WORLD HISTORY QUIZ V: CLASSICAL GREECE

1. In Classical Government, an aristocracy is a better form of government than a democracy
A. True     B. False     C. This question leaves me rather sour

2. Our modern American government is a democratic-republic. What do these mean?

Democratic:                                         
Republic:

The loyalty of a Greek was directed towards a specific political and social unit.
3. This entity is called: A. Hellas     B. The Polis     C. Greece     D. Ionia

4. The Greek city-states were located on the fringes of a great Asiatic empire called:
A. Babylon     B. Assyria     C. Egypt     D. Persia     E. India     F. Eternia

5. While the military city Sparta was an oligarchy, Athens was a _____________.

6. Spartan boys were encouraged to be artists and farmers     A. True     B. False

     If false, what were Spartan boys trained to be_______________________.

7. During the Greek ‘Golden Age’ between c. 550-350 BC, Athens did NOT have one of these famous buildings:
A. The Agora, an open air marketplace akin to a modern shopping mall
B. The Theatre of Dionysus, where the people (demos) gathered to vote
C. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, where festivals were centered
D. The Olympic Stadium, where the games were held every four years

8. The mortal threat to Greek freedom and independence came from Persia, whom mustered a force and landed near Athens in 490 BC. This was the 1st invasion, repelled by Athens, called the battle of A. Platea     B. Marathon C. Salami D. Wounded Knee E. I don’t know, it wasn’t in the movie ‘Hercules’

9. The ‘300 Spartans’ fought to the death during the 2nd Invasion, in 480 BC at Thermopolyae Pass. This ‘victory in death’ accomplished the following:
A. The conquering of the Persian Empire     
B. The inspiring of the other Greeks to fight on and not give up
C. Nothing significant
D. Made the Persians want to be friends with the Greeks

10. The Greeks won the Persian Wars:     A. True, I say          B. No, no way

Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus wrote tragedies, Aristophanes wrote comedies.

11. This means that the Greeks invented: A. theatre B. history     C. math D. science

Thales used observation to aid in his thinking, Democritus argued that the world was made of atoms, Hippocrates argued that diseases were not caused by the gods but were caused by nature and could be treated through observation and experimentation

12. These show the Greeks invented: A. theatre     B. medicine     C. science D. math

Herodotus wrote about the Persian Wars in a book that is still read today.
13. This means the Greeks invented: A. books B. science     C. theatre D. history

14. The Battle of Salamis (1st Naval battle in hst.) was fought between which two navies: _______&_______

15. Extra: The Greeks invented science based on observation and experimentation. Now at the beginning of the 3rd millennium, the dreams of those early Greeks that we explore our solar neighborhood is coming true. Tell me about this. We have been by spacecraft to every planet except Pluto (2012 our ship will arrive). We’ve discovered many worlds that are neat places for possible colonization. What is YOUR vision of the human future in space? Say, in 20 years?
 
 
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WORLD HISTORY QUIZ IV: EARLY CLASSICAL GREECE
The basis of Greek education in classical times was to study Homer’s epics, the
Illiad and the Odyssey. They were written in the 700’s BC about events in the
1100’s. In brief…

1. The Illiad is about 		__________________________________

2. The Odyssey is about 	__________________________________

2. Heaven and Hell are Judeo-Christian concepts. The Greek equivalents are:
A. heaven and hell are Greek as well	  B. The Elysian Fields and Hades
C. Mt. Olympus and the Afterlife	  D. Fresco and Frieze

3. The enemies of the Trojans were: A. Minoan	B. Mycenaean		C. Not Greek

4. Minoan civilization was destroyed by the following:     A. Invasion of the
Persians
	B. Eruption of Thera		C. The Anger of Zeus		D. It still lives

5. Mycenaean decline was brought by:     A. Invasion of the Persians	B. Eruption
of Thera
	C. Tribal ‘invasion’ and settlement	D. It still lives

6. The leader of the Persian tribes during the conquest of Babylon and
establishment of  Persia was:
	A. Zeus		B. Darius	C. Xerxes	D. Cyrus

7. Persian king who established the empire’s efficient administration such as
the Royal Road, the Eyes and Ears, and who would come to invade Greece:
	A. Poseidon 	B. Mr. Braddy	C. Darius	D. Cyrus	E. Xerxes

