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