World History

Answer the following questions. Choose b) Insights into the traditions, values, and
the letter of the correct answer. beliefs of different civilizations
c) A deeper understanding of mathematics
1. What is the origin of the word "history"? d) Methods for technological development
a) Latin
b) Greek 8. Which of the following is an example of
c) Hebrew secondary sources in historical research?
d) Arabic a) A diary from the 1800s
b) An autobiography
2. Who is known as the "Father of History"? c) A modern analysis or interpretation of a
a) Plato past event
b) Aristotle d) A set of ancient coins
c) Herodotus
d) Socrates 9. What is one of the key benefits of studying
history for identity formation?
3. What does the term "historia" mean in a) It helps to forget past mistakes.
Greek? b) It fosters a sense of identity, belonging,
a) Science and continuity.
b) Storytelling c) It creates division among people.
c) Inquiry or knowledge acquired by d) It discourages change in society.
investigation
d) Law 10. What approach does history use to
understand the context of past events,
4. What type of source is an artifact, such as aside from primary and secondary
pottery or a tool, considered to be in sources?
historical research? a) Religion
a) Secondary Source b) Interdisciplinary Approaches
b) Primary Source c) Scientific Method
c) Oral History d) Technological Research
d) Archaeological Evidence
11. Which of the following is one of the key
5. Which of the following is NOT a method achievements of early humans during the
used in studying history? Prehistoric period?
a) Oral History a) Development of agriculture
b) Archaeological Evidence b) Discovery of fire
c) Geography c) Formation of city-states
d) Astrology d) Establishment of written laws

6. Why is the study of history important in 12. What was the major shift in human society
understanding change? during the Neolithic Revolution?
a) It helps us predict the future. a) From agriculture to hunting-gathering
b) It provides insights into past b) From settled life to nomadic life
innovations. c) From hunting-gathering to agriculture
c) It explains how societies evolve over d) From spiritual beliefs to scientific
time. thinking
d) It helps us understand human emotions.
13. Which of the following early civilizations is
7. What does studying history provide in known for urban planning in cities like
terms of cultural awareness? Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa?
a) Insights into political strategies a) Mesopotamia
b) Egypt
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c) Indus Valley c) China

d) China d) India
Answer: c) China
14. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are
credited with inventing which of the 21. Which of the following was a significant
following? contribution of the Qin Dynasty?
a) Hieroglyphic writing a) The Great Wall of China
b) Cuneiform writing b) The invention of cuneiform
c) The alphabet c) The Code of Laws
d) The wheel d) The creation of the first empire

15. Who was the first ruler to establish the 22. What is the Han Dynasty best known for in
world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire? terms of its contributions to China?
a) Hammurabi a) The creation of the Silk Road
b) Gilgamesh b) The construction of the Great Wall
c) Sargon of Akkad c) The invention of gunpowder
d) Ramses II d) The development of Chinese calligraphy

16. Which of the following civilizations is 23. Which religion became the dominant belief
known for the creation of the famous Code system in India during the Maurya Empire?
of Laws by Hammurabi? a) Hinduism
a) Indus Valley b) Buddhism
b) Egypt c) Jainism
c) Mesopotamia d) Zoroastrianism
d) China Answer: b) Buddhism

17. Which Egyptian pharaoh is known for 24. The spread of Greek culture through the
building the Great Pyramid of Giza? conquests of Alexander the Great is
a) Ramses II referred to as what?
b) Akhenaten a) Imperialism
c) Khufu b) Hellenization
d) Cleopatra VII c) Colonization
d) Feudalism
18. The New Kingdom of Egypt saw the reign
of which of the following rulers? 25. What was the primary reason for the fall of
a) Djoser the Roman Empire?
b) Ramses II a) The rise of Christianity
c) Sargon of Akkad b) Economic decline
d) Hammurabi c) Invasions by barbarian tribes
d) The construction of the Colosseum
19. The Indus Valley Civilization is notable for
its: 26. Who was the leader of Athens during its
a) Great pyramids Golden Age, known for expanding
b) Legal code democracy?
c) Advanced urban planning a) Julius Caesar
d) Development of bronze tools b) Alexander the Great
c) Pericles
20. The Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties were d) Homer
early civilizations of which country?
a) Egypt 27. Which leader is known for spreading
b) Mesopotamia Greek culture throughout his empire, from
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Greece to India? d) Abu Bakr

