Deck 1: Historical Events and Figures in World History

Question 1

Fernand Braudel was a …………..historian.

A)french
B)chinese
C)indian
D)british

Answer 1

french

Question 2

Ancient history ended with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in …………… A.D.

A)476
B)486
C)496
D)498

Answer 2

476

Question 3

The Roman emperor ……………..decided to tolerate Christianity (313 A.D.)

A)constantine
B)colin mcevedy
C)justinian
D)romulus augustulus

Answer 3

constantine

Question 4

…………founded the city of Constantinople as the empire's second capital (330 A.D.)

A)constantine
B)theodosius i
C)romulus augustulus
D)george washington

Question 5

The last emperor of the western Roman Empire, ……………., was deposed by the Heruli king Odoacer (476 A.D.).

A)romulus augustulus
B)george washington
C)john kelleher
D)arthur schlesinger

Question 6

Ottoman Turks extinguished the Eastern Roman Empire by capturing …………………(1453 A.D.),

A)constantinople
B)babylonia
C)philadelphia
D)assyria

Question 7

Columbus first set foot in ………………..in 1492 A.D.

A)france
B)assyria
C)america
D)netherlands

Question 8

………………….caused a split in western Christianity by posting his "95 Theses" on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany (1517 A.D.).

A)martin luther
B)john kelleher
C)arthur schlesinger
D)j.f. richards

Question 9

Martin Luther caused a split in western Christianity by posting his "95 Theses" on the door of the castle church in……………, Germany (1517 A.D.).

A)babylonia
B)wittenberg
C)philadelphia
D)assyria

Question 10

The Moslem calendar begins with the hegira, Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina in ……………….. A.D.

A)612
B)615
C)618
D)622

Question 11

The Roman calendar began with Rome's founding in …………… B.C.

A)740
B)738
C)762
D)778

Question 12

The Greek Seleucid Empire used a chronology that began with Seleucus Nicator's occupation of ……………..in 311 B.C.

A)assyria
B)babylon
C)france
D)netherlands

Question 13

Hegel's thoughts on world history are expressed in The Philosophy of History, based on lectures first given in……………..

A)1802
B)1813
C)1822
D)1856

Question 14

……………………The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

A)edward gibbon's
B)john kelleher
C)j.f. richards
D)maurice dobb

Question 15

Who wrote the Decline of the West?

A)oswald spengler
B)john kelleher
C)arthur schlesinger
D)j.f. richards

Question 16

'A Study of History' is the work of ………………….

A)roger lewin
B)arnold toynbee
C)leonardo bruni
D)arthur schlesinger

Question 17

In fact, the concept of periodisation in world history had its beginnings in the writings of the humanist writer, …………..in the 14th century.

A)petrarch
B)john kelleher
C)j.f. richards
D)dante

Question 18

……………..may be considered as the first writer who has made a tri-partite division to the world history for the first time.

A)leonardo bruni
B)john kelleher
C)arthur schlesinger
D)maurice dobb

Question 19

………used the tri-partite periodisation in his 'History of Florentine People' (1442)

A)arthur schlesinger
B)leonardo bruni
C)j.f. richards
D)paul sweezy

Question 20

The tri-partite periodisation became popular after the German historian ………………..used it in his 'Universal History Divided into Ancient, Medieval and New Period' (1683).

A)christoph cellarius
B)john kelleher
C)justinian
D)maurice dobb

Question 21

The most commonly given start date in European history for medieval period is …………………. AD, in the year Romulus Augustus the last Roman emperor in the West abdicated.

A)456
B)466
C)476
D)499

Question 22

The conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in …………… AD is commonly used as the end date of the medieval world.

A)1433
B)1451
C)1453
D)1475

Question 23

Henri Pirenne was a ……………….historian.

A)belgian
B)assyrian
C)spanish
D)babylonian

Question 24

Johan Huizinga was a …………………historian.

A)dutch
B)austrian
C)spanish
D)frankish

Question 25

It was during the Early Middle Ages that the world witnessed the rise, growth and decay of the ………………dynasty stared by Emperor Charlemagne, which could fill the power vacancy that had existed since the fall of the Roman Empire.

A)frankish
B)babylonian
C)carolingian
D)romanov