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The Ultimate MapQuest

Total questions: 132

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zheng He collected tribute for his government (DYNASTY)

a)

Song

b)

Yuan

c)

Ming

d)

Qing

2.

Formerly known as Siam, this Asian COUNTRY was not imperialized since Britain and France could not decide which should get it

a)

Liberia

b)

Vietnam

c)

Burma

d)

Thailand

3.

The results of this war in 1904-1905 led to increased political instability in this COUNTRY

a)

Russia

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

USA

4.

The United States gained this ARCHIPELAGO as a result of the Spanish-American war

a)

Cuba

b)

Philippines

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Indonesia

5.

Sikhism was a syncretic religion born in the 16th century in this COUNTRY

a)

Iran

b)

Persia

c)

India

d)

Pakistan

6.

On Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage, he went through THIS CITY, unintentionally ruining its economy by distributing so much gold dust to the residents.

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Cairo

7.

This EMPIRE hyphenized itself in 1867 when it created a Dual Monarchy due to pressure from one of its largest ethnic groups.

a)

Prussia

b)

Austria

c)

Germany

d)

France

8.

This COUNTRY contributed champa rice to its northern neighbor, resulting in a significant increase in food supply and then population.

a)

Vietnam

b)

Korea

c)

China

d)

Japan

9.

The Righteous Order of Harmonious Fists caused a lot of problems in this COUNTRY in 1900

a)

Cuba

b)

Turkey

c)

India

d)

China

10.

Devshirme was a policy in this EMPIRE that allowed for the recruitment/ “kidnapping” of future soldiers

a)

Qing

b)

Ottoman

c)

British

d)

Mali

11.

Shah Jahan’s monument to his wife is one of this COUNTRY’S most prized structures

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Persia

12.

Ibn Battuta was a famous world traveler whose writings provide much information about THIS AFRICAN EMPIRE.

a)

Ghana

b)

Mali

c)

Songhai

d)

Timbuktu

13.

1st Latin American COLONY to achieve independence

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Venezuela

d)

Haiti

14.

If you were sentenced to “transportation” for your crimes, you would be sent to this COUNTRY

a)

Britain

b)

Ireland

c)

Australia

d)

USA

15.

This COUNTRY pioneered maritime technology n a navigational school in the 15th century

a)

China

b)

Portugal

c)

Spain

d)

Britain

16.

Dr. John Snow literally mapped and solved a cholera outbreak in this COUNTRY in the mid 1800s.

a)

USA

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Germany

17.

The Enclosure Movement in this COUNTRY provided workers for the factories

a)

United States

b)

Britain

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

18.

The Boer War was a conflict between settlers descended from these TWO COUNTRIES

a)

South Africa and Britain

b)

South Africa and Belgians

c)

Netherlands and Britain

d)

Germany and Netherland

19.

The Great Reform Bills of 1832, 1867, and 1880s expanded the franchise in this COUNTRY

a)

Britain

b)

USA

c)

France

d)

Germany

20.

Nelson Mandela led a human rights/equality movement against apartheid in THIS COUNTRY.

a)

Ghana

b)

Kenya

c)

Congo

d)

South Africa

21.

1857 – witnessed the first war of independence in this COUNTRY

a)

Haiti

b)

USA

c)

China

d)

India

22.

The first European continental COUNTRY to industrialize

a)

Britain

b)

Netherlands

c)

Belgium

d)

France

23.

These TWO COUNTRIES in Africa were not imperialized.

a)

Ethiopia and Liberia

b)

Liberia and Congo

c)

Congo and South Africa

d)

Egypt and Ethiopia

24.

THIS COUNTRY faced a revolution between pro-western and Islamic fundamentalist leaders in the seventies

a)

Iran

b)

Egypt

c)

Japan

d)

Russia

25.

The Mau Mau Revolt in THIS COUNTRY was an armed attempt to force the British out.

a)

Ghana

b)

Kenya

c)

Angola

d)

South Africa

26.

The Tanzimat Reforms were a last minute effort to reform/modernize this EMPIRE

a)

Qing

b)

Safavid

c)

Ottoman

d)

British

27.

THIS CITY was the site of many challenges between East and West involving blockades and the building of a wall.

a)

Berlin

b)

Paris

c)

Moscow

d)

Tokyo

28.

