Are You Ready For The Ultimate World History Quiz?

1. The decline of the Olmec and Zapotec remains a mystery.

True

False

2. In present day Ethiopia, where the Kingdom of Aksum once existed, they believe that they have the Ark of the Covenant.

True

False

3. When Liu Bang died, his wife Empress Lu seized power from her sons and ruled the Han Dynasty.

True

False

4. A faith that teaches that desire causes suffering and that humans should overcome desire by following the Eightfold Path.

Christianity

Buddhism

Hinduism

Confucianism

5. It is believed that the people of the Olmec and Zapotec societies worshipped the "Jaguar Spirit."

True

False

6. Which of the following civilizations did not trade along the Silk Road?

The Han Dynasty

The Olmec

The Mauryans

The Aksumites

7. The Gupta Empire fell to the Hunas, a relative of the Huns.

True

False

8. All of these are achievements of the Indian culture except:

1,000 years before Columbus, Indian astronomers proved that the Earth was round

Created modern numbers, zero, and the decimal system

Calculated pi

Invented paper

9. Which early society do historians know the least about?

India: The Maurya and Gupta Empires

China: The Han Dynasty

Africa: The Kingdom of Aksum

The Americas: The Olmec and the Zapotec

10. After the Battle of Kalinga, this Indian king had his turning point and embraced Buddhism.

Selenus

Chandragupta Maurya

Asoka

Chandra Gupta

11. Hinduism enveloped Buddha and in time began to worship him as another incarnation of Vishnu (a Hindu god) and not as a mortal teacher.

True

False

12. This philosophy taught respect for your parents and elders is important to a well-ordered society and that social order, harmony, and good government should be based on strong family relationships.

Christianity

Buddhism

Confucianism

Hinduism

13. All of these are true statements about Chandragupta Mauyra except:

He united the first Indian Empire

He had an army of 600,000 soldiers, 30,000 horses, and 9000 elephants

He defeated Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great's generals

He was the grandfather of Chandra Gupta

14. The only one of the following societies to convert to Christianity.

The Mauryan Empire

The Han Dynasty

The Kingdom of Aksum

The Zapotec

15. All of these are true statements about the Han Dynasty except:

Liu Bang declared himself first emperor of the dynasty

It lasted for over 400 years

People today still call themselves "children of the Han"

The Han leaders never lost power to rule the dynasty

16. Like the Gupta Empire, the Kingdom of Aksum also fell to the Huns.

True

False

17. All of the following are achievements of the Kingdom of Aksum except:

The only known African kingdom to have developed a written language

One of the few civilizations to conquer Islamic invaders

First state south of the Sahara to mint it's own coins

Created the method of terrace farming

18. The Han Dynasty fell to the Monguls.

True

False

19. All of these are true statements about Chandra Gupta except:

He came to power by marrying a daughter of an influential royal family

He formed India's first empire

He united the empire after 500 years of invasion and turmoil

He oversaw a great flowering of Hindu culture

20. All of the following are achievements of the Zapotec except:

They had a hieroglyphic writing system

They influenced the development of future urban centers

They built larger pyramids

They invented the collared harness for horses to pull plows

Are You Ready For The Ultimate World History Quiz?

1. The decline of the Olmec and Zapotec remains a mystery.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. In present day Ethiopia, where the Kingdom of Aksum once existed, they believe that they have the Ark of the Covenant.

3. When Liu Bang died, his wife Empress Lu seized power from her sons and ruled the Han Dynasty.

4. A faith that teaches that desire causes suffering and that humans should overcome desire by following the Eightfold Path.

5. It is believed that the people of the Olmec and Zapotec societies worshipped the "Jaguar Spirit."

6. Which of the following civilizations did not trade along the Silk Road?

7. The Gupta Empire fell to the Hunas, a relative of the Huns.

8. All of these are achievements of the Indian culture except:

9. Which early society do historians know the least about?

10. After the Battle of Kalinga, this Indian king had his turning point and embraced Buddhism.

11. Hinduism enveloped Buddha and in time began to worship him as another incarnation of Vishnu (a Hindu god) and not as a mortal teacher.

12. This philosophy taught respect for your parents and elders is important to a well-ordered society and that social order, harmony, and good government should be based on strong family relationships.

13. All of these are true statements about Chandragupta Mauyra except:

14. The only one of the following societies to convert to Christianity.

15. All of these are true statements about the Han Dynasty except:

16. Like the Gupta Empire, the Kingdom of Aksum also fell to the Huns.

17. All of the following are achievements of the Kingdom of Aksum except:

18. The Han Dynasty fell to the Monguls.

19. All of these are true statements about Chandra Gupta except:

20. All of the following are achievements of the Zapotec except: