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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

LET REVIEWER: Social Studies/Social Science - Mixed

 Choose the letter of the correct answer. If you think there is no correct answer, choose e.

Flying Shuttle
(Image from https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk)


1. In which year was Muhammad born?

a. 570 ~ Mecca

b. 631 ~ Arabia

c. 344 ~ Baghdad

d. 467 ~ Arabian Gulf


2. A ____________ is a region that has very little rainfall.

a. drought

b. desert

c. ocean

d. mountain range


3. Which of these happened during the French Revolution?

a. Execution of Louis XIII

b. Founding of Lutheranism

c. Storming of the Bastille

d. Surrender of Napoleon


4. America and Britain met in France to end the American Revolution by signing the

a. Treaty of Ghent

b. Declaration of Independence

c. Treaty of Paris

d. Declaration of The Rights of Man


5. The "elastic clause" gives Congress the power to

a. amend the Constitution.

b. declare actions of the president unconstitutional.

c. pass laws needed to carry out its other powers.

d. veto the supreme court.


6. If the Supreme Court decides that a law or act of the President goes against the Constitution, it can ____the law or act.

a. re-write

b. approve

c. appeal

d. cancel


7. What man is most responsible for sparking the Protestant Reformation?

a. Tetzel

b. Cromwell

c. Augustine

d. Luther


8. Do Islamic people need to make a journey to Mecca or Haji once in their lifetime?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Only if he/she wishes

d. It is not a requirement


9. The Greek alphabet is based on which other alphabet?

a. Egyptian

b. Babylonian

c. Phoenician

d. Hittite


10. Where did the Athenians and Persians fight their first decisive battle?

a. Plataea

b. Marathon

c. Athens

d. Salamis


11. Who said, Give me liberty or give me death!

a. John Adams

b. Patrick Henry

c. Thomas Jefferson

d. George Washington


12. What does the list below reveal about Islam?

-Muslims pray five times a day.

-Muslim women dress modestly

-Muslims don't drink alcohol or eat pork.

-Muslims give money to support charities.

a. Islam is a way of life.

b. Islam was popular in Arabia in the 700s.

c. Islam was the same as other religions

d. Islam is a religion of hardship.


13. Last Queen of France

a. Marie Antoinette

b. Isabella

c. Joan of Arc

d. Cleopatra


14. Emperor Justinian is most famous for

a. creating a systematic body of laws

b. putting down a terrible revolt

c. reclaiming lost territory of the Roman Empire

d. making the city rich and wealthy


15. The Romans were heavily influenced by the Greek's ________.

a. religion

b. architecture

c. alphabet

d. all of the above


16. Who told Martin Luther he could no longer be a member of the Church?

a. Pope Leo X

b. Henry VIII

c. God

d. Ann Boleyn


17. Who wrote the song, "Over There", which became the anthem for soldiers joining WWI?

a. George M. Cohan

b. Irving Berlin

c. Jim Thorpe

d. Edgar Rice Burroughs


18. At the end of the Roman Empire, all of these factors contributed to the fall of Rome except,

a. political instability

b. Christianity

c. economic and social problems

d. weakening frontiers


19. What type of Greek column is the simplest design?

a. Doric

b. Ionic

c. Corinthian

d. Baroque


20. How did industrialization have a NEGATIVE impact on society?

a. Increased labor needs in cities

b. Child labor

c. Safe working conditions

d. Increased pay


21. The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union's response to NATO.

a. True

b. False

c. Maybe

d. 50% True


22. The president can veto a bill.

a. True

b. False

c. Not all the times

d. Maybe


23. East Germany and Bulgaria were part of the Warsaw Pact.

a. True

b. False

c. Maybe

d. 50% True


24. In 1787, abolitionists founded the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in what nation?

a. Britain

b. France

c. Germany

d. Spain


25. Who invented the flying shuttle?

a. John Fowler

b. John Kay

c. Andrew Meikle

d. Jethro Tull


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