THIS ORGANIZATION has a hug impact on the world’s supply and price of oil.

a)

NAFTA

b)

UN

c)

EU

d)

OPEC

29.

Castro created this communist COUNTRY causing increased tension for its powerful neighbor.

a)

Mexico

b)

Cuba

c)

Argentina

d)

Brazil

30.

Enlightenment salons were largely sponsored by aristocratic women in this COUNTRY

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

France

d)

Britain

31.

This COUNTRY found itself partitioned in the late 1700s by Russia, Prussia, and Austria – not to return to the map until after WWI

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Poland

32.

The Partition of this COUNTRY resulted in 12 million displaced people and over a half-million deaths.

a)

India

b)

Palestine

c)

Sri Lanka

d)

Afghanistan

33.

Cavour arranged for assistance from this COUNTRY to fight against this COUNTRY in order to accomplish Italian unification

a)

Italy - France

b)

France - Austria

c)

Germany - France

d)

Vatican - Germany

34.

Known as the “Forgotten Genocide” , THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE were targeted as an ethnic minority during wartime.

a)

Armenian

b)

Cambodian

c)

Bosnian

d)

Rwandan

35.

The Crimean War involved a dispute between these TWO COUNTRIES

a)

Russia - Ottomans

b)

France - Britain

c)

Russia - Japan

d)

Austria - Prussia

36.

This SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATION eliminated trade barriers and established a common currency among its members.

a)

UN

b)

NAFTA

c)

EU

d)

ASEAN

37.

The kingdom of Granada existed in this COUNTRY until 1492

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Portugal

d)

Spain

38.

Mansa Must rules Mali

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

39.

Invention of steam engine

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

40.

Genghis Khan leads Mongols to take over much of Eurasia

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

41.

French Revolution

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

42.

Hobbes and Locke discuss human nature and the best type of government

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

43.

Haitian Independence

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

44.

Zheng He demands tribute for China in the Indian Ocean Basin

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

45.

Declaration of Independence - a message to Britain and a template for other colonies around the world

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

46.

Britain establishes first North American colony in Jamestown

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

47.

Spanish create the encomienda system to deal with the Amerindians

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

48.

Put the following events in chronological order:

A. American Revolution

B. Enlightenment

C. Jamaica Letter

a)

A - B - C

b)

B - C - A

c)

C - B- A

d)

B - A- C

49.

Ottomans under Mehmet the Conqueror take Constantinople

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

50.

Put the following events in chronological order:

A. Sepoy Mutiny

B. Battle of Plassey

C. Formation of Indian National Congress (INC)

a)

A - B- C

b)

B - A- C

c)

C - B- A

d)

B - C- A

51.

Put the following events in chronological order:

A. Sepoy Mutiny

B. Battle of Plassey

C. Formation of Indian National Congress (INC)

a)

A - B- C

b)

B - A- C

c)

C - B- A

d)

B - C- A

52.

Martin Luther starts the Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

53.

The Bubonic Plague reaches the city-states of Italy

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

54.

The Irish Potato Famine results in a large migration to North America

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

55.

End of serfdom in Russia

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

56.

Slavery is abolished in the United States

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

57.

Fascism rises in countries like Germany and Italy response to economic crises

a)

1200-1450

b)

1450-1750

c)

1750-1900

d)

1900-2020

58.
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
59.
World War 1
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
60.

Tiananmen Square

a)

600 - 1450

b)

1450 - 1750

c)

1750 - 1900

d)

