Choose the letter of the correct answer. If you think that there is no correct answer, write e.
Please comment if there is an incorrect answer.
26 What is the name of the political party most often associated with Nelson Mandela?
a. National Party
b. African National Congress
c. South African Worker's Party
d. Socialist Party of South Africa
27 The Sahara Desert is:
a. in Northern Africa.
b. in Southern Africa.
c. in Eastern Africa
d. in Western Africa
28 Which date is the oldest?
a. 1301 AD
b. 12000 BCE
c. 1044 CE
d. 120 BC
29 An important challenge facing the US Constitutional
Convention was how to balance the
a. needs of eastern and western states
b. interests of large and small states
c. demands of farmers
d. rights of women
30 What Chaldean king formed an alliance with the Scythians
and Medes to form the Second Babylonian Empire?
a. Nabopolassar
b. Ashurbanipal
c. Shalmaneser
d. Nebuchadnezzar
31 A _________ is an area that has at least one
characteristic in common.
a. lake
b. dessert
c. a friend
d. region
32 Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements for
immigrants who want to become a US citizen?
a. You must be 18 years or older
b. You must be a resident of the US for at least 10 years
c. You must be able to read, write and speak English
d. You must be a lawful person
33Which of the following, is an example of Absolute Location?
a. 40*N, 90* E
b. 167 Fairway Drive, Helena, MT 59601
c. The distance from The Denver Center for the Performing
Arts, to the Pepsi Center
d. The Statue of Liberty is in New York Harbor across from
the Island of Manhattan.
34 Robert E Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General
Grant on
a. April 9, 1865
b. April 19, 1861
c. April 28, 1965
d. April 5, 2010
35 Which is NOT a form of democracy?
a. Direct Democracy
b. Republic
c. Constitutional Monarchy
d. Autocracy
36 In the humid continental and humid subtropical zones,
precipitation is...
a. heaviest in summer
b. heaviest in winter
c. even throughout the year
d. almost non-existent
37 How did reading the pamphlet Common Sense affect many
colonists?
a. It persuaded them to declare independence.
b. It reminded them they should be loyal to King George.
c. It encouraged the colonists to seek peace.
d. It convinced many colonists that could not win the war.
38 The Sumerians built temples to their gods called
a. pyramids
b. churches
c. ziggurats
d. tombs
39 A citadel is a __ found in a city.
a. mansion
b. fort
c. tent
d. fortress
40 Who believed that reason should guide the pursuit of
knowledge?
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. King Phillip
41 Who thought everything was made up of atoms?
a. Socrates
b. Thales
c. Plato
d. Democritus
42 Which of the following did NOT contribute to the high
death tolls in the Civil War?
a. ancient battle tactics/ new technology
b. tight quarters, low quality supplies
c. new medicine practices
d. casualties on both sides were from the same country
43 The branch of government that interprets laws is the
a. legislative
b. judicial
c. executive
d. constitutional convention
44 Why has Egypt been called the "gift of the
Nile"?
a. The Nile gave them gold and silver
b. The Nile River gave them everything they needed to
survive.
c. the Egyptians took gifts to the Nile
d. because the Nile is located in the middle of Egypt
45 This source is information gathered by someone who did
not take part in or witness an event.
a. Primary Source
b. Secondary Source
c. Both
d. Neither
46 Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
a. Ur
b. Agad
c. Babylon
d. Nineveh
47 Today Egypt, Tunisia,and Algeria are
a. governed by dictators
b. constitutional monarchies
c. oligarchies
d. democratic republics
48 What is a group of people called when they believe in one
God?
a. Monothesim
b. Theocracy
c. Polythesim
d. Muslium
49 The US Constitutional Convention took place in _______.
a. Philadelphia
b. Washington, DC
c. New York
d. San Francisco
50 The Taklamakan Desert and the_____Desert are the two main
deserts in China
a. Gobi
b. Huang He
c. Sahara
d. Nile
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