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Final Exam

Total questions: 123

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the earliest surviving system of laws?

a)

Hebrew Torah

b)

Shabaka Stone

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Rosetta Stone

2.

What was the last battle of the Napolenoic Wars?

a)

Battle of Trafalgar

b)

Battle of Wavre

c)

Battle of the Nile

d)

Battle of Waterloo

3.

Who was the first democratically elected President of Russia?

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Boris Yeltsin

c)

Vladimir Putin

d)

Nikita Krushchev

4.

What is the correct chronological order, from earliest to latest, of the development of the following religions?

a)

Christianity, Buddhism, Islam

b)

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism

c)

Islam, Buddhism, Christianity

d)

Buddhism, Christianity, Islam

5.

Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented?

a)

Rubber band

b)

Chewing gum

c)

Dishwasher

d)

Cash register

6.

What was the first city to reach a population of one million?

a)

New York

b)

Beijing

c)

Rome

d)

London

7.

How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

a)

116 years

b)

86 years

c)

100 years

d)

99 years

8.

What famous general was once attacked by rabbits?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Napoleon

9.

Which of the following empires had no written language?

a)

Tang Dynasty

b)

Aztec Empire

c)

Incan Empire

d)

Roman Empire

10.

Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Herbert Hoover

11.

In what city did American colonists famously dress as Native Americans and dump an entire shipment of East India Company tea into the harbor?

a)

Charleston

b)

New York

c)

Boston

d)

Baltimore

12.

What American general famously promised "I shall return"?

a)

George Patton

b)

John J. Pershing

c)

George Washington

d)

Douglas MacArthur

13.

Which founding father is known for his large signature on the United States Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Hancock

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

William Whipple

14.

Who was the first First Lady of the United States to win an Emmy Award?

a)

Jacqueline Kennedy

b)

Nancy Reagan

c)

Rosalynn Carter

d)

Lady Bird Johnson

15.

What type of gun did John Wilkes Booth use to assassinate U. S. President Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Smith & Wesson Revolver

b)

Winchester Rifle

c)

Colt Peacemaker

d)

Derringer Pistol

16.

The world's first postage stamp was introduced in what year?

a)

1690

b)

1840

c)

1910

d)

1760

17.

When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how much did a hamburger cost?

a)

50 cents

b)

9 cents

c)

37 cents

d)

18 cents

18.

Who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Robert Walpole

c)

Henry Pelham

d)

George Grenville

19.

Which war included major battles at Fort Sumter and Shiloh?

a)

American Revolutionary War

b)

World War II

c)

War of 1812

d)

American Civil War

20.

What tribe of Native Americans was the first to encounter the Pilgrims?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Nauset

c)

Pequot

d)

Mohican

21.

Which U.S. President was shot by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Chester A. Arthur

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

James A. Garfield

22.

What religious figure was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170?

a)

Joan of Arc

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Thomas Beckett

d)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

23.

What Elizabethan theatrical impresario kept a famous diary?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Edward Alleyn

c)

James Burbage

d)

Philip Henslowe

24.

How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower when it set sail for the New World in 1620?

a)

83

b)

102

c)

47

d)

90

25.

What war lasted approximately 38 minutes?

a)

Falklands War

b)

Sero-Bulgarian War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Anglo-Zanzibar War

26.

Who was offered the role of Israel's second President in 1952?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Arthur Goldberg

c)

Yitzhak Rabin

d)

Leon Blum

27.

Who invented Arabic numerals?

a)

Greeks

b)

Arabs

c)

Romans

d)

Indians

28.

Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?

a)

Jane Seymour

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Catherine Howard

d)

Catherine of Aragon

29.

Where did the Battle of Bunker Hill take place?

a)

Breed's Hill

b)

Bunker Hill

c)

Bredon Hill

d)

Black Hill

30.

In which ocean was the Battle of Midway fought?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Atlantic

31.

What did ancient Egyptians use as pillows?

a)

Bundles of Wheat

b)

Animal pelts

c)

Stones

d)

Bags of water

32.

What year did Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World under the sponsorship of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?

a)

1472

b)

1462

c)

1427

d)

1492

33.

What U.S. President worked as a lifeguard?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Bill Clinton

34.

How old was Catherine of Aragon when she was betrothed to Prince Arthur?

a)

13

b)

9

c)

19

d)

3

35.

