Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Famine
B)  Disease
C)  Foreign invasion
D)  Religious warE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Berlin
B)  Leningrad
C)  Stalingrad
D)  DresdenE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreased population
B)  Increased population
C)  Decreased production
D)  Increased productionE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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 USSRE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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 prisonersE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Da Vinci
B)  Raphael Sanzio
C)  Michelangelo
D)  MonetE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Why did the Zhou dynasty in China last so long?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  El Salvador
B)  Honduras
C)  Nicaragua
D)  GuatemalaE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pueblos
B)  The Sioux
C)  The Mississippians
D)  The HopiE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Manorialism
B)  Mercantilism
C)  Communism
D)  CapitalismE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Newton
B)  Galileo
C)  Kepler
D)  BraheE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Paris
B)  London
C)  Florence
D)  RomeE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Nairobi
B)  Mombasa
C)  Zanzibar
D)  SofalaE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  True
B)  FalseC) A) and B)
D) undefined

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The Arabs
B)  The Turks
C)  The Persians
D)  The SyriansE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The caste
B)  The parish
C)  The millet
D)  The ummaE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Sub-Saharan Africa
B)  West Africa
C)  South Africa
D)  East AfricaE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 4: History

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

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

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

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Why did the Zhou dynasty in China last so long?

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

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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?

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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