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WorksheetsHistory Test 15
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
The word that comes from the two Greek words for "people" and "rule" is
(a)
The famous bard of ancient Greece was
(a)
The series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage were the
(a)
The Roman general who "crossed the Rubicon" was
(a)
The first emperor of Rome was
(a)
The most important task performed by the monks was copying and preserving
(a)
The series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks is called the
(a)
The first to translate the Bible into English
(a)
(a) promised, "I will be good."
(a) began the Protestant Reformation.
(a) was probably the greatest English author
(a) invented the printing press.
(a) defeated the Spanish Armada.
(a) founded the modern nursing profession.
John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower, Mont Blanc
Germany
France
Spain
Norway
Leonardo da Vinci, Mussolini, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mt. Vesuvius
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Cotres, Valencia oranges, The Tidelands, matadors
Spain
Denmark
France
Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hitler, "Land of the Reformation," divided after World War II
the Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
Germany
William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked, International Red Cross
the Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
Norway
tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes, low lands
Switzerland
the Netherlands
Norway
France
"Land of the Midnight Sun," fjords, Oslo
Norway
Switzerland
Iceland
Netherlands
Jutland, Hans Christian Andersen, Greenland
Denmark
Iceland
the Netherlands
Portugal
"Land of Fire and Ice," hot springs, geysers, glaciers, tundra
Italy
Iceland
Switzerland
Germany
Capital of Austria
(a)
Capital of Finland
(a)
Capital of Germany
(a)
Capital of Italy
(a)
Capital of Norway
(a)
Capital of Poland
(a)
Capital of Russia
(a)
Capital of Switzerland
(a)
The mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe are the ______.
Alps
Atlas Mountains
Himalayas
Pyrenees
The narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa is the
Strait of Gibraltar
Bosporus
English Channel
Dardanelles
The cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle are called
geysers
glaciers
tundra
steppes
The largest level region in the world is the
West Siberian Plain
Sahara Desert
Vinson Massif
Outback
The world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake VIctoria
Lake Tanganyika
Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
One of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea
Suez Canal
Rhine River
Dardanelles
Strait of Gibraltar
The longest river in Europe is the
Rhine
Volga
Nile
Danube
The highest peak in Europe is
Mont Blanc
the Matterhorn
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Elbrus
Ivan IV was the first (a) of Russia.
Karl Marx was the founder of (a) .
The first leader of a Communist state was
(a)
Stalin was famous for the Great
(a)
Khrushchev threatened to "bury" (a) .
After the Soviet Union fell, the most powerful Russian leader was (a) .
Australia's capital
Port Moresby
Wellington
Canberra
Auckland
New Zealand's capital
Port Moresby
Wellington
Canberra
Auckland
Papua New Guinea's capital
Port Moresby
Wellington
Canberra
Auckland
Antarctica's highest peak
Vinson Massif
Mt. Wilhelm
Artesian Heights
Mt. Kosciusko
the longest coral reef in the world
The Southern Reef
The Australian Reef
Great Artesian Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Australia's longest river flowing year-round
Artesian
Murray
Wellington
Darling
Australia's highest peak
Vinson Massif
Mt. Wilhelm
Artesian Heights
Mt. Kosciusko
The largest artesian basin in the world
Great Canberra
the Artesian Tasmania
Great Artesian Basin
the Wellington Artesian
the highest island peak in the world
Vinson Massif
Mt. Wilhelm
Artesian Heights
Mt. Kosciusko
the migration champion of the world
arctic tern
emu
kookaburra
echidna
The fist man to sail around the Anarctic Cirle
(a)
The early settlers of New Zealand were the
(a)
A famous missionary to the Pacific Islands was
(a)
The first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent was
(a)
The first man to reach the South Pole was
(a)
The most famous Antarctic explorer was
(a)
The native inhabitants of Australia were the
(a)
More languages are spoken in (a) than in any other country in the world.
A place where manufacturing is done is called a(n)
(a)
An area of underground water is called an
(a)
Because Australia is completely under the equator it is often called
(a)
The 20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific are called
(a)
The word that means "many islands" is
(a)
The word that means "small islands" is
(a)
The part of Oceania with the most people is
(a)
The Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs known as (a) away from the sheep.
Australia is the world's leading producer of
(a)
Australia's Central Lowlands and Western Plateau are often called the
(a)
Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the
(a)
Australia's most important tree, the (a) , is known as a gum tree.
