World History Fall Semester Exam!

What is Greece’s easternmost city?

• BYZANTIUM

• ATHENS

• SPARTA

• THESSALONIKI

What was Greece’s largest island?

• CRETE

• RHODES

• CORFU

• SANTORINI

When did the Roman Empire divide into two?

• 285 AD

• 200 AD

• 350 AD

• 400 AD

What did the Phoenicians introduce that greatly contributed to written communication?

• PHONETIC SYMBOLS

• HIEROGLYPHS

• CUNEIFORM

• IDEOGRAMS

What happened to the Chinese empire after the Han Dynasty fell apart?

• IT WAS RESTORED BY THE TANG DYNASTY

• IT COLLAPSED COMPLETELY

• IT WAS CONQUERED BY THE MONGOLS

• IT BECAME A COLONY OF ROME

What are similarities between the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire?

• BOTH BUILT ROADS AND DEFENSIVE WALLS

• NEITHER HAD A WRITTEN LANGUAGE

• BOTH WERE ISOLATIONIST

• BOTH WERE MONARCHIES

What became a closely guarded secret in China?

• SILK PRODUCTION

• PAPERMAKING

• PORCELAIN PRODUCTION

• GUNPOWDER FORMULA

What did Indians discover when they learned about the Silk Road?

• THEY COULD PROFIT BY ACTING AS MIDDLEMEN

• THEY COULD CONQUER NEW TERRITORIES

• THEY COULD FORM ALLIANCES WITH CHINA

• THEY COULD ESTABLISH A NEW RELIGION

How did Indian traders affect Southeast Asia?

• THEY SPREAD INDIAN STYLES OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, DANCE, AND RELIGION

• THEY IMPOSED INDIAN RULE AND LAWS

• THEY INTRODUCED CHINESE CULTURE

• THEY BROUGHT EUROPEAN INFLUENCES

What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?

• ADVANCES IN LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, AND MATHEMATICS

• DECLINE IN ALL ASPECTS OF CULTURE

• CONQUEST BY THE MONGOLS

• COLLAPSE OF THE GOVERNMENT