Who did Spartacus fight against in the Third Servile War?

a)

Romans

b)

Carthaginians

c)

Persians

d)

Phoenicians

36.

What international body was established in 1945, immediately following World War II?

a)

International Monetary Fund

b)

United Nations

c)

World Bank

d)

League of Nations

37.

What Archduchess of Austria became Queen of France when her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Mary Queen of Scots

c)

Catherine de Medici

d)

Isabella of Aragon

38.

Which Soviet satellite was the first to be launched into space in 1957?

a)

Mir

b)

Vostok

c)

Venera

d)

Sputnik

39.

When Santa Anna had his leg amputated after engaging the French at Veracruz, what did he do with it?

a)

Ordered a full military burial

b)

Put it in a museum

c)

Sent it to the French General

d)

Had it bronzed

40.

Who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540?

a)

Robert Cecil

b)

Philip Henslowe

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

Thomas Cromwell

41.

What war was triggered by the shooting of a pig?

a)

Pig War

b)

Battle of the Ten Kings

c)

Moldovan-Transdniestrian War

d)

Kish-Elam War

42.

Which dictator composed six operas?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Kim Jong-Il

d)

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)

43.

In 1912, what did a Paris orphanage give away as prizes when it held a raffle to raise money?

a)

Gold

b)

Babies

c)

Absinthe

d)

Rocks

44.

How many Punic Wars were there?

a)

4

b)

1

c)

3

d)

2

45.

What mathematician spent his life calculating the value of pi to 707 decimal places?

a)

William Shanks

b)

John Machin

c)

Gottfried Liebniz

d)

D.F. Ferguson

46.

What charter did a group of English barons force King John to sign in 1215 at Runnymede?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Bill of Rights

47.

What did Princeton researchers Ernest Wever and Charles Bray do in 1929?

a)

Turned a live cat into a working telephone

b)

Invented the first computer

c)

Distilled the first bottle of absinthe

d)

Discovered LSD

48.

Who is generally considered the "father of history"?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Thucydides

d)

Herodotus

49.

Who was the first European to discover New Zealand?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

James Cook

c)

Abel Janszoon Tasman

d)

Marc-Joseph Marion Du Fresne

50.

Who was the first Hawaiian king to venture off the islands?

a)

Lunalilo

b)

Kalakaua

c)

Kamehameha II

d)

Kamamalu

51.

Which of the following happened in 1453?

a)

Fall of Constantinople

b)

The Reformation began

c)

Cortes began his conquest of South America

d)

First book was printed with moveable type

52.

What famous writer was born in 1564?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

John Milton

c)

Moliere

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

53.

Who was a primary force behind the Reign of Terror?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Maximilien Robespierre

c)

Marquis de Sade

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

54.

How many British colonies formed the United States of America?

a)

13

b)

24

c)

12

d)

50

55.

What German philosopher helped Karl Marx write The Communist Manifesto?

a)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

b)

Friedrich Engels

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Arthur Schopenhauer

56.

What empire began as an alliance of three city-states?

a)

Aztec Empire

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Incan Empire

d)

Byzantine Empire

57.

Who was the first Catholic pope?

a)

St. Linus

b)

St. Clement I

c)

St. John

d)

St. Peter

58.

Marie Antoinette was married to which King of France?

a)

Louis VIII

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Louis XII

59.

Which of the following was a temple on the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to the goddess Athena?

a)

Parthenon

b)

Pantheon

c)

Angkor Wat

d)

Paestum

60.

In which caste would you most likely find a Hindu priest?

a)

Shudras

b)

Kshatriyas

c)

Brahmin

d)

Vaishyas

61.

How many "enemies of the revolution" were officially executed during the Reign of Terror?

a)

16,594

b)

82,091

c)

40,017

d)

7,845

62.

What monarch of the Zulu Kingdom was assassinated by his half brothers Dingane and Mhlangana?

a)

Dinuzulu Kacetshwayo

b)

Cetshwyao Kampande

c)

Solomon Kadinuzulu

d)

Shaka kaSenzangakhona

63.

What was the highest social class in early Imperial Rome?

a)

Patricians

b)

Proletarians

c)

Plebians

d)

Bourgeoisie

64.

What was the name of the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan?

a)

Samurai

b)

Emperor

c)

Kazoku

d)

Ninja

65.

For what crime was Margaret Sanger jailed in 1917?

a)

Establishing the first birth control clinic

b)

Giving a speech on women's rights

c)

Voting

d)

Tax evasion

66.

