World History Pre-Test Name: _______________________________ Pd ______
Let’s see what you already know. Answer each question to the best of your ability. Circle the correct answer
1) How did the printing press affect Europe? 8) World War I took place from _____ to _____.
a) The price of books rose to pay for the new a) 1914-1918
technology. b) 1929-1938
b) More people learned to read and write. c) 1919-1945
c) Books were available only to a limited few. d) 1964-1975
d) Trade declined with the increase in books.
9) The leader of the National Socialist Party (Nazi)
2) Conquistadores were attracted to the Americas by: whose program was based on anti-Semitism was:
a) Rumors of Indians’ advanced technology. a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
b) Stores of riches and religious zeal. b) Vittorio Orlando
c) The warm tropical climate. c) Adolf Hitler
d) An opportunity for peasants to move up in a d) Josef Stalin
new society.
10) Where did the first cities emerge?
3) The leader of the Roundheads during the English a) Along trade routes
Civil War was b) In river valleys
a) Charles I c) Along the Mediterranean coast
b) Henry VIII d) In the Americas
c) Parliament
d) Oliver Cromwell 11) Which of the following aided cultural diffusion
among ancient peoples:
4) The most dramatic effect of European settlers on a) Trade
Native Americans was: b) New technology
a) War c) Poor leaders
b) The Mayflower Compact d) Farming
c) Disease
d) The growth of fur trade 12) Which of the following geographic features had the
greatest influence on ancient Egypt?
5) In the late 1500’s, France was torn apart by a) The Mediterranean Sea
religious wars between Catholics and: b) The Nile River
a) Muslims c) The Nubian Desert
b) Huguenots d) The Red Sea
c) Jews
d) Calvinists 13) The Aryan Caste System divided people into classes
by:
6) All of the following types of government control a) Age
every aspect of people’s lives EXCEPT: b) Race
a) Totalitarianism c) Occupation
b) Fascism d) Sex
c) Democracy
d) Communism 14) The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn
because it used
7) The Great Depression was mainly: a) A complex alphabet
a) A natural disaster b) Hundreds of letters
b) An economic event c) Thousands of characters
c) A political party d) Numbers instead of letters
d) A military campaign
15) Homer, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and Match the following places with their location on the
Mark Twain were all ____________. following map
a) Writers
b) Painters 21) China _____
c) Architects
d) Musicians 22) The Nile River _____
16) French styles of art, culture, manners, and customs 23) Italy _____
became the standard of European taste as a result
24) Atlantic Ocean _____
of the reign of:
a) Andre V
25) Birthplace of Alexander the Great _____
b) Louis XIV
c) Louis XIII 26) Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped here in WWII
d) Francois I _____
17) Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo da 27) Martin Luther started the Reformation in this
Vinci were all ____________. country _____
a) Politicians
b) Musicians 28) Home of the first civilization _____
c) Artists
d) Scientists 29) India _____
18) The column, the arch, and the dome all represent 30) The Incas lived here _____
developments in ___________.
a) Painting
b) Sculpture
c) Philosophy
d) Architecture
For bonus points: There are extra letters on the map
19) The 1944 invasion called D-Day was aimed at that were not used above. What are those letters?
German forces in what area?
Letter Location
a) Italy
b) The Soviet Union ______ ______________________________
c) France
d) North Africa ______ ______________________________
20) The name of each of the following leaders is ______ ______________________________
correctly matched with his country EXCEPT:
a) Benito Mussolini (Italy) ______ ______________________________
b) Nelson Mandela (Argentina)
c) Winston Churchill (Great Britain) ______ ______________________________
d) Mohandas Gandhi (India)
e) Mao Zedong (China) ______ ______________________________
______ ______________________________
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K
B C
L H
E D
S M
G
R F A
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World History Pre-Test Answer Key
1. B 16. B
2. B 17. C
3. D 18. D
4. C 19. C
5. B 20. B
6. C 21. D
7. B 22. G
8. A 23. B
9. C 24. E
10. B 25. C
11. A 26. H
12. B 27. K
13. C 28. M
14. C 29. F
15. A 30. N
Bonus
A Pacific Ocean
J England
L Spain
P Indian Ocean
Q South Africa
R The Caribbean/ Hispaniola/ Where Columbus landed
S Mediterranean Sea
