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HISTORY-VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE YEAR!

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the result of the 3rd Punic War?
a)
Rome gains control of Greece
b)
Rome controls the Western Mediterranean
c)
Rome gains control of Gaul
d)
All of these
2.

Who won the Punic Wars in order of their victories?

a)

Carthage, Rome, Rome

b)

Rome, Carthage, Carthage

c)

Carthage, Carthage, Carthage

d)

Rome, Rome, Rome

3.
Carthage's advantage was in its _____.
a)
navy
b)
army
c)
democratic laws
d)
government
4.
What was the name of the general who led the Carthaginians through Europe and attacked Rome from north?
a)
Scipio
b)
Hamilcar
c)
Leonidias
d)
Hannibal
5.

Hannibal surprised the Romans by

a)

attacking their shipping routes.

b)

launching an amphibious assault on Sicily.

c)

marching his army from Spain to Italy over the Alps.

d)

blockading Italy with the Carthaginian navy.

6.

How many Punic Wars were therE?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

7.

What type of animal with which mountain range is associated with the Second Punic War?

a)

Mountain goats and the Alps.

b)

Elephants and the Apennines

c)

Elephants and the Alps

d)

Lions and the Pryenees

8.

At the beginning of the Punic Wars, where did Rome's strength lay?

a)

army

b)

navy

c)

air force

d)

trenches

9.

What did Rome plow into the fields of Carthage?

a)

oregano

b)

seeds

c)

salt

d)

pepper

10.

What was the result of the Punic Wars? Fill in the blank.

______________ became the leading power in the ______________ world.

a)

Rome, Asian

b)

Carthage, Mediterranean

c)

Rome, Mediterranean

d)

Carthage, Asian

11.
How did the corvus help Rome win the 1st Punic War?
a)
It turned sea battles into "mini land battles."
b)
It created a distraction for Carthage.
c)
It allowed the Romans to ram two enemy ships at once.
d)
It did not help the Romans win the war.
12.

What was the name of the Roman invention that allowed Romans to board Carthaginian ships and change sea battles into "land" battles?

a)

veto

b)

plank

c)

corvus

d)

tripartite

13.

The Punic Wars was a war between

a)

Rome and Greece

b)

Rome and Carthage

c)

Greece and Egypt

d)

Rome and Persia

14.
Punic is Latin for _____.
a)
Phoenician
b)
Patrician
c)
Philistine
d)
Crow
15.

The ancient Greeks were

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Atheist

d)

Scientologist

16.

The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called

a)

Goodwill Games

b)

Marathons

c)

Olympics

d)

Triathlons

17.
A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.
a)
Athens
b)
Delphi
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
18.
What was the first civilization to develop in Europe?
a)
Rome
b)
Greece
c)
Egypt
d)
France
19.
What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?
a)
Phalanx
b)
Phylange
c)
Assembly
d)
Ephor
20.
What is a form of government in which all citizens get a vote?
a)
Democracy
b)
Assembly
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Tyranny
21.
300 Spartan soldiers held the Persian army to a stalemate for three days before the Persians eventually defeated them in what famous battle?
a)
Battle of the Greeks
b)
Battle of Thermopylae
c)
Battle of Little Big Horn
d)
Battle of Pericles
22.

What was the most famous war for Ancient Greece?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Civil War

c)

World War 1

d)

Trojan War

23.
Who was the main rival of ancient Greece?
a)
The Persian Empire
b)
The Ottoman Empire
c)
The American Empire
d)
The Galactic Empire
24.

SON OF DARIUS I

a)

XERXES

b)

CAMPBELL

c)

MARATHON

d)

ATHENS

25.

Where does Alexander die?

a)

India

b)

Babylon

c)

Macedonia

d)

Greece

26.

What is the REAL power behind the invention of democracy?

a)

people love Campbell

b)

people get to talk

c)

people get to meet

d)

what YOU think is important

27.

Ancient Greece's nickname

a)

Cradle of Culture

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

All Hail Campbell

d)

You Are Important

28.

What is a successor?

a)

someone who makes a lot of money

b)

someone who fixes stuff

c)

someone who is next

d)

someone who admires Campbell

29.

NO government

a)

Monarchy

b)

Dictator

c)

Anarchy

d)

Republic

30.

Valued the military

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Aristotle

d)

Peloponnesian

31.

Current day Persia

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Greece

d)

Turkey

32.

Current day Mesopotamia

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Turkey

d)

Greece

33.

Country where the city of Troy is located

a)

Asia

b)

Italy

c)

Greece

d)

Turkey

34.

Where was culture BORN?

a)

Greece

b)

Europe

c)

Fertile Crescent

d)

Rome

35.

Where was culture DEVELOPED (fed / nurtured)?

a)

Greece

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Rome

d)

Asia

36.

