History Team Practice Test

Who was the leader of the Zulu kingdom of Southern Africa?

• Shaka

• Mandela

• Tutu

• Kofi

Who is known as the "Father of Medicine"?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Hippocrates

• Plato

What was the earliest reliably recorded battle in history?

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Kadesh

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Actium

Which group of nine goddesses represented inspiration and the arts in Ancient History?

• The Fates

• The Graces

• The Muses

• The Sirens

Who was the Babylonian king best known for his eponymous law code?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

Which city served as the final capital of the British Raj?

• Mumbai

• Kolkata

• New Delhi

• Chennai

Who was deposed in a coup d'état and replaced with Emperor Maximillian the First as ruler of Mexico?

• Porfirio Díaz

• Benito Juarez

• Pancho Villa

• Emiliano Zapata

Which rebellion was a prolonged conflict between the United States and the native people of the Philippines?

• Boxer Rebellion

• Sepoy Rebellion

• Moro Rebellion

• Taiping Rebellion

Who was a charioteer of Arjuna in the Mahabharata and an avatar of Vishnu?

• Rama

• Krishna

• Shiva

• Indra

Who was the Russian modernist composer known for his ballet "The Rite of Spring"?

• Igor Stravinsky

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

• Sergei Rachmaninoff

• Dmitri Shostakovich