1. What country did the Industrial Revolution actually begin in?

United States of America

United Kingdom

France

Hungry

2. The first industry to benefit from industrialization was

Agriculture

Textiles

Transportation

Communications

3. The people who benefited least from industrial expansion were

Factory Owners

Merchants

Workers

Landowners

4. All of the following factors contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Europe EXCEPT

The accumulation of capital

Improved agricultural productivity

Improvements in navigational tools

Legal protection of private property

5. The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, each used Five- Year plans to__

Map out a strategy for the expansion of Communist parties in other nations

Develop stronger military cooperation between the two countries

Manage economic policies for agricultural and manufacturing production

Act as term limits to allow for changeover in political leadership

6. What was the nickname for the guillotine?

King Cutter

National Razor

Neck Party

French Blade

7. What did the Tennis Court Oath entail?

Revolutionaries would behead anyone who intervened in their assembly

Revolutionaries would not leave until they accomplished constitutional reform

Revolutionaries would work on their forehand stroke

None

8. What sort of government did France wind up with at the end of the Revolution?

Democracy

Republic

Dictatorship

Parliamentary

9. Before revolution French society was divided into ___ estates

One

Two

Three

Four

10. Which of the following happened first?

The Neolithic Era

The Paleolithic Era

The Ice Age

The Mesolithic Era

11. Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?

The Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea

The Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

The northern plateau and the southern plateau

The Tigris River and the Euphrates River

12. What were the residential houses of Indus people made of?

Mud

Stone

Copper

Baked bricks

13. The three great centers of civilization in the ancient world where the great world religions
emerged are

Japan, China and India

China, India and South America

India, China and Korea

Middle East, India and China

14. Torah is the religious text of which religion?

Islam

Christianity

Judaism

Hinduism

15. The Tripitaka is the sacred text of which religion?

Hinduism

Buddhism

Judaism
Christianity

16. Synagogue is place of worship of which religion?

Judaism

Islam

Christianity

Buddhism

17. Golden Temple is the sacred place of which religion?

Hinduism

Buddhism

Sikhism

Jainism

18. When was the beginning of historic period of written records?

1400 CE to Present

1400 BCE to Present

1500 BCE to Present

1500 CE to Present

19. The spread of elements of one culture to another people generally through trade called.

Fertile Crescent

Cultural Diffusion

Reverse Diffusion

None of Above

20. In Egyptian Civilization, the Nile Delta which flows into?

Red Sea

Caspian Sea

Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea

21. The Indus Valley civilization flourished around?

1200 BCE

1500BCE

20000 BCE

2500 BCE

22. Which factor led to the development of civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia?

Political harmony

Favorable geography

Religious differences

Universal Education

23. World’s oldest religion is?

Jainism

Buddhism

Hinduism

Sikhism

24. In Hinduism, Herders, farmers, merchants stand in which category?

Brahmins

Untouchables

Kashatriyas

Vaisyas

25. Buddhism spread through___ to Eastern Asia, including China, Thailand, and Japan.

Cultural diffusion

Trade

Preaching
Conquests

26. Islam is the_____ largest religion in the world.

Second

Third

Forth

First

27. Who are the Brahmins in Hindu caste system?

Warriors

Merchants

Priests

Workers

28. Hinduism has no single founder but originated from the mixing of ___cultures in ancient India
around 1500 BCE.

Harappa and Aryan

Egyptian

Chinese civilization

Inca civilization

29. In Hinduism, Karma is the sum of __deeds?

Bad deeds

Good deeds

Good and Bad deeds

None

30. Buddhism is based on the Four Noble Truths which are?

All life is suffering.

Way to eliminate suffering is to eliminate desire.

Suffering is caused by desire for things that are illusions.

