World History Exams Prep Test (MCQ Questions)

Leonardo Da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social, ideal because he

• Was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician

• Wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises

• Was a politician; and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement

• Came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family status in society.

Which of the following is a form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote?

• Polis

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Cireus maximum

According to Islamic belief, Muhammad is:

• An angel

• Reincarnation of Moses

• Prophet of Allah

• Son of Allah

The Silk road was a

• Road covered in silk only a king could travel

• Great wall three thousand miles long

• Trade route between the Roman Empire and China that ran through India's Kushan Kingdom

• Road that wound through Japan, the 1st area of the world to produce silk.

Homer's Illiad and Odyssey were

• Immense paintings

• Epic poems

• Immense ships

• Statues of gods

The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five theses

• Distributed first in England

• Immediately seen as a threat by local businesses

• Attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation

• Was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death

Who were the Aryans?

• Founders of Buddhism

• Distant relatives of the Harappans

• Indio-European and nomadic peoples who created a new Indian Society

• First religious leaders of India

Which of the following was a period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost 200 years?

• Pax Romana

• Long winter

• Rubicon

• Latifundia

The revolt led by Hussein in the early Umayyad period led to:

• A split of Islam into 2 groups, Shia and Sunni muslims

• Total disregard of the burial place of Muhammad

• Bloody war that lasted just seven hours

• Strengthening of the Umayyad dynasty

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the

• Dark Ages, a time of great sadness for Greek people

• Hellenistic Era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to the non Greek world

• Macedonian Age, period of advancement in art

• Age of Lawlessness, period of cruelty and anarchy

Followers of Theravada see Buddhism as

• A way of life

• A sect of Hinduism

• Part of Christianity

• Personal therapy

Who became the first Christian emperor?

• Constantine

• Nero

• Cicero

• Julius Casaer

The emperor kept the poverty stricken masses pacified by:

• Giving them free grain and providing entertainment on a grand scale

• Making hollow promises that were not fulfilled

• Establishing the 1st lottery in history

• Building the world's largest ferris wheel

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

• The ruler of the Aryans around 1500 B.C.

• Founder of Buddhism

• Ruler of the Harrappans

• King of India

The Zhou Dynasty claimed it ruled China because

• It had the Mandate of heaven

• It had an army of artists

• Zhou ancestors had chosen it

• The Mongrils feared it

The Aryan lived in tribal groups and had a strong tradition of

• Being farmers

• Valuing education

• Being warriors

• Being peaceful

Which of the following set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal

• Fief

• Vassalage

• Feudal contract

• Book of Dead

The first Triumvirate was made up of:

• Marius, Scully, and Cincinantus

• Tiberius, Gaius, and Timothy

• Lucius, Cornelius adn Sulla

• Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar

One of the five Pillars of Islam, the Hajj is:

• An observation of the Holy month of July including fasting from dawn to sunset

• One's duty to give alms to the poor and unfortunate

• A public prayer on Friday at midday to worship Allah

• A pilgrimage to Makkah

The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was

• Ruled by the few

• Ruled by a tyrant

• Controlled by popular vote

• Ruled by a king

In the Tang and Song eras, the old landed Aristocracy was replaced by the ________________ as the political and economic elite of Chinese society

• Shacrecroppers

• Scholar-gentry

• Landless laborers

• New wealthy foreignors

Which of the following was written in the language of everyday speech in a particular region?

• Vernacular literature

• Biblical literature

• Philosophical literature

• Complex literature

After Muhamma's death, Muslims drew up the Shari'ah which is

• Also know as the Six Pillars of Islam

• A law code that provides believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives

• Collection of Muhammad's wisdom and teachings that were added to the Quran

• An elaborate burial ritual still performed at Muslim funerals today

Christian Humanists believed that

• If people read the classics, especially the basic works of Christianity, they would become more pious

• Society should return to simpler ways and not focus on gaining wealth and material possessions

