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1
Who famously said,
L'etat, C'est moi
("I am the State)?
Voltaire
Louis XIV
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon
2
In 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected president of...
South Africa
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Kenya
3
Which of the following declared the King of England the head of the Church of England?
Edict of Nantes
Heidelberg Catechism
Act of Supremacy
Peace of Augsburg
4
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union (USSR)?
Stalin
Lenin
Marx
Putin
5
Which Church meeting supported Calvin over Arminius?
Diet of Worms
Council of Trent
Council of Constance
Synod of Dordt
6
Which Russian leader modernized Russia by adopting European customs and technology?
Nicholas II
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Ivan the Terrible
7
Which American general led the D-Day invasion?
Eisenhower
Pershing
MacArthur
Patton
8
Which Church meeting examined John Huss?
Council of Constance
Council of Trent
Synod of Dordt
Diet of Worms
9
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in the
social contract
?
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Rousseau
Locke
10
France and England fought on the SAME side in all of the following wars EXCEPT...
the Hundred Years War
the Crimean War
World War I
World War II
11
Which artist sculpted
David?
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Leonardo
12
Oliver Cromwell and his men were known as _____________.
Cavaliers
Roundheads
13
The first Gulf War started because Iraq invaded ___________.
Kuwait
Iran
Yemen
Bahrain
14
Which Romanov was czar of Russia at the time of the Revolution?
Nicholas II
Nicholas I
Alexander III
Alexander II
15
Which battle was fought completely in the air?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
Battle of Britain
Battle of Dunkirk
16
Elizabeth I was from the line of ___________.
Stuart
Plantagenet
Windsor
Tudor
17
Which battle was fought in the Pacific?
Battle of Britain
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway
18
The Renaissance started in which city?
Florence
Milan
Naples
Rome
19
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed we have the right to rebel if the government doesn't protect our rights?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Locke
20
This painting is indicative of what kind of art?
Impressionism
Romanticism
Baroque
Renaissance
21
Which Church meeting examined Martin Luther?
Diet of Worms
Council of Constance
Synod of Dordt
Council of Trent
22
Newton discovered all of the following laws
EXCEPT...
He discovered ALL of these
Law of inertia
Law of falling bodies
Law of universal gravitation
23
Which king was beheaded during the English Civil War?
James I
Charles II
James II
Charles I
24
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in the
separation of powers
?
Rousseau
Locke
Hobbes
Montesquieu
25
Who got rid of Parliament once he became leader of England?
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
NEITHER
BOTH
26
Which of the following explorers did
NOT
sail for Spain?
de Gama
Magellan
Columbus
Cortes
27
The country of Israel was created in _________.
1938
1958
1948
1968
28
Which Church meeting decided on the beliefs of the Counter-Reformation?
Diet of Worms
Council of Constance
Synod of Dordt
Council of Trent
29
Which explorer helped Queen Elizabeth I fight the Spanish Armada?
de Champlain
Magellan
Hudson
Drake
30
Which terrorist group was behind the September 11th attacks?
Hezbollah
Al-Qaeda
Hamas
Taliban
31
ALL of the following are TRUE about
mercantilism
EXCEPT...
nations wanted to get colonies to increase trade
it caused inflation in Europe
the goal was to import more goods than you exported
the goal was to get bullion (gold and silver)
32
Liberal Christianity in the 1800s was characterized by...
ALL the above
rejection of miracles
emphasis on emotions
rejection of Jesus as God
33
Copernicus and Kepler disagreed on...
the heliocentric model
BOTH of these
the shape of planets' orbits
NEITHER of these
34
Which region of China did Japan invade in the 1930s?
Taiwan
Inner Mongolia
Guangdong
Manchuria
35
This painting is indicative of what kind of art?
Baroque
Impressionism
Renaissance
Romanticism
36
Suleiman the Magnificent was a leader of the...
Jacobins
Ottomans
Russians
Mongols
37
Which of the following declared each prince could decide the religion of his kingdom?
Heidelberg Catechism
Act of Supremacy
Peace of Augsburg
Edict of Nantes
38
Which artist painted
The Last Supper?
Donatello
Michelangelo
Leonardo
Raphael
39
Which U.S. president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
Roosevelt (FDR)
Truman
Eisenhower
NONE of the above
40
LaSalle, Marquette and Joliet all sailed...
the Northwest Passage
the Mississippi River
the Middle Passage
ALL of these