a) Julius Caesar
b) Augustus 34. Which Frankish leader was crowned
c) Alexander the Great Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800
d) Constantine the Great CE?
a) Charlemagne
28. Which Roman leader played a significant b) Clovis
role in transitioning the Roman Republic c) Charles Martel
into the Roman Empire? d) Louis the Pious
a) Julius Caesar
b) Augustus 35. What event is marked by the signing of the
c) Constantine the Great Magna Carta in 1215?
d) Marcus Aurelius a) The end of feudalism
b) The start of the Crusades
29. Who was the Roman general and dictator c) The limitation of the king's power
assassinated by his senators on the Ides d) The establishment of the monarchy
of March in 44 BCE?
a) Julius Caesar 36. Which of the following was a key feature of
b) Augustus the feudal system in medieval Europe?
c) Constantine the Great a) The centralization of power
d) Nero b) A large merchant class
c) A hierarchy of lords, vassals, and
30. Which Roman emperor is known for his peasants
conversion to Christianity and establishing d) The rise of democracy
it as the Roman Empire's dominant
religion? 37. Which famous Renaissance artist is known
a) Augustus for painting the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling?
b) Julius Caesar a) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Constantine the Great b) Raphael
d) Nero c) Michelangelo
d) Donatello
31. What is the Hagia Sophia, built under the
reign of Justinian I, primarily known for? 38. Who wrote "The Prince," a political treatise
a) A temple dedicated to the gods on ruling and power?
b) A mosque used by the Ottomans a) Leonardo da Vinci
c) A cathedral symbolizing Eastern b) Michelangelo
Orthodox Christianity c) Niccolò Machiavelli
d) A library of ancient texts d) Erasmus

32. Who was the prophet and founder of 39. What was the main goal of the Portuguese
Islam? explorers during the Age of Exploration?
a) Muhammad a) To spread Christianity in Africa
b) Abraham b) To find new trade routes to Asia
c) Jesus c) To conquer new lands in the Americas
d) Moses d) To establish colonies in India

33. Which of the following is one of the first 40. Which event resulted in the division of the
Caliphs after Prophet Muhammad's death? world between Spain and Portugal
a) Harun al-Rashid regarding exploration and colonization?
b) Umar a) The Treaty of Versailles
c) Ali b) The Treaty of Tordesillas
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c) The Peace of Westphalia d) Marie Antoinette

d) The Congress of Vienna
47. Which revolutionary leader played a key
41. Who is considered the father of modern role in the Reign of Terror during the
astronomy and proposed the heliocentric French Revolution?
theory of the solar system? a) Napoleon Bonaparte
a) Galileo b) Maximilien Robespierre
b) Copernicus c) Georges Danton
c) Isaac Newton d) Jean-Paul Marat
d) Johannes Kepler
48. Which leader rose to power after the
42. Which scientist is famous for his law of French Revolution and eventually became
motion and universal gravitation, forming Emperor of France?
the foundation of classical mechanics? a) Louis XVI
a) Galileo b) Napoleon Bonaparte
b) Isaac Newton c) Charles de Gaulle
c) Johannes Kepler d) Maximilien Robespierre
d) Albert Einstein
49. Who invented the steam engine, which
43. What event marked the English Civil War, became a key innovation in the Industrial
which saw the conflict between the Revolution?
monarchy and Parliament? a) James Watt
a) The Glorious Revolution b) Eli Whitney
b) The Restoration of Charles II c) Henry Ford
c) The execution of King Charles I d) Robert Fulton
d) The English Revolution of 1649
50. Which inventor is credited with the
44. Which political event in 1688 led to the invention of the cotton gin, which
overthrow of King James II and the revolutionized cotton production?
establishment of a constitutional monarchy a) Alexander Graham Bell
in England? b) Eli Whitney
a) The English Civil War c) Thomas Edison
b) The Glorious Revolution d) George Stephenson
c) The Battle of Hastings
d) The Magna Carta 51. What significant social change occurred
due to the Industrial Revolution?
45. Which American founding father is a) The rise of feudalism
credited with writing the Declaration of b) The rise of the working class
Independence? c) The decline of cities
a) George Washington d) The disappearance of manual labor
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Thomas Jefferson 52. Which philosopher is most closely
d) John Adams associated with the development of
Marxist ideologies?
46. Who was the leader of France during the a) Max Weber
French Revolution and was executed by b) Karl Marx
guillotine in 1793? c) John Locke
a) Napoleon Bonaparte d) Thomas Hobbes
b) Maximilien Robespierre
c) Louis XVI 53. Which British colony was known as the
British Raj in India?
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a) Australia b) The Cuban Missile Crisis

b) Canada c) The Vietnam War
c) India d) The Korean War
d) South Africa
60. Who was the first human to travel into
54. Which event involved the European space?
powers’ competition for territory in Africa a) Neil Armstrong
during the late 19th century? b) Yuri Gagarin
a) The Berlin Conference c) John Glenn
b) The Scramble for Africa d) Alan Shepard
c) The Battle of Omdurman
d) The Opium Wars

55. Who was the British imperialist who played

a key role in the colonization of Southern
Africa, particularly through the
establishment of the British South Africa
Company?
a) Winston Churchill
b) Cecil Rhodes
c) King George III
d) Robert Clive

56. What event triggered the outbreak of

World War I?
a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
b) The assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
c) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
d) The invasion of Poland

57. Which World War II leader was the leader

of Nazi Germany and responsible for
initiating the Holocaust?
a) Winston Churchill
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Adolf Hitler
d) Joseph Stalin

58. Which leader was the President of the

United States during most of World War II
and was instrumental in the Allied victory?
a) Harry S. Truman
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
d) Woodrow Wilson

59. Which event is considered a major Cold

War confrontation between the United
States and the Soviet Union in 1962?
a) The Berlin Airlift