Question 1: The steam engine was initially conceived and built by:

A. Thomas Savery.

B. James Watt.

C. Thomas Newcomen.

D. Robert Morse

Question 2: If the rise in literacy rates across Europe following the Renaissance could be attributed to one person it would probably be:

A. Archimedes.

B. Ptolemy.

C. Leonardo da Vinci.

D. Johannes Gutenberg

Question 3: Dating from about 662 to 750 CE, it was called the first universal civilization because it allowed for trade over a broad area,
thus encouraging an exchange of new ideas for innovations in technology and the sciences. What language was dominant in this region?

A. Latin

B. Arabic

C. Greek

Question 4: Which of these elements of nonmaterial culture refers to preferred and expected behavior?

A. Values

B. Symbols

C. Norms

D.Language

Question 5: Before this event, the concept of nuclear fission was theoretical-not taken seriously. What was the event?

A. A feasibility study was funded and located in Manhattan, New York.

B. A letter written by Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard arrived on the desk of Franklin Roosevelt.

C. Hitler's forces invaded Poland.

D. The Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.

Question 6: The first European to round the Cape of Good Hope and proceed onward to India was:

A. Vasco de Gama.

B. Christopher Columbus.

C. Ferdinand Magellan.

D. Pedro Alvarez Cabral.

Question 7: The greatest extent of the Roman Empire occurred during the:

A. Neolithic Age.

B. Late Bronze Age.

C. Early Bronze Age.

D. Iron Age.

Question 8: Henry Ford's innovations included all of the following EXCEPT:

A. a moving assembly line.

B. locating production in large plants.

C. utilizing standardized and interchangeable parts.

D. lowering employee wages

Question 9: In ancient Egypt, the rose was a symbol of which god?

A. Venus

B. Isis

C. Minerva

D. Aphrodite

Question 10: What event directly marked the end of the Roman Republic and the advent of the Roman Empire?

A. The death of Cleopatra

B. The defeat of the Greeks in the naval battle at Actium

C. The fall of the Greek Empire

D. Octavian's ascent to power as Augustus Caesar

Question 11: Regarding the European Medieval period, which statement is MOST accurate?

A. Traditional technology was favored. Therefore, there were almost no technological innovations during the Middle Ages.

B. All of the adopted technological advances were imported over trade routes to China.

C. Traditional technology was favored; however, advances like vertical windmills, and clockworks were developed.

D. Technological advances were considered satanic and unnatural

Question 12: Regarding the ancient cultures of the Americas, the:

A. Mayans and Aztecs made remarkable advances in astronomy and mathematics.

B. Aztecs and Mayans only developed writing while under Spanish rule.

C. Aztecs and Mayans had no concept of the wheel.

D. Inca people built many miles of paved roads across their Andean Empire.

Question 13: John Harrison, a Yorkshire carpenter, helped solve the longitude problem with the invention of the:

A. marine compass.

B. marine chronometer.

C. astrolabe.

D. universal compass

Question 14: Respecting technological advances in the 21st century, it turns out that concepts of gene therapy, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and bioengineering were already under development beginning in the:

A. 1960s.

B. 1970s.

C. 1980s.

D. 1990s

Question 15: What historians refer to as the Second Industrial Revolution took place between:

A. the beginning of the 19th century and the end of World War I.

B. the beginning of the 19th century and the beginning of World War II.

C. the last third of the 19th century up to the beginning of World War I.

D. the last third of the 19th century up to the end of World War I.

Question 16: In the __________ Ocean, the monsoon weather pattern, with prevailing winds blowing westward during part of the year and eastward during part of the year, enabled trade over a wide area from Africa to southeast Asia.

A. Indian

B. South Atlantic

C. South Pacific

D. North Atlantic

Question 17: Artifacts are to material culture as __________ are to nonmaterial culture.

A. horses

B. beliefs

C. crossbows

D. statues

Question 18: Our species, Homo Sapiens Sapiens, appeared on Earth around __________ years BCE.

A. 40,000

B. 1 million

C. 1.5 million

D. 200,000

Question 19: In China, all of the following were invented while the West was a cultural backwater EXCEPT:

A. gunpowder.

B. rudimentary steam engines.

C. paper.

D. the compass

Question 20: The appearance of writing around 3500 BCE appears to have been accompanied by the advent of:

A. the domestication of animals.

B. agriculture.

C. iron smelting.

D. horticulture.