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World History Pre-Course Quiz
World History Pre-Course Quiz
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A quiz #world history to determine the students' pre-course knowledge of world history.
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1
What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
recover Jerusalem
improve trade
force Byzantines to become Catholic
spread Christianity throughout Europe
2
The Great Depression was caused primarily by
new interest in Marxism
the strengthening of European banks
the U.S. stock market crash
failure of nations to reduce military forces
3
Which idea of Montesquieu has been incorporated into the U.S. Constitution?
religious tolerance
economic laissez-faire
separation of powers
social contract
4
What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
art and learning
chivalry and tournaments
Christian devotion
good health after the plague
5
The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of
Italians
Japanese
ethnic Germans
European Jews
6
During most of the French Revolution, Napoleon was
studying in a military school
serving in the French military
codifying the French laws
negotiating with the Catholic Church
7
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Pizzaro
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernando Cortes
8
What were the Fourteen Points?
part of the war guilt clause
plan for the post-World War I world
constitution of the League of Nations
terms of surrender
9
The development of printing using movable type enabled people to
be better informed
open schools in rural areas
set up print shops in their homes
build libraries and book shops
10
What period in time does "prehistoric" refer to?
before the invention of writing
before the Neolithic Age
before the establishment of civilizations
before the appearance of Homo sapiens
11
Martin Luther published his 95 Theses to attack the Catholic Church for its
reliance of faith as a means of salvation
papal system of authority
abuses in the sale of indulgences
landholdings throughout Europe
12
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of
the holy city of Varanasi
the caste system
Hinduism
Buddhism
13
What did the Magna Carta guarantee?
a model parliament
end of taxation
basic legal rights
a House of Commons
14
Where were the first atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hong Kong
Leyte Island and Midway
Dresden and Berlin
15
The Bill of Rights was influenced by
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
all of the above
16
The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
ruled by a king
controlled by a popular vote
ruled by a tyrant
ruled by a small number of people
17
The Declaration of Independence was written by
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
18
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused
Southeast Asia to fall to the Japanese
the Italians to surrender
Germany to end the war
the United States to enter the World War II
19
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
nationalism
militarism
imperialism
patriotism
20
Roman rulers opposed Christianity because Christians
called for the overthrow of Roman rulers
were mostly Jews
refused to worship Roman gods
ignored wealth and status
21
The United States sent troops to Vietnam to
drive the French out of Vietnam
gain the support of the American public
stop the south from controlling the north
stop the north from controlling the south
22
Who were the Bolsheviks?
soldiers of the White Army
members of the Duma
radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
followers of Rasputin
