Mr. William Abramovic
International School of Broward
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World History: Midterm Study Guide: There will be approximately 25 Multiple Choice, 20 matching, and 5 short
answer questions. The test will cover chapters one through ten.
Multiple Choice Sample Questions
What are creatures that walk upright?
What is characterized by the beginning of farming?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Civilization?
What were the two (2) major rivers of the Fertile Crescent?
What is the Greek word that means “Land Between Two Rivers”?
Which of the following two terms are associated with Chinese rulers?
The type of government in which rule is based on religious authority?
What is a broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river?
Over what geographic feature do the Monsoon winds blow in the summer causing heavy rain?
What did Chinese priests use to get answers to questions from the Gods?
What was the Persian King Cyrus’s most enduring legacy?
Which of the following was NOT one of Confucius’s five Basic Relationships?
The Hittites excelled in what?
How many “Noble Truths” did Buddha outline?
The Minoan civilization was located on what island?
Who invaded both the Egyptian and Hittite empires?
From where did the Aryans come from when they arrived in India?
Throughout human history, what has been a powerful force for the spread of ideas?
Where did the Phoenicians establish their “City-States”?
Where did Abraham and his family originally come from?
Which of the following was NOT a reason for Indo-European migration?
Soldiers from what empire were the first to cover themselves with leather & metal armor and copper & iron helmets?
Where were the best examples of Roman Painting discovered?
Where was Alexandria located?
Who was considered the first Pope?
Which of the following was NOT an important principle of Roman law?
How many Punic Wars were there between Rome and Carthage?
Who was the Roman leader who defeated Hannibal in the last Punic War?
What did the eastern half of the Roman Empire come to be known as?
At what age did Spartan boys start their military training?
Who did Greek army leaders select to run from Marathon to Athens to bring news of the Persian defeat?
Who was able to receive a formal education in Greece?
How much of Greece was covered by rugged mountains?
Where did Greeks gather to discuss city government?
What did Asoka have built every nine miles along India’s extensive road systems?
How did the first Gupta emperor (Chandra Gupta) come to power in India?
What is the famous Indian play that tells the story of a beautiful girl who marries a middle-aged king?
How did Indian Astronomers determine that the earth was round?
Indian mathematician Aryabhata calculated the value of Pi, what was his other major calculation?
What was the major trade route between China and Rome?
Who was known as the “Martial Emperor of China?
Which of the following was not an invention in China during the Han dynasty?
What is the term for one group having exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods?
What was considered the most important and honored occupation in China?
Which of the following did NOT help Darius hold his empire together?
What did the legalists in China see as the key to restoring order in China?
Who restored the city of Babylon?
What percentage of Africa is covered by savannas?
What was West Africa’s earliest known culture?
What was the oldest known city in Africa south of the Sahara?
Who was the god of the Aksum religion?
Who made Christianity the official religion of the Aksum Empire?
How many individual languages are included in the Niger-Congo family of languages?
Which of the following is not a cause of migration?
The Sahara desert is approximately the same size as?
Who was the last ruler of the Ethiopian royal dynasty?
What made the African Iron Age different from that in other regions?
Which of the following is not one of the five pillars of Islam?
How many times a day do Muslims pray?
How do Muslims view Jesus?
Which group believes that the caliph must be a descendent of Muhammad?
What was the Muslim state in southern Spain?
What city built along the Tigris River, replaced Damascus as the center of the Muslim world?
Was the facility that was a combination Library, Academy and Translation Center?
Who was the greatest physician of the Muslim world?
What is the art of bringing together unknowns to match a known quantity?
What was the Battle of Tours?
Vocabulary Matching
Artifacts
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Civilization
Scribes
Hijrah
Hajj
Shari’a
Caliph
Abbasids
Calligraphy
Migration
Push-Pull Factors
Sahel
Savannas
Griots
Steppes
Hammurabi
Harappan
Sumerian
Narmer
Loess
Mosque
Sufi
Allah
Muhammad
Qur’an
Sunna
Animism
Adulis
Ezana
Tsetse
Aksum
Hatshepsut
Brahmins
Karma
Jainism
Knossos
Phoenicians
Canaan
Torah
Mycenaeans
Homer
Polis
Helots
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Hellenistic
Brahma
Asoka
Tamil
Patriarchal
Vishnu
Mahayana
Nubia
Nineveh
Chaldeans
Satrap
Zoroaster
Filial Piety
Daoism
Euclid
Colossus of Rhodes
Archimedes
Patricians
Plebeians
Diaspora
Dalian League
Virgil
Mauryan Empire
Stupes
Kalidasa
Matriarchal
Theravada
Shiva
Short Answer
What is the difference between “Islam” and “Muslim”?
Who were the “Right Guided” caliphs?
Provide three forms of government used it Greek City-States
Provide four of the eight subjects Greeks studied in school
What were the two types of Greek Drama?
List four (4) of India’s most precious and valuable natural resources
Provide two (2) things the Chinese government did to encourage assimilation of conquered people into Chinese society.