Whoever solves it, rules Asia.

a)

4X4

b)

Rubik's Cube

c)

Fortnite Jigsaw Puzzle

d)

Gordium Knot

37.

Where Alexander The Great was born.

a)

Troy

b)

Marathon

c)

Macedonia

d)

Turkey

38.

Heel

a)

Achille's weak spot

b)

How Xerxes was killed

c)

Darius' weakness

d)

Where Alexander was shot with an arrow

39.

What made Troy so impenetrable.

a)

Horses

b)

Wall

c)

Good soldiers

d)

Chariots

40.

Slaves had SOME rights in....

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

neither

41.

The Greeks believed in Jesus.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only on Sundays

42.

The building in which Alexander burned religious men.

a)

Dome of the Rock

b)

Maji

c)

Haji Sofia

d)

Taj Mahal

43.

What were wealthy landowners called who made up Rome's ruling class?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Monarchs

d)

Aristocrats

44.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that led to the fall of the Roman Empire?

a)

Empire was hard to defend because of size.

b)

The economy was failing.

c)

Invasions from barbarian tribes.

d)

Science convinced people the earth was flat and they fell off the edge.

45.

Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome?

a)

Caesar

b)

Augustus

c)

Diocletian

d)

Constantine

46.
How many years in a century?
a)
100
b)
50
c)
10
d)
1,000
47.
There is a year "zero" in our calendar:
a)
FALSE
b)
TRUE
c)
ONLY IN LEAP YEARS
d)
ONLY  ON CAMPBELL'S BIRTHDAY
48.
What century is 1865?
a)
65th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
49.
The 13th century means which years?
a)
1301-1400
b)
1300-1399
c)
1201-1300
d)
2001-2003
50.
What century is 565 B.C?
a)
6TH
b)
6TH B.C.
c)
7TH
d)
5TH B.C.
51.
What century was Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941?
a)
20th
b)
19th
c)
41st
d)
12th
52.
The first century B.C. means which years?
a)
1-100 A.D.
b)
0-99 B.C.
c)
1-100 B.C.
d)
0-99 A.D.
53.
Which century was Mr. Campbell born?
a)
20th
b)
19th
c)
21st
d)
15th
54.
Which century was the year 1500?
a)
15th
b)
16th
c)
17th B.C.
d)
15th B.C.
55.
What century was 1301?
a)
14th
b)
13th
c)
13th B.C.
d)
14th B.C.
56.
What century was 555 B.C.
a)
6TH
b)
6TH B.C.
c)
5TH
d)
5TH B.C.
57.
The 18th century means which years?
a)
1800-1900
b)
1801-1899
c)
1701-1800
d)
1900-2000
58.
What came FIRST 1000 B.C. or 1000 A.D.?
a)
1000 A.D.
b)
1000 B.C.
c)
they occurred at the same time
d)
Campbell is life
59.
What does A.D. stand for?
a)
Anno Domini
b)
After Death
c)
All Done
d)
Anthony Davis
60.
Why do some want to use B.C.E. / C.E. instead of B.C. / A.D?
a)
Campbell tells them to
b)
it rhymes with "spaghetti"
c)
easier to spell
d)
other religions
61.
What is the last year of the 5th century?
a)
500
b)
501
c)
499
d)
5
62.
100 years is _____ decades.
a)
10
b)
1
c)
5
d)
1,000
63.
It takes 365 days for..
a)
earth 2 circle sun
b)
sun 2 circle earth
c)
Campbell to run a mile
d)
moon 2 circle Earth
64.
Which century is 2000 B.C.?
a)
20th B.C.
b)
21ST B.C.
c)
20th
d)
2ND B.C.
65.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

a)

19th Amendment

b)

18th Amendment

c)

16th Amendment

d)

17th Amendment

66.

________________ advocated for women's suffrage.

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

Upton Sinclair

67.

Women's suffrage is-

a)

The right for women to vote in political elections

b)

The right for women to own property

c)

The right for women to start their own business

d)

The right for women to vote in state elections only

68.
Who was the first prime minister of her country to hold a science degree?
a)
Julia Gillard
b)
Yulia Tymoshenko
c)
Margaret Thatcher
d)
Golda Meir
69.
Almost 200 years ago the world's first computer programmer was born. Her name was?
a)
Ada Lovelace
b)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
c)
Grace Hooper 
d)
Dolly Madison
70.
How did NASA astronaut Sally Ride practice operating her spaceship's robotic arm? 
a)
Operatinga fork-lift truck.
b)
Playing video games.
c)
Programming robotic commands.
d)
By playing tennis.
71.
Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for her work on:
a)
Aeronautic braking systems.
b)
Aeronautic computer components.
c)
Radioactivity.
d)
Biological waste disposal ethics.
72.
What percent of the American workforce is composed of females?
a)
37%
b)
45%
c)
48%
d)
29%
73.

