Basic Pre-1520 World History

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1. The long transition from hunting and gathering to farming and domesticating was called what? Paleolithic Revolution Neolithic Revolution Mesolithic Revolution Cultural Revolution

2. The oldest written form of language in the New World (North, Central, and South America) belonged to whom? Toltecs Aztecs Olmecs Mayas

3. The "People of the Purple" are from which kingdom? Phoenicia Nineveh Lydia Persia

4. The Greek, Herodotus, is most famous for his contributions to what field? Medicine Philosophy History Mathematics

5. What was Istanbul called before it got the name Constantinople? Rome Byzantium Illyricum Gaul

6. Mansa Musa was the ruler of which ancient African kingdom? Ethiopia Mali Monomotapa Karanga

7. Which one of the following is not a major deity of Hinduism? Siva Brahma Ahimsa Vishnu

8. The original Great Wall of China was built during which dynasty? Zhou Qin Han Ming

9. The "Black Death" is also known as ... ? Scurvy Antonine Plague Smallpox Bubonic Plague

10. Martin Luther was most notably against the sale of what? slaves heretics land indulgences