World History Test! Trivia Quiz
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History can be defined as the knowledge obtained through scrutinizing the past based on written documents which relate to past events as memory, discovery, collection, and interpretation of facts about events. The people who write about history are referred to as historians. This quiz has been designed to test your knowledge about world history. Read the questions carefully and answer. All the best!
- 1.Which of the following was a technological innovation of the Paleolithic peoples?
- A.
Invention of the spear.
- B.
Using iron for making tools.
- C.
Writing.
- D.
The use of the wheel.
- E.
Development of agriculture.
- 2.Which of the following are consequences of the Neolithic revolution?
- A.
A division of labor developed.
- B.
People settled in towns.
- C.
Men assumed the primary responsibility for working in the field.
- D.
Communities began to engage in trade.
- E.
All of these.
- 3.Hammurabi is best known for:
- A.
Unifying Mesopotamia for the first time.
- B.
Conquering the Persians.
- C.
His worship of Yahweh.
- D.
Developing a code of law.
- E.
Establishing an alphabet.
- 4.The concept of political sovereignty was favoured by
- A.
Plato
- B.
John
- C.
Rousseau
- D.
Austi
- 5.The war criminals of the Second World War were put to trial in
- A.
Nuremberg
- B.
Peitersburg
- C.
Gettyburg
- D.
Peitburg
- 6.Which of the two countries were involved in 100 years of war?
- A.
Turkey and Austria
- B.
England and France
- C.
Palestine and Israel
- D.
Germany and Russia
- 7.Which place does not share a border with Arunachal Pradesh?
- A.
Assam
- B.
Nagaland
- C.
Bhutan
- D.
Manipur
- 8.Name the person who was the chief weapons inspector of the United Nations in Iraq?
- A.
Hans Blix
- B.
Mohammed Ei Baradei
- C.
David Kelly
- D.
Davis Kay
- 9.The American Civil War saw the end of
- A.
Slavery
- B.
Landlordism
- C.
Monarchy
- D.
Apartheid
- 10.Who was the German General ' Desert Fox during the 2nd World War?
- A.
Goebbels
- B.
Goering
- C.
Rommel
- D.
Himler
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