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History Test 15

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word that comes from the two Greek words for "people" and "rule" is

(a)  

2.

The famous bard of ancient Greece was

(a)  

3.

The series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage were the

(a)  

4.

The Roman general who "crossed the Rubicon" was

(a)  

5.

The first emperor of Rome was

(a)  

6.

The most important task performed by the monks was copying and preserving

(a)  

7.

The series of attempts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks is called the

(a)  

8.

The first to translate the Bible into English

(a)  

9.

(a)   promised, "I will be good."

10.

(a)   began the Protestant Reformation.

11.

(a)   was probably the greatest English author

12.

(a)   invented the printing press.

13.

(a)   defeated the Spanish Armada.

14.

(a)   founded the modern nursing profession.

15.

John Calvin, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Eiffel Tower, Mont Blanc

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Norway

16.

Leonardo da Vinci, Mussolini, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Mt. Vesuvius

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Switzerland

17.

Cotres, Valencia oranges, The Tidelands, matadors

a)

Spain

b)

Denmark

c)

France

d)

Germany

18.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Adolf Hitler, "Land of the Reformation," divided after World War II

a)

the Netherlands

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

19.

William Tell, neutral republic, landlocked, International Red Cross

a)

the Netherlands

b)

Germany

c)

Switzerland

d)

Norway

20.

tulips, windmills, wooden shoes, dikes, low lands

a)

Switzerland

b)

the Netherlands

c)

Norway

d)

France

21.

"Land of the Midnight Sun," fjords, Oslo

a)

Norway

b)

Switzerland

c)

Iceland

d)

Netherlands

22.

Jutland, Hans Christian Andersen, Greenland

a)

Denmark

b)

Iceland

c)

the Netherlands

d)

Portugal

23.

"Land of Fire and Ice," hot springs, geysers, glaciers, tundra

a)

Italy

b)

Iceland

c)

Switzerland

d)

Germany

24.

Capital of Austria

(a)  

25.

Capital of Finland

(a)  

26.

Capital of Germany

(a)  

27.

Capital of Italy

(a)  

28.

Capital of Norway

(a)  

29.

Capital of Poland

(a)  

30.

Capital of Russia

(a)  

31.

Capital of Switzerland

(a)  

32.

The mountains that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe are the ______.

a)

Alps

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Himalayas

d)

Pyrenees

33.

The narrow waterway separating Europe from Africa is the

a)

Strait of Gibraltar

b)

Bosporus

c)

English Channel

d)

Dardanelles

34.

The cold, treeless lands north of the Arctic circle are called

a)

geysers

b)

glaciers

c)

tundra

d)

steppes

35.

The largest level region in the world is the

a)

West Siberian Plain

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Vinson Massif

d)

Outback

36.

The world's deepest freshwater lake

a)

Lake VIctoria

b)

Lake Tanganyika

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Lake Baikal

37.

One of the waterways that gives Russia access to the Black Sea

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Rhine River

c)

Dardanelles

d)

Strait of Gibraltar

38.

The longest river in Europe is the

a)

Rhine

b)

Volga

c)

Nile

d)

Danube

39.

The highest peak in Europe is

a)

Mont Blanc

b)

the Matterhorn

c)

Mt. Vesuvius

d)

Mt. Elbrus

40.

Ivan IV was the first (a)   of Russia.

41.

Karl Marx was the founder of (a)   .

42.

The first leader of a Communist state was

(a)  

43.

Stalin was famous for the Great

(a)  

44.

Khrushchev threatened to "bury" (a)   .

45.

After the Soviet Union fell, the most powerful Russian leader was (a)   .

46.

Australia's capital

a)

Port Moresby

b)

Wellington

c)

Canberra

d)

Auckland

47.

New Zealand's capital

a)

Port Moresby

b)

Wellington

c)

Canberra

d)

Auckland

48.

Papua New Guinea's capital

a)

Port Moresby

b)

Wellington

c)

Canberra

d)

Auckland

49.

Antarctica's highest peak

a)

Vinson Massif

b)

Mt. Wilhelm

c)

Artesian Heights

d)

Mt. Kosciusko

50.

the longest coral reef in the world

a)

The Southern Reef

b)

The Australian Reef

c)

Great Artesian Reef

d)

Great Barrier Reef

51.

Australia's longest river flowing year-round

a)

Artesian

b)

Murray

c)

Wellington

d)

Darling

52.

Australia's highest peak

a)

Vinson Massif

b)

Mt. Wilhelm

c)

Artesian Heights

d)

Mt. Kosciusko

53.

The largest artesian basin in the world

a)

Great Canberra

b)

the Artesian Tasmania

c)

Great Artesian Basin

d)

the Wellington Artesian

54.

the highest island peak in the world

a)

Vinson Massif

b)

Mt. Wilhelm

c)

Artesian Heights

d)

Mt. Kosciusko

55.

the migration champion of the world

a)

arctic tern

b)

emu

c)

kookaburra

d)

echidna

56.

The fist man to sail around the Anarctic Cirle

(a)  

57.

The early settlers of New Zealand were the

(a)  

58.

A famous missionary to the Pacific Islands was

(a)  

59.

The first man to insist that Antarctica was actually a continent was

(a)  

60.

The first man to reach the South Pole was

(a)  

61.

The most famous Antarctic explorer was

(a)  

62.

The native inhabitants of Australia were the

(a)  

63.

More languages are spoken in (a)   than in any other country in the world.

64.

A place where manufacturing is done is called a(n)

(a)  

65.

An area of underground water is called an

(a)  

66.

Because Australia is completely under the equator it is often called

(a)  

67.

The 20,000-30,000 islands in the Pacific are called

(a)  

68.

The word that means "many islands" is

(a)  

69.

The word that means "small islands" is

(a)  

70.

The part of Oceania with the most people is

(a)  

71.

The Australian Dog Fence was built to keep wild dogs known as (a)   away from the sheep.

72.

Australia is the world's leading producer of

(a)  

73.

Australia's Central Lowlands and Western Plateau are often called the

(a)  

74.

Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the

(a)  

75.

Australia's most important tree, the (a)   , is known as a gum tree.