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World History Unit 1 Exam Oct 12
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. These skilled workers made weapons and jewelry and traded them with neighboring peoples.
a. nomads
c. monarchs
b. artisans
d. hominids
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2. The term Homo sapiens means
a. “wise, wise human.”
b. “homo habilis.”
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c. “wise human.”
d. “Neanderthals.”
3. Early people living during the Paleolithic Age were able to survive because of these kind of tools.
a. stone
c. copper
b. metal
d. bronze
“My father was ill that morning, so my mother set out alone . . . but found very
little until just before noon, when she noticed a scrap of enormously thick bone
protruding from beneath the surface. . . .”
—Richard Leaky, TIME, July 15, 1959
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4.
In this passage, Richard Leakey describes an early humanlike creature that walked upright, called a(n)
a. prehistory.
c. fossil.
b. hominid.
d. artifact.
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5. Paleolithic peoples were nomads because they had no choice but to
a. move from colder climates to warmer ones.
b. move on after they had depleted the land.
c. escape the pollution they caused.
d. follow animal migrations and vegetation cycles.
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6. The real change in the Neolithic Revolution was the
a. movement away from eating just fruits and grains to eating meat.
b. discovery of new caves.
c. shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture.
d. use of fire.
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7. The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans
a. had less control over their environment.
b. could give up their nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled communities.
c. could use animals as pets.
d. could use fire to cook their food.
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8. Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations as
a. vehicles, use of fire, nomadic lifestyle, hunting and gathering, and technology.
b. villages, temples, trade, tools, use of fire, and armies.
c. use of metals, weapons, houses, food, religion, and art.
d. cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art.
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9. Anthropology is the study of
a. underground insects.
b. tools and weapons.
c. human life and culture.
d. ancient texts.
____ 10. The term “Homo erectus” means which of the following?
a. “wise, wise human”
c. “tall humans”
b. “upright human”
d. “old stone”
____ 11. Which of the following is the period before writing was developed?
a. the Neolithic Age
c. ancient times
b. archaeology
d. prehistory
____ 12. The Paleolithic peoples found shelter in caves, but over time,
a. they preferred living out in the open.
b. they found the caves unlivable.
c. the caves flooded.
d. they created new shelters.
____ 13. The Neolithic Age is sometimes
a. known as the period when humans first used fire.
b. called the New Stone Age.
c. labeled as the period during which humans used simple stone tools.
d. debated as the greatest age the world has ever known.
By 30,000 B.C., Homo sapiens sapiens had replaced Neanderthals, who had
largely died out, possibly as a result of conflict between the two groups. The spread
of these first modern humans was a slow process. Groups of people, probably in
search of food, moved beyond their old hunting grounds at a rate of only two to three
miles per generation. This was enough, however, to populate the world over
hundreds of thousands of years.
____ 14.
According to the passage, why did the Neanderthals die out?
a. because they had to give up their old
c. because they could move only two or
hunting grounds
three miles
b. due to conflict with the Homo sapiens
d. due to conflict with people searching for
sapiens
food
Systematic agriculture in the Neolithic Age had consequences for the
relationship between men and women. Men became more active in farming and
herding animals, jobs that took them away from the settlement. Women remained
behind—caring for children, weaving cloth, and performing other tasks that required
much labor in one place. As men took on more of the responsibility for obtaining food
and protecting the settlement, they came to play a more dominant role in society.
____ 15.
According to the passage, what led to men playing a more dominant role in society?
a. being away from the settlement
b. doing much labor in one place
c. obtaining food and protecting the settlement
d. caring for children
____ 16. Hammurabi is remembered for
a. his agricultural innovations.
b. his law code, a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society.
c. restructuring Mesopotamian religion.
d. overthrowing the Akkadian Empire.
____ 17. The history of Egypt began around 3100 B.C., when
a. the Nile River flooded.
b. the first pyramid collapsed.
c. Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt.
d. a volcano at Giza erupted.
