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