Mankind the Story of All of Us Review Quiz

Question 1

How many people worldwide lived under Roman rule?

Accepted Answer

1/5

Question 2

What is the name of the first five books of the Bible?

Accepted Answer

the Torah

Question 3

What important institution began in Florence, Italy in the 14th Century?

Accepted Answer

banking

Question 4

What British philosopher coined the phrase Life, Liberty and Property?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 5

What empire attacked the Greeks but were defeated because of superior weapons?

Accepted Answer

the Persians

Question 6

Who wrote about the three laws of motion and is also known as the Father of Modern Mathematics?

Accepted Answer

Sir Isaac Newton

Question 7

Why were the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth threatening to the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers apply

Question 8

What is another name for the Bubonic Plague of 1347?

Accepted Answer

Black Death

Question 9

What two elements are needed for life on earth?

Accepted Answer

both red and blue are correct

Question 10

What was the first city to reach an one million population in the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 11

How much more food could be produced by farming than hunting and gathering?

Accepted Answer

100X

Question 12

What was the period called when 16,000 wealthy people in France were beheaded?

Accepted Answer

the Terror

Question 13

Who was the first Roman Emperor who was baptized as a Christian, in 323 CE?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 14

What Chinese invention/s became a major advantage in ancient times?

Accepted Answer

both red and blue are correct

Question 15

What happened to Louis XIV and his wife, Marie Antoinette?

Accepted Answer

they were both beheaded

Question 16

What two main things resulted from the mass death of the 14th Century?

Accepted Answer

the common man could ask for more pay and man became less superstitious

Question 17

What was the first animal that was domesticated by mankind?

Accepted Answer

wolf

Question 18

What was another name for the Seven Years War?

Accepted Answer

The French and Indian War

Question 19

What book began on scrolls in Babylon and completed in Jerusalem, the history of Jews?

Accepted Answer

the Old Testament

Question 20

What emperor built the aqueducts?

Accepted Answer

Claudius

Question 21

Who wrote the famous pamphlet Common Sense?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 22

What two inventions are attributed to the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

the keel and the alphabet

Question 23

Why was France so desperate financially in 1789?

Accepted Answer

They supported the colonies in the American Revolution by sending its navy

Question 24

What ingredient that was plentiful in Rome was needed to make concrete?

Accepted Answer

volcanic ash

Question 25

What British economist wrote the Wealth of Nations, a blueprint for capitalism?

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 26

What negative things did the village attract?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers apply

Question 27

During the Scientific Revolution, what theory did Copernicus promote in direct contrast to the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

heliocentric

Question 28

How many people (%) died worldwide due to the pandemic in 1347?

Accepted Answer

1/5th of the world's population

Question 29

At what age did most gladiators die?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 30

What soldier emerged from the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 31

What two Greek regions were fierce enemies?

Accepted Answer

Athens and Sparta

Question 32

When did the British end slavery?

Accepted Answer

1833

Question 33

What important Western European religious institution lost power to monarchs, as people let go of superstitious beliefs?

Accepted Answer

the Catholic Church

Question 34

What Italian astronomer known as the Father of Modern Science was placed under house arrest by the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei

Question 35

How many enslaved people of the colonies fought for the British?

Accepted Answer

10,000

Question 36

Why were the Articles of Confederation ineffective?

Accepted Answer

they couldn't tax people

Question 37

What percentage of the world worships Christianity today?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 38

What present-day capital of Iraq was once called Babylon?

Accepted Answer

Baghdad

Question 39

When did the first woman attend a university in the Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

1626

Question 40

What French philosopher discussed the separation of power and checks and balances?

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 41

How did ancient man make iron?

Accepted Answer

iron ore, carbon, wood and fire

Question 42

Why did mankind build Stonehenge in England?

Accepted Answer

To honor the dead

Question 43

What empire sentenced Jesus of Nazareth to death by crucifixion?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 44

How many Druids (people of the oak) did the Romans kill in Britain?

Accepted Answer

80,000

Question 45

What two acts of defiance characterize Boston’s population before the fighting began?

Accepted Answer

the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party

Question 46

What were the two most important themes of the Enlightenment in America?

Accepted Answer

equality and property

Question 47

What new ancient military technique was invented by the Greeks?

Accepted Answer

phalanx

Question 48

How long were the Jews enslaved in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

70 years

Question 49

What Italian city is considered to be the heart of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 50

Who came up with the five steps of the Scientific Method?

Accepted Answer

Sir Francis Bacon

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