All of above

31. Judaism originated in the Middle East around.

1000 BCE

1500 BCE

2000 BCE

2000 BCE

32. From 632CE to 750 CE Islam spread through?

Trade

Conquest

Preachers

All of these

33. The representatives elected by plebeians were called

Tribunes

None

Consuls

Senators

34. Which European nation colonized Indian sub-continent?

France

United States

England

Russia

35. Who controlled Indian sub-continent before the war of independence 1867?

Great Britain

Britain East India Company

China

France

36. Indian nationalism in the 1800s began as a reaction to

Communist Revolutions

Religious Conflict

British Rule

Long periods of drought and famine

37. One reason the Chinese Communists were able to gain control of China was the support of the

Peasants

Landed elite

Foreigners

Warlords

38. The Cultural Revolution in China was Mao Zedong's attempt to

Renew the ideas and enthusiasm of the Communist revolution

Increase the industrial output of China

Promote artistic exchanges with the United States

Encourage foreign investment in China

39. The Long March is significant in Chinese history because it

Ended Japanese occupation of China

Reinforced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven

Caused the Boxer Rebellion

Established Mao Zedong as a revolutionary leader

40. The War of independence 1857 in Indian Sub-continent and the Boxer Rebellion in China were
similar in that they

Restored power to the hereditary monarchies

Attempted to reject the traditional cultures in these countries

Resisted foreign influence in these countries

Reestablished the power of religious leaders

41. Who was the first President of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal Pasha

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Ismat Inonu

Mehmed II

42. Suleiman the Magnificent was also known as Suleiman the ______.?

Lawgiver

Wise

Great

Gentleman

43. Istanbul was previously known as

Constantinople

Byzantine

Rome

Greece

44. What year did the Russian Revolution begin?

1915

1913

1919

1917

45. Who supported the Red Army in Russia during civil war?

Bolsheviks

Americans
White Army

United Kingdom

46. Which group eventually won the struggle for power in Russia?

The Red Army

The White Army

The Pink Army

The Blue Army

47. After the Russian Revolution, Russia changed its name to

USSR

Soviet Union

Russia

Central Asia

48. What was the last name of the Tsarist dynasty which ruled Russia for over 300 years?

Asimov

Romanov

Kruchev

Wisniski

49. Which political party was responsible for the Russian October Revolution of 1917?

Menshvik

Bolshevik

Soviet

Provisional Government

50. The term Totalitarianism is used for ___ ?

Total power concentrated in one group and no rival parties tolerated

Total control of a smaller state against the wishes of people

Merging a smaller state against the wishes of people of the smaller state

None

51. What is the belief system of Animism?

All non-living and living things have spirit

Only living things have spirit

Only Non-Living things have spirit

All Living and Non-Living things have no spirit

52. Animism in early civilizations was often combined with__ worship.

Ancestor

Descendant

Successor

None

53. Rome's first written laws were called the

Twelve Tables

Consuls

Hammurabi’s code

None

54. A Northern African city that fought three wars against Rome was named

Carthage

Punic

Rubicon

Spartacus

55. _____ is considered as the world’s oldest civilization

Egyptian civilization

Mesopotamian civilization
Indus Valley civilization

Chinese civilization

56. When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?

1353CE

1314CE

1453CE

1414CE

57. Who was the founder of Buddhism?

Ananda

Devadatta

Mahakasyapa

Siddhartha Gautama

58. With which the term Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is associated

French Revolution

Russian Revolution

Chinese Revolution

Industrial Revolution

59. The first successful socialist revolution in history was:

American Revolution

Russian Revolution

French Revolution

Industrial Revolution

60. Who was the last Tsar of Russia

Nicholas I

Nicholas II
Alexander I

Alexander II

61. Who is known as the founder of the Republic of Turkey?

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Ismat Inonu

Fevzi Kakmak

Murad I

62. The first opium war was fought between _____?

Chinese and British

Japanese and Chinese

Russians and Japanese

British and Russians

63. Where did the February revolution 1917 take place?

Petrograd

Moscow

Paris

London

