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1 Areas in both the tundra and subarctic zones have frozen layers d. Food became cheaper for many Europeans
of soil called... 11The French term for middle class is .
a. steppes a. politique
b. permafrost CA b. bourgeoisie CA
c. ice caps c. estate
d. grasslands d. bureaucracy
12Why was James Madison known as the "Father of the
2 Which Gladiator carries a dagger and shield and also wears a Constitution"?
leather belt and leg band? a. He took so many notes
a. Andabatus b. His influence was so great during the convention CA
b. Thracian c. He was the smartest delegate
c. Myrmillo CA d. He did so much research
d. Secutor
13The heart of the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great was
3 The world's first nation state was created in located in the present-day country of .
a. Egypt CA a. Saudi Arabia
b. India b. Turkey
c. England c. Greece
d. New York d. Iran CA
e. Pakistan
8 What is the largest desert in the world? 18 Who was the leader of the Nazi's during World War II?
a. Sahara CA a. Tony Blair
b. Arabian b. Stalin
c. Kalahari c. Adolf Hitler CA
d. Gobi d. King George
9 In what year did America officially declare war against Spain? 19 ____ is directing water from the source to an area where there
a. 1893 is
b. 1895 no water.
c. 1898 CA a. Flooding
d. 1901 b. Trapping
c. Irrigating CA
22 What River did Mexico say was the southern boundary of 32 Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements for
Texas? immigrants who want to become a US citizen?
a. Rio Grande River a. You must be 18 years or older
b. Brazos River b. You must be a resident of the US for at least 10 years CA
c. Red River c. You must be able to read, write and speak English
d. Nueces River CA d. You must be a lawful person
23 Volunteerism involves giving ____to others without receiving 33Which of the following, is an example of Absolute Location?
payment. a. 40*N, 90* E CA
a. money b. 167 Fairway Drive, Helena, MT 59601
b. orders c. The distance from The Denver Center for the Performing Arts,
c. responsibilities to the Pepsi Center
d. time and services CA d. The Statue of Liberty is in New York Harbor,across from the
Island of Manhattan.
24 The branch of government that carries out laws is 34 Robert E Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General
a. Executive CA Grant on
b. Electoral College a. April 9, 1865 CA
c. Judicial b. April 19, 1861
d. Legislative c. April 28, 1965
d. April 5, 2010
26 What is the name of the political party most often associated 36 In the humid continental and humid subtropical zones,
with Nelson Mandela? precipitation is...
a. National Party a. heaviest in summer
b. African National Congress CA b. heaviest in winter
c. South African Worker's Party c. even throughout the year CA
d. Socialist Party of South Africa d. almost nonexistent
27 The Sahara Desert is: 37 How did reading the pamphlet Common Sense affect many
a. in Northern Africa. CA colonists?
b. in Southern Africa. a. It persuaded them to declare independence. CA
c. in Eastern Africa b. It reminded them they should be loyal to King George.
d. in Western Africa c. It encouraged the colonists to seek peace.
d. It convinced many colonists that could not win the war.
30 What Chaldean king formed an alliance with the Scythians and 40 Who believed that reason should guide the pursuit of
Medes to form the Second Babylonian Empire? knowledge?
a. Nabopolassar CA a. Socrates
b. Ashurbanipal b. Plato
c. Shalmaneser c. Aristotle CA
d. Nebuchadnezzar d. King Phillip
c. Rosetta Stone CA
d. Sphinx
63What is a group of people who believe in more than one God? 73 What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of
a. Monotheism Greece by the Persians?
b. Polytheism CA a. The Battle of Thermopylae
c. Theocracy b. The Battle of Marathon CA
d. Mecca c. The Battle of Salamis
d. The Battle of Athens
64 During the last step in the naturalization process, applicants
a. take an oath of loyalty CA 74 What is an archipelago?
b. complete an application a. an ocean
c. take a citizenship test b. group of islands CA
d. meet with the president c. part of the tundra
d. part of the mountains
65 On which day was William crowned as King of England?
a. His birthday 75 Which of these religions is monotheistic?
b. Easter Sunday a. Christianity
c. Valentines Day b. Judasim
d. Christmas Day CA c. Islam
d. All of the above CA
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 76 Who was the god of the underworld?