____ 18. Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used
a. by peasants who were too uneducated to read.
b. only by the nobles, as a way of communicating with the gods.
c. by the blind, as a type of braille.
d. for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life.
____ 19. What are the “ten lost tribes”?
a. scattered groups of Israelites
b. the “Sea Peoples”
c. ten ancient cities
d. groups of Egyptian traders
____ 20. Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that
a. he was executed.
b. everyone accepted him as ruler.
c. he was worshipped as a god.
d. he conquered Africa.
____ 21. Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?
a. Moses
c. Darius
b. Marc Antony
d. Nebuchadnezzar
____ 22. A theocracy is a government in which
a. leaders rule by divine authority.
b. the military ruled the people.
c. only women could rule.
d. a council of elders makes all the laws.
____ 23. Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians,
a. overran Paris, the largest city in the world at that time.
b. established the world’s first city-states and led by divine authority.
c. overran the Sumerian city-states and set up the first empire in world history.
d. choked to death on a piece of beef.
____ 24. The invention of cuneiform is credited to
a. the Egyptians.
b. the Sumerians.
c. the Phoenicians.
d. the Babylonians.
____ 25. Modern historians have divided Egyptian history into three major periods, known as
a. Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Unified Egypt.
b. the Re Kingdom, the Menes Kingdom, and the Tut Kingdom.
c. Osiris, Isis, and Axum.
d. the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.
____ 26. What is the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?
a. first alphabet to use words
b. basis for English alphabet
c. had capital letters
d. could be read backwards
____ 27. The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it
a. was monotheistic, meaning its followers believed in one God, whereas other religions
were polytheistic, meaning their followers believed in many gods.
b. was the first religion to set down laws by which the people were to live their daily lives.
c. was polytheistic, meaning its followers believed in many gods, whereas other religions
were monotheistic, meaning their followers believed in one God.
d. had no sacred texts or books.
____ 28. The Assyrians were especially known for
a. establishing a monotheistic religion.
b. being wide-ranging pastoral nomads.
c. creating an alphabet.
d. committing atrocities on their captives.
____ 29. When Cyrus the Great captured Babylon, he
a. killed or maimed all the donkeys so they would not run away.
b. enslaved only the old people and dispersed them among his empire.
c. showed remarkable restraint and wisdom.
d. converted all the Babylonians to Judaism.
Comparing Life in Mesopotamia and Egypt
____ 30.
The civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia
a. were polytheistic and had similar economies.
b. were polytheistic in religion and were located in Asia.
c. were located in Africa and were polytheistic in religion.
d. had written languages and were landlocked.
____ 31.
Based on the map, which of these factors most likely contributed to the establishment of cities in the
Indus region of early India?
a. trade
c. climate
b. highways
d. tourism
____ 32. The ancient Indians’ most important contribution was in this field.
a. science
c. astronomy
b. language
d. mathematics
____ 33. In the Chinese culture, priests made these to communicate with the gods.
a. oracle bones
c. royal tombs
b. stupas
d. bronze vessels
____ 34. These are characters that combine two or more pictographs to represent an idea.
a. filial piety
c. ideographs
b. Sanskrit
d. hieroglyphs
Confucius taught that government officials should earn their positions through education and
talent—merit. Merit-based civil service became official during the Qin dynasty and later included
written examinations. Testing made it possible for any male adult, regardless of social status or
wealth, to become a high-ranking public official.
____ 35.
Based on the passage, who could take a civil service exam during China’s Qin dynasty?
a. all citizens
c. all men
b. any landowner
d. any adult
____ 36. This ruler was said to have “the chest of a bird of prey, the voice of a jackal, and the heart of a tiger.”
a. Sima Qian
c. Liu Pang
b. Qin Shihuangdi
d. Han Wudi
____ 37. India’s ____ was created by the Aryans.
a. sewer system
b. music
c. educational system
d. caste system
____ 38. Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
a. ruler of the Aryans around 1500 B.C.
b. founder of Buddhism
c. ruler of the Harrappans
d. king of India
____ 39. The Silk Road was a
a. road covered in silk that only the king could travel upon.
b. great wall three thousand miles long.
c. trade route between the Roman Empire and China that ran through India’s Kushan
Kingdom.
d. the road that wound through Japan, the first area of the world to produce silk.