1900 - Present

61.
World War II
a)
600 CE - 1450 CE
b)
1450 CE - 1750 CE
c)
1750 CE - 1900 CE
d)
1900 CE - Present
62.
Treaty of Versailles
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450- 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
63.
Birth of Israel
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
64.
German blitzkrieg in Polland
a)
1450 - 1750
b)
1750 - 1900
c)
1900 - Present
d)
600 - 1450
65.
Pizarro topples the Inca
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
600 - 1450
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - Present
66.
Founding of Islam
a)
8000 CE - 600 CE
b)
600 - 1450
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - 1900
67.
Berlin Conference
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
68.
German Unification
a)
600 - 1450 
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900- Present
69.
Congress of Vienna
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
70.
Yuan Dynasty in China
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
600 - 1450
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - 1900
71.
1st Opium War in China
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900- Present
72.
Sepoy Mutiny
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
73.
Russian Revolution (Czar abdicates)
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
74.
Suez Canal Opens
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
75.
Travels of Ibn Battuta
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
600 - 1450
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - 1900
76.
NATO founded
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
77.
Spanish-American War
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
78.
Marco Polo's travels
a)
1750 - 1900
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
600 - 1450
d)
1900 - Present
79.
Qing Dynasty (Beginning)
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
600 - 1450
d)
1750 - 1900
80.
Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate
a)
600 - 1450
b)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - 1900
81.
British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900- Present
82.
Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
83.
Berlin Wall
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
84.
Salt March (Gandhi)
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
1900- Present
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
1750 - 1900
85.
Korean War
a)
1450 - 1750
b)
1900- Present
c)
1700 - 1900
d)
600 - 1450
86.
USSR disbands
a)
1750 - 1900
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1900 - Present
d)
600 - 1475
87.
Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
1750 - 1900
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
600 - 1450
88.
EU formed
a)
1750 - 1900
b)
1900 - Present
c)
1450 - 1750
d)
600 - 1450
89.
Chinese Communist Revolution
a)
1750 - 1900
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1900 - Present
d)
600 - 1450
90.
Truman Doctrine
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
91.
Independence in Latin America
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
92.
Printing press in Europe
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
93.
Tanzimat Reforms
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
94.
Mexican Revolution
a)
1750 - 1900
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1900 - Present
d)
600 - 1540
95.
Commodore Perry "opens" Japan
a)
8000 BCE - 600 CE
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
96.
Cuban Missile Crisis
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 0 1900
d)
1900 - Present
97.
Panama Canal Opened
a)
600 - 1450
b)
1450 - 1750
c)
1750 - 1900
d)
1900 - Present
98.

Which came first?

a)

Factory Act

b)

Invention of steam engine

c)

Enclosure movement

d)

Invention of spinning jenny

99.

Which came first?

a)

End of serfdom in all of Europe

b)

End of slavery in the Latin America

c)

End of slavery in North America

d)

End of mita system

100.

Which came first?

a)

Mexican Revolution with Hidalgo & Morelos

b)

American Revolution

c)

French Revolution

d)

Haitian Revolution

101.

Which of the following would NOT be supporting evidence for an essay on nationalism in the 19th century?

a)

American Revolution

b)

Latin American Revolutions

c)

Sepoy Mutiny

d)

Unification of Germany and Italy

102.

Which of the following would NOT be used as supporting evidence for an essay dealing with conservatism in the 19th century?

a)

Congress of Vienna

b)

Tanzimat reforms

c)

Otto von Bismarck

d)

Caudillos in Latin America

103.

What is the correct chronological order of events that created the intellectual development of modern Europe?

A. Scientific Revolution

B. Enlightenment

C. Protestant Reformation

D. Renaissance

a)

A- B- C - D

b)

B - A - C - D

c)

C - D- B- A

d)

D - C - A - B

104.

Which of the following would NOT be used as evidence for an essay about resistance to European imperialism from 1850 to 2000?

a)

Battle of Adowa in Ethiopia

b)

Mau Mau Revolt

c)

Sepoy Mutiny

d)

Anti-apartheid movement

105.

Which of these 20th century events does NOT support a thesis dealing with hot spots in the Cold War?

a)

Prague Spring

b)

Berlin Blockade

c)

Korean War

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

e)

Partition of India

106.

Which was NOT an interregional trade route from 1200-1450?

a)

Trans-Saharan routes

b)

Indian Ocean Basin

c)

Silk Roads

d)

Trans-Atlantic routes

107.

Which of the following do NOT apply to the Inca in the 15th century?

a)

chinampas

b)

chasquis

c)

mita

d)

quipu

108.

Which of the following is an example of monumental art & architecture NOT built during the 1450-1750 period?

a)

Isfahan

b)

Constantinople

c)

Versailles

d)

Taj Mahal

109.

Which of the following indigenous groups did NOT experience a decline due to European interaction in the 1450-1750 period?

a)

Aborigines

b)

Aztecs

c)

Kongo

d)

Inca

110.

In an essay about the effects of the Columbian Exchange, the following events are in your historical context. Put them in chronological order.

A. Fall of Constantinople

B. Reconquista

C. Crusades

D. Henry the Navigator's school

E. Marco Polo

a)

C - E - B - D - A

b)

C - E - A - D- B

c)

B - C - E - A - D

d)

A - B - C - D - E

111.

