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Of the following Native American societies, which one built huge mounds for what scientists and anthropologists believe to be religious purposes?


A) The Pueblos
B) The Sioux
C) The Mississippians
D) The Hopi

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following cities was the center of the East African slave trade?


A) Nairobi
B) Mombasa
C) Zanzibar
D) Sofala

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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NATO was primarily formed to stop the spread of Communism in Asia. True or False?

A) True
B) False

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Why did the Zhou dynasty in China last so long?


A) Ruthless imperialism
B) The ability to keep poorer subjects untrained and uneducated
C) Technological advancements
D) Religious unity

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following was the basic unit of religious categorization in the Ottoman Empire?


A) The caste
B) The parish
C) The millet
D) The umma

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which city was the site of the worst siege not only of the World War II era, but of the entire modern era?


A) Berlin
B) Leningrad
C) Stalingrad
D) Dresden

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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By 600 CE, Christianity had spread to East Asia, Central Asia, East Africa, Western Europe, and the Middle East. True or False?


A) True
B) False

C) A) and B)
D) undefined

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Who established the Church of England, otherwise known as the Anglican Church?


A) Pope Clement VII
B) Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
C) King Henry VIII
D) Pope Paul III

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Other than the Europeans, which group ran a large slave trade in Africa?


A) The Arabs
B) The Turks
C) The Persians
D) The Syrians

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which city became the center for High Renaissance culture in the late 15th and early 16th centuries?


A) Paris
B) London
C) Florence
D) Rome

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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What are Miguel de Hidalgo, José de San Martin, and Simon Bolivar examples of?


A) Slave revolt leaders
B) Spanish viceroys
C) Conquistadors
D) Revolutionary leaders

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following was a result of the 1938 Munich Pact?


A) Franco's rise to power in Spain
B) Mussolini's rise to power in Italy
C) German invasion of Czechoslovakia
D) Treaty of nonaggression between Germany and the USSR

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which of the following Central American nations became a battleground between the Soviet-supported Sandinista government and the U.S.-backed Contra rebels for most of the 1980s?


A) El Salvador
B) Honduras
C) Nicaragua
D) Guatemala

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Why was the Bastille considered to be a symbol of royal power?


A) The king used it as his residence at Versailles
B) The king used it as his residence in Paris
C) The king used it to store religious and political relics and other valuables
D) It housed political prisoners

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Whose famous Renaissance masterpieces include the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?


A) Da Vinci
B) Raphael Sanzio
C) Michelangelo
D) Monet

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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What was the main cause of the Price Revolution in the sixteenth century?


A) Decreased population
B) Increased population
C) Decreased production
D) Increased production

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Who got into trouble with the Roman Catholic Church because he promoted the theories of Copernicus?


A) Newton
B) Galileo
C) Kepler
D) Brahe

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which part of Africa was most greatly impacted during the 17th- and 18thth-century slave trade?


A) Sub-Saharan Africa
B) West Africa
C) South Africa
D) East Africa

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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What was the main reason for the high drop in population in both China and Egypt during the mid-1300s?


A) Famine
B) Disease
C) Foreign invasion
D) Religious war

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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In the time period 600 to 1450, a self-sufficient economic system developed in Western Europe. What is this economic system known as?


A) Manorialism
B) Mercantilism
C) Communism
D) Capitalism

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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