9th Grade_ Mid-Term_World History

Question 1

Who became the greatest king of the Carolingian family

Accepted Answer

Charlemagne

Question 2

Battle of the Tours was important because it stopped the advancement of the Goths in Europe

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

What is Muhammad's flight to Medina called

Accepted Answer

Hegira

Question 4

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 5

After the death of Julius Caesar, Rome was ruled by

Accepted Answer

Antony and Octavian

Question 6

Slavs invited Varangian rule in

Accepted Answer

Novgorod

Question 7

Descendant of Seth who remained a faithful worshiper of God

Accepted Answer

Noah

Question 8

What term did the Roman Church apply to Bible characters or noteworthy Christians

Accepted Answer

saint

Question 9

Sparta formed the _______________ to stop the advance of the Athenian democracy

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian League

Question 10

What is the earliest period of Greek art

Accepted Answer

archiac

Question 11

Oligarchy is rule by many

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Nile flows upward, northern region is called "Upper Egypt"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The Gracchi wanted to

Accepted Answer

divide the public lands among the ppor

Question 14

The Amorites practiced astronomy, which is the interpretation of human events and destinies

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What city did Heinrich Schliemann discover in the 19th century

Accepted Answer

Troy

Question 16

Which one of the following peoples was not polytheistic

Accepted Answer

Hebrews

Question 17

Which of the following is not one of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church

Accepted Answer

tithes

Question 18

Eastern Roman Empire became known as the Turkish Empire

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

the king at the height of the Chaldean Empire was

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 20

Spartan slaves were called

Accepted Answer

Helots

Question 21

Initially, Muhammad was persecuted in Mecca because of fear that he would

Accepted Answer

interfere with the profitable business of the black stone

Question 22

What was the Byzantine secret weapon that would not burn on water

Accepted Answer

Greek fire

Question 23

Rome was established on the Tigris river

Accepted Answer

false

Question 24

Hittites dominated the region of

Accepted Answer

Asia Minor

Question 25

Medina is the birthplace of Muhammad

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Muslims claim the Qur'an is the record of Muhammad's visions form Gabriel

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

On what island was the earliest center of Aegean civilization

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 28

Who decreed Christianity to be the official religion of the Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

Theodosius I

Question 29

Romans defeated the Carthaginians at sea during the 1st Punic War by

Accepted Answer

boarding their ships on planks

Question 30

Howard Carter is best known for the discovery of

Accepted Answer

the tomb of Tutankhamen

Question 31

Sumerian temple towers were called

Accepted Answer

ziggurats

Question 32

Which of the following occurred last

Accepted Answer

death of Pompey

Question 33

Which Chaldean king saw a finger writing judgement on his palace wall

Accepted Answer

Belshazzar

Question 34

The Huns were the largest group to settle in Russia

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Arabs trace their beginnings to

Accepted Answer

Abraham, Ishmael

Question 36

Democracy is rule by the people

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Polytheism is the worship of one god

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

What is period in which Greek culture was spread throughout the ancient world

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 39

Which of the following occurred first

Accepted Answer

defeat of Pyrrhus

Question 40

The person who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer is called

Accepted Answer

muezzin

Question 41

Monarchy is rule by the few

Accepted Answer

False

Question 42

Hannibal crossed the ___________________ to enter Italy

Accepted Answer

Alps

Question 43

Actium is the battle in which Antony nad Ceopatra were defeated

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Finest example of Byzantine architecture is Hagia Sophia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

Clovis was the first "King of the Franks"

Accepted Answer

Clovis

Question 46

The middle class was not part of the classes during the Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

The Red Sea contributed to the unity of Egypt

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

Established Orthodox Christianity as the state religion of Russia

Accepted Answer

Vladimir I

Question 49

Man-made items used for sources to study history are called traditions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

What is the second stage of becoming a night

Accepted Answer

squire

Question 51

Which group was not a threat to Constantinople

Accepted Answer

Mongolians from the East

Question 52

What year did the Roman Empire fall

Accepted Answer

476 AD

Question 53

Epic of Gilgamesh gives an account of what Biblical event

Accepted Answer

Flood

Question 54

Which occurred last

Accepted Answer

Ides of March, 44 BC

Question 55

The primary authority on Muslim belief and practice is the

Accepted Answer

Qur'an

Question 56

Muslims borrowed much of their basic mathematical knowledge from

Accepted Answer

India

Question 57

Having human form or attributes is the definition of

Accepted Answer

anthropomorphic

Question 58

Charlemagne's educational reforms included all the following except

Accepted Answer

teaching the scribes math

Question 59

When Octavian returned to Rome after winning the 3rd civil war, type of government restored

Accepted Answer

Republic

Question 60

Byzantine patriarch was seen as the head of the state as well as the protector of the church

Accepted Answer

False

Question 61

Who wrote The City of God

Accepted Answer

Augustine

Question 62

Retaliation for the earlier persecutions of Muhammad was not a reason for military conquests

Accepted Answer

True

Question 63

Why was the Peloponnesian War fought

Accepted Answer

a rivalry between Athens and Sparta

Question 64

By the eighth century the Muslims had taken on a culture that was mostly

Accepted Answer

Persian

9th Grade_ Mid-Term_World History

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9th Grade_ Mid-Term_World History

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