Second Semester World History I MCQs

Which of the Five Pillars occurs when Muslims make a journey to Mecca at least once in their lives?

What is the Uthmanic Recension?

Why would a Roman citizen pride in the saying “SPQR?”

What did the Gracchi brothers propose?

Which of the following individuals was NOT a Roman emperor?

In the Roman Republic, the power to dispense rewards and punishments, including the death penalty, lay primarilywiththe:

What is the name for the robust group of warlike individuals who have learned to live in the inhospitable interiorArabia

When did the Roman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?

Which pope famously used the Council of Clermont to call for Christians in Western Europe to launch the Crusades?

Which of the following was NOT a step in the mythical founding of Rome?

The Koran is supposed to be the literal word of:

Which of the following was NOT exchanged along the Silk Road?

Two major factions that had developed in government by the end of the Roman Republic, and which expressed differentviews

In which of the following years was Julius Caesar assassinated on the Senate floor?

What event or period is the statue below most commonly associated with?

Which of the following was NOT a major civilization in Africa around 1500

Which Mesoamerican civilizations was located partially in present-day Guatemala and was known for calenda and astronomic

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of medieval art?

Which of the following individuals was NOT a member of the Second Triumvirate?

Which of the following means “the way of the warrior” and was the code of Japanese samurai?

In Medieval Europe, a person granted possession of land by a lord in return for military service was known as a:

Which of the following best describes Christians’ motivations for launching the First Crusade?

Which of the following empires ruled primarily in India from 1526-1857?

What is the definition of the term vernacular?

Which Chinese dynasty reached a population of 200 million people?

What is the primary problem with the Mercator Projection (our “usual” world map)?

What was the name of the Carthaginian general who conquered the Spanish city of Sagantum, sparking the Second Punic War?

In which of the following years did the Roman Empire reach its greatest extent?

What happened in 476 CE?

Which foe did Rome fight in the Punic Wars between 264-146 BCE?

In what year was Islam founded?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major Japanese islands?

Which of the following empires / caliphates ruled in Iran and helped instate Shia Islam?

In which year did German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produce a map which named the New World the “Americas”

Which of the following was NOT part of the quadrivium or the trivium in the curricula of medieval universities?

series of legislative or administrative acts promulgated by the Frankish courtofthe Merovingian and Carolingiandynasties

What were the dates of the Third Century Crisis?

Which of the following was NOT a type of religion Christianity had to compete with in its earliest days in Rome?

Which of the following peoples adopted stirrups in their military, used the three-field crop rotation system, monastic

What is alchemy?

The painting below illustrates which scene from the history of Rome and its enemies?

Why was Vasco da Gama famous?

Which of the following was NOT an element of the Roman constitution described by the Roman historian Polybius?

Which of the following was NOT one of the three orders of medieval society?

What was the name of the famous preacher who the Romans crucified around 30-33 CE?

Which of the following is NOT one of the major themes of the Koran we discussed?

Which of the following individuals was NOT in some way associated with the Punic Wars?

Which of the following individuals was NOT a member of the First Triumvirate?

The most literal meaning of Renaissance is:

Which of the following is true of Genghis Khan?

Which of the following best describes the Middle Ages in Europe?

According to our readings, which of the following is an area the Vikings DID NOT explore?

Which of the following events occurred in 732?

How did the Romans view Christianity?

Which of the following medieval institutions of higher learning had a set examination system and were legally autonomous

Which of the following groups of indigenous people was located in the southwest of the modern-day United States?

When did the eastern Roman Empire fall?

Which of the following sets of words all derive from Arabic?

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Which territory did the Emperor Claudius successfully add to the Roman Empire after Julius Caesar had failed to conquer?