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1 Areas in both the tundra and subarctic zones have frozen layers of soil called...
a. steppes
b. permafrost
c. ice caps
d. grasslands
2 Which Gladiator carries a dagger and shield and also wears a leather belt and leg band?
a. Andabatus
b. Thracian
c. Myrmillo
d. Secutor
a. Egypt
b. India
c. England
d. New York
a. Missouri River
b. Nile Rile
c. Mississippi River
d. Colorado River
6The duties of American citizens include obeying laws, paying taxes, defending the nation, serving in
court, and
a. attending church
b. attending school
c. volunteering
d. voting
7 In the Preamble, what phrase means "maintaining peace and order" in our country?
a. Establish Justice
d. We the people
a. Sahara
b. Arabian
c. Kalahari
d. Gobi
a. 1893
b. 1895
c. 1898
d. 1901
10 Which of the following supports the claim that benefits of the Columbian Exchange did not outweigh
the drawbacks?
a. politique
b. bourgeoisie
c. estate
d. bureaucracy
13The heart of the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great was located in the present-day country of .
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Turkey
c. Greece
d. Iran
e. Pakistan
14 Which religion believes that through meditation humans can develop peace and solve their
problems?
a. Christianity
b. Islam
c. Buddhism
d. Judaism
a. Hinduism
b. Islam
c. Christianity
d. Buddhism
18 Who was the leader of the Nazi's during World War II?
a. Tony Blair
b. Stalin
c. Adolf Hitler
d. King George
no water.
a. Flooding
b. Trapping
c. Irrigating
a. Republicans
b. Patriots
c. Anti-federalists
d. Federalists
21 How was Harold Godwinson rumoured to have been killed at the Battle of Hastings?
a. Head chopped of
22 What River did Mexico say was the southern boundary of Texas?
b. Brazos River
c. Red River
d. Nueces River
a. money
b. orders
c. responsibilities
a. Executive
b. Electoral College
c. Judicial
d. Legislative
25 What is the term for the dominance and power asserted by one nation over less powerful nations?
a. Socialism
b. Imperialism
c. Domesticism
d. Racism
26 What is the name of the political party most often associated with Nelson Mandela?
a. National Party
a. in Northern Africa.
b. in Southern Africa.
c. in Eastern Africa
d. in Western Africa
a. 1301 AD
b. 12000 BCE
c. 1044 CE
d. 120 BC
29 An important challenge facing the Constitutional Convention was how to balance the
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
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. 40*N, 90* E
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.
a. April 9, 1865
d. April 5, 2010
a. Direct Democracy
b. Republic
c. Constitutional Monarchy
d. Autocracy
a. heaviest in summer
b. heaviest in winter
d. almost nonexistent
37 How did reading the pamphlet Common Sense afect many colonists?
a. pyramids
b. churches
c. ziggurats
d. tombs
a. mansion
b. fort
c. tent
d. fortress
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. King Phillip
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. legislative
b. judicial
c. executive
d. constitutional convention
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
a. Ur
b. Agad
c. Babylon
d. Nineveh
a. governed by dictators
b. constitutional monarchies
c. oligarchies
d. democratic republics
a. Monothesim
b. Theocracy
c. Polythesim
d. Muslium
a. True
b. False
50 The Taklamakan Desert and the_____Desert are the two main deserts in China
a. Gobi
b. Huang He
c. Sahara
d. Nile
51 What discovery gave historians the key they needed to read Egyptian hieroglyphics?
a. Obelisk
b. Papyrus
c. Rosetta Stone
d. Sphinx
a. Church
b. Cathedral
c. Mosque
d. Holy Site
a. Simple majority
b. Three-fourths majority
c. Two-thirds majority
a. Command
b. Mixed
c. Market
d. Traditional
a. True
b. False
57 Which group of people utilize the U.S. Capitol building for making the laws of the United States?
b. Congress
58 The language of the Romans,_____was the basis of many modern European languages.
a. Roman
b. Spanish
c. Latin
d. Italian
a. the Iliad
b. the Odyssey
c. the Aeneid
d. Oedipus Tyrranus
a. Shintoism
b. Buddhism
c. Shamanism
d. Taoism
a. representation in congress
c. selection of justices
a. Monotheism
b. Polytheism
c. Theocracy
d. Mecca
b. complete an application
a. His birthday
b. Easter Sunday
c. Valentines Day
d. Christmas Day
66 The largest rain forest located in Latin America shares its name with the river that runs through it.
Which of the following is the name of the rain forest and river?
