Which of the following events happens LAST:
A. The invention of the train
B. The invention of the wheel
C. The invention of the car
D. The invention of hot air balloons
C. The invention of the car
100
The Nile River is associated with what country and former empire?
Egypt
100
The first civilizations developed around _________ valleys, because they flooded and provided silt for growing crops.
river
100
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was the biggest power in society. Some people did not like the Church becoming involved in worldly affairs. People like Martin Luther and John Calvin started the Reformation. To reform means to ________ something.
change
100
Deng Xiaoping improved this country's economic systems through the Four Modernizations.
China
200
Put the following revolutions in the correct order:
A. The Haitian Revolution
B. The Russian Revolution
C. The Iranian Revolution
D. The French Revolution
D - A - B - C
200
The Amazon River flows through several countries on what continent?
South America
200
The first civilizations in China developed in the _________ River Valley.
Yellow
200
During the Renaissance, people looked to these two ancient cultures for inspiration and learning.
The Greeks and Romans
200
A major potato famine in the late 1800s led to millions of people dying or being forced to leave this European country.
Ireland
300
Which of the following happens LAST:
A. Ataturk comes to power in Turkey
B. Pericles rules during the golden age in Greece
C. Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
D. Robespierre comes to power during the French Revolution
C. Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power in Iran
300
The Alps provide natural borders for several countries on what continent?
Europe
300
Egypt and China developed early forms of ________, which allowed humans to record information.
writing
300
This system of thought became popular in Europe during the Renaissance. It is the belief that people--not gods--are the most important aspect in life.
humanism
300
During the Meiji Restoration in the early 1900s, this country took over it's neighbor Korea for it's natural resources.
Japan
400
Put the following events in Chinese history in the correct order:
A. Four Modernizations
B. Long March
C. Opium Wars
D. Great Leap Forward
C - B - D - A
400
The desert located in western China and associated with several stops along the Silk Road trading line is the _______ Desert.
Gobi
400
The development of this type of crop in Mexico helped improve diet and allowed for an explosion of development and culture in the Americas.
corn, or maize
400
Johann Gutenberg developed this invention in 1440, which allowed books and documents to be produced cheaply and more efficiently. This led to a focus on local, or vernacular, languages rather than Latin or Greek.
printing press
400
Nelson Mandela fought for freedom and equality in this African country, a former colony of the Dutch.
South Africa
500
Put the following events in Russian history in the correct order:
A. Catherine the Great westernizes Russia
B. Ivan III defeats the Mongols
C. Khruschev places missiles in Cuba
D. Czar Nicholas II abdicates the throne
B - A - D - C
500
This modern city was the seat of two ancient empires because of its' important location on a strait between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea.
Istanbul (or Byzantium or Constantinople)
500
This African tribe is thought to be the "first" tribe of humans. They were hunters and gatherers, meaning that they did not domesticate plants or animals for food.
Bantu
500
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book which told rulers how they could lie, cheat and steal their way into getting more power from the people. This famous book is called "The _______."
Prince
500
The announcement that this country had developed a nuclear weapon led to increased tensions between itself and it's larger neighbor, India.