____ 40. The Zhou dynasty claimed it ruled China because
a. it had the Mandate of Heaven.
b. it had an army of artists.
c. Zhou ancestors had chosen it.
d. the Mongols feared it.
____ 41. Qin Shihuangdi unified the Chinese world in part by
a. conquering Russia.
b. negotiating a peace with Syria.
c. creating a single monetary system and ordering the building of a system of roads.
d. building a complex series of long canals.
____ 42. The first Han emperor discarded
a. communism for socialism.
b. Daoism and adopted Legalism.
c. Legalism and adopted Confucianism
d. all religion.
____ 43. The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by
a. not living according to the will and laws of God.
b. spending money foolishly.
c. demons.
d. attachment to the things of this world.
____ 44. Which of the following is generally considered to be the greatest ruler in the history of India?
a. Asoka
c. Chandragupta Maurya
b. Samudra Gupta
d. Faxian
____ 45. Historians of China have traditionally dated the beginning of Chinese civilization to the
a. founding of the Shang dynasty, which was quickly replaced by the Zhou dynasty.
b. birth of Confucius.
c. founding of the Xia dynasty, about which little is known.
d. building of the first long canal.
____ 46. The founder of the Han dynasty was
a. Liu Pang, a man of peasant origin.
b. Qin Shihuangdi, who began a program of intense rice cultivation.
c. Zhou Shang, who claimed to have the Mandate of Heaven.
d. Han Wudi, who added the southern regions of Persia to the empire.
____ 47.
According to the Venn diagram, which religion claims that humans can merge with the universal force?
a. Hinduism
c. Both A and B
b. Buddhism
d. None of the above
____ 48.
According to the Venn diagram, which religion claims that a single force governs the universe?
a. Hinduism
c. Both A and B
b. Buddhism
d. None of the above
____ 49. The Mycenaeans were a group of people who prided themselves on their ____.
a. artistic murals
c. heroic deeds in battle
b. pottery
d. government
____ 50. The period after the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization is called the ____.
a. Dark Age
c. Age of Classical Greece
b. Bronze Age
d. Age of Poetry
____ 51. The religious center of a Greek city-state was often in a fortified area called an ____.
a. ephor
c. agora
b. oligarchy
d. acropolis
____ 52. Which of the following refers to an organized system of thought?
a. oracle
c. philosophy
b. tragedy
d. ritual
“[Justice is]… sometimes spoken of as the virtue of an individual, and sometimes as the
virtue of a State… And is not a State larger than an individual?... I propose therefore that we
enquire into the nature of justice and injustice, first as they appear in the State, and secondly in the
individual, proceeding from the greater to the lesser and comparing them."
— Plato, The Republic, Book II
____ 53.
Based on the passage, Plato believed that individuals could not live a good life unless they
a. enquired about nature..
c. spoke of individual virtues.
b. lived in a just state.
d. compared themselves to others.
____ 54. By 750 B.C., the ____, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.
a. hoplite
c. polis
b. agora
d. pantheon
____ 55. The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
a. ruled by the few.
c. controlled by a popular vote.
b. ruled by religious leaders.
d. ruled by a king.
____ 56. Herodotus wrote ____, a work commonly regarded as the first real history in Western civilization.
a. The Republic
c. Oresteia
b. Oedipus Rex
d. History of the Persian Wars
____ 57. The conquests of Alexander the Great created the
a. Dark Ages, a time of great sadness for the Greek people.
b. Hellenistic Era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to
the non-Greek world.
c. Macedonian Age, a period of advancement in art.
d. Age of Lawlessness, a period of extreme cruelty and anarchy.
____ 58. According to the philosophy of Epicurus,
a. happiness was the goal of life and could be achieved through the pursuit of pleasure.
b. enlightenment could only be achieved through long periods of meditation.
c. happiness could be found only when people studied poetry.
d. public service was regarded as noble; selfish pursuits brought about sadness.
