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The World's Story

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : World History : The World's Story

Introduction:
"From the invention of the wheel to the Cold War this test has an array of questions from history."


1. Which one of these is the newest African Empire?
    Mali
    Aksum
    Chad
    Ghana


2. Which of these was not a technological advance made or invented by China?
    Gun powder
    The magnetic compass
    paper
    The wheel


3. What is one example of feudalism in these statements?
    The king was elected by the people.
    The peasants paid high taxes so the king could maintain a standing army.
    The king would grant a man land in return the man had to promise to fight for the king.
    Women could join the army as long as they were good enough.


4. In what war did the Central Powers fight against the Entente?
    World War II
    World War I
    Cold War
    Vietnam War


5. The Indus River Valley had the first what in the world?
    Sewage system
    Ovens
    Earrings
    Underground market


6. Who fought against the Allies in World War II?
    Japan, Russia and Germany
    Germany, Japan and Italy
    Poland, England and France
    Japan, Russia and Egypt


7. Mesopotamia means land between what?
    trade and work
    good and evil
    2 mountains
    the rivers


8. Who invented the sexidecimal system?
    China
    Ancient Rome
    Ancient Greece
    Mesopotamia


9. What name is given to the period of tension between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. from about 1947 till 1990?
    Answer: (Two Words)


10. Who introduced Islam into Sub-Saharan Africa?
    Roman miners
    Nomads
    Arab salt traders
    Warriors


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