World History Overview

Where is the rise of civilization usually dated around 3500 BCE?

• Mesopotamia
• Indus Valley
• Egypt
• China

The Sumerians developed ____, one of the earliest writing systems.

• hieroglyphs
• Latin
• the alphabet
• cuneiform

Egyptian rulers who built pyramids were called what?

• Pharaohs
• Consuls
• Emperors
• Caliphs

Athens developed early forms of democracy.

• True
• False

Under which emperor did Rome reach its greatest size (117 CE)?

• Augustus
• Trajan
• Constantine
• Nero

When did the western Roman Empire fall?

• 221 BCE
• 1492 CE
• 1453 CE
• 476 CE

Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in what year?

• 1453
• 1517
• 476
• 1789

Which dynasty first unified China in 221 BCE?

• Han
• Qin
• Tang
• Ming

Genghis Khan built the Mongol Empire in the 1200s.

• True
• False

The ____ began in Italy in the 1300s and 1400s as a rebirth of art and learning.

• Reformation
• Renaissance
• Industrial Age
• Enlightenment

In what year did Columbus reach the Americas?

• 1453
• 1492
• 1517
• 1776

Who began the Protestant Reformation in 1517?

• Isaac Newton
• Genghis Khan
• Martin Luther
• Christopher Columbus

The Industrial Revolution started in France in the late 1700s.

• True
• False

When did the French Revolution begin?

• 1914
• 1776
• 1517
• 1789

What years did World War II take place?

• 1939–1945
• 1914–1918
• 1776–1783
• 1991–1995