
A. Vizier
B. Palemon
C. Shah
D. Pharaoh
7. The first type of writing out of Sumer is known as what?
A. Calderon
B. Calligraphy
C. Cuneiform
D. Centex
8. What river allowed for the existence of both the Egyptian and
Nubian civilizations?
A. Amazon
B. Danube
C. Indus
D. Nile
9. What is the term of the Egyptian writing system?
A. Cuneiform
B. Hieroglyphics
C. Assyrian
D. Chaldean
10. What group of people is known for being particularly brutal
warriors?
A. Chaldeans
B. Hittites
C. Assyrians
D. Nubians
11. Which aspect reflects a major development of the Paleolithic Era?
A. The use of Bronze tools
B. The use of Stone tools
C. Large complex buildings
D. Pottery
12. Nebuchadnezzar Ii built what ancient wonder?
A. The Lighthouse of Alexandria
B. Great Pyramid of Giza
C. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
D. Colossus of Rhodes
B. Macedonian
C. Roman
D. Persian
A. Maya
B. Aztecs
C. Olmec
D. Inca
A. Islam
B. Byzantine
C. Aztec
D. Greek
48. Which event in 1054 split the Catholic Church and created the
Orthodox Church?
A. Great Chasm
B. The Great Divide
C. Great Split
D. The Great Schism
49. Which building was originally a Catholic Church, then a mosque,
and currently a museum?
A. The Colosseum
B. The Parthenon
C. The Hagia Sophia
D. The Pantheon
50. Which group conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul?
A. Romans
B. Byzantines
C. Ottoman Turks
D. The Moors
Modern Belief Systems Section
51. What is the building called in which Muslims pray?
A. Temple
B. Veda
C. Mosque
D. Church
52. In
A.
B.
C.
D.
C.
D.
Koran
Torah
A. Hinduism
B. Judaism
C. Islam
D. Buddhism
A. Liberation
B. Karma
C. Reincarnation
D. Soul
69. Which major belief system has the fewest number of followers?
A. Christianity
B. Islam
C. Hinduism
D. Judaism
70. Which faith is represented by the symbol of the cross?
A. Christianity
B. Islam
C. Judaism
D. Buddhism
71. The interpretation of which Arabic word is responsible for many
deaths?
A. Sharia
B. Jihad
C. Mosque
D. Medina
72. Which belief system practiced Mosaic Law?
A. Christianity
B. Islam
C. Judaism
D. Muslim
73. Abraham is the founder of which religion?
A. Judaism
B. Buddhism
C. Hinduism
D. Islam
74. Ohm is a major symbol in which religion?
A. Judaism
B. Buddhism
C. Hinduism
D. Islam
B. A smallpox epidemic
C. The Plague
D. Drought and poor harvest
82. Who were the first Europeans to settle in North America?
A. Spanish
B. Romans
C. Moors
D. Vikings
83. The Magna Carta was signed in 1215 in order to...?
A. Defeated the Magyars
B. Limit the power of the King
C. Make peace between Vikings and French
D. Give Kings more land
84. One cause of the Plague was...?
A. Trade with the Americas
B. Sanitation issues
C. Rare alignment of the planets
D. The wrath of angry deities
85. In
A.
B.
C.
D.
B. Henry
C. Antoine
D. Stephen
Whole Course Section
96. What city did the Romans destroy in the Punic Wars?
A. Carthage
B. Alexandria
C. Etruscany
D. Byzantium
97. The institution that gained incredible power during the middle
ages was...?
A. Islam
B. Hagia Sophia
C. Vikings
D. The Catholic Church
98. Place these empires in order from earliest to latest?
A. Sumer-Byzantine-Roman
B. Byzantine-Roman-Sumer
C. Rome-Sumer-Byzantine
D. Sumer-Roman-Byzantine
99. Why did Alexander the Great stop conquering territory?
A. He got sick and died
B. his soldiers refused to continue
C. he got homesick
D. he wanted to be a father
100. After what battle did Phidippides make his historic run to Athens
to report victory?
A. Marathon
B. Samsara
C. Thermopylae
D. Salamis