Are You Ready For The Ultimate World History Quiz?
- 1.Which of the following civilizations did not trade along the Silk Road?
- A.
The Han Dynasty
- B.
The Olmec
- C.
The Mauryans
- D.
The Aksumites
- 2.All of these are true statements about Chandragupta Mauyra except:
- A.
He united the first Indian Empire
- B.
He had an army of 600,000 soldiers, 30,000 horses, and 9000 elephants
- C.
He defeated Seleucus, one of Alexander the Great's generals
- D.
He was the grandfather of Chandra Gupta
- 3.After the Battle of Kalinga, this Indian king had his turning point and embraced Buddhism.
- A.
Selenus
- B.
Chandragupta Maurya
- C.
Asoka
- D.
Chandra Gupta
- 4.All of these are true statements about Chandra Gupta except:
- A.
He came to power by marrying a daughter of an influential royal family
- B.
He formed India's first empire
- C.
He united the empire after 500 years of invasion and turmoil
- D.
He oversaw a great flowering of Hindu culture
- 5.A faith that teaches that desire causes suffering and that humans should overcome desire by following the Eightfold Path.
- A.
Christianity
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Hinduism
- D.
Confucianism
- 6.All of these are achievements of the Indian culture except:
- A.
1,000 years before Columbus, Indian astronomers proved that the Earth was round
- B.
Created modern numbers, zero, and the decimal system
- C.
Calculated pi
- D.
Invented paper
- 7.The Gupta Empire fell to the Hunas, a relative of the Huns.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.All of these are true statements about the Han Dynasty except:
- A.
Liu Bang declared himself first emperor of the dynasty
- B.
It lasted for over 400 years
- C.
People today still call themselves "children of the Han"
- D.
The Han leaders never lost power to rule the dynasty
- 9.When Liu Bang died, his wife Empress Lu seized power from her sons and ruled the Han Dynasty.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.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.
- A.
Christianity
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Confucianism
- D.
Hinduism
- 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.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The Han Dynasty fell to the Monguls.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.The only one of the following societies to convert to Christianity.
- A.
The Mauryan Empire
- B.
The Han Dynasty
- C.
The Kingdom of Aksum
- D.
The Zapotec
- 14.All of the following are achievements of the Kingdom of Aksum except:
- A.
The only known African kingdom to have developed a written language
- B.
One of the few civilizations to conquer Islamic invaders
- C.
First state south of the Sahara to mint it's own coins
- D.
Created the method of terrace farming
- 15.In present day Ethiopia, where the Kingdom of Aksum once existed, they believe that they have the Ark of the Covenant.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Like the Gupta Empire, the Kingdom of Aksum also fell to the Huns.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.It is believed that the people of the Olmec and Zapotec societies worshipped the "Jaguar Spirit."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.All of the following are achievements of the Zapotec except:
- A.
They had a hieroglyphic writing system
- B.
They influenced the development of future urban centers
- C.
They built larger pyramids
- D.
They invented the collared harness for horses to pull plows
- 19.The decline of the Olmec and Zapotec remains a mystery.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Which early society do historians know the least about?
- A.
India: The Maurya and Gupta Empires
- B.
China: The Han Dynasty
- C.
Africa: The Kingdom of Aksum
- D.
The Americas: The Olmec and the Zapotec
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