• God did not intend man to know more than what was written in the Bible

• By entering a monastery, one could assure one's salvation

The final decrees of the Council of Trent

• Empowered the Jesuits to find and try heretics, including anyone who was Protestant

• Stated Catholics and Protestants could practice their faiths freely

• Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs

• Meaningless since they were never put into practice

The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic was:

• Made of 2 consuls, 2 praetors and officials

• A select group of about 300 patricians who served for life

• Made up of Greek generals and was charged with protecting the Republic

• A group of 500 plebians who oversaw the expansion of Rome's borders

The Crusades had little lasting impact on Southwest Asia except to:

• Divide the Muslims into Shias and Sunnis

• Breed centuries of mistrust between Muslims and Christians

• Establish Christianity in the Arab nations

• Create a spirit of brotherhood between Byzanites and Muslims

______________________ was the first to argue that the sun, not the Earth was the center of the universe

It was through the Muslim world that Europeans:

• Learned new farming techniques

• Recovered the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophies

• Developed an appreciation for painting and sculpture

• Were able to obtain products from Spain and Egypt

An important concept that became a crucial part of Chinese history was

• The view that art, poetry and literature were important to soldiers

• The Confucian belief that the government should be open to all men of superior talent

• The belief that the Great Wall would protect China from all enemies

• The Shaolin view that one must be able to combat mentally as well as physically

The Magna Carta was a document that

• Established peace between the Normans and the French

• Eventually was used to strengthen the ideas that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute

• Conceded power over the courts to the Roman Catholic Church

• Established the first English Parliament and defined its powers to grant taxes and pass laws

Muslim rulers in Indian were tolerant of Hindus because

• The Hindu religion was so similar to that of Islam

• They found the Hindus to be such a peaceful people

• They realized they were simply too many Hindus to convert them all

• The Hindus made the best cooks.

The six characteristics of civilizations are cities, government, ______, social structure, writing and art.

The Inquisition was

• The court created by the Catholic Church to find and try heretics

• A ruthless group who enjoyed torture and execution

• Remarkably effective in its hunt for heretics because no one expected it

• An organization whose hidden purpose was to increase the political power of the Catholic Church

The Peace of Augsburg formally

• Established the doctrine of Lutheranism

• Made Martin Luther the patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire

• Accepted the division of Christianity in Germany

• Ended the war between France and England

Which four kingdoms emerged following Alexander's death?

• Macedonia, Syria, Pergamumad, Egypt

• Sparta, Rome, Mycanae and Minoa

• Persia, Syria, Palestine and Spain

• Thermopylae, Marathon and Egypt

Under Germanic law, if an accused person was unharmed after a physical trial, or _________________, he or she was presumed innocent

• Brainwashing

• Gauntlet

• Quarterly

• Ordeal

Which of the following founded the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits

• Act of Supremacy of 1534

• Council of Trent

• Ignatius of Loyola

• Pope Paul III

The population increased during the High Middle Ages for all the reasons except:

The Vikings were made part of European civilization by

• Their widespread invasions of Asian kingdoms

• The conquest of Scandinavia in 911 by Charlemagne

• The Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity

• Their desire to sail to America.

The Safavid rulers were eagerly supported by the Shiites, who believed

• They would be rewarded with beautiful wives

• The Safavids would return power to the lauded Shiite aristocrats

• That Shah Ishmail was a direct successor of the prophet Muhammad

• That the Sunnis would be destroyed by the might of a strong Safavid empire

_________ is considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India

Muslim scholar and scientist Ibn Sina wrote a medical encyclopedia that

• Formalized many of the time's myths about human health and medicine

• Was translated into Latin and became a textbook in Europe

• Based many of its treatments and cures on tribal rituals

• Is still considered the best medical textbook in the world today

Early Russian civilization was strongly influenced by the vulture of

After Charlemagne, Western Europe was attacked by all of the following except ___-

Which movement had a profound effect on education?

• Vernacular

• Humanist

• Renaissance

• Liberal

The Eastern Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic church emerged from a split in

Galileo's observation seemed to indicate that