a. Nile
b. Volga
c. Amazon
d. Mississippi
67 If the president and vice president can no longer serve, what position in the U.S. government is next
in line for the presidency?
a. Secretary of Defense
b. First Lady
d. Senator at large
a. California
b. Florida
c. Louisiana
d. Nebraska
69 Which Songhai leader built the largest empire in medieval West Africa?
a. Muhammad Ali
b. Askia Muhammad
c. Mansa Musa
d. Mansa Mister
70 Which of the following facts supports the claim that the benefits of the Columbian Exchange
outweighed the drawbacks?
a. Farming for Native Americans became easier with the introduction of domesticated animals
71 What required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal, whenever they bought paper items
a. Sugar Act
b. Toleration Act
c. Intolerable Act
d. Stamp Act
72 The earliest inhabitants of what is today Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya were called
a. Berbers
b. Europeans
c. Australians
d. Indians
73 What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?
74 What is an archipelago?
a. an ocean
b. group of islands
a. Christianity
b. Judasim
c. Islam
a. Re
b. Osiris
c. Horus
d. Isis
77 Who was the god that represented love, caring, and protection?
a. Re
b. Horus
c. Osiris
d. Isis
a. place
b. location
c. theme
d. region
a. Tripoli
b. Tunis
c. Algers
d. Rabat
b. Bedouin
c. Quran
d. Mecca
a. Preamble
b. Amendment
c. Judicial Branch
d. Bill of Rights
a. Kaaba
b. Abraham
c. Muhammad
d. Justinian
a. John Adams
b. Samuel Adams
c. Thomas Preston
d. George Washington
86 Which text feature is a drawing or chart that represents all or part of the earth's surface?
a. timeline
b. graph
c. map
d. table
87 What reform called for building a permanent imperial capital for Japan?
a. Vocata Reform
c. Taika Reform
88 The number of books available to people increased due to the development in the 1400s of
b. epic poetry
d. writing paper
b. Marcus Aurelius
c. Augustus
d. Hadrian
91 In what area has Nigeria worked to specialize?
a. Oil production
a. Theodora
b. Theoria
c. Justinian
d. Tribonian
94 ____ abolished serfdom in 1861 as his first major reform of the Russian Empire.
a. Tsar Nicholas I
b. Alexander I
c. Alexander II
d. Prince Rudolf
a. Mayflower Compact
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Bill of Rights
d. U.S. Constitution
96 Who was the most important Admiral for the Union Navy?
a. Robert E. Lee
b. John Brown
c. U.S. Grant
d. David Farragut
d. helped each colony prepare its own charter and form its own legislature.
b. a written constitution
c. a single ruler
a. Moat
b. Roman Fire
c. Walls
d. Greek Fire
a. They were more physically adapted to the cold out of any hominid.
b. They were more skilled at making their own tools than Neanderthals.
102 The period of time known as the Age of Exploration ran from .
a. 1450-1750
b. 1200-1500
c. 1350-1850
d. 1000-1500
103 What was the name of the Greek poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey?
a. Homer
b. Voltaire
c. Virgil
d. Dante
104 What type of economy does South Africa and Nigeria have?
a. Market
b. Mixed
c. Command
d. Traditional
a. shari'ah
b. struggle
c. pilgrimage
d. Sunnah
b. Congress
c. Supreme Court
d. Capitol Hil
107 This occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly.
a. monarchy
b. bureaucracy
c. slavery
d. social inequality
108 Home Rule for Ireland meant that the Irish wanted their own ____ in Ireland.
a. freedom
b. parliament
c. right to vote
d. religion
109 The group of people who came to the Americas by foot from Asia were called the .
a. Russians
b. Olmec
c. Mayans
d. Paleo-Indians
110 The Arctic Ocean is the coldest but not the smallest ocean.
a. True
b. False
111 _____consists of symbols that can express ideas as well as the names of objects, people or places.