What was the Year of the Five Emperors?

a)

193 AD

b)

17 AD

c)

239 AD

d)

39 BC

67.

What famous criminal started a soup kitchen?

a)

Adolf Eichmann

b)

Jesse James

c)

Charles Manson

d)

Al Capone

68.

What did ancient Romans use as mouthwash?

a)

Tortoise blood

b)

Human urine

c)

Vinegar

d)

Cold water

69.

Which pope wrote an erotic novel?

a)

Urban VII

b)

Innocent IX

c)

SIxtus IV

d)

Pius II

70.

Who did the Austrian army attack in the Battle of Karánsebes?

a)

Itself

b)

French

c)

Ottomans

d)

Germans

71.

What happened on January 28, 1986

a)

First woman was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

b)

Space shuttle Challenger exploded

c)

Hole in ozone layer was discovered

d)

Persian Gulf War began

72.

Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

b)

Sandra Day O'Connor

c)

Sonia Sotomayor

d)

Elena Kagan

73.

When did the Great Depression begin?

a)

November 11, 1918

b)

April 14, 1912

c)

October 24, 1929

d)

December 7, 1941

74.

What hurricane struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005?

a)

Okeechobee

b)

Audrey

c)

Camille

d)

Katrina

75.

What were the 1920s called in the United States?

a)

The Roaring Twenties

b)

The Twisting Twenties

c)

The Booming Twenties

d)

The Crashing Twenties

76.

Who was the first African-American President of the United States?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Jesse Jackson

d)

Condoleezza Rice

77.

What year was the first Internet domain registered?

a)

1990

b)

1985

c)

1980

d)

1975

78.

What happened on July 20, 1969?

a)

John F. Kennedy was assassinated

b)

Peace Corps was established

c)

First humans landed on the moon

d)

Vietnam War began

79.

What was discovered in 1985?

a)

Rings of Neptune

b)

Hole in the ozone layer

c)

AIDS

d)

High-temperature superconductivity

80.

Who was Germany's first woman Chancellor?

a)

Beatrix von Storch

b)

Maria Baum

c)

Janet Yellen

d)

Angela Merkel

81.

The sinking of what ship in 1915 eventually led to the United States entering World War I?

a)

Monitor

b)

Titanic

c)

Bismarck

d)

Lusitania

82.

Who was emperor of Japan during World War II?

a)

Yoshihito

b)

Hirohito

c)

Mutsuhito

d)

Akihito

83.

What military campaign is colloquially known as the "Bekaa Valley Turkey Shoot"?

a)

Operation Mole Cricket 19

b)

Operation Overlord

c)

Operation Linebacker

d)

Operation Panther's Claw

84.

What German state preceded Nazi Germany?

a)

German Confederation

b)

German Empire

c)

Weimar Republic

d)

Württemberg Republic

85.

What U. S. President proposed the "New Deal"?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

John F. Kennedy

86.

Who was the first Republican Vice President of the United States?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Schuyler Colfax

c)

Hannibal Hamlin

d)

Andrew Johnson

87.

During the Summer of Love, where did hippies converge?

a)

San Francisco

b)

New York

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Chicago

88.

Whose death triggered a power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin in 1924?

a)

Tsar Nicholas II

b)

Leo Tolstoy

c)

Grigori Rasputin

d)

Vladimir Lenin

89.

The Nazi invasion of what country triggered World War II in Europe?

a)

Poland

b)

Denmark

c)

France

d)

Netherlands

90.

The Treaty of Versailles followed which war?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

French-Algerian War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

91.

Who was Canada's longest-serving prime minister?

a)

John A. MacDonald

b)

Arthur Meighen

c)

Pierre Trudeau

d)

William Lyon Mackenzie King

92.

Who replaced Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?

a)

Nikolai Bulganin

b)

Yuri Andropov

c)

Leonid Brezhnev

d)

Konstantin Chernenko

93.

What was the first major war campaign fought entirely by air forces?

a)

Operation Mole Cricket 19

b)

Operation Linebacker

c)

Battle of Kursk

d)

Battle of Britain

94.

How did Mary Ludwig Hays earn the nickname "Molly Pitcher"?

a)

Throwing a baseball

b)

Writing political pamphlets

c)

Firing a cannon

d)

Bringing water to soldiers

95.

