Modern World Hist

Question 1

On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro?

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

What is true about the snow of Mount Kilimanjaro?

Answer 2

It is capped with snow year-round

Question 3

________ Desert in Africa is the largest and hottest desert on the earth.

Answer 3

Sahara

Question 4

True\False

Africa has rainforests.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

How many languages does China have?

Answer 5

1 - But there are different dialects which makes communication difficult

Question 6

What do the characters of Chinese writing represent?

Answer 6

Words\ideas – NOT letters

Question 7

What writing system is the oldest continuous writing system in the world?

Answer 7

Chinese

Question 8

Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism are the four major world religions found in what country?

Answer 8

India

Question 9

What 4 major world religions are found in India?

Answer 9

Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
SIkhism

Question 10

What system improved that allowed many small Maya villages and city-states to emerge?

Answer 10

Farming

Question 11

What was the focus of Mayan cities?

Answer 11

Ceremonial centers

Question 12

Under what dynasty did trading on the Silk Route begin?

Answer 12

Han Dynasty

Question 13

What continent is the Silk Road most associated with?

Answer 13

Asia

Question 14

How many routes did the Silk Road have?

Answer 14

Multiple

Question 15

The movement of people along the Silk Road correlates with the movement of religion and development of ________________.

Answer 15

languages

Question 16

What was the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws?

Answer 16

Hammurabi Code

Question 17

What was carved upon a black stone monument, 8 feet high and clearly intended to be reared in public view?

Answer 17

Hammurabi Code

Question 18

The Hammurabi Code originates from Babylonian law code of ancient ______.

Answer 18

Mesopotamia

Question 19

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” is from what?

Answer 19

Hammurabi’s Code

Question 20

The Middle Ages are commonly dated from 5th century fall of western Roman empire to the end of _____________ century.

Answer 20

15th

Question 21

400-1400 BCE is the date of _______ Ages.

Answer 21

Middle

Question 22

The modern European states and their political boundaries as we know them are essentially the result of the military and dynastic achievements what what period?

Answer 22

Middle Ages

Question 23

During what period was there the development of perspective painting?

Answer 23

Renaissance Period

Question 24

During what period was there the revival of learning based on classical sources?

Answer 24

Renaissance Period

Question 25

During what period was there the rise of courtly and papal patronage (support for pope)?

Answer 25

Renaissance

Question 26

Leonardo Da Vinci would be considered a _____________ painter.

Answer 26

Renaissance

Question 27

Who was an Italian nationalist who helped unify Italy in mid 1800s?

Answer 27

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Question 28

The Protestant Reformation was a movement in the _____ century to reform the Christianity Western Europe.

Answer 28

16th

Question 29

When was the Renaissance Period?

Answer 29

14th-17th century

Question 30

When was the Carolingian Renaissance?

Answer 30

8th-9th century

Question 31

When was the Age of Enlightenment?

Answer 31

18th century

Question 32

What is the order of Protestant Reformation, Renaissance Period, Carolingian Renaissance, and Age of Enlightenment?

Answer 32

1. Carolingian Renaissance (8th-9th)
2. Renaissance Period (14th-17th)
3. Protestant Reformation (16th)
4. Enlightenment Period (18th)

Question 33

Which historical movement was Immanuel Kant a part of?

A. Renaissance
B. Enlightenment
C. Protestant Reformation
B. Scientific Revolution

Answer 33

Enlightenment

Question 34

What period came after the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 34

Age of Reason

Question 35

Rene Descartes is part of with movement?

Answer 35

Age of Reason

Question 36

Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jan Hus are all a part of which movement?

Answer 36

Protestant Reformation

Question 37

Han Dynasty came after what?

Answer 37

The Fall of the Roman Empire