Ancient Civilizations and World History Quiz
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1. What do we call South America, Central America and North America?
A. The Americas
2. What is between Russia and Alaska?
C. the Bering Strait
3. What is maize very similar to?
C. corn
4. What did the Olmecs use to make statues?
D. basalt
5. What did the Olmecs use to make balls?
D. rubber
6. Where did the Nok people live?
A. West Africa
7. Which people built the city of Monte Albán?
A. Zapotec
8. Which people started a civilization on the Yucatan península?
D. Maya
9. Which city name means “City of the Gods”?
C. Teotihuacan
10. What did the Olmecs use to make statues?
basalt
11. Which people settled in Normandy?
Vikings
12. What do historians call the early part of the Middle Ages?
Dark Ages
13. Who was the ruler of Gaul in 768 AD?
A. Roland B. Charlemagne C. Pope Leo III D. Pepin
14. In 800 AD, who declared Charlemagne emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
A. Justinian B. Pepin C. Pope Leo III D. Henry V
15. In the feudal system, who was the most powerful person?
A. pope B. serf C. king D. Serf
16. What city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A. Normandy B. Kiev C. Rome D. Constantinople
17. What did culture in the Middle Ages center around?
A. the church B. education C. trade D. the theater
18. Who tried to bring Europe out of the Dark Ages?
A. Empress Zoe B. Charlemagne C. Theodora D. Romanus III
19. Who was the first king of the Merovingians?
A. Leo III B. Clovis C. Charles Martel D. Pepin
20. The Chinese developed the ___, a tool for telling direction.
A. compass B. opera C. porcelain D. movable type
21. Japan is a chain of islands called an___.
A. empire B. avenue C. archipelago D. aqueduct
22. The Vietnamese fought against the Chinese by using ___.
A. deltas B. bedouins C. guerrilla tactics D. public Works
23. In 668, the Chinese made Silla an ___. or wartime friend.
A. icon B. ally C. idol D. artifact
24. Where was the prophet Muhammad born? ___
A. Jerusalem B. Mecca C. Medina D. Arabia
25. Where did the angel Gabriel appear to Muhammad? ___
A. in a cave B. in the desert C. beside a river D. in the bedroom
26. Where did Muhammad go in the year 622 AD? ___
A. Jerusalem B. Mecca C. Medina D. Mosque