World History Exams Prep Test (MCQ Questions)

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

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

• Pax Romana

• Long winter

• Rubicon

• Latifundia

Who became the first Christian emperor?

• Constantine

• Nero

• Cicero

• Julius Casaer

The first Triumvirate was made up of:

• Marius, Scully, and Cincinantus

• Tiberius, Gaius, and Timothy

• Lucius, Cornelius adn Sulla

• Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar

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

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

According to Islamic belief, Muhammad is:

• An angel

• Reincarnation of Moses

• Prophet of Allah

• Son of Allah

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

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

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

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

Which movement had a profound effect on education?

• Vernacular

• Humanist

• Renaissance

• Liberal

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

The High Renaissance in Italy is associated with which three artists?

• Da Vinci, Raphael and Michaelangelo

• Da Vinci, Van Eyck, Durer

• Masaccio, Donatello, Brunellescha

• Raphael, Donatello, de Pizan

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

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

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.

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

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

• Being farmers

• Valuing education

• Being warriors

• Being peaceful

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

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

• Founder of Buddhism

• Ruler of the Harrappans

• King of India

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Homer's Illiad and Odyssey were

• Immense paintings

• Epic poems

• Immense ships

• Statues of gods

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

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

Followers of Theravada see Buddhism as

• A way of life

• A sect of Hinduism

• Part of Christianity

• Personal therapy

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

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 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

Charlemagne established the Miss Dominici, who were

• Nuns charged with the education of young men, in order to prepare them for a life in the clergy

• 2 men who were sent out to local districts to ensure that the courts were carrying out the king's orders

• Ministers charged with the task of promoting sports in the kingdom

• Messengers who carried the king's act to all cities in the kingdom

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 push for the Crusades came when

• Saladin seized Makkah

• The Plague devastated Europe

• Emperor Alexius I asked for aid

• Constantinople was sacked in 1204

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

• Vernacular literature

• Biblical literature

• Philosophical literature

• Complex literature

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

Followers of Mahayana saw Buddhism as

• A way of life, not a dogma that is centered on societal salvation

• A sect of pantheism, and therefore not a true religion

• A religion, not a philosophy with Buddha as a divine figure

• A collection of many gods, with Buddha as the chief god.

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 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

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

• Brainwashing

• Gauntlet

• Quarterly

• Ordeal

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

Hammuarabi is remembered for ________________________________

A _________________________ is a government in which a god or deity is recognized as the states' supreme civil ruler

Modern historians have divided Egyptian history into three periods known as:

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant humans could_______________