What do you know about world history? Do you believe you understand enough to pass this test? We are all the sum and the result of what has happened in the world throughout the generations. World History is essential because as writer and philosopher, George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot recall the past are condemned to repeat it. ” So, without more further ado, let's get started!
The price of books rose to pay for the new technology
More people learned to read and write
Books were available only to a limited few
Trade declined with the increase in books
Christopher Colombus
Queen Isabella
Amerigo Vespucci
Prince Henry the Navigator
A region completely dominated by China
A completely isolated region
A region composed of a mainland and scattered islands
A region located between China and Japan
Rumors of Indians' advanced technology
Stores of riches and religious zeal
Warm weather
An opportunity for peasants to move up in a new society
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Charles I
Henry VIII
Parliament
Oliver Cromwell
War
The Mayflower Compact
Disease
The growth of the fur trade
Muslims
Huguenots
Jews
Calvinists
Andre IV
Louis XIV
Louis XIII
Francois I
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Democracy
Communism
A natural disaster
An economic event
A political party
A military campaign
1914 to 1918
1929 to 1938
1919 to 1945
1964 to 1975
Benito Mussolini (Italy)
Nelson Mandela (Argentina)
Winston Churchill (Great Britain)
Mao Zedong (Tse Tung) (China)
Mohandas Gandhi (India)
Franklin Roosevelt
Vittorio Orlando
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
John the Mighty
Peter the Great
Along trade routes
In river valleys
Along the Mediterranean coast
In the Americas
Trade
New technology
Poor leaders
Farming
Soloman
David
Deborah
Moses
Europe
South Asia
East Asia
Africa
South Asia
Africa
East Asia
Latin America
Latin America
North America
Europe
Africa
North America
Latin America
South Asia
Africa
The Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River
The Nubian Desert
The Red Sea
Age
Race
Occupation
Sex
A complex alphabet
Hundreds of letters
Thousands of characters
Numbers instead of letters
Monarchs
Noble landowners
Church leaders
Ethnic leaders
Writers
Painters
Architects
Musicians
Recorder
Saxophone
Piano
Electric guitar
Politicians
Musicians
Artists
Scientists
Painting
Sculpture
Philosophy
Architecture
Increased tensions among western powers
Greater cooperation among western powers
Acceptance of colonial rule in Africa and Asia
Strengthening of local governments in Africa and Asia
Political reform
Social and economic reform
Socialists reform
Judicial reform
The annexation of Austria
The invasion of Poland
The seizing of Czechoslovakia
The invasion of Ethiopia
The death of Rasputin
Food shortages
Lenin's return to Russia
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Italy
The Soviet Union
France
North Africa
Japan
Island
Isthmus
Archipelago
Peninsula
Along trade routes
Along rivers
Along railroad lines
On islands
Dictionary
Globe
Atlas
Almanac
Show the distance between places on a map
Identify what the map is about
Explain what a map's symbols, lines, and colors represent
Indicate the direction on the map
Continents
Regions
Provinces
Nations
It probably dates to about 2000 B.C.E.
Humans were created by gods out of earth and water.
A rebelling god and goddess were destroyed by Marduk.
It is the creation myth of the people of Akkad.
Is the myth from the Akkad culture
Sets humans apart from nature
Helped justify the caste system in India
Holds that humans are not subject to the laws of nature
God created the world in seven days.
God created man "in his own image".
Humans are on equal footing with animals.
There are many gods worthy of worship.
Had developed the genetic theory of mutation transmission
Had provided a substantial body of evidence that the Earth was many of millions of years old
Had proved the biblical account of creation
Had questioned the idea that all plant and animal species had been separately created
Based his ideas on evolution on data he gathered while traveling in southeast Asia
Refused to acknowledge that Alfred Russle Wallace had any useful ideas on evolution
Acknowledged that there was a "Creator"
Argued that teology was an integral of all life
Neaderthals warred with each other and droved themselves to extinction
Homo sapiens sapiens destroyed the Neaderthals through violence
Homo sapiens sapiens out-competed Neaderthals for resources
Neanderthals interbred with Homo sapiens sapiens
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