____ 59. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were
a. paintings.
b. epic poems.
c. two immense ships.
d. statues of the gods.
____ 60. As a result of the reforms of Cleisthenes, the government of Athens
a. laid the foundation for Athenian democracy.
b. was taken over by the military.
c. was run by a tyranny of men with new wealth.
d. became chaotic and disorganized.
____ 61. Which of the following is considered by many historians today to be the greatest historian of the ancient
world?
a. Plato
c. Aristotle
b. Euripides
d. Thucydides
Greek Colonization: Cause and Effect
A. Increased trade/wealth
B. Colonization
C. Spread of culture
D. Lack of farmland
____ 62.
What would be the correct sequence for the cause-and-effect chart?
a. A, B, C, D
c. D, A, C, B
b. B, D, A, C
d. D, B, C, A
“The activity of the mind is not only the highest . . . but also the most continuous: we are
able to study continuously more easily than to perform any kind of action. . . . It follows that the
activity of our intelligence constitutes the complete happiness of man. In other words, a life guided
by intelligence is the best and most pleasant for man, inasmuch as intelligence, above all else, is
man. Consequently, this kind of life is the happiest.”
—Margaret King, Western Civilization, 2000
____ 63.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the main theme of this passage by Aristotle?
the importance of intellectual life
the rewards of happiness
the importance of continuous activity
the rewards of good health
____ 64. This Jewish teacher traveled and preached in Judaea and Galilee.
a. Paul
c. Mark
b. Simon Peter
d. Jesus
____ 65. In early Rome, praetors were in charge of these laws.
a. military
c. centuriate
b. treasury
d. civil
____ 66. Which of the following is a form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have
the right to vote?
a. polis
c. dictatorship
b. republic
d. oligarchy
____ 67. The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic, was
a. made up of two consuls, two praetors, and officials.
b. a select group of about 300 patricians who served for life.
c. made up of Greek generals, and was charged with protecting the Republic.
d. a group of 500 plebeians who oversaw the expansion of Rome’s borders.
____ 68. Julius Caesar, the first dictator of Rome, was
a. the ruler for 20 years.
b. born in Spain.
c. assassinated.
d. the founder of Rome.
____ 69. Which of the following was a period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost 200 years?
a. Pax Romana
c. Rubicon
b. Long Winter
d. the Republic
____ 70. ____ became the first Christian emperor.
a. Constantine
b. Nero
c. Cicero
d. Julius Caesar
____ 71. The First Triumvirate was made up of
a. Marius, Scully, and Cincinnatus.
b. Tiberius, Gaius, and Octavian.
c. Lucius, Cornelius, and Sulla.
d. Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar.
____ 72. Under which emperor did Rome adopt Christianity as its official religion?
a. Julius Caesar
c. Nero
b. Theodosius the Great
d. Diocletian
____ 73. In the long run, the economic and social policies of Diocletian and Constantine
a. were initially successful, but didn’t work in the long run.
b. produced a period of prosperity unrivaled by any other time in Roman history.
c. angered the populace to such a degree that they rose up in revolt.
d. strengthened the Roman Empire against the invading tribes of the north.
“But the majority opinion favoured killing him while he sat in the Senate,
where he would be by himself since non-Senators would not be admitted, and where
the many conspirators could hide their daggers beneath their togas. This plan won
the day. Chance, too, played a part, for it made him settle on a definite day for the
Senate to meet to discuss his intended measures.”
—Nicolaus of Damascus, Caesar Is Assassinated
____ 74.
What is being plotted in the passage?
a. the murder of a non-Senator
b. the crowning of Caesar
____ 75.
a.
b.
c.
d.
c. the assassination of Caesar
d. the overthrow of the Senate
From the passage, what can be concluded about non-Senators?
They did not wear togas.
They did not own knives.
They did not want Caesar killed.
They did not know Caesar.