World History 1, VA/SOL Review Part I

Question 1

Belief in one God is called _____________.

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 2

Which of the following describes beliefs of Buddhism? (Multiple answers)

Accepted Answer

Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path

Question 3

What was the first major monotheistic religion?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 4

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 5

The following quote is from which religion/philosophy of Chinese origin?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

Question 6

In which country would you find this ancient structure?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 7

Which religion spread from India to East Asia (China, Korea, & Japan) and Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 8

Shown here, which river valley civilization's name means "Land between two rivers?"

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 9

Where did Hinduism & Buddhism originate?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 10

Which civilization built the Great Wall?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 11

Which of the following is not the correct pairing of River Valley Civ to its river?

Accepted Answer

Indus River-Egypt

Question 12

Most ancient civilizations practiced polytheism, which means what?

Accepted Answer

Belief in the existence of more than one God.

Question 13

Identify this building, and its location.

Accepted Answer

Parthenon, Athens

Question 14

China developed along this river, which has 3 names. Which of the following is not one?

Accepted Answer

Indus River

Question 15

Which geographical feature had the biggest impact on Greek politics, economics, and society?

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 16

This civilization had the caste system, which was used by the Aryans to subjugate their people.

Accepted Answer

India

Question 17

Which best describes the religion of the ancient Greeks?

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 18

What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Sparta defeats Athens, Philip II invades & takes Greece.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes Sparta?

Accepted Answer

oligarchy, warlike

Question 20

System developed by the ancient Persians where government work is divided among departments.

Accepted Answer

bureaucracy

Question 21

Who is the founder of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Unknown

Question 22

Which of the following describes Hinduism? (Multiple answers)

Accepted Answer

It developed in India., Belief in many aspects of one god.

Question 23

The following quote comes from which religion/philosophy of Chinese origin?

Accepted Answer

Taoism

Question 24

Which of the following was a characteristic of Paleolithic society?

Accepted Answer

Humans were nomadic, hunted & gathered resources for food.

Question 25

Name given to the Age/Era where humans learned to farm & domesticated animals for food.

Accepted Answer

Neolithic Age/Era

Question 26

Homo sapiens first appeared on which continent?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 27

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Persian War?

Accepted Answer

Philip II conquered the all of the Greek peninsula/islands.

Question 28

Which of the following best describes Athens?

Accepted Answer

democracy, arts, poetry literature, philosophy, mathematics

Question 29

This is the symbol for the religion of ancient Persia, which was known as what?

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism

Question 30

Which of the following dynasties brought about the "Golden Age" of Indian civilization?

Accepted Answer

Gupta

Question 31

Which civilization developed along the river valley shown here?

Accepted Answer

Egyptian

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