Grade 9 · World History

Grade 9 World History — World history questions and answers

Empires, trade routes, and revolutions. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.

Practice quiz

Question and answer list

Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.

1. The Columbian Exchange was

Answer: the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

Potatoes and maize went to Europe; horses came to the Americas.

2. Feudalism in medieval Europe was based on

Answer: land for loyalty and service

Lords, vassals, and serfs.

3. The Renaissance began in

Answer: Italy

Art, humanism, and classical learning spread.

4. The transatlantic slave trade

Answer: forcibly moved millions of Africans to the Americas

It was part of the triangular trade.

5. Imperialism in the 1800s meant

Answer: industrial powers taking political control of other lands

Africa was partitioned at Berlin (1884–85).

6. World War I began in

Answer: 1914

The US entered in 1917.

7. The Treaty of Versailles (1919)

Answer: ended WWI and punished Germany harshly

Many historians link it to later unrest.

8. Decolonization after 1945 meant

Answer: many colonies gained independence

India’s independence (1947) is a key example.