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1
Why was pottery helpful during the Neolithic Age?
It was pretty
Pottery held human remains
It stored food
They were not helpful
2
Which Meso-American civilization lived high in the mountains?
Mayans
Incans
Aztecs
Olmecs
3
The Neolithic Age came about as a result of
Invention of the wheel
Farming
An ice age
Development of advanced tools
4
A self-sufficient community that existed within the European Feudal System was a _____________.
Vassal
Castle
Fief
Manor
5
______________ in Mesopotamia were used for religious purposes.
Cathedrals
Colosseums
Pyramids
Ziggurats
6
We know very little about the people of the early Indus River Valley Civilization because...
They never developed writing
Their writing remains undeciphered
They were totally wiped about by the Aryans
We have very few artifacts
7
Who was the First Buddha?
Asoka
Darius
Siddartha Gautama
Chandra Gupta I
8
In 732, at the Battle of _________________, the Muslim army's advance into Europe ended.
Jerusalem
Salamis
Tours
Medina
9
Which of the below spread from India into China?
Hinduism
Scientology
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
10
Prehistory is...
History prior to writing
Before the Golden Age of Pericles
The Neolithic Era
After the Agricultural Revoltion
11
Constantinople was the center of...
Judaism
Western Christianity
Islam
Orthodox Christianity
12
Which TWO civilizations helped to preserve Greco-Roman culture?
Muslim, French
Macedonian, Germanic
Byzantine, Muslim
Viking, Byzantine
13
What did river valleys NOT offer in terms of helping early civilizations develop?
Protection
Irrigation
Transportation
Fertile Soil
14
What wars series of wars were fought by the Romans for control of the Mediterranean?
Punic
Gallic
Servile
Persian
15
The process by which plants and animals are trained/cultivated for human use is...
Domestication
Carbon Dating
Maturation
Agriculturalization
16
The first book printed by Gutenberg was...
"The Odyssey:
The Bible
Oxford English Dictionary
"Utopia"
17
The Torah is the holy book of ...
Judaism
Taoism
Christianity
Buddhism
18
"The ends justify the means" would most likely have been a quote from which Renaissance figure?
Michaelangelo
da Vinci
Machiavelli
Draco
19
Hellenistic Culture developed under..
Pericles
Phillip II
Cyrus the Great
Alexander the Great
20
Romanian, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese are __________________ languages.
Latin
Romance
Common Tongue
Agglutinative
21
What is one reason Byzantium was NOT chosen as the capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine?
Easily defended
Center of trade
Closer to Germanic Allies
The Golden Horne
22
The 200 year period of peace and prosperity in Rome was known as...?
The Golden Age
Roman Age of Prosperity
Pax Romana
The Renaissance
23
This is an example of what type of artwork?
Point Perspective
Renaissance Art
Mosaic
Icon
24
The earliest humans originated in...
Southwest Asia
East Africa
South America
Northeast Europe
25
To Muslims, Muhammad was __________________.
The Messiah
A Religious Scholar
God
The Last, Greatest Prophet
26
What was this thing used for?
Manufacturing
Entertainment
Religious Ceremony
Solar Calendar
27
What incident reduced population, hurt church influence, and helped ended Feudalism in Europe?
Jesus's execution
Crusades
The Gallic Wars
The Plague
28
Hey, what's this?
Catalhoyuk
Aleppo
Stonehenge
A Mayan Calendar
29
What is probably the world's first monotheistic religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
30
What religion was legalized by the Edict of Milan?
Christianity
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
31
Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Pray 5 times daily
Fast During Ramadan
Though Shall Not Kill
32
Which civilizations practiced Zoroastrianism?
Hebrews
Greeks
Persians
Incans
33
How did Islam most often spread through Africa?
Trade
Word of mouth
Conquest
It never spread to Africa
34
Conqueror of Gaul, Dictator for Life, assassinated by Senators... who was it?
Caesar Augustus
Pompey Magnus
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
35
Which monarch(s) was/were responsible for the Reconquista?
Richard the Lionheart
Ferdinand & Isabella
Clovis
Charlemagne
36
What caused the Greeks to developed into independent city-states?
Constant warfare
Different religions
Different languages
Geography
37
Before Rome was an Empire, it was a __________________.
Aristocracy
Republic
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
38
Identify the building below, order constructed by Pericles during the Golden Age of Athens.
Parthenon
Hagia Sophia
Pantheon
Temple of Pericles
39
Who conquered England in 1066?
Alfred the Great
Joan of Arc
Ragnar Lodbrok
William
40
Homer wrote...
The Aeneid
Oedipus Rex
The Odyssey
Faust
41
The journey from Mecca to Medina can be referred to as the ... ?
Holy Journey
Hajj
Hijrah
The Odyssey
42
Who is responsible for the first written law code?
Cyrus the Great
Justinian
Hammurabi
Moses
43
Our modern alphabet can be attributed to which ancient civilization?
Sumerians
Indus Valley Civilization
Arabs
Phonecians
44
The first democracy in the western world developed in...
Athens
Persia
Chichen Itza
Sparta
45
Which religion is most closely associated with this site (pictured)?
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
46
What is Carbon Dating?
A speed dating service for the science community
Method of finding where an artifact originated
How to find out how long carbon has been on earth
Method to determine age of something
47
Shinto was unique to ...
Persia
Korea
China
Japan
48
The _________was at one time the largest building on earth, built by the Byzantine Empire.
St. Peter's Cathedral
Kaaba
Stonehenge
Hagia Sophia
49
What is the step-by-step process to achieve Nirvana?
Eight-fold Path
Vedas
Five Pillars
Ten Commandments
50
Vedas and Upanishads are the sacred writings of...
Buddhism
Taoism
Hinduism
Shintoism
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Fill in the blank.
Senators
Consuls
Plebeians
Foreigners & Women