a. codes
b. caravan
c. Cuneiform
d. cursive
112. The first real battle of the Revolutionary War was the...
b. battle at Lexington.
c. battle at Concord.
d. Boston Massacre.
114 What was one benefit of Muslims, Jews and Christians living respectfully together in Cordoba?
115 The Romans were the first people to invent and use , a mixture of volcanic ash, lime, and water.
a. Asphalt
b. Concrete
c. Clay
d. Plaster
116 What was an empire?
118 The _____allowed Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent, to be her regent if William IV died before
she turned 18.
a. Magna Carta
d. Law of Primogeniture
a. Athens
b. Sparta
c. Thebes
d. Argos
a. Athens
b. Sparta
c. Thebes
d. Argos
121 Which level of government exercises power under the 10th amendment?
a. National/Federal government
b. Local Government
c. State Government
a. legislative
b. judicial
c. executive
d. political
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
c. in Cairo
c. lack of food
d. lack of entertainment
128 Mandela created the ____which was tasked with investigating the crimes of both the government
and the ANC during Apartheid.
129 The ceasefire negotiated by Mandela between the government and the ANC was known as what?
a. The Springbok
c. National Unity
130 Mandela became a member of the ANC National Executive and national president of the ANC Youth
League in what year?
a. 1945
b. 1948
c. 1950
d. 1962
a. Luxor
b. Alexandria
c. Port Said
d. Edfu
132 An _____ is a ring (or partial ring) of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea.
a. sound
b. bay
c. atoll
d. ocean
133 In about 3000 B.C., ancient Egyptians called their written language ”medou netcher.” This means .
134 The city of ____is important because it is a very elaborate city of architecture that was meticulously
planned.
a. Mecca
b. Medina
c. Israel
d. Baghdad
a. True
b. False
a. Oil production
b. grain production
c. textile manufacturing
a. Bedouins
b. caravan
c. Hajj
d. Caliph
138 ____location tells where something is by comparing it to another thing. We use words like above,
next to and below.
a. complete
b. relative
c. exact
d. absolute
139 American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won.
a. privateers
b. Patriots/Rebels
c. Loyalists/Tories
d. mercenaries
a. Joe Paterno
b. Joe Biden
c. Sarah Palin
d. John Roberts
142 The Kalahari Desert is located in Africa. How many square miles is it?
a. 888,000
b. 359,000
c. 598,500
d. 0
143 The Tax passed by Britain to take care of smuggling and lowered the tax on molasses.
a. Coercive Act
b. Sugar Act
c. Stamp Act
d. Quartering Act
a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 15
145 Which is a tourist attraction in Australia where many people go to watch theatrical performances?
c. Broadway
d. The Vatican
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
b. False
149 Most of the countries of Southwest Asia have mixed economies, which means that
151 Who was the first state to secede from the north?
a. South Carolina
b. Virginia
c. Texas
d. Georgia
152 The Rocky Mountains in Canada are NOT the same mountain range as the Rocky Mountains in the
United States.
a. True
b. False
153 The Election of 1824, had to be decided by the President because no candidate had a majority of the
electoral votes.
a. True
b. False
154 Jackson's supporters call him Old Tree and started "Tree Clubs" to further his campaign.
a. True
b. False
155 The election of 1828 marked the first time that a presidential party nominee was chosen at a
national political convention.
a. True
b. False
a. True
b. False
157 The people who came to the White House reception after Jackson's inauguration were described as
nice and calm.
a. True
b. False
a. Settlement Houses
d. Political corruption
159 The Senate and House of Representatives fall under the Local Government
a. True
b. False
160 Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in degrees. Degrees are broken down into...
