World History EOC Exam Review

Question 1

What was the river the Egyptians settled along called?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 2

What is the spread of ideas, styles, religions, and technologies from one culture to another?

Accepted Answer

Cultural Diffusion

Question 3

From which continent did early humans migrate?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 4

What was Akhenaten known for?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

What was the 200 year span of Roman Peace called?

Accepted Answer

Pax Romana

Question 6

What are the horizontal lines that run east to west on a globe called?

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 7

Who was the kind leader of the Persians who let people keep their customs?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus the Great

Question 8

What is a democracy?

Accepted Answer

A government where people rule themselves

Question 9

Which is NOT a Mesoamerican civilization we talked about?

Accepted Answer

Olmec

Question 10

What is the largest religion in India today?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 11

What is the belief in many gods?

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 12

What is the belief in only one god?

Accepted Answer

Monotheism

Question 13

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The shift from food gathering to food producing`

Question 14

What can prohibit the actions of other officials?

Accepted Answer

Veto

Question 15

Who were allowed to vote in ancient Athens?

Accepted Answer

Free male citizens

Question 16

Who fought in the Punic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Carthage and Rome

Question 17

What fabric is made from the cocoons of worms?

Accepted Answer

Silk

Question 18

What system divided Indian society into groups based birth, wealth, or occupation?

Accepted Answer

The Caste system

Question 19

Which god did Akhenaten tell the Egyptians to worship exclusively?

Accepted Answer

Aten

Question 20

What fertile substance is left behind when a river floods and recedes?

Accepted Answer

Silt

Question 21

What are the vertical lines that run north to south on a globe called?

Accepted Answer

Longitude

Question 22

Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 23

What set of laws includes "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 24

What Mauryan leader converted to Buddhism and said he would not start any more wars?

Accepted Answer

Asoka

Question 25

What is a mixture of two or more metals called?

Accepted Answer

Alloys

Question 26

What was a major factor in the defeat of the Aztecs and the Incas?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 27

Between which two rivers did Mesopotamia develop?

Accepted Answer

The Tigris and Euphrates

Question 28

Whose life is Christianity based on?

Accepted Answer

Jesus of Nazareth

Question 29

How did the Eastern and Western deserts protect the Egyptians?

Accepted Answer

They kept invaders out due to their difficulty to cross

Question 30

How many continents are there on Earth?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 31

What were the important achievements of Asoka?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 32

What was the language the Aryan poems and hymns were written in?

Accepted Answer

Sanskrit

Question 33

How many noble truths are there?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 34

What is the middle way between human desires and denying oneself any pleasure called?

Accepted Answer

The Eightfold Path

Question 35

Which is NOT a branch of the U.S. government?

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 36

What did the Zhou kings claim to receive their authority to rule from?

Accepted Answer

The Mandate of Heaven

Question 37

What is the most sacred text of Judaism called?

Accepted Answer

The Torah

Question 38

Which geographical features isolated the Indian subcontinent from other civilizations?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 39

What is Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

A religion based on the teachings of Buddha

Question 40

What is the famous trade route from China to the Mediterranean called?

Accepted Answer

The Silk Road

World History EOC Exam Review

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World History EOC Exam Review

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