World History Midterm Review

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Use of the Caste System

Question 2

What is the name of the alliance formed by Athens following the Persian Wars?

Accepted Answer

Delian

Question 3

Which religion do the Torah and Ten Commandments belong to?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 4

Which war was the result of conflict between Athens and Sparta?

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian War

Question 5

What was Alexander the Great's lasting impact?

Accepted Answer

Spread of Greek culture

Question 6

How did Greeks get additional resources when there was a shortage of arable land?

Accepted Answer

Colonization

Question 7

Who is the founder of the Buddhist religion?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 8

Who led Athens during its "Golden Age"?

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 9

This structure is an example of -

Accepted Answer

Rebuilding after the Persian Wars

Question 10

Which religion was spread to China by missionaries?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 11

Who is considered chief among the Greek gods?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 12

What is the name of this Neolithic monument in England?

Accepted Answer

Stonehenge

Question 13

Which civilization contributed silk, paper, and porcelain to the world?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 14

How do archaeologists date fossils?

Accepted Answer

Carbon dating

Question 15

Which of the following was built as a temple in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Ziggurat

Question 16

This diagram is shows the -

Accepted Answer

Caste System

Question 17

Who is considered to be the father of Judaism and monotheism?

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 18

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Discovery of farming

Question 19

Who is known as the "Father of History"

Accepted Answer

Herodotus

Question 20

Which empire was defeated by an alliance between Athens and Sparta?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 21

Which system of writing, invented in Sumer, is shown in the following picture?

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 22

The Vedas and Upanishads belong to which religion?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 23

The earliest written languages were made up of -

Accepted Answer

Pictograms

Question 24

What is the correct order for the evolution of governments in Athens?

Accepted Answer

Monarch, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy

Question 25

Which religion has the ultimate goal of Nirvana?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 26

How was Hellenistic culture spread throughout Alexander the Great's empire?

Accepted Answer

Trade

Question 27

How did the Persian Wars affect Athens?

Accepted Answer

It entered into its Golden Age

Question 28

What was the first written law code?

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 29

Which civilization was built around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 30

Which empire is shown by this map?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 31

What was the dominant religion of India?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 32

Which structure was built by Qin Shi Huangdi?

Accepted Answer

Great Wall

Question 33

Which Neolithic settlement is located here?

Accepted Answer

Catalhoyuk

Question 34

This symbol represents which Greek goddess of love and beauty?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 35

What type of government did Sparta have?

Accepted Answer

Oligarchy

Question 36

Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 37

What political contribution of ancient China awarded jobs based on merit?

Accepted Answer

Civil Service System

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT a contribution of India's Golden Age?

Accepted Answer

Silk Road

Question 39

Which civilization believed their rulers served under a Mandate of Heaven?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 40

Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are located near the -

Accepted Answer

Indus River

Question 41

Why were Greek city-states independent of each other?

Accepted Answer

Mountains and seas

Question 42

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are all -

Accepted Answer

Philosophers

Question 43

Which of the following describes Paleolithic Man?

Accepted Answer

Hunter-gatherers

Question 44

Which of the following is NOT a belief of Confucianism?

Accepted Answer

Inner peace

Question 45

Which group increased trade along rivers and seas, spreading their culture and alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 46

Where are Aleppo and Jericho located?

Accepted Answer

Fertile Crescent

Question 47

This figure is associated with which religion?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

World History Midterm Review

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World History Midterm Review

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