World History Pretest
  • 1. What type of government did Napoleon establish in France
A) Revolutionaries
B) Convention
C) Assembly
D) Consulate
  • 2. What system has workers repeat the same task repeatedly.
A) Indentured Servitude
B) Cottage Industry
C) Bessemer Process
D) Assembly Line
  • 3. Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
A) George Washington
B) Toussaint L'Ouverture
C) Simon Bolivar
D) Napoleon
  • 4. Who wrote the Declaration of Indepence
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Samuel Adams
D) Alexander Hamilton
  • 5. How was Russia able to defeat Napoleon?
A) One decisive battle
B) Scorched Earth
C) Blockades
D) Continental System
  • 6. Who benefited most from the Industrial Revolution?
A) Nobility
B) Farmers
C) Working Class
D) Middle Class
  • 7. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
A) Abraham
B) Siddhartha
C) Muhammad
D) Jesus
  • 8. Who was the founder of Christianity?
A) Siddhartha
B) Muhammad
C) Jesus
D) Abraham
  • 9. Who was the founder of Judaism?
A) Jesus
B) Muhammad
C) Abraham
D) Siddhartha
  • 10. Who was the founder of Islam?
A) Abraham
B) Muhammad
C) Jesus
D) Sidhartha
  • 11. Which Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs?
A) Francisco Pizarro
B) Hernan Cortes
C) Juan Ponce De Leon
D) Hidalgo
  • 12. Which Spanish explorer conquered the Inca's?
A) Hernan Cortes
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Magellan
D) Prince Henry
  • 13. What sailor was first to circumnavigate the world?
A) Pizarro
B) Magellan
C) Cortes
D) Columbus
  • 14. Who started the Protestant Reformation?
A) Martin Luther
B) Gregory X
C) John Locke
D) Leo V
  • 15. Who started the Church of England?
A) Gregory X
B) Leo III
C) Henry VIII
D) Charlemagne
  • 16. This city was the main trade hub between East and West
A) Ankara
B) Constantinople
C) Rome
D) Venice
  • 17. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A) Da Vinci
B) Michelangelo
C) Donatello
D) Raphael
  • 18. This term means rebirth.
A) Heresy
B) Renaissance
C) Purgatory
D) Indulgence
  • 19. A government that is run by a religion is called...
A) Dictatorship
B) Monarchy
C) Theocracy
D) Democracy
  • 20. This powerful family was the richest in the world during the Renaissance.
A) Bourbon
B) Medici
C) Caesar
D) Machiavelli
  • 21. This city was at the center of the Italian Renaissance.
A) Rome
B) Venice
C) Florence
D) Milan
  • 22. Famous scientist who argued the sun was the center of the universe, not earth.
A) Leonidas
B) Galileo
C) Pope Gregory X
D) Prince Henry
  • 23. This scientist invented Calculus to prove his theories
A) Galileo
B) Herodotus
C) Albert Einstein
D) Isaac Newton
  • 24. City in Germany where Martin Luther posted his 95 theses
A) Frankfurt
B) Munich
C) Berlin
D) Wittenberg
  • 25. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by who?
A) Donatello
B) Da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Raphael
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