World History Events And Facts Test

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1.

What was the role of the Catholic Church in Europe during the Middle Ages?
- A.
  
  The church motivated people to question authority
- B.
  
  It provided a sense of unity and a source of learning
- C.
  
  The Church provided land to those who did not have.
2.

What was the Neolithic Revolution?
- A.
  
  The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle
- B.
  
  The human adaptation to a nomadic life.
- C.
  
  The period when humans adopted organized religion
3.

The Nile River, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Indus River, and the Huang He River were __________________________
- A.
  
  European colonial empires
- B.
  
  The locations of river valleys civilizations
- C.
  
  Medieval trade routes
4.

What was the Code of Hammurabi?
- A.
  
  The first written laws in history
- B.
  
  A set of Egyptian religious regulations
- C.
  
  A list of economic guidelines in Mesopotamia
5.

What would Greek philosophers had in common?
- A.
  
  An interest in monotheistic religions
- B.
  
  They were all inventors
- C.
  
  A belief in the value of human reason
6.

What is a civilization?
- A.
  
  A society were there is a social class, government, economy, and education among other characteristics
- B.
  
  A population relying on hunting and gathering depending on migration
- C.
  
  A society where there are no social classes and government is obsolete.
7.

Which was the official religion of the Byzantine Empire?
- A.
  
  Orthodox Christianity
- B.
  
  Islam
- C.
  
  Roman Catholic
8.

Feudalism was _______________________
- A.
  
  A political and social system protecting individual rights
- B.
  
  The exchange of land for services
- C.
  
  An economic system that used paper money as currency
9.

Which of the following events contributed to the end of serfdom during the Middle Ages?
- A.
  
  The Black Death
- B.
  
  The Reformation
- C.
  
  The Fall of the Roman Empire
10.

Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Humanist scholars are representative of ____________________
- A.
  
  The Middle Ages
- B.
  
  The Renaissance
- C.
  
  The Age of Democratic Reevolutions
11.

One direct result of the Crusades was an increase of trade between Europe and the Middle East
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Thomas Aquinas wrote in the Middle Ages that men had no right to overthrow an unjust ruler
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

The trade across the Sahara Desert between Muslim merchants and West African kingdoms was primarily based on an exchange of gold and salt.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

Which was an important reason Europeans began exploring the oceans in the 14000?
- A.
  
  The Byzantine Emperor passed a series of laws prohibiting east-west trade
- B.
  
  Technological innovations borrowed from other cultures made it possible for European to voyage further
- C.
  
  The Pope ordered Europeans to reconquer the Holy Land.
15.

Genocide is _______________________
- A.
  
  The killing of animals to extinction
- B.
  
  The study of genes
- C.
  
  The systematic elimination of one ethnic group
16.

What is globalization?
- A.
  
  is the tendency of businesses, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world.
- B.
  
  Is the isolation of ideas, people, and goods.
- C.
  
  Is the study of Geography and its effect on living things
17.

What was an important result of the English Civil War?
- A.
  
  It promised Englishmen the right to a trial by jury
- B.
  
  It established the supremacy of Parliament over the king
- C.
  
  It abolished England's hereditary nobility
18.

The invention of new spinning and weaving machinery increased the number of workers in textile industry in Europe because the ________________________
- A.
  
  Early textile machinery could not produce goods as efficiently as hand labor
- B.
  
  Unions required that more workers be hired to maintain the machines
- C.
  
  Demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce
19.

What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
- A.
  
  Enlightenment demands for greater social equality
- B.
  
  Economic successes of mercantilism
- C.
  
  Tyrannical abuses of Louis XVI
20.

Which of the following is not an event of the Cold War?
- A.
  
  Korean War
- B.
  
  Vietnam War
- C.
  
  Treaty of Versalles