Quiz: History Multiple Choice Questions

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Prehistory?
- The time before history
- The period of time before writing and other record keeping systems were developed
- Adam and Eve's time
2

Stone Age?
- the year the rolling stones came out with their first album
- The name for the prehistoric period when humans had just discovered rocks
- The name for the prehistoric period when tools and weapons were made of stone
3

Paleolithic?
- Old Stone Age
- New Stone Age
4

Neolothic?
- Old Stone Age
- New Stone age
5

Artifact?
- An object made by a human being in the past that we still have in the present
- a weapon made from stone
- A tribe
6

Culture?
- the unique way of people of life
- the unique way of life of people
- a civilization
7

Carbon 14 Dating
- A carbon found in rocks that shows what type of rock they are
- Analysis of the amount of carbon-14 within a once-living material,used the determine apporximate age
- A way of dating between tribes
8

Nomad
- A bob marley song about not getting angry
- A human who has no fixed home and travels from place to place in search of food and water
- A cavemen who stayed in one home their whole lives
9

Ice Age
- A extremely long period in which the temps im the Northen Hemisphere were cold enough to produce huge sheets of ice that covered much of the land
- A time in the southen hemisphere in which temps were cold enough to produce huge sheets of ice that covered much of the land
- The age in which cavemen discovered how to make ice
10

Artisan
- A guy with a beard
- a ruler
- a worker with skill in a specific class
11

Barter
- Trade in which people exchange goods without using money
- A cave that cavemen drank in
- trade in which people could use or not use money
12

Civilization
- An advanced level if culture- organized government and religion. had divisions of labor, class structure, and a system of writing
- An advanced level of culture- organized government but not religion, divisions of labor, class structure and a system of writing
- An advanced level of culture- organized governent and religion, had class strucutre and a system of writing
13

Theocracy
- A government in which the ruler ruled over the gods
- A government in which te ruler is seen as a god or chosen representative by the gods
- The goverment not dealing with the gods at all
14

Ziggurat
- A tribal dance
- Large brick temple
- A flat temple that was underground
15

Cuneiform
- A system of writing used by the Egyptians represented by pictures
- System of writing used by the Sumerians, with wedge shaped characters marked onto clay tablets
- A uniform worn by scribes
16

Papyrus
- Paper from trees
- paper made from compressed stone
- A redd like plant from which the Egyptians make paper scrolls
17

Rosetta Stone
- A stone tablet conrtaining inscriptions of hieroglyphics, a more recent egyptian script, and greek
- The stone that 7 strict rules were written on. the stone was 12 feet tall
- The stone that had heiroglyphics and greek inscriptions on it
18

Reincarnation
- Birth of the soul over and over again in different bodies
- only living once
- a type of flower
19

Mandate of Heaven
- Indian belief that rulers needed the gods approval to leade
- Greek Belief that rulers needed the gods approval to lead
- Chinese beliefe that rulers neede the gods approval to lead
20

Polis
- A city-state of ancient Greece
- A city-state of ancient China
- A city-state of ancient India
21

Agora
- the market place of an ancient Indian city
- the market place of an ancient Greek city
- the market place of an ancient Chinese city
22

Ostracism
- The forcing of a person who is believed to be dangerous out of Athens for 10 years
- The forcing of a person who is believed to be dangerous out of Rome for 10 years
- The forcing of someone into Rome for 10 years
23

Sophist
- The name for Greek teachers who traveled from city to city after the Peloponisian wars to teach grammer, gymnastics, mathematics, and music
- The name for Greek teachers who traveled from city to city after the Punic wars to teach grammer, gymnastics, mathematics, and music
- The name for Greek teachers who traveled from city to city after the Persian wars to teach grammer, gymnastics, mathematics, and music
24

Plebian
- slave in ancient rome
- rich person in ancient rome
- common person in ancient rome
25

First Triumvirate
- Gnaeus Pompey, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Julius Ceaser
- Xerses, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Julius Ceaser
- Gnaeus Pompey, Octavian, Julius Ceaser
26

4 Noble Truths
- suffereing is part of life, people suffer because they desire things, escape suffering by ending nirvana, change one's thinking and behavior to reach hell by living the "middle way"
- suffereing is part of life, people suffer because they desire things, escape suffering by ending nirvana, change one's thinking and behavior to reach nirvana by living the "middle way"
- suffereing is not part of life, people suffer because they desire things, escape suffering by ending nirvana, change one's thinking and behavior to reach nirvana by living the "middle way"
27

Silk Road
- the road that led through that bushes of silk worms
- a road that the chinese traveled to discover silk
- silk merchants traveled eastward to deliver silk
28

Gilgamesh
- epic poem about a Sumerian-king hero
- epic poem about a Visigoth hero
- epic poem about a man returning to his wife after 20 years
29

Homer
- wrote medea
- wrote the illiad and the odyssey
- wrote poems about love and friendship
30

Pericles
- a prophecy
- Leader of Rome during its " Golden Age"
- Leader of Athens during its " Golden Age"
31

Emperor Xerxes
- Led battle of Thermopoleyes in the Persian Wars
- Led battle of Thermopoleyes in the Peloponesian War
- Led battle of Thermopoleyes in the Punic Wars
32

Pythagoras
- snake that bit Kimala
- believed everything had to do with math
- believed the world revolved around the sun
33

Herodotus
- "father of history" wrote about persian wars
- "father of history" wrote about punic wars
- "father of history" wrote about peloponesian
34

Socrates
- Egyptian Pharoah
- Buddha
- Greek Philosopher, socratic method
35

Julius Ceaser
- greatest athenian general, married Mrs. Ribble
- Greatest roman general, married cleopatra
- Greatest roman general, married Megan Quigley
36

Hannibal
- ate humans
- Carthagian general who fought during the Punic wars against the romans
- Athenian general who fought during the Punic wars against the romans
37

Siddartha Gautama
- a book we read in english that shouldnt be on our history test
- founder of buddhism
- founder of hinduism

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History Multiple Choice Questions

Prehistory?

Stone Age?

Paleolithic?

Neolothic?

Artifact?

Culture?

Carbon 14 Dating

Nomad

Ice Age

Artisan

Barter

Civilization

Theocracy

Ziggurat

Cuneiform

Papyrus

Rosetta Stone

Reincarnation

Mandate of Heaven

Polis

Agora

Ostracism

Sophist

Plebian

First Triumvirate

4 Noble Truths

Silk Road

Gilgamesh

Homer

Pericles

Emperor Xerxes

Pythagoras

Herodotus

Socrates

Julius Ceaser

Hannibal

Siddartha Gautama

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