In understanding the evolution of Russia's history, put the following events in chronological order.

A. Industrialization under Sergei Witte

B. Catherine the Great the not-so Enlightened ruler

C. Peter the Great

D. Russian Revolution

E. The Mongols aka Golden Horde

a)

E - B- C- D - A

b)

C - B - E- A - D

c)

C - B - A - D- E

d)

E - C - B - A - D

112.

In China's history from 1200-1900, place the dynasties in the correct chronological order.

A. Qing

B. Ming

C. Yuan

D. Song

a)

A - B- C -D

b)

B- C- A- D

c)

C - A- B- D

d)

D -C- B -A

113.

In understanding the evolution of Japanese history from 1600 to 2020, put the following events in chronological order.

A. Meiji Restoration

B. Tokugawa Shogunate institutes edict closing Japan

C. Hiroshima & Nagasaki are bombed

D. Creation of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

E. Commodore Perry opens Japan

a)

B - E - A - D- C

b)

A - C- D- E- B

c)

C - A- B- D- E

d)

D - E- A- B- C

114.

Caravanserai, magnetic compass, rudder, junk, paper money, banking houses, bills of exchanged the Hanseatic League were all in place to encourage regional trade before (pick the earliest option)

a)

14th century

b)

16th century

c)

18th century

d)

20th century

115.

In what century did Portugal become the first European country to establish an all-water route to Asia?

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

116.

Major cities of empires and regional trade in the 13th century included all of the followingEXCEPT

a)

Timbuktu

b)

Constantinople

c)

Cuzco

d)

Cordoba

117.

19th century reform movements include all of the following EXCEPT

a)

abolitionism

b)

Tanzimat

c)

100 Days'

d)

New Deal

118.

Empires that came to an end in the first half of the 20th century include all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Austro-Hungarian

b)

Ottoman

c)

Mughal

d)

Russian

119.

Which of the following absolute monarchs in the 1450-1750 period did NOT use policies of religious tolerance to rule their empires?

a)

Akbar

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Suleiman the Magnificent

d)

Peter the Great

120.

Battle of Dien Bien Phu/Vietnamese Independence

a)

1945

b)

1954

c)

1963

d)

1975

121.

Eastern European satellites break away from USSR/Berlin Wall falls

a)

1968

b)

1984

c)

1989

d)

1991

122.

Which did NOT happen in the interwar years of the 20th century?

a)

Rise of Mussolini

b)

Great Depression

c)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

d)

Holocaust

123.

Put the events of the early 20th century in chronological order.

A. Mexican Revolution

B. Chinese Revolution

C. Bloody Sunday

D. Boxer Rebellion

a)

A - B - C- D

b)

D - C- A -B

c)

D - A -B -C

d)

D - B - A -C

124.

Put the following decolonization/independence movements in chronological order.

A. Kenya

B. Algeria

C. India

D. Ghana

a)

C - A- B- D

b)

A - C- B- D

c)

B - A- C- D

d)

C -D - B - A

125.

Put the following economic systems in chronological order (in the order they developed).

A. Communism

B. Mercantilism

C. Socialism

D. Capitalism

a)

B - D - C- A

b)

B - C- D- A

c)

D - B -C -A

d)

A - C- D- B

126.

Put the countries in the correct chronological order in which they industrialized.

A. Russia

B. Japan

C. United States

D. Britain

a)

D - C- B -A

b)

A - B- C -D

c)

D - B - C- A

d)

C - D- A- B

127.

Economic liberalization occurred BOTH in the PRC and USSR during this decade.

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

128.

China became communist AND the USSR tested its first atomic bomb in this year.

a)

1945

b)

1949

c)

1955

d)

1959

129.

The British East India first got involved in India in this century.

a)

16th century

b)

17th century

c)

18th century

d)

19th century

130.

The Amritsar Massacre in this year was significant because it brought together the various religions of India to unite against the British.

a)

1900

b)

1914

c)

1919

d)

1939

131.

In what order did the following areas get colonized/imperialized by Europeans?

A. Asia

B. North America

C. Africa

D. Latin America

a)

B - D- A- C

b)

A - D- B- C

c)

D - B- A- C

d)

C - B - D- A

132.

The policy of salutary neglect in this COUNTRY led to its rebellion against increased taxes later

a)

Britain

b)

US

c)

France

d)

Haiti