name of the rain forest and river? a. Re
a. Nile b. Osiris CA
b. Volga c. Horus
c. Amazon CA d. Isis
d. Mississippi
77 Who was the god that represented love, caring, and
67 If the president and vice president can no longer serve, what protection?
position in the U.S. government is next in line for the presidency? a. Re
a. Secretary of Defense b. Horus
b. First Lady c. Osiris
c. Speaker of the House CA d. Isis CA
d. Senator at large
78 The best description of the theme of interaction is
68 Which of these once belonged to Mexico? a. the human and physical characteristics of an area.
a. California CA b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment. CA
b. Florida c. migration across the planet.
c. Louisiana d. a definite reference to locate a place.
d. Nebraska e. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.
69 Which Songhai leader built the largest empire in medieval 79 An area of the world that has similar, unifying characteristics is
West Africa? called a
a. Muhammad Ali a. place
b. Askia Muhammad CA b. location
c. Mansa Musa c. theme
d. Mansa Mister d. region CA
70 Which of the following facts supports the claim that the 80 What is the capital of Morocco?
benefits of the Columbian Exchange outweighed the drawbacks? a. Tripoli
a. Farming for Native Americans became easier with the b. Tunis
introduction of domesticated animals CA c. Algers
b. Europeans introduced deadly diseases to the New World d. Rabat CA
c. Native Americans were forced into the Encomienda System
d. Columbus took some of the Taino Indians he met "by force" 81 What is the Islamic holy book?
a. Kaaba
71 What required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal, b. Bedouin
whenever they bought paper items c. Quran CA
a. Sugar Act d. Mecca
b. Toleration Act
c. Intolerable Act 82 Any change in the constitution is called a(n)
d. Stamp Act CA a. Preamble
b. Amendment CA
72 The earliest inhabitants of what is today Morocco, Algeria, c. Judicial Branch
Tunisia, and Libya were called d. Bill of Rights
b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment.
83 Muslims consider _____the prophet of their religion. c. migration across the planet. CA
a. Kaaba d. a definite reference to locate a place.
b. Abraham e. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.
c. Muhammad CA
d. Justinian 94 ____ abolished serfdom in 1861 as his first major reform of the
Russian Empire.
a. Tsar Nicholas I
b. Alexander I
84 The best description of the theme of location is c. Alexander II CA
a. the human and physical characteristics of an area. d. Prince Rudolf
b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment. 95 Which documents addressed colonial concerns about English
c. migration across the planet. policies?
d. a definite reference to locate a place. CA a. Mayflower Compact
e. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study. b. Declaration of Independence CA
c. Bill of Rights
85 Who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre? d. U.S. Constitution
a. John Adams CA
b. Samuel Adams 96 Who was the most important Admiral for the Union Navy?
c. Thomas Preston a. Robert E. Lee
d. George Washington b. John Brown
c. U.S. Grant
86 Which text feature is a drawing or chart that represents all or d. David Farragut CA
part of the earth's surface?
a. timeline 97 The Writs of Assistance
b. graph a. allowed colonial women to buy British cloth at reduced prices.
c. map CA b. allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. CA
d. table c. helped colonists pay for imported tea.
d. helped each colony prepare its own charter and form its own
87 What reform called for building a permanent imperial capital legislature.
for Japan?
a. Vocata Reform 98 What do an absolute monarchy and an autocracy have in
b. Checito Salem Reform common?
c. Taika Reform CA a. a single legislative house
d. Japan New Reform b. a written constitution
c. a single ruler CA
88 The number of books available to people increased due to the d. a national court system
development in the 1400s of
a. the modern novel 99 The best description of the the theme of place is
b. epic poetry a. the human and physical characteristics of an area. CA
c. the printing press CA b. how humans adapt to and modify the environment.
d. writing paper c. migration across the planet.
d. a definite reference to locate a place.
89 Which two countries had the biggest colonies in South e. divides the world into manageable units for geographic study.