161 The Battle of New Orleans occurred on January 8, 1815, after the War of 1812 had officially ended.
a. True
b. False
162 Who presides over the House of Representatives?
a. The President
163 Who is the head of the executive branch for the U.S. government?
a. Tom Corbett
b. Barack Obama
c. Mitt Romney
d. Michael Nutter
c. to coin money
d. to appoint judges
166What direction would a trader be going if they were traveling from Egypt to Ethiopia?
a. West to East
b. North to South
c. East to West
167 On the run after Grant's vicious Virginian campaign Lee held up for 9 months under siege in what
Southern city?
a. Atlanta
b. Petersburg
c. Washington, D.C.
d. Seattle
168 During which years did the French and Indian War take place?
a. 1700-1776
b. 1754-1763
c. 1812-1815
d. 1775-1780
169 This is a mountain chain that runs through Italy. It provided Romans protection against harsh
weather and foreign invasion.
a. Ural
b. Apennines
c. Allegheny
d. Himalayas
a. Kiev
b. Moscow
c. Warsaw
d. Prague
a. Judicial
b. Executive
c. Legislative
d. Electoral College
172 The power of _____is an important judicial check on the legislative and executive branches of
government.
a. Judicial review
b. Supreme review
c. Federal Courts
d. Local Government
173 A popular method of protesting British laws was to refuse to buy British goods known as
a. Headrights
b. Boycott
c. free enterprise
d. picketing
a. Venice
b. Pompeii
c. Florence
d. Rome
a. Canal
b. Gulf
c. Strait
d. Sea
176 The U.S. temporarily delayed its plans to reduce troop numbers in what Middle Eastern country?
a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Cuba
d. Afghaniatan
177 Which scientist discovered that gravity causes heavy and light bodies of the same substance to fall at
the same speed?
a. Kepler
b. Aristotle
c. Galileo
d. Aquinas
178 Who was the famous Civil War Veteran who died at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
a. Chief Joseph
b. Custer
c. Sitting Bull
d. Geronimo
179 Cofee and sugar were two important exports of colonial Latin America.
a. True
b. False
a. John Adams
b. William Howe
c. Henry Knox
d. George Washington
181 Colonial women played a key role in the boycott of British goods by
a. buying all the British cloth and other goods they could aford.
182 The Mayas lived in South America along the Andes Mountains.
a. True
b. False
183 Approximately how many people in the world follow the religion of Islam?
d. Muhammad F. Ali
b. July 7, 1944
b. New Brunswick
c. Nova Scotia
d. Quebec
e. Newfoundland
187 The longest river in the world travels through Egypt, Sudan, and Uganda. This river is:
a. The Zambezi
b. The Nile
c. The Suez Canal
188 Where did the Spartans led by King Leonidas prevent the Persians from passing into Greece?
a. Attica
b. Lacedaemon
c. Thermopylae
d. Rhodes
b. Ulysses Grant
c. Robert E Lee
d. Stonewall Jackson
a. True
b. False
191 The highest mountain in Greece, Mount Olympus, was the mythical home of the Greek gods.
a. True
b. False
192 Which explorer increased the Europeans' interest in Asia and its culture?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Hernan Cortez
c. Marco Polo
d. Henry Hudson
a. True
b. False
a. 1961
b. 1945
c. 1974
d. 1950
195 What is the belief that at death a person is reborn into an new body?
a. dharma
b. karma
c. reincarnation
d. ahimsa
196 What Supreme Court case from 1803 established the power of judicial review?
a. Marbury v. Madison
c. Miranda v. Arizona
d. Washington v. Jeferson
a. John Huss
b. John Calvin
c. Martin Luther
d. John Knox
198 According to _____everyone could know the rules and punishments because they were written.
a. Hammurabi's Code
a. Zoroastrianism
b. Hammurabi
c. Sargon II
a. bushido
b. samurai
c. hari-kiri
d. shogun
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