World History Fall Semester 2017B

Question 1

Judaism is synonymous with...

Accepted Answer

Monotheism

Question 2

The Parthenon and many other buildings in Athens were ordered built by...

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 3

Paleolithic means...

Accepted Answer

Old Stone Age

Question 4

"Domestication" in world history refers to...

Accepted Answer

Selective breeding of plants & animals

Question 5

Sunnis and Shia argued over...

Accepted Answer

Succession after Muhammad

Question 6

The Rosetta Stone unlocked the key to...

Accepted Answer

Egyptian heiroglyphics

Question 7

The goal of Buddhism is to...

Accepted Answer

Reach nirvana

Question 8

Who is the fabulously rich West African king who went on pilgrimage to Mecca?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 9

First there was Socrates, then Plato, and next... (hint: the master of logic)

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 10

Spread of ideas, beliefs, customs, and technology from one culture to another

Accepted Answer

Cultural diffusion

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an original river valley civilization?

Accepted Answer

Mali

Question 12

Scientists believe the first humans came from

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 13

The Nile is characterized by...

Accepted Answer

Periodic flooding (inundation)

Question 14

Where did Cyrus the Great come from?

Accepted Answer

Persia

Question 15

This photo means Egyptians (unlike Mesopotamians) believed in...

Accepted Answer

A happy afterlife

Questions 15