This woman improved nursing

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Nancy Regan

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

74.
What's this famous woman's name?
a)
Erin Brockovich
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Wangari Maathai
d)
Britney Spears
75.
Whose yearbook picture is this?
a)
Brandy
b)
Nicki Manaj
c)
Rihanna
d)
Beyonce
76.
Whose yearbook picture is this?
a)
Michelle Obama
b)
Beyonce
c)
Rihanna
d)
Jada Pinkett Smith
77.

Before she met Justinian, what job did Theodora have?

a)

Actress

b)

Teacher

c)

Scientist

d)

President

78.

WHO WAS THEODORA MARRIED TO?

a)

DIOCLETIAN

b)

SARGON

c)

CONSTANTINE

d)

JUSTINIAN

79.

WHO WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT?

a)

VICTORIA WOODHULL

b)

HILLARY CLINTON

c)

GERALDINE FERRARO

d)

MRS. KREPPS

80.

Which woman is the Speaker of the House of Reps?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Nancy Pelosi

d)

Mrs. Martin

81.

Who was the last pharaoh of Egypt?

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Boudica

c)

Theodora

d)

Michelle Obama

82.

Who dressed as a man to fight in a war for France?

a)

Boudica

b)

Cleopatra

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Mary Magdalene

83.

Who died because of the Nazis?

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Boudica

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Queen Elizabeth

84.

Which of these is a famous female tennis player?

a)

Billie Jean King

b)

Oprah

c)

Beyonce

d)

Haille Steinfeld

85.

Former first lady who worked for better lunches on schools/

a)

Oprah

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Jackie Kennedy

d)

Martha Washington

86.

Woman who helped the poor in India

a)

Mother Teresea

b)

Princess Diana

c)

Mary Queen of Scots

d)

Mother Mary

87.

Woman who helped slaves escape

a)

Eleanor Rigby

b)

Martha Washington

c)

Sourjouner Truth

d)

Harriet Tubman

88.

Famous female pilot

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Joan London

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Mother Teresa

89.

True or false: the Ancient Greeks believed in one god

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

90.

Who was King Agamemnon the leader of?

a)

Troy

b)

Mycenae

c)

Egypt

d)

Rome

91.

Why did the Trojan War begin?

a)

Because Troy invaded Mycenae

b)

Because Hector of Troy stole Helen from Menelaus

c)

Because Paris of Troy stole Helen from Menelaus

d)

Because the Greeks invaded Troy for land

92.

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

a)

Society was dominated by the church.

b)

Society began to value individualism.

c)

Society was focused on warfare.

d)

Society was dominated by lords.

93.

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Louvre

b)

the Coliseum

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Eiffel Tower

94.

? --->Literature printed for quickly --> literature printed for less money----> Greater spread of ideas

Which of these would complete the diagram?

a)

the Book of Common Prayer

b)

the Italian university system

c)

the Gutenberg printing press

d)

the Petrarchan style sonnet

95.

Which of these changes occurred during the Renaissance?

a)

The Church was all-powerful.

b)

The Church’s power declined.

c)

Factories began using electricity.

d)

Women gained equal rights with men.

96.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

All of the above were famous Renaissance

a)

philosophers.

b)

priests.

c)

artists.

d)

scientists.

97.

Which of the following statements describes the type of government which existed in Florence during the Renaissance?

a)

It was a small Italian town ruled by the king of Italy in Rome.

b)

It was completely under the control of the Catholic Church.

c)

It was a city-state ruled by the wealthy Medici family.

d)

It was the capital of Italy and had a large bureaucracy.

98.

What country is Florence in?

a)

Rome

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Europe

99.

What was the "one thing" about Babylonians?

a)

sailing

b)

laws

c)

writing

d)

democracy

100.

What was the one thing about the Phoenicians?

a)

sailing

b)

laws

c)

writing

d)

democracy

101.

What was the "one thing" about the Greeks?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republicanism

c)

laws

d)

sailing

102.

Rome is a:

a)

City

b)

Country

c)

Continent

d)

Ocean

103.

Humanism is

a)

Caring about unicorns

b)

Caring about future jobs

c)

Religiosity

d)

Caring about today

104.

Giving A LOT of money is called:

a)

Charity

b)

Philanthropy

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Campebllism

105.

How did the Medici family contribute to the Renaissance?

a)

They were patrons of the arts

b)

They killed off anyone who challenged their power

c)

They went on a crime spree

d)

They formed the first government that collected taxes

106.

What is the best selling book of all time and every year?

a)

Campbell's bioography

b)

The Bible

c)

Harry Potter

d)

Dictionary

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