America? 100 Which of the following is not one of the defenses at
a. Spain and Portugal CA Constantinople?
b. England and France a. Moat
c. the United States and Spain b. Roman Fire CA
d. Portugal and France c. Walls
107 This occurs when resources in a given society are distributed 118 The _____allowed Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent, to
unevenly. be her regent if William IV died before she turned 18.
a. monarchy a. Magna Carta
b. bureaucracy b. Lords Justices Act
c. slavery c. Regency Act of 1830 CA
d. social inequality CA d. Law of Primogeniture
108 Home Rule for Ireland meant that the Irish wanted their own 119 Which city-state led the Delian League?
____ in Ireland. a. Athens CA
a. freedom b. Sparta
b. parliament CA c. Thebes
c. right to vote d. Argos
d. religion
120 Which city-state led the Peloponnesian League?
109 The group of people who came to the Americas by foot from a. Athens
Asia were called the . b. Sparta CA
a. Russians c. Thebes
b. Olmec d. Argos
c. Mayans
d. Paleo-Indians CA
121 Which level of government exercises power under the 10th
amendment?
110 The Arctic Ocean is the coldest but not the smallest ocean. a. National/Federal government
a. True b. Local Government
b. False CA c. State Government CA
111 _____consists of symbols that can express ideas as well as the 122 The branch of government that interprets laws is the
names of objects, people or places. a. legislative
a. codes b. judicial CA
b. caravan c. executive
c. Cuneiform CA d. political
d. cursive
123 Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Aphrodite.
112. The first real battle of the Revolutionary War was the... a. True
a. Battle of Bunker Hill. CA b. False CA
b. battle at Lexington.
c. battle at Concord.
d. Boston Massacre. 124 Why did a group of Senators murder Julius Caesar?
a. because he was unpopular
b. to destroy the Republic and restore a monarchy
113. The Hundred Years War was fought between the . c. they were afraid of him
a. French and Italians d. they believed he had too much power CA
b. English and French CA
c. Engish and Italians
d. French and Spanish 125 Alexander Hamilton was against a strong national
government.
a. True
b. False CA b. grain production
c. textile manufacturing
126 Bedouins are the group of desert nomads who live d. gold and diamond mining CA
a. in the City of the Dead
b. on the Sinai Peninsula CA 137 A group of traveling merchants and animals.
c. in Cairo a. Bedouins
d. near the Atlas Mountains in Morocco b. caravan CA
c. Hajj
127 What is a problem facing many of North Africa's cities today? d. Caliph
a. underpopulation
b. lack of job opportunities CA 138 ____location tells where something is by comparing it to
c. lack of food another thing. We use words like above, next to and below.
d. lack of entertainment a. complete
b. relative CA
128 Mandela created the ____which was tasked with c. exact
investigating the crimes of both the government and the ANC d. absolute
during Apartheid. 139 American colonists who were determined to fight the British
a. Committee of Public Safety until American independence was won.
b. Apartheid Crime Taskforce a. privateers
c. Truth and Reconciliation Committee CA b. Patriots/Rebels CA
d. Convention for a Democratic South Africa c. Loyalists/Tories
d. mercenaries
172 The power of _____is an important judicial check on the 182 The Mayas lived in South America along the Andes
legislative and executive branches of government. Mountains.
a. Judicial review CA a. True
b. Supreme review b. False CA
c. Federal Courts
d. Local Government 183 Approximately how many people in the world follow the
religion of Islam?
a. About 1.2 million people
b. About 1.2 billion people CA
c. About 2.1 billion people
d. About 122 million people
173 A popular method of protesting British laws was to refuse to
buy British goods known as
a. Headrights 184 Muhammad Ali's birth name is:
b. Boycott CA a. Cassius Mercedes Clay
c. free enterprise b. Cassius Marcellus Clay CA
d. picketing c. Muhammad Akbar Ali
d. Muhammad F. Ali
174 What is the capital of Italy?
a. Venice 185 Muhammad Ali was born on:
b. Pompeii a. January 20, 1942
c. Florence b. July 7, 1944
d. Rome CA c. January 17, 1942 CA
d. July 25, 1944
175 _____ is a narrow, flowing man-made body of water.
a. Canal CA 186 In what modern day province was Port Royal located?
