World History Questions With Answers

31. Between which powers were the Punic Wars fought?

• A) Athens and Sparta
• B) Persia and Greece
• C) Egypt and Rome
• D) Rome and Carthage

32. What was an amphora in ancient Rome?

• A) A type of Roman chariot
• B) A musical instrument
• C) A special pottery to keep liquid in ancient Rome
• D) A form of Roman currency

33. Between whom was the Battle of Thermopylae fought?

• A) Rome and Egypt
• B) Carthage and Sparta
• C) Greek City-States and Persia
• D) Athens and Macedonia

34. Which country is credited with the tradition of a written constitution?

• A) France
• B) Canada
• C) Australia
• D) America

35. In which year did labor union protests in Chicago and other U.S. cities, culminating in police firing, lead to the establishment of May 1 as Labor Day?

• A) 1860
• B) 1870
• C) 1880
• D) 1886

36. What were the taxes extracted by the Church in late eighteenth-century French society called?

• A) Tithes
• B) Corvée
• C) Gabelle
• D) Capitation

37. What does the Great Depression in the 1930s refer to?

• A) A severe drought in the U.S.
• B) A global pandemic
• C) An economic hollowing out leading to widespread unemployment and collapse of stock values
• D) A series of political uprisings

38. Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

• A) Prague
• B) Zagreb
• C) Sarajevo
• D) Ljubljana

39. In which years did the Glorious Revolution take place?

• A) 1688-89
• B) 1692-93
• C) 1685-86
• D) 1695-96

40. Who is known as the "Father of Greek Medicine"?

• A) Aristotle
• B) Plato
• C) Hippocrates
• D) Asclepius