9. Greeks lived on the islands of the Aegean Sea		A. True		B. False
9. Greeks lived on the west coast of Anatolia		A. True		B. False
10. Greeks lived on the north coast of Africa		A. True		B. False

11. This kingdom (later conquered by Persia) coined the first silver and gold
money
	A. Egypt	B. Phoenicia	C. Lydia	D. The Aramaens

12. This kingdom (later conquered by Persia) assumed the Mediterranean trade
after the Minoans:
	A. Egypt	B. Phoenicia	C. Lydia	D. The Aramaens

13. Today, Israel’s Jews are called Israelis. Israel’s Muslims are called:
	A. Israelis	B. Arabs	C. Arabians	D. Palestinians		E. Syrians

14. One of the monsters that Odysseus had to deal with was called
___________________ .

15. Minoan painters decorated both their houses and the halls of the Knossos
Palace with wall paintings called: 	A. Friezes	B. Paintings	C. Frescoes	D.
Sculptures	E. Reliefs	F. Picassos


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WORLD HISTORY TEST III: THE AGE OF EMPIRES

 

Number your paper 1-20 and mark your test letter A AS IN ALEPH. No letter, no retake.

1. The capital of Babylonia was: A. Thebes     B. Nineveh C. Babylon D. Memphis

2. The first law code was given by __________ in Babylon. Its famous credo called for: ________

3. Place the following in its proper chronological order: A. The Assyrians, the Babylonians (old), the Babylonians (new) B. The Hittites, the Neo-Babylonians, the Persians C. The Egyptian Pyramids, the tomb of king Tut, the first Babylonian Empire

4. A composite bow is A. hard to make B. easy to make C. why, only yesterday I made three!

5. Sargon of Akkad created the first ___________ when he united the Sumerian cities in the 2000’s bc.

6. The Assyrians were known for __________________ because of the way they treated rebellious subjects

7. The Egyptians were polytheistic, which means ___________________________________.

8. The Hebrews were monotheistic, which means ___________________________________.

9. One theme prevalent in Assyrian art is:

10. The Hittites are from this geographical region in the north:_________________

12. Empires have historically NOT had which of the following: A. Greater tax base B. The will to expand land area C. a unified ethnicity D. One Ruler Governments

13. Which region has the oldest settled, civilized societies: A. Europe B. Middle East C. Africa D. Asia

14. The Assyrians engaged in population ‘trading’ (example: moving Babylonians to Phoenicia and Syrians to Israel) for what reason: A. to make everyone in the empire friendly with each other   B. To have an easier time taxing the population   C. For fun   D. So they would lose their ethnicity and identity and be better “Assyrian” subjects

15. Read the passage about one of the most famous ancient battles: Kadesh. A. The battle took place in the Levant. Which Empires were involved? _________________________ B. Who wins? _________________________________________

On the back is a map of the Middle East. Please place the following on the map to the best of your ability: (remember, some will overlay each other, being that they cover the same land in different time periods) CAPITAL CITIES EMPIRES AGADE AKKADIAN EMPIRE NINEVEH ASSYRIAN EMPIRE BABYLON BABYLONIAN (OLD AND NEW) EMPIRE THEBES EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM EMPIRE HATTUSILIS HITTITE EMPIRE ALSO LABEL MESOPOTAMIA, THE LEVANT, ANATOLIA, PERSIA AND EGYPT

 

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TEST II: FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT



In the western world’s traditional scheme for measuring the passage of time, A.D. means:
A. After Death B. Anti Domini C. Anno Domini D. After Deification

Though the first humans appeared in East Africa, the first civilization began in:
A. Modern Iraq B. Modern Iran C. modern Arabia D. The Middle East E. A&D

Ziggurats were:
A. massive tombs built for the king’s favorite queens
B. Sumerian fortresses dedicated to organizing raids into Egypt and Europe
C. Stainless steel fortifications built to last forever, as a reminder to us about their lives
D. Sumerian temples built as the city-center and a place of communication with the gods

Cuneiform is:
A. A tablet with wedge shaped writing on it. B. The first form of writing
C. Egyptian dance called ‘King Tut’ D. Picture writing