b. Gulf a. Prince Edward Island
c. Strait b. New Brunswick
d. Sea c. Nova Scotia CA
d. Quebec
176 The U.S. temporarily delayed its plans to reduce troop
numbers in what Middle Eastern country? e. Newfoundland
a. Iraq 187 The longest river in the world travels through Egypt, Sudan,
b. Iran and Uganda. This river is:
c. Cuba a. The Zambezi
d. Afghaniatan CA b. The Nile CA
c. The Suez Canal
177 Which scientist discovered that gravity causes heavy and light d. The Clark Fork
bodies of the same substance to fall at the same speed?
a. Kepler 188 Where did the Spartans led by King Leonidas prevent the
b. Aristotle Persians from passing into Greece?
c. Galileo CA a. Attica
d. Aquinas b. Lacedaemon
c. Thermopylae CA
178 Who was the famous Civil War Veteran who died at the Battle d. Rhodes
of Little Bighorn?
a. Chief Joseph 189 President Abraham Lincoln was shot by...
b. Custer CA a. John Wilkes Booth CA
c. Sitting Bull b. Ulysses Grant
d. Geronimo c. Robert E Lee
d. Stonewall Jackson
179 Coffee and sugar were two important exports of colonial Latin
America. 190 The capital city of Songhay was Gao.
a. True CA a. True CA
b. False b. False
180 Who was chosen to be the general of the Continental Army? 191 The highest mountain in Greece, Mount Olympus, was the
a. John Adams mythical home of the Greek gods.
b. William Howe a. True CA
c. Henry Knox b. False
d. George Washington CA
192 Which explorer increased the Europeans' interest in Asia and 196 What Supreme Court case from 1803 established the power
its culture? of judicial review?
a. Christopher Columbus a. Marbury v. Madison CA
b. Hernan Cortez b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Marco Polo CA c. Miranda v. Arizona
d. Henry Hudson d. Washington v. Jefferson
193 Japan has the highest population density in the world. 197 The Huguenots were followers of the Reformer
a. True CA a. John Huss
b. False b. John Calvin CA
c. Martin Luther
194 The Korean War started in ? d. John Knox
a. 1961 198 According to _____everyone could know the rules and
b. 1945 punishments because they were written.
c. 1974 a. Hammurabi's Code CA
d. 1950 CA b. The King of Uratu's code
c. Sargon II's code
d. Gilgamesh's code
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ANS KEY PART 2 (1-200)
1. B 37. A 73. B
2. C 38. C 74. B
3. A 39. D 75. D
4. D 40. C 76. B
5. A 41. D 77. D
6. B 42. C 78. B
7. C 43. B 79. D
8. A 44. B 80. D
9. C 45. B 81. C
10. C 46. D 82. B
11. B 47. D 83. C
12. B 48. A 84. D
13. D 49. A 85. A
14. C 50. A 86. C
15. C 51. C 87. C
16. D 52. C 88. C
17. D 53. C 89. A
18. C 54. A 90. C
19. C 55. D 91. A
20. D 56. A 92. C
21. B 57. B 93. C
22. D 58. C 94. C
23. D 59. D 95. B
24. A 60. A 96. D
25. B 61. D 97. B
26. B 62. A 98. C
27. A 63. B 99. A
28. B 64. A 100. B
29. B 65. D 101. B
30. A 66. C 102. A
31. D 67. C 103. A
32. B 68. A 104. B
33. A 69. B 105. C
34. A 70. A 106. A
35. D 71. D 107. D
36. C 72. A 108. B
109. D 178. B
110. B 179. A
111. C 180. D
112. A 181. D
113. B 182. B
114. B 183. B
115. B 184. B
116. D 185. C
117. A 186. C
118. C 187. B
119. A 188. C
120. B 189. A
121. C 190. A
122. B 191. A
123. B 192. C
124. D 193. A
125. B 194. D
126. B 195. C
127. B 196. A
128. C 197. B
129. B 198. A
130. C 199. B
131. A 200. A
132. C
133. A
134. D
135. B
136. D
137. B
138. B
139. B
140. C
141. B
142. B
143. B
144. C
145. A
146. A
147. A
148. A
149. C
150. B
151. A
152. B
153. B
154. B
155. A
156. B
157. B
158. B
159. B
160. B
161. A
162. C
163. B
164. B
165. D
166. B
167. B
168. B
169. B
170. D
171. C
172. A
173. B
174. D
175. A
176. D
177. C