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World Cultures Final Exam

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 
A _______ is a government where the religious leaders also run the state.
a.
democracy
c.
autocracy
b.
theology
d.
theocracy
 

2. 
The area of central Mexico and northern Honduras is known as _______.
a.
Latin America
c.
Cuba
b.
the Maghreb
d.
Mesoamerica
 

3. 
A ________ is a government form in which all citizens vote on all issues.
a.
Representative Democracy
c.
Oligarchy
b.
Monarchy
d.
Direct Democracy
 

4. 
The capital of the Kingdom of Kush was the city of ______.
a.
Alexandria
c.
Meroe
b.
Cairo
d.
Kushdom
 

5. 
The _______ create the Americas’ first civilization, which in turn influence later civilizations.
a.
Olmec
c.
Aztec
b.
Mixtec
d.
Maya
 

6. 
The Egyptian writing system was known as ____________.
a.
papyrus
c.
hieroglyphics
b.
cuneiform
d.
phonetics
 

7. 
The capital city of the Assyrians was the city of _______________.
a.
Meroe
c.
Cairo
b.
Ninevah
d.
Baghdad
 

8. 
The ________ age refers to the spreading of Greek culture with Egyptian, Indian, and Persian cultures.
a.
Hellenic
c.
Hellenistic
b.
Byzantine
d.
Pan-Hellenic
 

9. 
Alexander the Great’s father was _______.
a.
Philip II
c.
Alexander I
b.
Ptolemy
d.
Darius
 

10. 
Due to the development of farming in Mesoamerica, the population _______.
a.
Remained constant
c.
decreased slightly
b.
decreased sharply
d.
increased
 

11. 
This Ancient Greek city-state was the center of artistic expression and philosophy.
a.
Sparta
c.
Athens
b.
Knossos
d.
Corinth
 

12. 
The ________ required seven year olds to report for military service.
a.
Persians
c.
Messenians
b.
Athenians
d.
Spartans
 

13. 
The _________ were enslaved by the Egyptians after the expulsion of the Hyksos people.
a.
Hyksos
c.
Hebrew
b.
Chaldeans
d.
Assyrian
 

14. 
The ________ were people that were monotheistic and founded the religion of Judaism.
a.
Arabs
c.
Hebrews
b.
Chaldeans
d.
Assyrians
 

15. 
The staple crop of people in Mesoamerica was _______.
a.
Potato
c.
Maize
b.
Squash
d.
Rice
 

16. 
To the south of the second cataract of the Nile River, the chief trading partner of the Egyptians was located. They were called the _____.
a.
Nigerians
c.
Assyrians
b.
Nubians
d.
Sumerians
 

17. 
In Hinduism, the ________ varna is the highest caste.
a.
Brahman
c.
Vedas
b.
Buddhist
d.
Atman
 

18. 
The most prominent city of Hellenistic civilization in terms of scholarship, science, and learning was _________.
a.
Athens
c.
Alexandria, Egypt
b.
Sparta
d.
Persepolis
 

19. 
The buddhist word for the release from reincarnation is _______.
a.
moksha
c.
dharma
b.
vedas
d.
nirvana
 

20. 
The ancient language of the Aryans that is the predecessor of most major world languages today is ___________.
a.
Latin
c.
Hebrew
b.
Greek
d.
Sanskrit
 

21. 
The _____ is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and is the most important books of the faith.
a.
Koran
c.
Gospels
b.
Vedas
d.
Torah
 

22. 
The Hebrew, _______ moved his family from Ur to Canaan in about 1800 BC.
a.
Moses
c.
David
b.
Solomon
d.
Abraham
 

23. 
_____________ lead his people out of Egypt and out of slavery.
a.
John the Baptist
c.
Abraham
b.
Moses
d.
Solomon
 

24. 
The country of __________ is the homeland of Hebrews today.
a.
India
c.
Lebanon
b.
Iraq
d.
Israel
 

25. 
The Sumerians were located near which two rivers?
a.
Nile and Tigris
c.
Tigris and Euphrates
b.
Euphrates and Nile
d.
Tigris and Indus
 

26. 
__________ means “land between the rivers”
a.
Nile
c.
Mesopotamia
b.
Amazon
d.
Fertility
 

27. 
________ were civic temples found in the middle of Sumerian city-states.
a.
pyramids
c.
temples
b.
plazas
d.
ziggurats
 

28. 
_____ was the first to set a written unified code of laws in stone.
a.
Hammurabi
c.
Sargon
b.
Ramses
d.
Akadia
 

29. 
The religion of Islam was founded in ________.
a.
Souther Spain
c.
Jerusalem
b.
the Arabian Peninsula
d.
Mesopotamia
 

30. 
The word for GOD in Arabic is ________.
a.
Yahweh
c.
Allah
b.
Christos
d.
Buddha
 

31. 
In 570 AD, _______ is born and later becomes the founder of the religion of Islam.
a.
Khadija
c.
Muhammad
b.
Sunni Ali
d.
Gabriel
 

32. 
The word ______ means “submission to the will of Allah”.
a.
Muhammad
c.
Hejirah
b.
Hajj
d.
Islam
 

33. 
The Islamic house of worship is known as a _________.
a.
church
c.
mosque
b.
temple
d.
tabernacle
 

34. 
There are _______ Pillars or duties of Islam.
a.
five
c.
four
b.
six
d.
ten
 

35. 
A ________ is a Persian governor assigned to rule an area of the empire.
a.
Royalty
c.
Viceroy
b.
Satrap
d.
Mayor
 

36. 
The trade and communication network of the Persians was connected by the ________.
a.
Satrap
c.
Royal Road
b.
Turnpike
d.
Highway of Darius
 

Matching
 
 
Match the correct term with the definition below.
a.
Fertile Crescent
e.
cultural diffusion
b.
Mesopotamia
f.
polytheism
c.
city-state
g.
empire
d.
dynasty
h.
Hammurabi
 

37. 
King during the peak of Babylonian rule
 

38. 
“land between the rivers”-- a fertile plain
 

39. 
A series of rulers from a single family
 

40. 
independent states under control of one leader
 

41. 
Arc of land between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
 

42. 
process of one culture spreading to others
 

43. 
An independent political unit made of a city and surrounding farmlands
 

44. 
Belief in many gods
 
 
a.
Knossos
d.
Aristocracy
b.
Delian League
e.
Polis
c.
Phalanx
f.
Monarchy
 

45. 
City-state on the island of Crete
 

46. 
A government system where a king or queen rules over all
 

47. 
A Spartan military formation that was feared by all of the known world
 

48. 
A government system where a small elite group rules
 

49. 
Word for the city state of Ancient Greece
 

50. 
An alliance of City-states led by Athens
 



 
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