The Sumerians believe that when someone died, they:
A. were brought before Enlil and Nanna for judgement     B. Nothing happened, they turned into dust     C. were separated into spirit and body, and the spirit haunted the halls of the ziggurats     D. were reincarnated as various animals, depending on their behavior in life (for instance: lovebug if you were bad, wholly mammoth if you were good

Ancient farmers in both Egypt and Sumer were successful because they:
A.invented fertilizers that enriched the soil to grow more crops     B. harnessed the flooding of the rivers they were near, by building canals to irrigate their crops     C. Beckoned help from Horus and Enlil, from the top points of the tallest structures     D. Signed treaties with neighboring nomads who did the farming for them

The Egyptians wrote on papyrus, a paper like substance. The Sumerians did nto have the plant which grew papyrus, so they wrote on:     A. clay tablets which hardened in the sun B. sand which they turned into glass     C. deposits of silt from the Tigris River  

When a pharaoh died, he went into the afterlife after 70 days of mummification, and:     A. entered the sun to save Egypt from Ma’at     B. Became the god Isis, keeper of the holy scrolls     C. Became one with the god Osiris, ruler of the afterlife and preserver of Ma’at

About the time of the Egyptians and Sumerians (3000 bc), the dinosaurs had just died out
A. true     B. false

The pharaoh Menes united upper and lower Egypt- and the pharaoh _______ had the Great Pyramid built- at Giza.          A. Ramses II          B. Tut          C. Khufu     D. Menes

The large pyramid tombs were build during the Egyptian ______ Kingdom.

Jean Francois Champollion translated hieroglyphics into modern language using:
A. the scrolls of Ra     B. the Behistun Rock          C. the Rosetta Stone     D. The Di Vinci Code

Why is the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhaman (King Tut) significant:_____________

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WORLD HISTORY QUIZ UNIT I PRACTICE     NAME____________ FORM A

                                                              

                                                                                  THE PREHISTORIC AGE

1. The Theory of Evolution was proposed by this English thinker in the 1800’s: A. Lamarck B. Edward Maria Von Weber C. Darwin D. George Melbourne

2. Venus sculptures are some of the oldest human art forms. They are a symbol of: A. Happiness B. Hunting C. Good health D. Anger management E. Fertility

3. Two overarching themes predominate in prehistoric art forms. On the sides of caves, animals were painted with the following in mind: A. Health to the animal in question     B. Good fortune on the hunt C. Development of artistic skill

4. How do the Heiki Crabs of the Japanese Inland Sea help us understand Artifical Selection?

__________________________________

 

MATCHING: SELECT THE CORRECT LETTER

5. --------- NEANDERTHAL                     A. Hominid relative of homo-sapiens, came and went with the Ice Age

6. ---------ANNO DOMINI                         B. Time before humans learned how to write

7. --------- HOMO SAPIENS                    C. Process by which Natural Selection progresses

8. --------- PREHISTORIC                         D. The earliest proto-humans

9. ______ AUSTRALOPITHECINE             E. Modern humans, ‘Thinking Man’

10.______MUTATION                                 F. Latin for ‘After Death’

                                                                        G. ‘Year of the Lord’

 

11. The lesson from the Cosmic Calendar tells us that humans have been around for only about 20% of the Earth’s History: A. True B. False C. I have no idea because I was sleeping

12. There are still some stone age cultures left in the world today:  A. True B. False  C. Gimme a break

13. If Evolution is correct, not only did humans diverge from primates, but if the ancestry is traced far enough, we all have a common ancestor that swam in the ocean at one point. A. false B. true

14. The Human Brain is, as far as we know scientifically, the only place in the universe that matter has achieved consciousness. A. False B. True

SHORT ANSWER: Select ONE of the following and answer it below

15 A: Trace a branching timeline telling me when and how, in evolution, we diverged using the following order:  Mammals: Primates: Hominids: Us.  When or what species were around?

15 B: “Cogito Ergo Sum.” Famous words spoken by the French philosopher Descartes, is Latin for ‘I think, therefore I am.’ Trace briefly the evolution of the human brain. There are three parts, medulla, cerebellum and the cerebral cortex. Indicate which kind of animals they evolved in, and list what each part does for us.

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