64. What were the taxes extracted by church during 18th century in the French society called

Tithes

Jizya

Taille

Livre

65. Which form of Government was established in France after the Revolution of 1848

Absolute Monarchy

Liberal Government
Republican Government

Constitutional Monarchy

66. The Bloody Sunday event of 1905 took place in which city

Moscow

Petrograd

Vienna

Paris

67. Who was the king during the french revolution

Napoleon

Louis XV

Louis XVI

Charles IX

68. In what year did Osman I declare the independence of the Ottoman Turks, marking the
beginning of the Ottoman Empire?

1299

1309

1453

1922

69. Who was the Mughal Emperor when first British enter into the Mughal Court to secure royal
patronage?

Akbar

Babar

Aurangzeb

Jahangir

70. Who were the rich and powerful people of Roman society?

Patricians
Plebeians

Proletarians

Peasants

71. The Muslim resistance to new ideas and technologies by the eighteenth century is illustrated by

A) the Ottoman ban on the printing press.

B) the purchase of outmoded weapons from Europe.

C) the banning of "impious" telescopes.

D) reluctance of Muslims to travel abroad.

E) All of the answers are correct.

72. A major reason for the decline in the Islamic Empires was

the refusal to accept new ideas and technologies from the West.

an abandonment of religious toleration as a state policy.

the decline in military leadership.

the rigidity of the religious leaders.

All of the answers are correct.

73. Which of the following would not be an example of religious toleration under Muslim rule?

the millet communities in the Ottoman Empire.

the jizya tax imposed by Aurangzeb.

the Jesuit mission at the court of Goa.

the syncretic "divine faith" of Akbar.

Christian monasteries permitted at Isfahan.

74. Major trade commodities sought by European merchants from the Islamic empires included

Coffee and tobacco.

Sugar and rum.

Silks, carpets, and other crafts.

Wheat, rice, and other food staples.

Slaves.

75. Politically, all three of the Islamic states began as

oligarchies, dominated by the merchant class.

constitutional monarchies.

military states.

feudal aristocracies.

tribal councils.

76. The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India in order to

create a Shiite Muslim state.

finance his military campaigns in Central Asia.

control the trade routes into Southeast Asia.

defeat his longstanding enemy, the sultan of Delhi.

All of the answers are correct.

77. The Janissaries were

slave women who lived in the sultan's harem.

Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces.

regional administrators, who were granted autonomy in exchange for loyalty and support.
armored, light cavalry.

eunuchs in service to the sultan.

78. Which of the following places did not come under the control of the Muslim Ottomans?

Albania

Anatolia

Egypt

the Iranian plateau

Tunisia

79. In their rise of power, the Ottomans were aided by the ghazi, who were

Mongol mercenaries.

Christian captives raised to fight for them.

Muslim religious warriors.

Anatolian peasants, eager to escape heavy taxes of the Byzantine empire.

All of the answers are correct.

80. The Ottoman military made use of

gunpowder weapons.

siege warfare.

specially trained Janissary forces.

armored cavalry.

All of the answers are correct.

81. Suleyman the Magnificent

captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna.

conquered Russia.

brought the entire Arabian peninsula under Ottoman rule.

invaded the island of Sicily.

All of the answers are correct.

82. Which of the following is not among the regions where the British had first set up trading ports?

Bengal

Gujarat

Coromandel Coast

Goa

83. When the East India Company came into existence, England was ruled by the ____

Normans

Tudors

Stuarts

Hanoverians

84. In Indian Sub-Continent, War of Independence began in

1849

1851

1855

1857

85. The single biggest item of British Capital Investment in Indian Sub-Continent was

Railways

Mines

Shipping

Banking

86. British crown assumed sovereignty over Indian Sub-continent from the East India Company in
the year___

1857

1858
1835

1935

87. AIML was formed in ___

1858

1906

1902

1885

88. Indian National Congress was a ____

Political party

Hindu organization

Government

Court of Law

89. During Colonial period, British Capital was mainly invested in ____

Agriculture

Industry

Services

Infrastructure

90. The British attitude towards granting India independence, changed partly owing to the

Poor administration

Reduced agriculture

Growing tide of Nationalism

Vanishing industry