What Greek general is responsible for the project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis, including the Parthenon?

a)

Xenophon

b)

Alcibiades

c)

Leonidas

d)

Pericles

96.

What series of laws passed by the British Parliament were meant to punish Massachusetts colonists after the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Subversive Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Vindictive Acts

d)

Punitive Acts

97.

What military commander was undefeated?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Alexander the Great

98.

Who was the first American casualty in the American Revolutionary War?

a)

John J. Williams

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

John Bacon

d)

Daniel Hough

99.

What captain claimed the first naval victory for the United States in the American Revolutionary War?

a)

Oliver Hazard Perry

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

John Paul Jones

d)

David Farragut

100.

Cleopatra represented herself as the reincarnation of what Egyptian goddess?

a)

Osiris

b)

Nut

c)

Isis

d)

Bastet

101.

What group of American women displayed their loyalty by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767?

a)

Daughters of Liberty

b)

Suffragettes

c)

Women's Social and Political Union

d)

Daughters of the American Revolution

102.

What was the most popular drink in colonial America?

a)

Hot chocolate

b)

Cider

c)

Whiskey

d)

Tea

103.

Where was U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated?

a)

Houston

b)

San Antonio

c)

Austin

d)

Dallas

104.

What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after World War I?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Sixteen Points

c)

Eighteen Points

d)

Twelve Points

105.

What Mesoamerican civilization was known for its hieroglyphic script?

a)

Inca

b)

Maya

c)

Olmec

d)

Aztec

106.

Which of the following was a U.S. policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas?

a)

Jefferson Doctrine

b)

Taft Doctrine

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Truman Doctrine

107.

The Great Leap Forward in China was primarily designed to do which of the following?

a)

Achieve rapid industrialization

b)

Establish military dominance

c)

Promote capitalism

d)

Oust the imperial government

108.

Where was Adolf Hitler born?

a)

Russia

b)

Hungary

c)

Germany

d)

Austria

109.

Differences between which two religions contributed to violent conflicts during the Indian struggle for independence in 1947?

a)

Islam and Christianity

b)

Hinduism and Buddhism

c)

Hinduism and Islam

d)

Buddhism and Christianity

110.

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?

a)

To prevent the spread of communism

b)

To rebuild war-devastated regions

c)

To remove trade barriers

d)

All of these

111.

Who fought in the War of 1812?

a)

Otto Van Bismarck

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Napoleon

d)

Alexander Suvorov

112.

Social Darwinists believed that ______.

a)

Human societies progress through cooperation

b)

Competition and cooperation are equally important in society

c)

God predetermines the fate of society

d)

Human societies progress through competition

113.

Which of the following was an American cultural icon during World War II?

a)

Ellie the Engineer

b)

Rosie the Riveter

c)

Patti the Pilot

d)

Beulah the Bomber

114.

Which of the following was true of Black soldiers in the United States Army during World War I?

a)

They served in fully integrated units

b)

They were only allowed in noncombat positions

c)

They weren't allowed to enlist

d)

They served in segregated units

115.

What was the purpose of the British government's 1765 Stamp Act?

a)

To raise revenue for the crown

b)

To punish the rebellious colonists

c)

To make the customs service more efficient

d)

To honor deceased artists

116.

What was the primary purpose of French activity in North America from 1492 to 1700?

a)

Discovering a new route to China

b)

Plundering Native American settlements

c)

Establishing trade with Native Americans

d)

Establishing permanent colonies

117.

Who was the first First Lady of the United States to host an Easter Egg roll on the White House lawn?

a)

Betty Ford

b)

Mary Todd Lincoln

c)

Lucy Hayes

d)

Caroline Harrison

118.

What year did the California Gold Rush start?

a)

1848

b)

1812

c)

1944

d)

1902

119.

Who was the first First Lady to run for President of the United States?

a)

Nancy Reagan

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Betty Ford

d)

Michelle Obama

120.

Who was the first First Lady of the United States to wear pants in public?

a)

Pat Nixon

b)

Florence Harding

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Betty Ford

121.

What military award was established during the Civil War?

a)

Bronze Star

b)

Medal of Honor

c)

Purple Heart

d)

Navy Cross

122.

Which war was ended by the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

a)

Forty Years' War

b)

Seven Years' War

c)

Twelve Years' War

d)

Hundred Years' War

123.

Which political party was banned in Italy after World War II?

a)

Fascist Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Socialist Party

d)

Democratic Party

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